It forms the lyrics to one of her best-known songs, but Taylor Swift still managed to divide a largely partisan crowd as she belted out the battle cry at a sold-out Wembley Stadium on Sunday night.
The pop superstar performed the last of three back-to-back shows in London before her massive Eras tour continues to the Republic of Ireland and a series of concerts at Dublin’s Aviva Arena.
But Swift, whose estimated worth is more than £1billion, left a fraction of her loyal fanbase unimpressed as she sang the chorus of anthemic 2012 song All Too Well.
The song, which appears on her fourth studio album, Red, includes the lyrics: ‘You taught me about your past, thinking I was the future / And you threw me the car keys, ‘f**k the patriarchy’ keychain on the ground.’
Although the song is a popular part of her live sets, Swift, 34, received mixed reactions after encouraging 88,000 mostly female fans at Wembley to shout the final line in an apparent act of rebellion.
It forms the lyrics to one of her best-known songs, but Taylor Swift still managed to divide a largely partisan crowd as she sang it at a sold-out Wembley Stadium on Sunday night.
The pop superstar performed the last of three back-to-back shows in London before her massive Eras tour continued on to Ireland and a concert at Dublin’s Aviva Arena.
On get your head checked.’
A second added: ‘I’ve seen lots of cute videos of dads taking their daughters to Taylor Swift concerts – they bond, I understand. but after seeing this unknown man.’ [sic]
‘I love it when spoiled and privileged billionaires try to pretend they belong to us and not to the establishment. It’s so cute,” a third joked.
While a fourth joked: ‘Very few people have benefited from the non-existent patriarchy as much as Taylor Swift.’
Elsewhere, a fifth commented: ‘What percentage of the people who set up that stage do you think were men?’
“The irony is so thick it’s like trying to swim through a vat of molasses with a blindfold on,” wrote a sixth.
During the show, Swift hit back at Dave Grohl after the Foo Fighters singer suggested she wouldn’t play live.
The ‘queen of pop’ made a point of introducing her band playing the entire three and a half hour setlist ‘live’.
But Swift, whose estimated worth is more than £1 billion, left a fraction of her loyal fanbase unimpressed as she sang the chorus of anthemic 2012 song All Too Well.
Although the song is a popular part of her live sets, Swift received mixed reactions after encouraging 88,000 mostly female fans at Wembley to shout the final line.
The song includes the lyrics: ‘You taught me about your past, thinking ‘I was the future / And you threw me the car keys, ‘f**k the patriarchy’ keychain on the ground’
Swift told her audience, “What you just did is an unforgettable moment, not just in my life, but in the lives of every member of our crew. The band that will play live for you for three and a half hours tonight.
“They deserve this so much, and so do all my fellow artists, and you just gave that to us so generously. We will never forget it.’
On Saturday night, Grohl blasted Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, suggesting Swift isn’t singing live while he was on stage in London last night.
He lashed out at Swift, calling her sold-out tour the “errors” tour, while joking that his band was “basically playing live.”
During a performance at the London Stadium, he referred to Swift as she played across the capital at Wembley the same night – to boos from some fans.
A defiant Swift hit back at Dave Grohl after pointing out her ‘live’ band and performers during her Sunday night show
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl blasted Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour while on stage in London on Saturday night
He addressed the audience: “We were joking earlier about the Taylor Swift tour. I know she’s on her ‘mistakes’ tour.
“I’m telling you man, you don’t want to suffer the wrath of Taylor Swift. That’s why we like to call our tour the Mistakes Tour.
“We’ve had more than a few eras, and more than a few damn mistakes. Just a few.’
The bandleader clarified: ‘That’s because we actually play live. What?’
To loud cheers he continued: ‘I’m just saying. You guys like raw live rock ‘n’ roll music, right?
“You came to the right place!”