Taylor Swift sends crowd into ‘excited panic’ as she performs mash-up of her hit breakup ballads Exile and Haunted in Sydney
Taylor Swift has changed things up a bit during the Australian leg of her record-breaking Eras Tour.
Just as she did during Friday and Saturday’s shows, the Anti-Hero singer, 34, performed a mash-up of several different songs for her “surprise songs” portion of the show.
Her final show featured the first mash-up of her beloved vault song, 1989’s Is It Over Now (Taylor’s Version), and I Wish You Would, also from 1989, which she played on her acoustic guitar.
During the second mash-up, she sang Haunted, first released on her third album Speak Now, and Exile, from her Folklore album.
A fan shared a video of the mash-ups on TikTok and Swifties went wild in the comments.
Taylor Swift has changed things up a bit during the Australian leg of her record-breaking Eras Tour
“These mashups make me emotional at first,” one fan wrote, adding the crying emoji.
Another Swiftie admitted: “I wouldn’t start crying the minute she started playing exile.”
‘People really didn’t know how to react to exile. EXCITED PANIC,” a third fan said, adding the crying emoji and a red heart.
A fourth fan had a really good idea, writing, “She should make an album of these mashups. It would be great.’
Taylor has been on tour since March 2023, swapping two songs each night in her acoustic set.
But Down Under she decided to do it differently and explained to the audience that it no longer felt right.
“That was to challenge me to really achieve all the things that I’m not naturally drawn to, and I’m very proud that I did that,” US Weekly reports this.
“I want to be as creative as possible with the acoustic set and I don’t want to limit anything or say, ‘Oh, if I played this song, I can’t play it again,'” the Grammy winner said. during one of her shows in Melbourne.
“So from now on, I don’t want to take any paint colors out of the paint box (or) any tools out of the toolbox.
‘I want to be able to play songs multiple times if I feel like it and I want to be able to make changes to songs. Does that sound good?,” she told the audience.
Just as she did during Friday and Saturday’s shows, the Anti-Hero singer, 34, performed a mash-up of songs for her “Surprise Songs” portion of the show. She did one song on Friday and two on Saturday and Sunday.
During the second mash-up, she sang Haunted from Speak Now and Exile from her Folklore album
A fan shared a video of the mash-ups on TikTok and Swifties went wild in the comments
‘People really didn’t know how to react to exile. EXCITED PANIC,” a third fan said, adding the crying emoji and a red heart
A fourth fan had a really good idea, writing, “She should make an album of these mashups. It would be great’
Taylor has been on tour since March 2023, swapping two songs each night in her acoustic set
While her boyfriend Travis Kelce, 34, attended Friday’s show in Australia, he then flew back to Las Vegas to celebrate his Super Bowl win with teammates. TMZ reported.
Fans who haven’t been to any of Taylor’s concerts will soon be able to watch the Eras concert film as much as they want when it heads to Disney+.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour film debuts on the streaming platform on March 15.
This version contains even more bonus material than the previous rental version.