"Ever since 2006, with her debut album, Taylor Swift has been an icon in the music industry, no matter what type of music you like." -- Alex Stullman, 7th Grade
Ever since 2006, with her debut album, Taylor Swift has been an icon in the music industry, no matter what type of music you like. At 33, the pop-star has gotten herself 12 Grammy’s, and 85,225,054 monthly followers on Spotify—which is actually more than the population of California, an estimated 39 million as of 2023. If you think about it, the Swifties could easily invade California and rename it “Swift-Ville.” That is insane.
Taylor Swift, and her 10 eras.
For many concerned with the world of music, and even for some not, the journey of Taylor’s seventh album tour, the Eras, has certainly made an impression, starting with the crazy presale for tickets. Unfortunately for Swift, basically the only place to get tickets for the Eras was Ticketmaster, and even with their “Verified Fan” system, (to eliminate bots trying to resell for more) they couldn’t keep up with the approximate 3.5 million Verified Fans and their parents, all determined to see Taylor Swift. Sol Houser, a 7th grader at OSA and obsessive Swiftie, shared the shocking news that the sheer amount of people in the system could've filled 900 stadiums. With that overload of fans, the site promptly crashed, and after people could get in to get tickets, prices skyrocketed, good ones going up to $1400. Naturally, this did not make fans, or Swift herself, very happy. Swifties took their issues with Ticketmaster to court, filing a lawsuit against the company. However, this article is not about the Ticketmaster fiasco, it’s about the Eras tour itself.
Swift’s Eras tour will be a total of 52 shows, each about three and a half hours, and a setlist of 44 songs, including the 10-minute version of the “Red” hit, “All Too Well.” So far, the Eras Tour has broken records, awed fans, and dropped jaws with stunts like the internet-famous stage-dive and choreography like the “Vigilante Sh*t” chair dance. The openers will include many other less-iconic but extremely talented artists, including GAYLE, Gracie Abrams, beabadoobee, OWENN, HAIM, Paramore, Girl in Red, MUNA, and Phoebe Bridgers. All of these artists are absolutely amazing, and a great listen for any Swift fans looking for something new.
Swift’s Eras tour will be a total of 52 shows, each about three and a half hours, and a setlist of 44 songs, including the 10-minute version of the “Red” hit, “All Too Well.” So far, the Eras Tour has broken records, awed fans, and dropped jaws with stunts like the internet-famous stage-dive and choreography like the “Vigilante Sh*t” chair dance. The openers will include many other less-iconic but extremely talented artists, including GAYLE, Gracie Abrams, beabadoobee, OWENN, HAIM, Paramore, Girl in Red, MUNA, and Phoebe Bridgers. All of these artists are absolutely amazing, and a great listen for any Swift fans looking for something new.
Taylor Swift at the Eras, singing from her "evermore" album.
Cb Omand (She/Her), a 7th grade Literary Arts student at OSA, was one of few lucky Swifties who got tickets, and referred to the Eras as “a comeback,” considering Swift has not had an album tour since the “Reputation” tour in 2018. Omand, when asked about what she’s excited about when she sees the show, replied enthusiastically, “I’m really excited for the outfits, number one, and also, I’ve seen clips of different things that she does for different songs, and I saw one clip where she, like, swam in the stage? I don’t really understand, but it looked really, really cool. I’m so excited to see what she does.”
Since 2018, Swift has released a total of four new studio albums, five if you include “Midnights (3am Tracks),” which, different from a normal deluxe album, has seven bonus tracks. In addition to the new albums, Swift has been re-recording her early albums, and with the label “Taylor’s Version,” she officially owns her music. So far, in 2021, she has made “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” with six “From the Vault” tracks, also known as songs she wrote while making the original “Fearless”, but never made it onto the album. Swift also released, in the same year, “Red (Taylor’s Version)” with ten “From the Vault” tracks.
Since 2018, Swift has released a total of four new studio albums, five if you include “Midnights (3am Tracks),” which, different from a normal deluxe album, has seven bonus tracks. In addition to the new albums, Swift has been re-recording her early albums, and with the label “Taylor’s Version,” she officially owns her music. So far, in 2021, she has made “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” with six “From the Vault” tracks, also known as songs she wrote while making the original “Fearless”, but never made it onto the album. Swift also released, in the same year, “Red (Taylor’s Version)” with ten “From the Vault” tracks.
Taylor Swift at the Eras, singing from her "1989" album.
Because of these new albums, Swift is doing the Eras tour, versus just doing a “Midnights” tour. There are so many great songs from these albums that have never been performed in a big stadium tour because of COVID, and that’s probably why, on the setlist, there are more songs from the “Lover” (2019), “folklore” (2020), “evermore” (2020), and (duh) “Midnights” (2022) eras than there are for the “1989” (2014) or “Fearless” (2008) eras.
All of these factors in mind, the Eras tour is by far the most extravagant, impressive and important tour Swift has ever performed.
All of these factors in mind, the Eras tour is by far the most extravagant, impressive and important tour Swift has ever performed.
