Taylor Swift declared that she loves to teach ‘men to apologize’ as she performed before 70,000 fans Friday night, kicking off her record-breaking Eras Tour in Glendale, Arizona.
The 33-year-old superstar, who rocked a pink rhinestone leotard and sang a 44-song setlist, opened up about the “recurring themes” in her music as she spoke candidly at State Farm Stadium with a guitar in her arms. .
“So a recurring theme in my music is that I love to explain to men how to apologize. I just love it,’ the 12-time Grammy Award winner said, according to the video posted on Twitter.
“It’s my thing,” Taylor added. “I love telling them step by step, ‘This is how easy it is to fix things if you just follow these simple steps that I’m presenting to you in a three-minute song.” I love the idea of men apologizing.
The Bad Blood singer was explaining how her eighth studio album, Folklore, was inspired by her imagination rather than her own life.
The art of apologizing: Taylor Swift, 33, declared she loves teaching ‘men how to apologize’ as she performed before 70,000 fans Friday night, kicking off her record-breaking Eras Tour in Glendale, Arizona.
Taylor’s Passion: ‘So kind of a running theme in my music is that I love to explain to men how to apologize. I love it,” the 12-time Grammy winner said, according to images posted on Twitter.
“(My songs are) like a journal to you or something,” Taylor told her huge audience. “(And) I wanted to do something different than what she had done before (with Folklore).”
Earning thunderous applause, the pop megastar went on to describe the ‘unbearably autobiographical’ nature of her first seven albums, likening them to ‘live-streamed public autopsies’.
“You know,” he explained, “my albums have characteristically been kind of terribly autobiographical where, when I put out an album, it feels like some kind of live-streamed public autopsy.”
Taylor went on to discuss the different approach he took in writing Folklore, creating “characters and stories” rather than solely using his own experiences.
The hitmaker said, “With (Folklore), I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be so fun to create characters and stories? They’ll live in different eras, do all these things and fall in love and hurt each other.” others, they go to wars and all that stuff.” So, I created all these characters.
Released in 2020, Swift’s hit album Folklore featured a pair of characters inspired by the two daughters of her close friends Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively: James, seven, and Betty, three.
Taylor intertwined the two characters in a story for the song called Betty, which revolved around a very romantic apology.
Swift said, “This is a song about a teenage (boy) named James trying to apologize to the love of his life and her name is Betty.”
Kind of like her: “It’s kind of like my thing,” Taylor added. “I love telling them step by step, ‘This is how easy it is to fix things if you just follow these simple steps that I’m presenting to you in a three-minute song.” I love the idea of men apologizing.
Inspiration: He said his eighth studio album Folklore was inspired by his imagination rather than his own life, saying it created “characters and stories”.
Heartfelt creativity: The pop megastar went on to describe the “unbearably autobiographical” nature of her first seven albums, likening them to “live-streamed public autopsies.”
Saying it all: “My albums have characteristically been kind of terribly autobiographical where when I put out an album it feels like I’m being given some sort of live-streamed public autopsy.”
No need to apologize: Taylor has been in a relationship with English actor Joe Alwyn, 32, since 2016, and the couple is very private about their life together (Swift and Alwyn pictured in 2019)
Taylor has been in a relationship with English actor Joe Alwyn, 32, since 2016, and the couple is very private about their life together.
Swift rarely talks about Alwyn, but she gave her handsome partner a sweet, understated nod at a Grammys after-party in February when she donned her black leather jacket.
Performing for 3 hours and 15 minutes on Friday night, the chart-topper sang hit songs like Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince, Cruel Summer and You Need to Calm Down from the Lover era.
About an hour into her performance, Taylor told the sold-out audience: ‘Is it just me or do we have a lot of catching up to do? It’s been a long time since I’ve been on tour.
