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Taylor Swift could be gearing as much as maintain a Tortured Poets Division board assembly in the course of her European Eras Tour live shows.
Swift, 34, uploaded a video of her tour prep to YouTube Shorts on Thursday, April 25, with the caption, “A fortnight until Paris.” Within the clip, Swift practiced her setlist alongside her backup dancers.
Whereas eagle-eyed followers seen that Swift had run by means of performances of the likes of “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince” and “Karma,” additionally they seen snippets from a number of numbers that had seemingly by no means been seen on stage.
In a single occasion, Swift performed a white guitar and followers clocked that ivory hue matches the iconography of her new album, The Tortured Poets Division. There additionally seems to be a desk positioned on stage at one level within the video that might be one other reference to the division. In one other clip, Swift — carrying her now-viral PopFlex Lively skort — leaned in opposition to a railing with white letters within the heart. Followers have speculated the letters spell out “TTPD.”
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“That’s the TTPD brand on the railing,” one person identified by way of X. “Omg TTPD is getting her personal set at The Eras Tour!”
Swift additionally wore black lace-up heels as she posed on the railing, which different social media customers in comparison with the same Victorian-inspired pumps she sported in her “Fortnight” music video with Put up Malone. (“Fortnight” can be the lead single off of TTPD.)
One other second within the YouTube clip reveals Swift surrounded by her backup dancers, the latter of whom are carrying circus-inspired high hats. Followers consider it’s teeing up a TTPD efficiency of “Who’s Afraid of Little Previous Me?” due to the massive high lyrical reference, “I used to be tame, I used to be light ’til the circus life made me imply / ‘Don’t you are concerned, people, we took out all her enamel.”
One other social media fan speculated: “Why do I really feel like these are positively rehearsal pics for TTPD songs ‘trigger when have we ever had the dancers with hats and sticks.”
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A choice of Swifties even assume that they found out your complete TTPD set that might be added based mostly on an Instagram publish by Pandora. The streaming station posted a “What track are you listening to subsequent from The Tortured Poets Division?” graphic, particularly naming “Fortnight,” “The Alchemy,” “However Daddy I Love Him” “Down Dangerous” and “I Can Do It With a Damaged Coronary heart.” Swift’s official fan account, Taylor Nation, reshared the add onto its Instagram Story web page on Thursday.
One among Apple Music’s Swift-themed playlists, aptly titled “Taylor Swift Necessities,” has since been up to date to incorporate “Fortnight” and “Down Dangerous,” which different followers assume additional tease setlist plans. Apple’s official Eras “Setlist” playlist, nevertheless, has not been up to date to incorporate any TTPD hits.
Swift kicked off her Eras Tour in March 2023, traversing the US and Central America to carry out her sold-out present earlier than starting the worldwide leg. Following abroad reveals in Japan, Australia and Singapore earlier this yr, Swift has at the moment been on a month lengthy hiatus.
The Grammy winner’s subsequent present is in Paris on Thursday, Could 9, however she has not publicly revealed if or how the set record is altering to accommodate TTPD. It’s also doable that the newly launched tracks might pop up throughout her acoustic “shock track” part.
