Taylor Swift Laughs at ‘Boy on Football Team’ Lyric, Debuts ‘Prophecy’

Taylor Swift had a little bit of fun with the group in Lyon, France, when she sang a lyric about how she’s destined to do “better issues” than date a soccer participant, from her tune “Fifteen.” The monitor was written when she was nonetheless a teen and initially launched again in 2008.

Swift performed a piano mashup of the basic Fearless monitor with the newer “You’re on Your Personal, Child,” from 2022’s Midnights, throughout the acoustic part of her live performance Sunday night time (June 2). That is the a part of the present the place Swift modifications up the set checklist at every date.

On Sunday, when Swift reached the a part of “Fifteen” the place she seems again at her highschool years from the attitude of somebody who’s been via it, followers noticeably reacted to her option to sing “in your life you’ll do issues better than relationship the boy on the soccer group” proper now — because the pop star has been in a high-profile relationship with NFL participant Travis Kelce, tight finish for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.

Swift took the response in stride with a fast grin and snigger on Sunday.

She discovered humor within the “boy on the soccer group” second after the night time’s shock guitar efficiency, throughout which “The Prophecy” had its reside debut. The tune — discovered on The Tortured Poets Division: The Anthology — is an emotionally heavy one which took an fascinating flip with the attitude from Evermore‘s “Lengthy Story Quick,” with Swift swirling her writing collectively in a medley of the 2 works.

“Some nights like tonight I check out taking part in a tune that I’ve by no means performed reside earlier than,” the Tortured Poets singer-songwriter introduced forward of “The Prophecy.” (Swift holds regular at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with Poets, thus far spending six consecutive weeks within the prime spot.)

“I seemed to the sky and stated, please/ I’ve been on my knees/ Change the prophecy/ Don’t need cash/ Simply somebody who needs my firm/ Let it as soon as be me/ Who do I’ve to talk to/ About if they’ll redo/ The prophecy?” Swift sings within the refrain of “The Prophecy.”

In “Lengthy Story Quick,” she tells herself, “Previous me, I wanna let you know to not get misplaced in these petty issues/ Your nemeses will defeat themselves earlier than you get the prospect to swing/ And he’s passing by, uncommon because the glimmer of a comet within the sky/ And he looks like dwelling/ If the shoe suits, stroll in it all over the place you go.”

Watch clips of Sunday night time’s shock tune performances under. Meet up with the entire checklist of songs performed throughout the acoustic part of The Eras Tour right here.