“1, 2, 3, let’s go bitch” straight into the chants and traditions. The Swiftie community made this tour more special than any tour ever from dressing up for Swift’s concerts starting in her original “Fearless” era, the tradition has grown. Swifties dress up in outfits relating to Swift. Another tradition was the friendship bracelets.
Chanting during Swift’s shows has been around for a while, but it really shined during this tour. After “Band-aids don’t fix bullet holes, you say sorry just for show, if you live like that, you live with ghosts” during “Bad Blood,” Swifties would chant, “You forgive, you forget, but you never let it [pause] go!” quoting one of Kendrick Lamar’s lines from the feature on that song.
One of the most famous chants was “1, 2, 3, let’s go bitch” from the “Reputation” era after the first verse of “Delicate” and before “We can’t make any promises, now can we, babe? But you can make me a drink.”
Starting first in 2009 during the “Fearless” tour, during the song “Fearless” bridge, “It’s the first kiss, it’s flawless, really something / It’s fearless,” Swifties put their hands above their head and make hand hearts along with Swift.
Another long-standing chant is during “You Belong With Me” from the “Fearless” era, where Swifties clap twice during the bridge, “I’m the one that makes you laugh, when you know you’re ’bout to cry.”
From the “Red” era, there are technically two chants from “All Too Well,” the first one being before the line “and that made me want to die,” Swifties would yell, “How did that make you feel?” The second chant was in the third verse, “And you were tossing me the car keys, “Fuck the patriarchy” Keychain on the ground,” Swifties would yell as loud as they could, “Fuck the patriarchy!”
“It’s me, hi” the “Anti-Hero” chant (from the “Midnights” era), after Swift sings, “Did you hear my covert narcissism I disguise as altruism like some kind of congressman?” Swifties would chant, “Taylor, you’ll be fine.”
Another chant from the “Midnights” era was during “Bejeweled” where Swifties would chant, “Where are you going, Taylor?” before she sung, “I’m going out tonight.”
During the “Evermore” era when Swift sung “Marjorie,” (the song wrote as a tribute to Swift’s late grandmother, who was an opera singer that died when Swift was only 13), fans would hold up their phones with their flashlights on and sway back-and-forth.
From “You Need to Calm Down” during the “Lover” era, fans made sure to sing, “’Cause shade never made anybody less gay!” as loud as possible. Another chant from the “Reputation” era, was from “Don’t Blame Me;” right before Swift would sing, “Lord, save me, my drug is my baby,” Swifties would chant, “Take us to church” or “Take us to church, Taylor.” From the “1989” era, right before Swift starts the song “Style,” fans would chant, “Hey Taylor, what time is it?” to which Swift would say, “Midnight” by starting the song. From the same era, during “Blank Space” when Swift would sing, “But I’ve got a blank space, baby / And I’ll write your name,” Swifties either would chant, “Sydney!” or whatever city their show was at, by this starting in Sydney from Taylor’s Australian leg of her “1989 World Tour.”
Another huge part of the tour was the app Swift Alert. This had a feature called Mastermind where Swifties could guess what outfits Swift was going to wear for the show that night. You would get so many points for guessing each outfit or each part of an outfit, and you could also guess what surprise songs she was going to play. It became a joke after the REP bodysuit stayed the same for way over half of the tour, and since it was the only variation for that era, it was an almost guarantee that you would get the two points.
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