Taylor Swift’s latest release isn’t a song or an album, but a book commemorating the pop star’s legendary Eras Tour.
The Target exclusive collection item documents Swift’s hugely successful tour, which ended in December and became the first music tour to gross more than $1 billion.
However, getting one won’t be easy as fans have been waiting in long lines to get their hands on them. In videos posted to X, fans were able to document the size of the lines waiting to get their books.
🚨| Target employees are handing out coffee to Swifties waiting in line to receive The Eras Tour Book & The Anthology vinyl!
– Taylor Swift Updates (@TSUpdating) November 29, 2024
Others show the perspective of people waiting in line to buy books when entering the store.
In the book, Swift details the entire experience of the tour. She shared that the tour was originally called The Midnights Tour, but was changed because she wanted to do something different from what she had done before.
“I was working on it at the time Midnight album and if we do what I always do, I’ll start planning The Midnights Tour. But there’s nothing I hate more than doing what I’ve always done,” she said US Weekly.
She also shared what her favorite performance was, revealing that it was the song “Vigilante Sh-t.”
“Then, my favorite moment of the night: ‘Vigilante Sh-t’. It was literally the most fun I’ve ever had. The chair choreography! The bratty, vindictive, mischievous personalities that we get to try and play with,” Swift said.
Taylor Swift on her favorite performance from “The Eras Tour”:
“Then, my favorite moment of the night: ‘Vigilante Shit’. It was just the most fun I’ve ever had, it was the most fun. Chair choreography! Sneaky, vengeful and mischievous personalities that we can try and play with.” pic.twitter.com/RPGOQPq3wv
– Taylor Swift Chart (@chartstswift) November 29, 2024
In the book, Swift makes a shocking revelation that the rover in “Who’s Afraid of Little Me?” The actual performance is operated by a crew member who controls the machine from inside.
Taylor Swift reveals that the Roomba in “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?” The performance is actually operated by a crew member who controls it from inside. pic.twitter.com/aJGgtMo9l8
– Taylor Swift Chart (@chartstswift) November 29, 2024
Swift explains how she wanted to “create the illusion of an alien abduction, a fight scene, a religious institution, a mental institution, a haunted house, and dressing room routines.” of a showgirl.”
The singer added how the acoustic part of the show has changed from the first part at the start of the tour to the most recent parts.
“The Acoustic section has gone through many iterations and conventions. When I started the US tour, I decided to challenge myself to only play one song at a time, pushing myself to play as many songs on the record as possible.” The better. Because of this, fans will watch the concert and keep track of which songs were ‘lost’ that night,” she said.
“Then, when I had played nearly every song I’d ever released, I declared that all of my songs were fair game again. Not long after that, I started mixing 2 or 3 songs together. sing together according to theme or rhythm, so by At the end of the tour, I play about 4-5 songs in an acoustic set. It takes a lot of practice to get the mashup just right, but when The crowd was screaming like crazy when I changed a song new song, it was far more than worth the preparation time at the end of the second song, the stage became an ocean and I ‘plunged’ into it, including a lot of blind faith and a big air pocket under the stage It was the most amazing illusion of the night and I will never forget the sound of the crowd when they first saw it, somewhere between shock, horror and excitement as the Mission was accomplished. into,” Swift added.
Taylor Swift on acoustic guitar:
“The Audio section has gone through many iterations and disciplines. When I started my US tour, I decided to challenge myself to only play one song at a time, pushing myself to play as many songs from my record as possible. Because… pic.twitter.com/IDf4XCnWOI
– Taylor Swift Chart (@chartstswift) November 29, 2024
Swift provided insight into the pre-show rituals she and her team perform before each performance.
“Someone gives a speech to get us in the mood to compete, motivate us or just say whatever is on their mind. The last person to go gets to choose who goes that night. That’s a really powerful part.” of the tour and helped us get to know each other very quickly. Many of these speeches brought me to tears. We put our hands in the middle and chanted the same things together, then we start the race,” she said through. US Weekly.
Swift’s book is on sale now and was released with inclusion collection vinyl of her recent album The poet group was tortured.
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