Taylor Swift Lightheartedly Shares Her Struggles with a TTPD Song on the Eras Tour Setlist

Taylor Swift in October 2024 in New Orleans.
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NEED TO KNOW

• Taylor Swift joked that she was “gonna have a mental breakdown” while performing one of her songs on the Eras Tour.
• In the second episode of The End of an Era docuseries, the pop megastar discusses a track from her album The Tortured Poets Department.
• The first two episodes of The End of an Era docuseries are now streaming on Disney+.

Taylor Swift recently shared her thoughts on adding a particular song to her Eras Tour setlist. During the second episode of The End of an Era docuseries, which premiered on December 12, the superstar is seen rehearsing the segment for The Tortured Poets Department at a private rehearsal facility built by her team.

As she rehearses, Swift, 35, lightheartedly remarks that one track is likely to evoke strong emotions.

Taylor Swift in November 2024 in Toronto.

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While adjusting the order of songs for the The Tortured Poets Department segment, Swift is observed singing snippets from some tracks in her rehearsal space. After performing a portion of “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?”, she jokingly states, “I’m gonna have a mental breakdown during this song. It’s gonna be so fun.”

In a voiceover accompanying the episode, Swift expresses, “My goal for the Eras Tour is that I didn’t want the fans to leave thinking they missed out on anything. One thing I’ve always tried to do is give something to the fans that they didn’t expect.”

She reflects on how, during the first part of the tour, fans were unaware she was working on The Tortured Poets Department. “In the middle of releasing the album, we had to be all hands on deck creating a brand new ‘era’ to put into the show to represent that album,” Swift elaborated.

The End of an Era is a six-part docuseries that explores “the development, impact, and inner workings that created the phenomenon that was the Eras Tour,” according to a press release. It offers an intimate glimpse into Swift’s life as her tour captivated fans globally.

The first two episodes are now available on Disney+, with new episodes released weekly. Additionally, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour: The Final Show, a live recording of her concluding performance on the tour, which took place on December 8, 2024, at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, Canada, is also currently available.