Taylor Swift's Recent Surprise Song Mash-Up Is Her Most Emotional Yet
From announcing her tenth album Midnights during an acceptance speech to breaking ticket-selling records to gearing up for her feature film directorial debut, Taylor Swift continues to surprise us. And that includes her Eras Tour, which kicked off in Glendale, Arizona on March 17, 2023.
At one of her Texas shows, she surprised the audience by swapping a song on the setlist for something she had never performed live. "You think you can just go online, you think you can just scroll and know the setlist, you think you can just come prepared," she said onstage. "Let it be said about the Eras Tour: we're tricksy."
In addition to her self-proclaimed "setlist hi-jinx," every night of the tour has seen at least two surprise songs. And some fans have seen even more since Taylor started doing mash-ups, a move which means the surprise song segment can have as many songs as she wants!
All in all, even if your favorite song didn't make the original setlist, you might still get to hear it (even if you're streaming the concert on TikTok). While we relisten to The Tortured Poets Department (and wait for Reputation (Taylor's Version)) here's everything she's played on the tour.
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One of Taylor's most recent mash-ups, “The Prophecy" & "This Love,” is one of her most emotional yet because of one very specific lyric change. Instead of singing "The Prophecy" as written, asking why she seems to be destined to be alone, she blended the lyrics with the ethereal, romantic "This Love" to proclaim how her new romance with the KC Chiefs' Travis Kelce has changed everything.
"These hands had to let it go free / and it changed the prophecy," she sang during the Eras Tour surprise songs. I'm so emotional!!!!
Taylor Swift Eras Tour Surprise Songs For Fall 2024
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- Miami on October 18: “Tim McGraw” & ”Timeless” mash-up and “This Is Me Trying” & ”Daylight” mash-up
- Miami on October 19: “Should’ve Said No” & ”I Did Something Bad” mash-up and “loml” & ”White Horse” mash-up
- Miami on October 20: “Out of the Woods” & ”All You Had to Do Was Stay” mash-up and “Mirrorball” & ”Guilty as Sin?” mash-up
- New Orleans on October 25: “Our Song” & ”Call It What You Want” mash-up and “The Black Dog” & ”Haunted” mash-up
- New Orleans on October 26: “Espresso” & ”Is It Over Now?” & ”Please Please Please” mash-up with Sabrina Carpenter and “Hits Different” & ”Welcome to New York” mash-up
- New Orleans on October 27: “Afterglow” & ”Dress” mash-up and “How You Get the Girl” & ”Clean” mash-up
- Indianapolis on November 1: “The Albatross" & "Holy Ground” mash-up and “Cold As You" & "Exile” mash-up
- Indianapolis on November 2: “The Prophecy" & "This Love” mash-up and “Maroon" & "Cowboy Like Me” mash-up
- Indianapolis on November 3: "Cornelia Street" & "The Bolter" mash-up and "Death By A Thousand Cuts" & "The Great War" mash-up
Taylor Swift Eras Tour Surprise Songs For Spring 2024
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- Tokyo, Japan on February 7: "Dear Reader" and "Holy Ground"
- Tokyo, Japan on February 8: "Eyes Open" and "Electric Touch"
- Tokyo, Japan on February 9: "Superman" and "The Outside"
- Melbourne, Australia on February 16: "Red" and "You're Losing Me"
- Melbourne, Australia on February 17: "Getaway Car" & "August" & "Other Side Of The Door" mash-up and "This Is Me Trying"
- Melbourne, Australia on February 18: "Come Back, Be Here" & "Daylight" mash-up and "Teardrops On My Guitar"
- Sydney, Australia on February 23: "How You Get The Girl" and "White Horse" & "Coney Island" mash-up with Sabrina Carpenter
- Sydney, Australia on February 24: "Should've Said No" & "You're Not Sorry" mash-up and "New Year's Day" & "Peace" mash-up
- Sydney, Australia on February 25: "Is It Over Now?" & "I Wish You Would" mash-up and "Haunted" & "Exile" mash-up
- Sydney, Australia on February 26: "Would've, Could've, Should've" & "Ivy" mash-up and "Forever & Always" & "Maroon" mash-up
- Singapore on March 2: "Mine" & "Starlight" mash-up and "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" & "Dress" mash-up
- Singapore on March 3: "Long Story Short" & "The Story Of Us" mash-up and Clean" & "Evermore" mash-up
- Singapore on March 4: "Foolish One" & "Tell Me Why" mash-up and "This Love" & "Call It What You Want" mash-up
- Singapore on March 7: "Death By A Thousand Cuts" & "Babe" mash-up and "Fifteen" & "You're On Your Own, Kid" mash-up
- Singapore on March 8: "Sparks Fly" & "Gold Rush" mash-up and "False God" & "Slut!" mash-up
- Singapore on March 9: "Tim McGraw" & "Cowboy Like Me" mash-up and "Mirrorball" & "Epiphany" mash-up
- Paris on May 9: "Paris" and "loml"
- Paris on May 10: "Is It Over Now?" & "Out of the Woods" mash-up and "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys"
- Paris on May 11: "Hey Stephen" and "Maroon"
- Paris on May 12: "The Alchemy" & "Treacherous" mash-up and "Begin Again" & "Paris" mash-up
- Stockholm on May 17: "Peter" and “I Think He Knows" & "Gorgeous" mash-up
- Stockholm on May 18: “Guilty as Sin” and “Say Don't Go" & "Welcome to New York" & "Clean” mash-up
- Stockholm on May 19: “How Did It End?” and “Message in a Bottle" & "How You Get the Girl" & "New Romantics” mash-up
- Lisbon on May 24: "Come Back...Be Here" & "The Way I Loved You" & "The Other Side of the Door" mash-up and "Fresh Out The Slammer" & "High Infidelity" mash-up
- Lisbon on May 25: "The Tortured Poets Department" & "Now That We Don't Talk" mash-up and "You're On Your Own, Kid" & "Long Live" mash-up
- Madrid on May 29: "Sparks Fly" & "I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)" mash-up and "I Look In People's Windows" & "Snow on the Beach" mash-up
- Madrid on May 30 "Our Song" & "Jump Then Fall" mash-up and "King of my Heart"
Taylor Swift Eras Tour Surprise Songs For Summer 2024
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- Lyon on June 2: "The Prophecy" & "Long Story Short" mash-up and "Fifteen" & "You're On Your Own, Kid"
- Lyon on June 3: "Glitch" & "Everything Has Changed" mash-up and "Chloe, Sam, Sophia or Marcus"
- Edinburgh on June 7: "Would've, Could've, Should've" & "I Know Places" mash-up and ''Tis The Damn Season" & "Daylight" mash-up
- Edinburgh June 8: "The Bolter" & "Getaway Car" mash-up and "All Of The Girls You Loved Before" & "Crazier" mash-up
- Edinburgh on June 9: "It's Nice To Have A Friend" & "Dorothea" mash-up and "Haunted" & "Exile" mash-up
- Liverpool on June 13: "I Can See You" & "Mine" mash-up and "Cornelia Street" & "Maroon" mash-up
- Liverpool, on June 14: "This Is What You Came For" & "Gold Rush" mash-up and "The Great War" & "You're Losing Me" mash-up
- Liverpool on June 15: "Carolina" & "No Body, No Crime" mash-up and "The Manuscript" & "Red" mash-up
- Cardiff on June 18: "I Forgot That You Existed" & "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" mash-up and "I Hate It Here" & "the lakes" mash-up
- London on June 21: "Hits Different" & "Death By A Thousand Cuts" mash-up and "The Black Dog" & "Come Back...Be Here" & "Maroon" mash-up
- London on June 22: "thanK you aIMee" & "Mean" mash-up and "Castles Crumbling" with Hayley Williams
- London on June 23: "us" with Gracie Abrams and "Out of the Woods" & "Is It Over Now?" & "Clean" mash-up
- Dublin on June 28: "State of Grace" & "You're On Your Own, Kid" mash-up and "Sweet Nothing" & "Hoax" mash-up
- Dublin on June 29: "The Albatross" & "Dancing With Our Hands Tied" mash-up and "This Love" & "Ours" mash-up
- Dublin on June 30: "Clara Bow" & "The Lucky One" mash-up and "You're On Your Own, Kid"
- Amsterdam on July 4: "Guilty As Sin?" & "Untouchable" mash-up and "The Archer" & "Question...?" mash-up
- Amsterdam on July 5: "I'm Gonna Get You Back" & "Dress" mash-up and "You Are in Love" & "Cowboy Like Me" mash-up
- Amsterdam on July 6: "Sweeter than Fiction" & "Holy Ground" mash-up and "Mary's Song (Oh My My My)" & "So High School" & "Everything Has Changed" mash-up
- Zurich on July 9: "Right Where You Left Me" & "All You Had To Do Was Stay" mash-up and "Last Kiss" & "Sad Beautiful Tragic" mash-up
- Zurich on July 10: "Closure" & "A Perfectly Good Heart" mash-up and "Robin" & "Never Grow Up" mash-up
- Milan on July 13: "The 1" & "Wonderland" mash-up and "I Almost Do" & "The Moment I Knew" mash-up
- Milan on July 14: "Mr. Perfectly Fine" & "Red" mash-up and "Getaway Car" & "Out of the Woods" mash-up
- Gelsenkirchen on July 17: “Superstar” & ”Invisible String” mash-up and “Slut!”& ”False God” mash-up
- Gelsenkirchen on July 18: “Speak Now” & ”Hey Stephen” mash-up and “This Is Me Trying” & ”Labyrinth” mash-up
- Gelsenkirchen on July 19: “Paper Rings” & ”Stay Stay Stay” mash-up and “It’s Time to Go” & ”Better Man” mash-up
- Hamburg on July 23: “Teardrops on My Guitar” & ”The Last Time” mash-up and “We Were Happy” & ”Happiness” mash-up
- Hamburg on July 24: “The Last Great American Dynasty” & ”Run” mash-up and “Nothing New” & ”Dear Reader” mash-up
- Munich on July 27: “Fresh Out the Slammer” & ”You Are in Love” mash-up and “Ivy” & ”Call It What You Want” mash-up
- Munich on July 28: “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” & ”imgonnagetyouback” mash-up and “loml” & ”Don’t You” mash-up
- Warsaw on August 1: “Mirrorball” & ”Clara Bow” mash-up and “Suburban Legends” & ”New Year’s Day” mash-up
- Warsaw on August 2: “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)” & ”I Can See You” mash-up and “Red” & ”Maroon” mash-up
- Warsaw on August 3: “Today Was a Fairytale” & ”I Think He Knows” mash-up and “The Black Dog” & ”Exile” mash-up
- London on August 15: “Everything Has Changed” & ”End Game” & ”Thinking Out Loud” mash-up with Ed Sheeran and “King of My Heart” & ”The Alchemy” mash-up
- London on August 16: “London Boy” and “Dear John” & ”Sad Beautiful Tragic” mash-up
- London on August 17: “I Did Something Bad” and “My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys” & ”Coney Island” mash-up
- London on August 19: “Long Live” & ”Change” mash-up and “The Archer” & ”You’re on Your Own Kid” mash-up
Taylor Swift Eras Tour Surprise Songs For 2023
Taylor Swift Eras Tour ticket with rainbow star confetti.
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- Glendale, AZ on March 17: "mirrorball" and "Tim McGraw"
- Glendale, AZ on March 18: "State of Grace" and "this is me trying"
- Las Vegas, NV on March 24: "Our Song" and "Snow on the Beach"
- Las Vegas, NV on March 25: "cowboy like me" with Marcus Mumford and "White Horse"
- Arlington, TX on March 31: "Sad Beautiful Tragic" and "Ours"
- Arlington, TX on April 1: "Death By A Thousand Cuts" and "Clean"
- Arlington, TX on April 2: "Jump Then Fall" and "The Lucky One"
- Tampa, FL on April 13: "Speak Now" and "Treacherous"
- Tampa, FL on April 14: "The Great War" with Aaron Dessner and "You're On Your Own, Kid"
- Tampa, FL on April 15: "mad woman" with Aaron Dessner and "Mean"
- Houston, TX on April 21: "Wonderland" and "You're Not Sorry"
- Houston, TX on April 22: "A Place In This World" and "Today Was A Fairytale"
- Houston, TX on April 23: "Begin Again" and "Cold As You"
- Atlanta, GA on April 28: "The Other Side Of The Door" and "Coney Island"
- Atlanta, GA on April 29: "High Infidelity" and "Gorgeous"
- Atlanta, GA on April 30: "I Bet You Think About Me" and "How You Get The Girl"
- Nashville, TN on May 5: "Sparks Fly" and "Teardrops On My Guitar"
- Nashville, TN on May 6: "Out of the Woods" and "Fifteen"
- Nashville, TN on May 7: "Would've Could've Should've" with Aaron Dessner and "Mine"
- Philadelphia, PA on May 12: "gold rush" and 'Come Back... Be Here'
- Philadelphia, PA on May 13: "Forever & Always" and "This Love"
- Philadelphia, PA on May 14: "Hey Stephen" and "The Best Day"
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- Foxborough, MA on May 19: "Should've Said No" and "Better Man"
- Foxborough, MA on May 20: "Question...?" and "Invisible"
- Foxborough, MA on May 21: "I Think He Knows" and "Red"
- East Rutherford, NJ on May 26: "Getaway Car" with Jack Antanoff and "Maroon"
- East Rutherford, NJ on May 27: "Holy Ground" and "False God"
- East Rutherford, NJ on May 28: "Clean" and "Welcome to New York"
- Chicago, IL on June 2: "I Wish You Would" and "the lakes"
- Chicago, IL on June 3: "You All Over Me" with Maren Morris and "I Don't Wanna Live Forever"
- Chicago, IL on June 4: "Hits Different" and "The Moment I Knew"
- Detroit, MI on June 9: “Haunted” and “I Almost Do”
- Detroit, MI on June 10: “All You Had to Do Was Stay” and “Breathe”
- Pittsburgh, PA on June 16: “Mr. Perfectly Fine” and “The Last Time”
- Pittsburgh, PA on June 17: “Seven” with Aaron Dessner and “The Story of Us”
- Minneapolis, MN on June 23: “Paper Rings” and “If This Was a Movie”
- Minneapolis, MN on June 24: “Dear John” and “Daylight”
- Cincinnati, OH on June 30: “I’m Only Me When I’m With You” and “Evermore”
- Cincinnati, OH on July 1: “Ivy” with Aaron Dessner, “I Miss You, I’m Sorry” with Gracie Abrams, and “Call It What You Want”
- Kansas City, MO on July 7: “Never Grow Up” and “When Emma Falls in Love”
- Kansas City, MO on July 8: “Last Kiss” and “Dorothea”
- Denver, CO on July 14: “Picture to Burn” and “Timeless”
- Denver, CO on July 15: “Starlight” and “Back to December”
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- Seattle, WA on July 22: “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” and “Everything Has Changed”
- Seattle, WA on July 23: “Message in a Bottle” and “Tied Together With a Smile”
- Santa Clara, CA on July 28: “Right Where You Left Me” and “Castles Crumbling”
- Santa Clara, CA on July 29: “Stay Stay Stay” and “All of the Girls You Loved Before”
- Los Angeles, CA on Aug. 3: "I Can See You" and "Maroon"
- Los Angeles, CA on Aug. 4: "Our Song" and "You Are In Love"
- Los Angeles, CA on Aug. 5: "Death by a Thousand Cuts" and "You're On Your Own, Kid"
- Los Angeles, CA on Aug. 7: "Dress" and "Exile"
- Los Angeles, CA on Aug. 8: "I Know Places" and "King Of My Heart"
- Los Angeles, CA on Aug. 9: "New Romantics" and "New Year's Day"
- Mexico City, Mexico on Aug. 24: "I Forgot That You Existed" and "Sweet Nothing"
- Mexico City, Mexico on Aug. 25: "Tell Me Why" and "Snow On The Beach"
- Mexico City, Mexico on Aug. 26: "Cornelia Street" and "You're On Your Own, Kid"
- Mexico City, Mexico on Aug. 27: "Afterglow" and "Maroon"
- Buenos Aires, Argentina on Nov. 9: "The Very First Night" and "Labyrinth"
- Buenos Aires, Argentina on Nov. 11: "Is It Over Now?" & "Out Of The Woods" mash-up and "End Game"
- Buenos Aires, Argentina on Nov. 12: "Better Than Revenge" and “Slut!”
- Rio De Janeiro, Brazil on Nov. 17: "Stay Beautiful" and "Suburban Legends"
- Rio De Janeiro, Brazil on Nov. 19: "Dancing With Our Hands Tied" and "Bigger Than The Whole Sky"
- Rio De Janeiro, Brazil on Nov. 20: "Me!" and "So It Goes..."
Does anyone sing Taylor Swift's Eras Tour surprise songs with her?
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Taylor Swift will occasionally bring out her opener to sing the surprise songs with her, like she did with Sabrina Carpenter in Sydney, Australia! After crazy weather preventer Sabrina from performing her set at the beginning of the concert, Taylor brought her out for a medley of "White Horse" from Fearless (Taylor's Version) and "Coney Island" from Evermore.
How does Taylor Swift choose surprise songs?
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It seems that Taylor Swift's surprise song choices are somewhat last minute and based on what she wants to play, but we're thinking that two of her songs from Houston are more than meets the eye — er, more than meets the ear?
Twitter users recently brought up Speak Now (Taylor's Version) when images of Taylor filming in Liverpool went viral. The other two people in the photos appear to be Joey King and Taylor Lautner, who both played a role in the original Speak Now: Joey King was featured in the "Mean" music video and Taylor Lautner is the subject of
And we're talking about Speak Now (Taylor's Version) again after the April 22 concert because of her surprise songs. After all, "A Place In This World" (which is featured in Joey King's Ramona and Beezus) and "Today Was A Fairytale" (which is a part of Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner's Valentine's Day) feels very intentional. Turns out, we were right because she brought Joey and Taylor onstage during the Speak Now (Taylor's Version) launch party to premiere the music video!
In addition to playing requests from her openers during the surprise song segment, Taylor seems to choose songs based on her celebrity attendees. The Summer I Turned Pretty's Jenny Han and Lola Tung attended the May 27 show, where Taylor played "False God," which was featured in season one.
And during her last performance in LA, Taylor Swift chose "New Romantics" from 1989 and "New Year's Day" from reputation. This is very telling because for one, "New Romantics" was the only song from 1989 that she hadn't sung yet, and it came right after the 1989 (Taylor's Version) announcement! And based on this frame from the "Karma" music video, we might be getting reputation TV after 1989 TV. So "New Year's Day" was the perfect follow-up!
November 19 and 20, at the end of Taylor Swift's time in Rio de Janeiro, she played two songs from Reputation: "Dancing With Our Hands Tied" and "So It Goes..." (both of which are two of my all-time favorite Taylor songs and are very under-appreciated). This leaves "I Did Something Bad" as the final Reputation surprise song, and Swifties are convinced we'll get the announcement before the end of November. Fans also pointed out both "Me!" and "So It Goes..." feature a 1,2,3 countdown in the lyrics — and there are only three shows left before Taylor takes another break. It's the perfect time for an announcement if you ask me!
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