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Taylor Swift, fans overjoyed as Eras Tour resumes in Tokyo
View Date:2024-12-23 16:30:47
TOKYO — The 2024 leg of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour launched Wednesday in Tokyo, where 55,000 thousand fans filled the Toyko Dome eager for the star's return.
Swift profusely thanked the audience for their support. She revealed why she announced her 13th album, "The Tortured Poets Department" at the Grammys. And she explained how, like most of her shows, the four nights in Tokyo were sold out.
"I want to start out by saying thank you to everyone who traveled a great distance to be at this show tonight," Swift said during her "Evermore" set, when she delivers a custom message for each show. "We have had a break from this tour so it was a couple months of us not getting to dance together and play together and not getting to vibe with you."
Becoming a Japanese influencer
“I’m very nervous,” said Andi Fachrul, creator of @SwiftieinTokyo. “I don’t know if I’ll be able to sleep at all.”
Fachrul, 25, planned to attend Swift's opening and closing nights in Tokyo. He'd never seen the 11-era creator in concert and was giddy with excitement.
“I think Japan is a very special place for her,” he added. “She always comes to Tokyo, and she is very well received here.”
The young influencer started his fan account in August 2023. He posts memes, Easter egg theories and videos of Swift, and has amassed more than 26,000 fans in less than six months.
“It was actually one of my ways I could escape from my full-time job,” he said. “I wanted to have something different, and I’m a huge fan of Taylor Swift.”
Shinjuku lights appear in 'End Game' music video
Fachrul lives in Shinjuku, one of Tokyo's 23 wards. Akin to New York’s Times Square, the area is home to shops, cafes and izakayas (Japanese pubs). Its hundreds of neon lights and television screens are blinding, and people bustle in and out of the narrow walkways.
“This area is very, very famous,” Fachrul said. “I love this place because it’s very lively and people come here.”
Taylor Swift shot the music video for “End Game” in Shinjuku. If you fast-forward to 1:27, you’ll see the “Reputation” singer walk through a display of neon signs. Her lyrics “I wanna be your A-team” and “big reputation” light up in Japanese letters. Fachrul said he loves how Swift is taking ownership over all of her albums and is most looking forward to her "Reputation" rerelease.
Swift will start her Tokyo sets at 6 p.m. local time. The 12-hour time difference from New York City means her Tokyo shows will be from 4-7:15 a.m. EST Wednesday through Saturday mornings. Her next tour stop is Melbourne, Australia, though she's likely to make a pit stop at the Super Bowl on Sunday to cheer on her boyfriend, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
Follow Bryan West, the USA TODAY Network's Taylor Swift reporter, on Instagram, TikTok and X as @BryanWestTV.
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