Taylor Swift is playing Wembley in London this weekend, and The King’s Guard is celebrating her arrival. They did so by performing Shake It Off during Changing of the Guard!
They are not the only ones celebrating her. Prince William, who is celebrating his birthday today, took Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, to Taylor’s concert. I am sure the four of them are living their wildest dreams.
Tonight was a big night for Taylor Swift in Liverpool, home of The Beatles. It was her 100th show on the Eras tour, which began on March 17, 2023.
To honor the milestone, she told the audience that the tour is officially ending in December.
“You know, this is actually the 100th show of the Eras Tour! Absolutely, that blows my mind. That doesn’t feel like a real statistic to me because this has definitely been exhausting, all-encompassing, but the most joyful, most rewarding, most wonderful thing that has ever happened in my life, this tour. That’s what I want to say to you. And I think, you know, a lot of you are like, ‘How are you going to celebrate the 100th show?'” she told her fans. “And for me, the celebration of the 100th show for me means this is the very first time I’ve ever acknowledged to myself and admitted that this tour is going to end in December, like that’s it. And that feels like so far away from now, but then again, it feels like we just played our first show on this tour because you have made this so much fun for us that we wanted to do a hundred shows, 150-something shows that we have on the whole tour, and you know, I think that this tour has really become my entire life.”
The tour is slated to end on December 8th, the day John Lennon was shot, in Vancouver.
That means that Swift will be able to enjoy the playoff games and the Super Bowl with her lover, Travis Kelce’s mom. Travis will be too busy playing to hang out with her. And with that, I just jinxed the Kansas City Chiefs. Sorry.
Taylor Swift was performing for the third night in Stockholm when her dress suddenly came undone, revealing her black gemstone underwear. So, she walked over to the piano, wrapped herself up in it again with the help of a stagehand, and went on with the show.
You can say she was able to shake it off, shake it off.
Taylor Swift is a modern-day poet who puts her poetry to music. And it turns out she is not the only poet in her family.
Ancestry.com found she and Emily Dickinson are sixth cousins, three times removed.
Ancestry.com told Today, “Swift and Dickinson both descend from a 17th-century English immigrant (Swift’s 9th great-grandfather and Dickinson’s 6th great-grandfather who was an early settler of Windsor, Connecticut).”
And now we know where Swift got her writing skills from, it is from her 9th great-grandfather.
However, we don’t know if Swift knows that she is related to the legendary poet. But she has referenced Dickinson many times throughout her career. Maybe it was Dickinson reaching out to her cousin from the great beyond.
The Taylor Swift Effect is a real thing. Don’t believe me? Well, yesterday’s Super Bowl was watched by over 120 million people on CBS. That makes it the most-watched telecast in television history on a single network.
Here is the breakdown that CBS Sports sent out in a press release:
RECORD-SETTING VIEWERSHIP
Super Bowl LVIII is the most-watched program ever, averaging 123.4 million viewers across all platforms, up +7% vs. last year’s Super Bowl which was the previous record (115.1 million).
More than 200million viewers (202.4) watched all or part of Super Bowl LVIII across networks, the highest unduplicated total audience in history and up +10% vs. last year’s Super Bowl (184 million).
CBS LEADS THE WAY WITH LARGEST AUDIENCE EVER FOR SINGLE NETWORK
Super Bowl LVIII on CBS led the way with 120.0 million viewers, the largest audience in history for a single network.
Super Bowl LVIII capped off a record-setting season for CBS Sports. The NFL ON CBS scored the most-watched regular season since the NFL returned to CBS in 1998 as well as the Network’s best postseason viewership since 1998.
Those numbers are astounding. And CBS needs to pay Swift a bonus because she is a large part of those numbers. Cause let’s be real. The people who helped to break that record were not tuning in to watch the Kansas Chiefs play the San Fransisco 49ers or Usher. They were tuning in for the singer!
I watch the big game every year for the commercials. Others watch for the actual game. And some for the halftime show. However, yesterday, first-timers were checking out because she introduced them to a game that their fathers watched.
And that is amazing! Swift is bringing families together! My friendship bracelet is off to her.
UPDATE: Tracker starring Justin Hartley, which aired after the game, scored a touchdown with 18.4 million viewers and is expected to gain another 7 million by its next episode on Sunday.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was seen by 3.74 people.
And finally, CBS took the cake with this spin. @fter Midnight scored its most-watched episode ever with 2.03 million viewers. Why is that such a hard sell? The show has only been on since January 16th, and it airs at 12:35a. So it ain’t ever going to see those numbers again.
