00:00 ♪ We knew the new romantic ♪
00:01 ♪ Best people in my memory ♪
00:05 - Taylor Swift closed out the first US leg
00:07 of her massive The Heiress Tour in Los Angeles on Wednesday
00:10 after performing six sold out shows at SoFi Stadium.
00:14 - This has been the most extraordinary, fun,
00:18 wonderful, magical experience of my entire life
00:21 being on this tour.
00:22 - As the superstar singer-songwriter gets ready
00:24 to play the tour's international dates
00:26 before circling back to North America in late 2024,
00:30 we're reminiscing on some of the most memorable moments
00:32 from the first leg of The Heiress Tour.
00:34 ♪ Take my hand and take me anywhere ♪
00:37 ♪ 'Cause I'm feeling ♪
00:39 - Taylor kicked off the highly anticipated tour
00:41 back in March in Glendale, Arizona.
00:44 At her first Nashville stop on May 5th,
00:46 she announced that the re-release of her album Speak Now,
00:49 titled Speak Now Taylor's Version, would drop on July 7th
00:52 before playing the Speak Now track "Sparks Fly"
00:54 as the night's first surprise song.
00:57 What's a surprise song, you ask?
00:58 ♪ Our song is a six feet door ♪
01:01 ♪ Speaking out is like a door, door, door ♪
01:04 - As Swifties know, Taylor performs two surprise songs
01:07 at every show that are unique to that tour stop.
01:09 Highlights of included hits Different,
01:11 Death by a Thousand Cuts, You Are in Love, and many more.
01:14 ♪ You are in love ♪
01:17 ♪ You are ♪
01:19 - On the same day, Taylor released the extended
01:21 Till Dawn edition of her album Midnights,
01:23 which included a remix of her song Karma featuring Ice Spice.
01:27 The anti-hero singer brought the rapper out on stage
01:29 at her first New Jersey stop at MetLife Stadium.
01:32 Ice Spice joined Taylor on stage to perform her verse
01:35 and close out the show for three nights in a row
01:37 at the end of May.
01:38 Other special guests who have joined Taylor on stage
01:41 throughout the first leg of the tour
01:42 include tour opener Phoebe Bridgers for Nothing New,
01:45 fellow tour opener the band Haim for Nobody No Crime,
01:48 and Taylor's Folklore and Evermore collaborator Aaron Dessner
01:51 just to name a few.
01:53 Meanwhile, when Taylor dropped Speak Now,
01:54 Taylor's version on July 7th,
01:56 she turned that night's show in Kansas City
01:58 into a massive album release party
02:00 and premiered a music video for one of the albums
02:03 from the vault tracks I Can See You.
02:05 She even brought the music video stars Taylor Lautner,
02:07 Joey King, and Presley Cash,
02:09 who each have a special connection to her Speak Now era
02:12 out on stage with her.
02:13 That same night, Taylor added the fan favorite
02:15 Speak Now track Long Live to the Aries Tour set list.
02:18 ♪ I was speaking all day ♪
02:21 And on the last night of the first US leg of the tour,
02:23 Taylor revealed that her next album re-release,
02:25 1989 Taylor's version, will be available on October 27th.
02:30 - There's something that I've been planning
02:31 for a really, really, really ridiculous
02:33 and embarrassing long time.
02:35 And I think instead of just like telling you about it,
02:40 I think I'll just sort of show you.
02:43 - Throughout the show, the singer teased the announcement
02:47 by wearing several never-before-seen blue outfits,
02:50 debuting new looks in the signature 1989 hue
02:53 during the 1989 Speak Now and Folklore portions of the show.
02:57 Following the announcement, the crowded SoFi Stadium
02:59 was treated to the 1989 track New Romantics
03:02 as the night's first surprise song on guitar.
03:05 ♪ You and the new romantics ♪
03:07 ♪ They're coming over me ♪
03:08 - For much more from Taylor Swift's The Aries Tour,
03:11 go to THR.com.
03:12 For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
03:15 (whooshing)
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