Taylor Swift's fears over terror plot, 'top secret' surprises revealed in docuseries

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00:00We've had a series of very violent, scary things happen to the tour.

00:07Like, we dodged, like, a massacre situation.

00:14Taylor Swift's Eras tour spanned 51 cities, 149 shows, and raked in over $2 billion.

00:20But halfway through the plug was almost pulled.

00:24In episode one of the new Disney Plus docuseries, End of an Era,

00:27an emotional Swift addressed the thwarted, terrorist plot

00:31that led her to cancel three concerts in Vienna in August 2024.

00:35Despite fears, Swift said during a sit-down interview in London

00:38that she would be resuming the tour, mere days after the threat.

00:42She compared her job as stadium headliner to that of an airplane pilot,

00:47navigating turbulence while keeping passengers calm.

00:50In another moment at Wembley Stadium, we see how the singer dealt with pre-show jitters

00:54by unwinding backstage with an audiobook and a check-in from her mom, Andrea.

00:59Adding to the anxiety, in July 2024, three young girls were fatally stabbed

01:04at a Taylor Swift-themed dance party in Southport, UK.

01:08She fought back tears meeting the victim's families in London.

01:11I'm gonna, um, like, meet some of these families tonight.

01:15While the doc didn't shy away from darker moments, it also showed the lighter side,

01:20like how Taylor went to great lengths to keep certain surprises under wraps.

01:24She secretly worked in an entirely new era, the tortured poet's department.

01:29The album was written on tour, dropped in April 2024,

01:33and debuted a month later on stage in Paris.

01:36Um, busy much?

01:38Taylor explained how they rehearsed in a top-secret facility to lock in the set list.

01:43They put together all-new choreography and changed up the order of the chapters,

01:47so Taylor had to relearn the entire show.

01:50Oh my god, that was a risk.

01:51That could have gone so bad.

01:53I swear to god, if I heard people online being like,

01:55I missed the old show, I was gonna be like,

01:58oh my god, you have no idea how hard this was to do.

02:00That era also featured the Tay Roomba,

02:02a moving platform operated by a hidden crew member underneath,

02:07as revealed in the era's tour book.

02:09Music, movies, books, is there anything she can't do?