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Taylor Swift He burst into tears before meeting some of the survivors and families of the victims Knife attack in SouthportA few hours earlier she had gone on stage to perform a three-hour pop show.
backstage footage his eras tour The 35-year-old American pop star opened up about the emotional burden she’s faced due to the events of her massive world tour.
“There were a lot of violent, scary things that happened on our trip,” she says.
Three young girls died in the attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop in July 2024, while other children and adults were seriously injured.
“This horrific attack took place in Liverpool at a Taylor Swift-themed dance party,” Swift said. His new six-part documentary series end of an era for Disney+The first two episodes of which were released on Friday (12 December). “And these were little kids…” she whispers, crying: “I’m having a hard time explaining it.”
She adds: “I’m going to meet some of these families tonight and… hold a pop concert, you know?”
Wiping away tears she says: “It’s going to be okay, because I’m not going to do that.” [cry]I’m going to smile, so get any of this out of the way before you go on stage and turn it off, Three and a half hours, they don’t have to worry about you,
Later in the episode, it was reported that Swift met privately with survivors and families of the Southport attack before each of the five Wembley shows.
The footage shows her and her mother and manager Andrea Swift leaving a room after meeting them and running back to her dressing room in floods of tears.
“I know you helped them,” his mother tells him. “I know it doesn’t seem like it but I know you helped them.”
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At the same time the pressure was increased by the fact that Swift returned to the stage after the Wembley show. Forced to cancel three concerts in Vienna, AustriaDue to terrorist threat.
Swift compared it to a “pilot flying a plane” and the need to remain calm and collected no matter how difficult the situation.
“From a mental standpoint, I just live in a reality that’s unrealistic a lot of the time,” Swift says in a voiceover. “But it’s my job to be able to handle all these emotions and then immediately get excited and perform.
“That’s just the way it should be.”
The first two episodes of Swift’s documentary end of an era Now on Disney+.