13 Things Taylor Swift Reveals in New Eras Tour Book, from Learning 15 Languages to Her Favorite Stage Entrance

Mar. 15, 2025

Taylor Swift; The Eras Tour Book.

Are you ready for it?Taylor Swift’sEras Tourbook is here.

Theexclusive book hit shelves in Targeton Friday, Nov. 29, and it’s packed with 256 pages of over 500 photos and anecdotes from her record-breaking tour.

In the introduction, she shouts out her “incredible crew, band, singers and dancers who all matched my dedication to the massive scale and challenges of this show” along with the fans who attended each show.

“We do it because life comes in waves, in phases, in brilliant flurries of magical moments, and all of these things come together to create… Eras,” Swift continued. “Here is the official retrospective of the most wondrous tour of my life, my beloved Eras Tour.”

Swift eventeased “see you next era…”, which naturally has fans clamoring for more. In the meantime, here are 13 things fans might’ve not known all too well before reading the book.

Taylor Swift in 2024.Kate Green/Getty

Kate Green/Getty

There are many impressive stats and records broken throughout the course of the Eras Tour, but the book includes two eye-popping figures. Throughout the course of the tour, Swift performed for over 500 hours (517, to be exact) — and there were 10.1 million fans in attendance.

“Welcome to the Eras Tour”

Swift went to 51 different cities across five continents since March 2023. She learned how to say “welcome to the Eras Tour" in 15 different languages to properly greet the stadiums filled with fans.

Cruel Summer

Swift “knew from the start” she had to open the Eras Tour with"Cruel Summer"in order “to blast us into the energy of this show.”

“Something about the combination of that song and that Versace glittery bodysuit I get to wear can pull me out of any funk, fix any headache, heal sour muscles,” Swift wrote.

She also knew the show should feature theLoverera up front. “I’d never gotten to tour theLoveralbum and this was a brand new era we were creating. Bright and romantic and celebratory.”

Taylor Swift in 2024.Aldara Zarraoa/Getty

Aldara Zarraoa/Getty

All That Glitters

Taylor’s VersionThrough and Through

The musicians in the Eras Tour live band are the studio musicians who play on theTaylor’s Versionof her re-recordings. So far, she’s releasedTaylor’s Versionalbums ofFearless,Red,Speak Nowand1989.

Swift said one of her “favorite moments” of the Eras Tour show takes place during"Love Story"in theFearlessera. She wrote that she loves “seeing a stadium of people hold their hands up in the shape of a heart, and watching the crowds EXPLODE at the line ‘Marry me, Juliet.’”

“Many crowd proposalslater, this era completely captured the nostalgic magic ofFearless,” she added.

Taylor Swift in 2023.Disney+

Disney+

‘Wait for the Signal’

During theevermoreera, Swift’s favorite moment was during the enchanting"willow"choreography. “The meeting of the forest sorcerers during ‘willow,’ all of the dancers and me in our velvet capes with their glowing mythical orbs — twirling through the mist like a coven of mythical creatures.”

She said the sister album tofolklorewas rooted in storytelling and nature, and this choreography proves it.

Taylor Swift in 2023.Kevin Winter/Getty

Kevin Winter/Getty

Swift is Always ‘Ready For It’

Swift’sReputationera included her “favorite entrance of the night,” which featured a snake onscreen and strobe lights in her era of “rebellion and defiance.”

She wrote, “I always imagined the sound of mysterious footsteps turned up perfectly with the ominous synth beats of ‘…Ready For It?'”

Taylor Swift in 2024.Kevin Mazur/TAS24/Getty

Kevin Mazur/TAS24/Getty

All About the ‘TayRoomba’

During theTortured Poets Departmentera, whichSwift debuted in May in Paris, Swift introduced new choreography and sets — along with a roving platform (featuring someone inside) that fans have affectionately nicknamed theTayRoomba.

Behind The Dive

On Her Vigilante S—

Swift called “Vigilante S—” her “favorite moment of the night,” where she and the dancers break out chairs for the sexyMidnightstrack. “It’s just the most fun I’ve ever had,” she wrote, “the chair choreography! The catty, vengeful, mischievous personas we got to try on and play with!”

‘Checkmate, I Couldn’t Lose’

Many consider Swift a brilliant songwriter and smart businesswoman. However, the stage design for her"Mastermind"performance during theMidnightsera is next level.

“We recreate a chessboard and when I signal the dancers to move to different spots on the board, they actually create the exact sequence for a checkmate," she said.

Swift’s Arrival Isn’t Glamorous

Swiftconfirmed the rumor she arrives in a janitor’s cleaning carteach night of the Eras Tour with her “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart” music video. Towards the end of the Eras Tour book, Swift is photographed sitting on a chair in the cart with pictures of cats taped up inside — including one ofher cat Meredith.

Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour Bookis available for purchase at Target for $39.99.

source: people.com