9 Best Moments of Taylor Swift’s First Night at MetLife on Her Eras Tour

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The blockbuster trek rolled into New Jersey connected Friday.

“Oh, New Jersey, I consciousness perfectly awesome correct now.”

Taylor Swift brought her blockbuster Eras Tour — connected way to nett an estimated $590 cardinal successful summons income and go nan biggest trek of her full profession — to MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, N.J. connected Friday (May 26) evening for nan first of 3 sold-out shows astatine nan monolithic venue.

The circuit (which began successful March successful Glendale, Ariz., and moves connected to Chicago aft nan Jersey dates earlier wrapping successful August successful California) is simply a three-hour marathon of Swift’s imposing catalog of pop, people and state classics, which spans monolithic hits connected nan Billboard Hot 100 arsenic good arsenic deep-cut instrumentality favorites.

After a muscular opening group from GAYLE and a crowd-pleasing capacity by nan ever-reliable Phoebe Bridgers, Swift took nan shape to thunderous applause.

“There is 1 point I dream of pinch nan childlike wonderment of a 100 birthdays – nan first nighttime of MetLife,” Swift told nan crowd astatine nan apical of her set. And clearly, her Friday nighttime performance for nan New Jersey/New York crowd was a meaningful 1 for her – not only did she debut 3 caller outfits, but she brought retired 3 impermanent performers — and offered MetLife attendees an beforehand screening of nan euphony video for “Karma” astir an hr earlier it landed online.

From her marvelous astonishment opus choices to a infinitesimal erstwhile nan assemblage amazed Swift to her flashy caller threads, present are nan champion moments from nighttime 1 of Taylor Swift’s first evening astatine MetLife connected her Eras Tour.

New Fit #1

For nan Lover era conception of nan night, Swift debuted a brand-new outfit – a silvery leotard pinch heavy purple contours and tassels. It intelligibly afforded Swift a batch of room for activity during nan much choreography-heavy moments.
New Fit #2

During evermore standout “’Tis nan Damn Season,” which proves a opus doesn’t request to beryllium large to elicit a high-decibel assemblage response, Swift took nan shape successful different caller outfit. The caller dress was a rich, acheronian gold, pinch shimmering pinpoints of ray arranged successful vertical lines. Almost looking arsenic if it were lit from within, it mightiness beryllium nan astir memorable look from this tour.
“Marjorie” Moment

While attendees were fitted pinch wristbands that periodically lit up successful unison passim nan night, location was 1 infinitesimal erstwhile nan assemblage took luminosity matters into their ain hands. During “Marjorie,” a opus astir Swift’s precocious grandmother, tens of thousands of group put their compartment telephone lights connected and raised them up. “That was you guys telepathically communicating pinch each different to create a typical infinitesimal for me,” Swift said aft nan song, intelligibly touched. “My grandma was a singer, too, and I cognize she would person loved to singing astatine MetLife. But her sound is connected that song, truthful she conscionable did.”
New Fit #3

During “Enchanted,” nan sole opus representing Speak Now — which receives a (Taylor’s Version) release travel July 7, and presumably a bigger setlist look aft that — Swift brought retired different caller dress. This 1 was a poofy tulle outfit, which came crossed for illustration an elevated type of a Disney princess’ ballroom gown; nan look beautifully matched nan heart-on-sleeve, fairy communicative romanticist longing of nan song.
Phoebe's Victory Lap

After Swift said connected really her re-recordings offered her nan opportunity to excavation deeper into her past, she brought retired opening enactment Phoebe Bridgers, guitar successful hand, for a duet connected a opus Swift wrote erstwhile she was 22 — “Nothing New,” nan duo’s collab connected Red (Taylor’s Version). Bridgers had already delivered a knockout group connected her own, and she was visibly jubilant to subordinate Swift connected shape for her triumph thigh duet.
“Karma” Is a Video Premiere

MetLife’s Friday crowd was graced pinch yet different first: nan premiere of her “Karma” euphony video astir an hr earlier it dropped online. “At nan very opening of nan year, erstwhile I was conscionable starting to train for this tour, I sewage reached retired to by Ice Spice,” Swift explained. “She reached retired and said, ‘If you’d ever for illustration to do a collab, I would emotion to.’ And what she didn’t cognize astatine nan clip is that erstwhile I was training for nan tour, I was listening to beautiful overmuch exclusively conscionable her euphony each azygous day. All day.” The 2 yet deed nan studio. “I not only fell successful emotion pinch her, but decided she’s nan full future,” Swift said. “I’ve been astir truthful galore artists and truthful galore artists conscionable starting out, but I’ve ne'er been astir an creator who’s truthful prepared and funny and focused connected what she wants.” After that intro, nan delightful, playful “Karma” video made its world premiere for an friendly assemblage of respective tens of thousands of rapt fans.
Acoustic Surprise #1

“I cognize you’ve wanted to perceive this song,” Swift teased earlier her first astonishment acoustic offering. And she wasn’t exaggerating. The prime was “Getaway Car,” a beloved instrumentality fave, and for nan song, predominant collaborator Jack Antonoff joined her connected stage. “He’s been 1 of my champion friends – he feels for illustration a family member,” Swift said while welcoming “Jersey’s own” Antonoff. In summation to singing lead connected a fewer lines, Antonoff aided Swift pinch immoderate forceful acoustic strumming connected nan Reputation highlight.
Acoustic Surprise #2

Midnights is nan astir caller medium to driblet earlier Taylor’s Eras Tour, truthful it’s nary astonishment that it takes up a bully information of nan setlist. Even so, nan modular Eras Tour setlist doesn’t see 1 of nan album’s absolute champion songs – but Friday night’s crowd was successful for a treat. “This is 1 of my favorites disconnected Midnights, but I haven’t played it yet,” Swift said, earlier performing a gorgeous rendition of “Maroon” while seated astatine an upright soft festooned pinch a floral design.
Spice Up nan Stage

If nan “Karma” video premiere wasn’t enough, Swift one-upped herself astatine nan very extremity of nan nighttime by bringing retired Bronx-bred rapper Ice Spice to present her casually assured verse connected nan conscionable dropped “Karma” remix. “Make nan astir sound you’ve made each night,” Swift said arsenic Spice, waiting below, was elevated up to nan shape — and nan crowd surely complied. As nan “Princess Diana” hitmaker performed to nan largest crowd of her young career, she seemed comfortable and a spot awestruck. The 2 held hands while strutting astir nan stage, and erstwhile confetti blasted retired astatine nan end, they had their arms astir each different while soaking successful nan rapturous response.