Eras Tour Movie Title Explained: All 9 Taylor Swift Eras Featured In The Concert

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour follows Swift’s iconic tour, documenting her passionate performances at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles as she sings her way through the eras of her career. Taylor Swift has become one of the biggest icons in American music, gathering one of the most dedicated fan bases in musical history. Her Eras Tour has sold out numerous venues, saturating every city she visits with vast numbers of ecstatic fans. The incredible success of her tour is all documented in her new movie, which combines footage from her first three concerts at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium in August 2023.

Swift’s 10-album, 17-year career includes several different genres of music, including country, pop, alternative rock, and folk. Taylor Swift began her career as a country musician, but she has since branched off into all the aforementioned genres, expanding her musical library as her career has progressed. Each of her 10 albums represents an era of her career, both in terms of her musical style and her personal journey as a musician and a person. Though Taylor Swift, her first studio album, is not on the Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour movie’s setlist, songs from this album were included in the “surprise songs” section of her concerts at other venues.

9 Fearless

Fearless is Taylor Swift’s second studio album and one of her most popular eras. Swift’s setlist from SoFi stadium includes the three biggest hits from the album: “Fearless,” “Love Story,” and “You Belong with Me.” Fearless was originally recorded when Swift was just 18 years old, and consequently, the album is mostly about young love in its various forms. This album is considered part of the Country pop genre, which is the genre responsible for launching Taylor Swift into stardom. This is a nostalgic era, and it’s a big part of the reason Swift’s film is scaring other movies off their release dates.

8 Speak Now

Speak Now, Taylor Swift’s third career album, combines the country pop, pop rock, and power pop genres to create a unique listening experience for fans. Swift’s Eras Tour setlist includes the two biggest songs from the album, “Enchanted” and “Long Live.” This is another of Swift’s earliest eras, and though her concerts at SoFi stadium only include two songs from this album, it played a critical role in her meteoric rise in pop culture. Swift re-recorded this album as Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), adding to the list of the albums Swift actually owns.

7 Red

Red, Swift’s fourth album/era, originally released in 2012, combining pop, country, and rock elements to create Swift’s signature style. The SoFi Stadium concerts filmed in her upcoming movie included four songs from this album: “22,” and it is often considered her best album. Red is also credited with bridging the country and pop eras of Swift’s career, serving as a transitional period in her musical style.

6 1989

The next era in Taylor Swift’s career comes in the form of her fifth studio album, 1989. This album, which is named after her birth year, represents a big shift in her musical career as her first fully-fledged pop album. The setlist from her Eras Tour includes five songs from this album: “Style,” “Blank Space,” “Shake It Off,” “Wildest Dreams,” and “Bad Blood.” This album takes a more light-hearted approach to her most commonly used song topic, failed romance. It also comes in heavy contrast to her formerly acoustic sound, leaning into more synthetic audio.

5 Reputation

Reputation is Taylor Swift’s sixth album/era and is considered part of the Electropop musical genre. Swift’s Eras Tour setlist contains four songs from this album: “…Ready For It?,” “Delicate,” “Don’t Blame Me,” and “Look What You Made Me Do.” This era of Swift’s career was sparked by her frustration with the excessive scrutiny she received from tabloids after 1989‘s release. Its focus is split between the downside of fame and the difficulty of finding love in such a public life. Swift went on tour after releasing this album, smashing the record for the highest-grossing North American tour.

4 Lover

Lover is Taylor Swift’s seventh album and her first after leaving Big Machine Records in a cloud of controversy concerning the rights to her music. Her Eras Tour setlist includes six songs from this album: “Cruel Summer,” “The Man,” “Lover,” “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince,” “You Need to Calm Down,” and “The Archer.” This album is laced with Swift’s newfound artistic freedom after leaving Big Machine Records, and it employs more upbeat lyrics and sounds than her previous album, Reputation. It was met with widespread acclaim and quickly became the best-selling album of 2019.

3 Folklore

The next era of Swift’s accomplished career arrives with her eighth studio album, Folklore. This album was a surprise release in 2020, and it has seven songs included in her Eras Tour setlist: “the 1,” “betty,” “august,” “cardigan,” “illicit affairs,” “my tears ricochet,” and “the last great american dynasty.” This Taylor Swift era leans into the indie folk, alternative rock, and electro-acoustic musical genres, marking a departure from her previous indulgence in pop music. This era is full of slower, more story-like songs that stand in contrast to her typically autobiographical lyrics.

2 Evermore

Taylor Swift’s ninth album/era, Evermore, is considered a sister album to Folklore by Swift herself. Like Folklore, Evermore was a surprise release that came out just five months after Folklore. The songs from this album included in her Eras Tour setlist are: “no body, no crime,” “willow,” “marjorie,” “champagne problems,” and “tolerate it.” Evermore is similar in style to Folklore, employing mostly indie folk, alternative rock, and chamber pop styles. It was conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic and recorded in Hudson Valley, New York.

1 Midnights

Midnights, the most recent era in Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, is her tenth studio album, and it deals with feelings of anxiety and insecurity on several different levels. This album smashed records all over the place, notably breaking Spotify’s record for most single-day streams of an album. The songs from this album included in Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour are: “Lavender Haze,” “Anti-Hero,” “Midnight Rain,” “Karma,” “Mastermind,” “Bejeweled,” and “Vigilante Sh*t.” This album combines a variety of pop styles, marking a return to Swift’s focus on producing pop music.