Will Taylor Swift Add The Tortured Poets Department To The Eras Tour?

Taylor Swift‘s global acclaim somehow keeps growing with each release, and with her latest record-breaking album, The Tortured Poets Department, many wonder if the singer will capitalize on its success and add any of its songs to the Eras Tour. The Eras Tour, Swift’s sixth concert tour, features the artist performing 44 songs from nine of her albums in the span of three and a half hours. Swift embarked on the Eras Tour in March 2023 and will play her final show in December 2024 (unless she decides to add more dates).

After the Eras Tour became the highest-grossing tour ever, Swift released a concert film documenting the record-breaking experience in theaters and on Disney+. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour became the highest-grossing concert film of all time, which didn’t come as a shock to many, given Swift’s recent string of achievements. Now that her eleventh studio album is also making waves following its debut on April 19, 2024, perhaps Swift will combine the two powers and add songs from The Tortured Poets Department to her setlist.

Taylor Swift Has Subtly Teased Adding The Tortured Poets Department To The Eras Tour Setlist

Swift’s YouTube Short Seemingly Has Hidden Clues

Taylor Swift is notorious for using Easter eggs and other clues to hint towards her future endeavors, and one of the singer’s YouTube Shorts that she released following the debut of The Tortured Poets Department seemingly teases the album’s addition to the Eras Tour setlist. The 15-second video includes footage from Eras Tour rehearsals, and some of Swift’s choreography in the YouTube Short seemingly doesn’t match up with any of the moves audiences had previously seen during the concert. The new choreography certainly implies Swift is adding new songs to the Eras Tour.

Additionally, eagle-eyed fans pointed out that one of the clips in the video shows Swift in front of a railing that appears to have The Tortured Poets Department‘s “TTPD” logo on it. Of course, Swift’s body covers most of it, so, one cannot confirm that it says “TTPD” until the next Eras Tour show. Even though the video is in grayscale, some also believe Swift is wielding a white microphone (she has yet to use) during some of the clips. Each Taylor Swift album has a color associated with it, and The Tortured Poets Department‘s is white.

Why Adding The Tortured Poets Department To The Eras Tour Would Make Sense

The Tortured Poets Department Is A New Era

Typically, when an artist releases a new album, they go on a tour to promote said album, but Taylor Swift isn’t a typical artist and the Eras Tour is not a run-of-the-mill tour. Each show features nine of Swift’s different “eras,” aka her albums. It starts with Lover and ends with Midnights, and it only makes sense if The Tortured Poets Department, Swift’s new “era,” has a place on the setlist following its release on April 19. So, fans shouldn’t be shocked if and when a handful of songs from The Tortured Poets Department are added to the Eras Tour.

Which The Tortured Poets Department Songs Are Most Likely To Be Added To The Eras Tour?

Swift’s New Album Has Many Songs That Would Fit Into The Eras Tour

The Tortured Poets Department (including tracks from Taylor Swift’s The Anthology surprise addition to the album) features 31 songs, with “Fortnight,” featuring Post Malone, serving as the record’s first single. Consequently, if Swift is including songs from The Tortured Poets Department in her upcoming Eras Tour shows, “Fortnight” is all but a guarantee on the setlist (even if Post Malone will not be performing at every concert). “Down Bad,” “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart,” “The Tortured Poets Department,” and “So, Long London” also have a good chance of making the cut.

The aforementioned tracks are performing the best on the charts (even though all The Tortured Poets Department‘s songs are doing exceptionally well), so, it would make sense to add them. Several of Swift’s Track 5’s are already on the setlist — “The Archer” from Lover, “Tolerate It” from Evermore, “Delicate” from Reputation, “All Too Well” from Red, and “My Tears Ricochet” from Folklore — so, “So Long, London” would be another obvious addition. Meanwhile, “Down Bad” and “The Tortured Poets Department” would sound good in a stadium setting, and “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” references Swift’s experience with the Eras Tour.

The Problem With Taylor Swift Adding The Tortured Poets Department Songs To The Eras Tour

The Eras Tour Is Already So Long

While adding songs from The Tortured Poets Department to the Eras Tour would be amazing, it would also be difficult to pull off. Taylor Swift already performs 44 songs in one show, bumping the concert’s time to almost three and a half hours, and it would be unfeasible for her to stretch it out to four hours. Swift may seem like Superwoman onstage, but singing and dancing for four hours (a few nights in a row) would tire just about everyone. The artist even cut her debut album from the Era Tour’s setlist because its inclusion would make the concert too long.

However, if Swift cut some of the already-established songs from the Eras Tour, The Tortured Poets Department could find a place in the concert. The Folklore and Midnights sets have seven songs each, some of which could be taken off the setlist (even though they would be greatly missed). Meanwhile, Lover, Evermore, and 1989‘s sets could also be condensed to accommodate the artist’s eleventh studio album. Perhaps Taylor Swift will wait to show off her songs from The Tortured Poets Department on a different tour, but it would make the most sense if she performed some during the Eras Tour.

Source: YouTube Shorts