Taylor Swift Accidentally Inhales a Bug, Has a Piano Malfunction & Debuts New Dresses in Milan
Insect problems. Piano problems. Taylor Swift had to stop performing mid-song over a couple unexpected, but funny, incidents during her acoustic set in Milan, Italy, on Saturday and Sunday (July 13-14).
“Swallowed another one,” Swift dryly remarked to a loud, supportive audience Saturday night in Milan, Italy, accepting her fate after a bug flew into her mouth while on stage for her surprise song section at San Siro Stadium.
The pop icon — no stranger to an unfortunate run-in with a bug on an international tour that’s made its way to many an outdoor stadium — wasn’t surprised. “I knew it would happen ’cause there’s so many bugs here tonight,” she told the crowd, pausing for a moment and then explaining the protocol: “I just need to cough a little bit.”
She was sitting at the piano, playing a rather sad and angry Red-era mashup of “I Almost Do” and “The Moment I Knew,” when the insect intruder interfered with her performance.
That emotional mashup on the keys on Saturday followed “The 1″/“Wonderland” on acoustic guitar. (“I’ve never done this in the acoustic section before,” Swift revealed of “The 1,” the opener of Folklore. The song used to be on the main Eras Tour set list, but lost its spot when Swift reworked the long-running show to include a number of selections from her newest album, reigning Billboard 200 No. 1 The Tortured Poets Department.
On Sunday, Swift’s acoustic guitar surprise was a mashup of “Mr. Perfectly Fine” and “Red.”
Her piano surprise Sunday night was “Getaway Car” with “Out of the Woods,” but she didn’t get very far with that before noticing something was wrong with her piano.
“You know what, we finally broke it. We have finally broken this thing,” quipped Swift while someone from her tech crew quickly helped fix the issue.
The star still had trouble closing its top, but celebrated once she got it shut: “I did it!” she squealed, and with a grin got back to the song: “No, nothing good starts in a getaway car.”
In planned surprises from Milan that also had fans talking over the weekend, Swift debuted three Eras Tour costumes: new dresses for her Fearless and Tortured Poets eras of the concert on Saturday, and a new gown for the show’s Speak Now moment on Sunday.
For Fearless, she took the stage in a new, shimmering black-and-gold number (pictured at the top of this article) that was a fun fit for such a big sing-along part of show. The look also calls back to the aesthetic of Swift’s Reputation, fans noticed, feeling a bit Gatsby in design while also reminding Swifties of this bodysuit from the Reputation Tour.
Swift’s new Tortured Poets costume, seen in the image below, is of the same design as her previous one — but with new lyrics written around its skirt. Instead of words from the album’s title track, the updated version of the white Vivienne Westwood dress features lyrics from Swift’s rage-filled “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?” “You should be,” it reminds those watching.
And on Sunday, Swift performed “Enchanted,” the one Speak Now song that has a permanent place in the Eras set, in a new ballgown in a color that can best be described as Speak Now purple. Check out a fan’s collage of Swift’s sparkly Speak Now gown collection from The Eras Tour.
See highlights from Swift’s weekend in Milan in the surprise song performance clips below. Next up on the hitmaker’s itinerary, she’ll head to Germany, bringing The Eras Tour to Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg and Munich.
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