Taylor Swift executes at Accor Stadium on Feb. 23, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. Don Arnold/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
Taylor Swift followers are notoriously enthusiastic individuals, as shown because viral video clip of one Swiftie sobbing over the pop celebrity’s shock track efficiency of “Exile” at one of her Eras Tour receives Sydney.
But while some individuals might slam such screens of feeling, specifically where stars such as Swift are worried, Madison Blackband — the follower included in the clip — really feels no demand to excuse being herself. “There’s no point letting it upset me,” the 20-year-old Brisbane regional informed Rolling Stone Wednesday (Feb. 28) of the unfavorable responses she’s come across given that going viral. “I reacted the way I reacted.”
“That’s just me,” she proceeded. “I’m just a passionate person. The opinion of people thinking that it’s embarrassing and stuff doesn’t mean anything to me because I never thought it was and I’m not going to think it is now just because someone says I should. I understand why people are laughing at it. I laughed at the video myself once I first watched it back.”
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In the video clip, which has actually given that been critiqued and repurposed right into different memes plenty of times on X, Blackband rests beyond Accor Stadium in between 2 buddies. When she listens to Swift play the opening notes of her Folklore Bon Iver duet, she breaks down right into one close friend’s lap and begins yowling noisally and frantically.
“My reaction to Taylor singing Exile (also known as the song that saved my life),” she captioned the video clip, which she initially published on TikTok Sunday (Feb. 25).
“I posted it intending it for like 200 people, not millions,” Blackband clarified to the magazine. “[Exile] means a lot to me. It’s a song I’ve listened to when I needed anything, as a distraction or to keep me focused. It’s like a safety blanket.”
Swift finished up her four-night job in Sydney Monday (Feb. 26), liquidating the Eras Tour‘s Australian leg, which likewise consisted of 3 programs in Melbourne the week prior. Next up, the “Anti-Hero” vocalist will certainly start a business in Singapore for 6 evenings starting March 2 at National Stadium.
In a current Instagram message, Swift assessed her remain in Sydney, which she called “a whirlwind of endless magical moments.” “I’m so grateful that we got to be the first tour to play Accor Stadium 4 times,” she composed. “I’ll never forget singing with Sabrina [Carpenter], the chaotic acoustic mashups, and the crowds that were louder (singing AND screaming) than I thought humanly possible.”
See Blackband’s viral video clip listed below.
@maddie.braps Skip to 0:24 secs… I’m really not well #exile #erastourtaylorswift #erastour #erastouraustralia #taylorswift
