Taylor Swift had a bit of a laugh with the crowd in Lyon, France, when she sang a lyric about how sheâs destined to do âgreater thingsâ than date a football player, from her song âFifteen.â The track was written when she was still a teen and originally released back in 2008.
Swift played a piano mashup of the classic Fearless track with the more recent âYouâre on Your Own, Kid,â from 2022âs Midnights, during the acoustic section of her concert Sunday night (June 2). This is the part of the show where Swift changes up the set list at each date.
On Sunday, when Swift reached the part of âFifteenâ where she looks back at her high school years from the perspective of someone whoâs been through it, fans noticeably reacted to her choice to sing âin your life youâll do things greater than dating the boy on the football teamâ right now â since the pop star has been in a high-profile relationship with NFL player Travis Kelce, tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs.
Swift took the reaction in stride with a quick grin and laugh on Sunday.
She found humor in the âboy on the football teamâ moment after the nightâs surprise guitar performance, during which âThe Prophecyâ had its live debut. The song â found on The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology â is an emotionally heavy one that took an interesting turn with the perspective from Evermoreâs âLong Story Short,â with Swift swirling her writing together in a medley of the two works.
âSome nights like tonight I try out playing a song that Iâve never played live before,â the Tortured Poets singer-songwriter announced ahead of âThe Prophecy.â (Swift holds steady at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with Poets, so far spending six consecutive weeks in the top spot.)
âI looked to the sky and said, please/ Iâve been on my knees/ Change the prophecy/ Donât want money/ Just someone who wants my company/ Let it once be me/ Who do I have to speak to/ About if they can redo/ The prophecy?â Swift sings in the chorus of âThe Prophecy.â
In âLong Story Short,â she tells herself, âPast me, I wanna tell you not to get lost in these petty things/ Your nemeses will defeat themselves before you get the chance to swing/ And heâs passing by, rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky/ And he feels like home/ If the shoe fits, walk in it everywhere you go.â
Watch clips of Sunday nightâs surprise song performances below. Catch up with the complete list of songs played during the acoustic section of The Eras Tour here.