The surprise songs Taylor Swift performed at Friday nights Eras Tour were not exactly surprising, but they were definitely crowdpleasers.
The acoustic set began with a mashup of “Tim McGraw” from her debut album and “Timeless” from the album Speak Now. The piano surprise songs blended “This Is Me Trying” from her album folklore with “Daylight” from Lover.
Photo Gallery: See a glimpse of Taylor Swift’s performance at the Miami stop of the Eras Tour
Set between “The Tortured Poets Department” and “Midnights” eras, the surprise song set features Swift alone on stage without her band or dancers, singing at least one song on piano and one on guitar. The songs are a topic of much anticipation among fans.
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Swift has been performing the acoustic surprise song set since the Eras Tour began on March 17, 2023, in Glendale, Az., where she performed the dreamy “Mirrorball” from the “Folklore” album on guitar and the country ballad “Tim McGraw” from her 2006 debut on piano. In November, she introduced the first mashup of two songs (“Is It Over Now?” and “Out of the Woods,” both from the “1989: Taylor’s Version album.)
She continued to mash up songs on and off throughout the European leg of the tour, ending her last show in England at Wembley Stadium with a mashup of “Death by a Thousand Cuts” from “Lover” and “Getaway Car” from “Reputation” with collaborator Jack Antonoff as a special guest star on guitar and — what else? — “So Long, London” from “The Tortured Poets Department” on piano.
What song has she performed the most as a surprise song? The autobiographical gem and unofficial theme “You’re On Your Own, Kid” from “Midnights,” which she has played 10 times and will probably play again before the tour ends on Dec. 8 in Vancouver.
Here is the entire setlist for Night 1 of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in Miami:
Lover
Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince (shortened)
Cruel Summer (extended outro)
The Manm(spoken intro)
You Need to Calm Down (shortened)
Lover (spoken intro; extended outro)
Fearless
Fearless(shortened)
You Belong With Me
Love Story
Red
Red – Intro (contains elements of “State of Grace”, “Holy Ground” and “Red”)
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We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (Kam Saunders: “pero like, never!”)
I Knew You Were Trouble (shortened)
All Too Well (10 Minute Version: spoken intro)
Speak Now
Speak Now – Intro (contains elements of “Castles Crumbling”)
Enchanted (shortened)
reputation
Delicate
Don’t Blame Me (shortened)
Look What You Made Me Do (extended outro)
folklore / evermore
cardigan (shortened)
betty (shortened; spoken intro)
champagne problems(spoken intro)
august
illicit affairs(shortened)
my tears ricochet
marjorie(shortened)
willow (extended)
1989
Style (shortened)
Blank Space
Shake It Off
Wildest Dreams (shortened)
Bad Blood (shortened)
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT
Female Rage: The Musical (contains elements of “MBOBHFT”, “WAOLOM”, “loml”, “So Long, London” and “BDILH”)
But Daddy I Love Him / So High School
Florida!!! (with Florence Welch) (extended outro)
Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me? (shortened)
Down Bad (shortened; with “Fortnight” outro)
Fortnight
The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived (shortened)
I Can Do It With a Broken Heart (extended intro)
Surprise Songs
Tim McGraw / Timeless (spoken intro; mashup on guitar; new outfit)
this is me trying / Daylight (mashup on piano)
Midnights
Lavender Haze
Anti‐Hero
Midnight Rain
Vigilante Shit
Bejeweled
Mastermind
Karma
