“Oh my god, we’re from the same music video! Can we trade bracelets?”
It’s the first thing I hear walking into Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium for the first of three sold-out nights of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. There’s a lot going on, so it takes a moment for me to realize this excited fan’s question was directed to me. When we lock eyes, the stranger tilts their white frosted cowboy hat with a red equals sign down towards me — and as a seasoned Swiftie, I immediately get the reference.
I’m wearing a red dress, red lace gloves and a red flower crown — an homage to a look in Swift’s “I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version)” music video, which features a cake that looks a lot like my new friends’ hat. We exchange beaded bracelets while walking before parting ways. “Have fun tonight,” I shout as we scurry in different directions.
Our little exchange was such a wonderful reminder of one of the reasons why The Eras Tour has been so missed through Swift’s short two-month hiatus following a months-long stint in Europe. I smile knowing interactions like ours probably happened throughout the stadium that night. This is my sixth Eras show, but it genuinely never gets old seeing people of all ages and from all different backgrounds come together to sing, dress up, trade bracelets, dance, and celebrate their one shared love of none other than Miss Taylor Alison Swift.
Swift herself said it best shortly after hitting the Hard Rock Stadium stage: “Oh Miami, we are so back.”
Before wrapping up the historic, record-shattering tour in December, Billboard has rounded up the best moments from the first show of the final leg. Check them out below.
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