Taylor Swift is giving her fans a gift for her birthday on December 13th
As the 2023 leg of her “Eras Tour” came to a close, Taylor Swift announced news regarding the concert film tied to her birthday on December 13th.
Taylor Swift is Time Person of the Year 2023, giving the billionaire business mogul, singer, songwriter, director, actress and producer another heavy accolade to add to her mantel.
“In a divided world where too many institutions are failing, Taylor Swift has found a way to transcend boundaries and be a source of light,” wrote Time editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs. “Nobody else on the planet today can move so many people so well. That we achieved this feat is often attributed to the constellation of planets and destinies, but giving too much credit to the stars ignores their skill and power.”
Swift had a groundbreaking year with the start of her Eras Tour, which took her 3.5-hour show to 66 shows in 23 cities in North America, Argentina and Brazil.
When the SAG-AFTRA strike halted promotion of blockbuster films, Swift struck a deal with the union and then bypassed the production studios to release her film with distributor AMC. Accordingly, her film “Eras Tour” grossed more than $200 million worldwide Adam Aron, CEO of AMC Theaters, on X/Twitter.
“Twelve of my last 13 tweets (there’s the ever-present lucky number 13 again) have been about Taylor Swift. Do you want to know why?” he posted. “Well, there are about 200 million reasons why! Taylor Swift’s concert film is the most successful in history.”
Swift re-released two of her albums, claiming ownership of eight of her ten albums. At the end of 2022 she released the music video “Bejeweled” and embedded her plans for 2023 in it. The singer rode the elevator and planned to go to the top on the third floor (her third album “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” and five (her fifth album “1989 (Taylor’s Version)”).
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The only two albums that remain to her are Reputation (Taylor’s Version) and her debut album of the same name.
In November, Bloomberg named Swift a billionaire based on her booming Eras tour, theatrical releases, album re-recordings and merchandise sales.
A hidden “Taylor Swift economy” catapulted sales for business owners across the country. From soaps to a themed cruise inspired by their eras, the insatiable thirst for Swift gear skyrocketed. The USA TODAY Network even hired a reporter to cover the Taylor Swift beat full-time.
Professionally, she made it in 2023 and privately, she started dating star tight end Travis Kelce. In Argentina, the Kansas City boss attended her concert, where she sang “End Game” in her surprise set and changed a lyric from “Karma” to “Karma is the guy from the Chiefs who comes straight to my house.”
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The love story played out in public, boosting NFL ratings, boosting “Kelce’s” jersey sales and launching the athlete into a larger universe of fandom. For safety reasons, the football player had to move into a fenced house.
In 2024, Swift will launch the Eras Tour again in Tokyo, Japan and Australia. Your current climax has been a long time coming, but perhaps it’s just beginning.
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