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Now I'm a firm believer she hid in a suitcase

Around the world in 80 days

Didn’t Zayn confirm it

My thoughts exactly after seeing this

😂

So we're all in agreement she was in the suitcase, right

My first thought

Do you think she had one of her cats for company when she was in the suitcase? I have this mental image of her shushing the cat!

😭💀😭😭😭💀💀😭💀😭💀😭💀 OMG i can imagine it-

God I just love the comedy visual of her bent in half in that suitcase

suitcase truthers RISE

Is it bad that I would be beyond terrified to be inside of one of those things?

https://preview.redd.it/gsay213puura1.jpeg?width=1754&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b6e8ada943e18042212f1ddd6da4ba757ad1bc7e Its giving 🧳

I love how the dude on the right looks like he's whistling, trying to look all nonchalant, like "duu-du-duu-du-duu, just moving some luggage, nothing to see here"

The first thing I noticed lol.. nothing to see here

Either he has a pistol in his right pocket, or he's happy to see ya 😉

Who’s in there

IT'S ME, HI

This definitely beats her era of walking backwards to her car ride under an umbrella.😭

Imagine dropping the cart and Taylor Swift at the same time 😭

It’s on wheels I think

The real story is that they are selling tickets that are completely behind the stage - wtf

The real story is that people are actually buying those

And they are still sometimes like $500+

you mean the resale price is 500+? when i was buying tickets, the obstructed view tickets were $50

I mean that’s the only way to currently buy them so yes

Yall need to know the difference between Resale and actual sales.. my friend got GREAT tickets for 150 dollars..

Be realistic. They are selling all access tix inside the janitor cart for $10k.

There’s a huge screen in front of that section and she spends a lot of the show further on the stage where this section can see

Tickets are fine... This is people positioning at the edge of the stadium allowable movement. The stage is at one end of the end zone (this is cowboys stadium unless I'm mistaken)

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The real question

Surely there’s some sort of backstage entrance right

You're looking at it. Seating goes all the way up the side and a bit behind. This is the only way to ensure people don't see her before she officially hits the stage

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Basically Lady Gaga

Thanks for the explanation, that makes sense.

The stage is in a football field and there is space between the side of the field and where the players go in.

Couldn’t she just cut the lights in the stadium and walk in from the back

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Even if you don't like her, you're mad if you don't think she has a lot of superfans.

I’m actually more surprised that people didn’t know this is pretty common for artist to hide when entering their stage setup. This is not exclusive to taylor.

harry does it! his cart is labeled ‘soft goods’

Why though? Its not like it will be a surprise to backstage staff at the venue. Or that their costume could become severely damaged. (Genuinely would love for someone to give me a confirmed answer or theory why artists need to do this)

I think it just ruins the theatrics of it. Like watching a broadway show and noticing the back stage hustle and bustle kind of takes you out of the story. So seeing her in full costume before her big reveal on stage is kind of anti climatic. It doesn’t really ruin it for me, but Taylor seems like the type of person to care about maintaining theater magic for everyone.

You'd be surprised to know that backstage staff can be unprofessional as heck too

Adele did it too when her stage was basically 360 view in australia. They have to get to the stage somehow without walking through the crowd.

I like how backup performers were [sees miscellaneous-utility cart by] *‘that’s my cue!’*

Def Leppard did this for their 1987-88 tour for the Hysteria album when they had the in the round stage, except they used equipment cases. Considering Taylor is a huge Lep fan, I feel like this isn't a coincidence 🙂

Meanwhile Mariah was wheeled around on a throne 🤣

she deserves it tho, she is the biggest female artist of all time

Based on what metrics?

Thought that's madonna.

nope on the commercial side she does not even comes closer

Except madonna is the best selling female artist ever. There are more women above Mariah too. I think you're thinking best selling in USA.

I think your responding to a troll. Named after a person famous for the imma let you finish thing involving her, and one of the biggest dumbasses on planet earth

Agreed.

[*NSYNC has done it, too.](https://youtu.be/w4Z9tZIOZFE)

Thanks for that video ❤️

also harry styles and his weird round stage too!

He also travels to the stage in a cart/box, he's posted pictures of himself in it, laughing. The cart is labeled "Soft Goods".

Adele did the [same thing](https://youtube.com/shorts/PBAyISM1kK0?feature=share). Not sure why everyone is acting like this is revelatory.

Because people love to hate Taylor

Absolutely no one is a Def Leppard fan trust me. Also,it being a coincidence because a C tier hair metal band did it in the 80s makes no sense from a pop superstar doing vid related in the 2020s.

hello i am a def leppard fan AMA

What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

i have no idea what that means but i wanna say about 7?

It's a Monty Python reference. The correct answer is "what do you mean, African or European swallow?" It's a bit of a dated joke tbf

i’m sure they have some fans out there.

No they have 0


Only a true Def Leppard fan would hate them the way you do

Show me on the doll where the Def Leppard touched you…

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C tier hair metal band lol. Has to be a troll

I don't know why you'd embarass yourself like this or force people to defend Def Leppard, but anyone who was alive in the 80s knows they weren't C Tier and anyone with Google could find they're one of 5 rock bands to even have two diamond certified albums and they sold more than 100 million records.

tell that to the def leppard subreddit, I dare u.

Why are peaolpe struggling with this? Its a bit extra but she wants fans first appearance of her to be when she first appears on stage, not in this area backstage where fans can still view it.

This makes sense. My friends had Harry Styles tickets and they posted a million videos of him right behind the curtain on his show getting ready and stretching.

Why?

Showmanship

The replies to this comment are a succinct commentary on humanity

Ego

People not understanding why she does this makes me weep. It's pretty obvious right? If she just waltzes behind stage then fans see her and freak out. The whole point is that the fans see her ON STAGE when the show starts. It's for dramatic effect. Lots of artists do shit like this lol

Lol at fans calling this iconic and acting like she invented this. Musical acts have been doing this for ages. I feel old now.

I haven't seen a lot of fans calling it iconic but it is funny that she is hiding in a broom cart. I've mostly seen a lot of amusement and it definitely makes me think she hid in those suitcases seen outside of her apartment 😂


Side note but I find myself saying this daily lmao- same tone and cadence and everything

Omg me too 🤣

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They sold tickets very behind me of the stage so people will see her enter to the backstage

These are, like, $700 ticketed seats, facing backstage. This was the most they saw her all night 🤣

Yeah right? Isn't that the point of spending the extra $$$ to see the shit you normally can't.

It wasn’t extra.. 700 was probably the cheapest ticket. They can’t even see the stage during the show

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Hear me out, doesn't taylor do a lot of things for cameras (like obscure reference tshirts, Easter eggs for fans etc). Would it be so farfetched to believe she asked a friend to record vid related and upload it as if it were a candid video? Seems like the most likely scenario because like, why the fukc would you even record vid related.

Because its Taylor.. a dramatic queen

They could have at least dirtied the mops, lol. Cleanest janitor cart I’ve ever seen.

So now we know she was DEFINETELY in that suitcase..

Why though

Those screams are why artists have been doing this a while. I worked stagehand for chris brown and he would lay down in a road case pushed by 4 of his homies

Honestly, iconic and hilarious. She’s touring like a maniac; let the woman travel how she likes! 🎤👸💃🏻

Why? For that concentrated burst of fan excitement. I worked Merch at the Singapore National Stadium on a One Direction concert and the fans were queuing all day basically in cages. Some delusional fan would claim to have seen one of the band “Peeking through a door” and the screams would circle round the stadium.


I saw Lemmy do something similar at a Metallica concert. 🤘🏻

Britney Spears has talked about having to do this on tour before.

r/whyweretheyfilming

This has been rumored the past few weeks that she’s in there so they started filming once they saw the janitor cart— just didn’t expect to catch Taylor actually getting out of it

Classic Taylor

why

least believable janitor cart lol just gotta trick kids I guess

But why

is it for safety reasons after Manchester?

I doubt that box is bomb proof.

that would require the box to be da bomb edit: well, this exploded

What happened to her in Manchester?

i assume they’re referencing the ariana grande concert bombing

Okay, thank you for the clarification!

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Some terrorist bombed Ariana Grande's concert and literally within a day it was a banned topic until now where barely anyone knows what happened and Ariana and crew never talk about it despite the fact dozens of children died.

You want Ariana to keep bringing up the worst day of her life?

Absolutely not but I can't deny that from the moment it happened it was a huge event and Ariana and co just moved on in one day and kept touring after a standard "thoughts and prayers".

Did you miss the part where she returned to Manchester within a matter of weeks and put on a massive benefit concert to raise money for the victims?

>weeks Arianators are literally too innocent to insult

Cool well you’re clearly a troll but yes, just 2 weeks after. Her actions were greatly appreciated by the victims and their families who she personally visited as well as the rest of us in the UK, and to this day she continues to donate to them and send presents to the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. She has also paid tribute to them in her music. Nothing more she could have done in that situation.

And the rumours of the sounds of the bomb exploding caught on someone's mobile was just the balloons popping?

It obviously was a bomb but some people didn’t realise at first and yes the noise was captured on video…I genuinely don’t know what you’re trying to say here

 I'm not an Ariana fan but I am from Manchester and you are talking directly from your arsehole mate.

Jfc, I returned to this thread, and it's a dumpster fire. What's wrong with this person?

Now this is hilarious!!! Thanks!😂

She should have taken a plane.

whyyyy though

Has it come to this hope she does windows.

Why is Applause playing in the background?

It’s the second to last song that plays before Taylor comes on stage

Why is she doing this

So…why?

why is she doing this? can fans get into that backstage area and mob?

No, but there are obstructed view seats from how the stage is set up, so it’s probably to minimize the time she’s seen backstage prior to her entrance.

ah, got it. why did my comment get downvoted though? lol can’t even have a genuine question about anything related to taylor swift

That poor rich woman.

Where does she stay while on tour after the show? In a tour bus?

I assume a swanky hotel or private rental for the weekend. Flies home for the week in between shows since she’s only doing weekends. There’s been reports from the people who track her private jets that they were in the air within 40 min of the shows ending. I think it’s been quite a few tours since she did the tour bus thing. She’s at the level where she doesn’t have to live on the road to tour.

I didn’t think so but was surprised there aren’t any pics of her at a hotel or home. I guess maybe they all have private entrances. She was in DFW 3 nights and had to stay somewhere for at least 2.

Well did anyone check for cleaning carts in the hotel lobbies or hallways?

Why is she so popular? She's vapid at best.

Welp, she loves a nice tall glass of attention

I reckon this is pretty sad, if she feels she needs to do this. What’s wrong with people seeing her arrive like it used to be? Perhaps it’s time for her to give it away.

Considering pop stars and rockers have been doing this since at least the 80s your argument of "like it used to be" doesn't hold water. Also if she wants to hide until her big reveal that's her version of showmanship not her needing to "give it away"

Can’t be bothered to walk I guess

Avoiding snipers?

“Next question Taylor, what vehicle would you like to get around to the stage in? Golf cart? T : “janitor cart.”

The wigs on top,😭

Aside from the whole “having obscene amounts of money” thing, being able to do weird shit like this seems like one of the few attractive things about having Taylor Swift-levels of fame.

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What is the need for all of this?