At night I would climb the steps to the Sacre-Coeur, and I would watch Paris, that futile oasis, scintillating in the wilderness of space. I would weep, because it was so beautiful, and because it was so useless.
Simone de Beauvoir, Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter, 1958
red era is now third instead of sixth -moving directly after fearless (skipping evermore, reputation, and speak now)
new/altered red bodysuit (deeper neckline)
new red t-shirt that says “this is not taylor’s version”
speak now era is fourth instead of fifth
new speak now intro
new speak now dress
“long live” CUT from speak now
reputation set is fifth instead fourth
new “delicate” visuals
the reputation snake is white instead of purple
folklore is now sixth instead of seventh
“cardigan” OPENS the folklore set, replacing “the 1”
“seven” spoken word CUT from folklore intro
new yellow folklore dress
evermore and folklore era merged together (folkmore / everlore) into the seventh era
performed “champagne problems” after “betty”
“the 1”, “the last great american dynasty”, “tis the damn season”, and “tolerate it” are CUT from the folklore/evermore set
new folklore/evermore combined setlist: cardigan -> betty -> champagne problems -> august -> illicit affairs -> my tears ricochet -> marjorie -> willow
new 1989 outfit
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT IS THE EIGHTH ERA!!!!
TTPD era set list: “but daddy i love him” -> “so high school” -> “who’s afraid of little old me” -> “down bad” -> “fortnight” -> “the smallest man who ever lived” -> “i can do it with a broken heart”
surprise songs after TTPD era
new acoustic/surprise set dress
new midnights bodysuit
new eras order: lover -> fearless -> red -> speak now -> reputation-> folklore/evermore -> 1989 -> the tortured poets department -> surprise songs -> midnights
cut songs: the archer, long live, seven, the 1, the last great american dynasty, tis the damn season, tolerate it
Much love to this old lady whose reaction to Macron's Great Saucepan Ban of 2023 was to straight-up smuggle a saucepan in her purse past the police checkpoint to go clang it with a spoon near the president with renewed anger and determination.
Protesters today greeted the Prime Minister on an official visit by banging their shoes against walls to make noise, so I wonder how long we'll still be allowed to wear shoes.
(Joking about this is risky because after the saucepan protests on Monday, Le Gorafi (the Onion's French cousin) joked that the government would now take action to seize pans—and it became a reality on Thursday... We can't forget that our satirical news outlets are disproportionately affected by the bullshit inflation.)