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lizzleolsen · 6 years

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Reputation Tour - Arlington #2

This is going to be long. (:

Since this concert was in Dallas, which is about 6 hours from me, we had to leave SUPER early in the morning to have time to get there, check into our hotel, and still get to the concert early (I like to be early. always. to everything.) anyway, so the day started at around 7 in the morning, and my hype over the day was already extreme! I was so ready and sooooo excited to finally see the show!! (And only a little sad I'd missed Maren the night before. lol.) When we finally did get there, just around 4:10, because I did not go to the main entrance, but to a side one, I actually got first in line!! Which worked soooo nicely, because they had a t-shirt stand right when you walked in, so once I got in, right at 5, I did not have to wait in line at all, and got my t-shirt and tour book right away + got a water after all within like 3 minutes. It was amazing to not have to wait for all of that, and then we were able to just go right to our seats - all the way across the arena... so that was the only downside. But it was mostly because of our parking. I forgot to buy any, until like last month. So I just got whatever was left. lol.

NOW FOR THE CONCERT!!! CHARLI XCX. I went in not expecting much from her. Like I enjoy some of her music, but I would never have said I was a fan of her. But my gosh did she put on an amazing show. She really drew me in, and just was amazing. A major thing that happened during this though! Okay, so next to us was this older man, and he was already drunk, like before Charli was on, and he kept spilling beer and just. ugh. So anyway, this girl, like 19ish walks up to me, shows me her seat, and I'm like "Oh no, that's no this one, that's... where that man is sitting." So she goes up to him, and he starts SCREAMING AT HER "I'M NOT MOVING!!' So I told her to get security because no one wanted to argue with the drunk man. So she left, and like a minute later came back, and he TRIED TO ARGUE WITH SECURITY!!! It was insane. They made him move though, and she got her seat. Anyway, back to Charli. She was sooo entertaining. Like even the songs I did not know (there was actually only one tbh) I enjoyed, because she just made it fun, and made the crowd really enjoy her performance, and she took a presence on the stage, and just really impressed me.

Camila? Ehh. I was sooooo excited for her. I love her album, and had such high hopes. Went in really thinking I was going to walk out loving her even more. Even almost bought a Camila shirt. But her performance was lacking so much. I don't know what it was, but she never drew me in. I loved the music, but her stage presence was lacking so much, and it made it really hard to enjoy. I stood for maybe two songs, then was just like.... and sat, and I noticed a lot of people around me doing the same. And it was just really sad, because I wanted to love her performance so much, as much as I love her album. ): She danced a lot, I’ll give her that, but I was not drawn in at any point during it.

THEN IT WAS TIME FOR TAYLOR. When I say I started to cry right away, I’m not even joking in the least. Ready For It started, and the tears started rolling. I was so excited, and I can't even explain fully how i felt. It was just the happiest, overwhelming feeling possible. After months of waiting, it was finally here. I was finally seeing the Reputation Tour. Taylor was really there. I cried instantly, and was not fully expecting it to happen so quickly. Like it wasn't a full on tears running down my face like during Long Live/New Years Day, but it was still tears nonetheless. ANYWAY.

After Ready For It was I Did Something Bad. AND OMG. THIS TOUR VERSION. IT'S EVERYTHING. I need to see it again. I need to find a video of it. She needs to sing it that way on the award show. It was so incredible. I started to realize here that she was sick, and you could hear it in her voice, but even with that, it did not effect the performance she gave. it was amazing. As always, I was blown away by her, and how captivating she is up there on stage.

The way she mixed Style/Love Story/You Belong With Me, was so truly amazing. I will never grow tired of hearing Love Story live. I teared up during it once more this tour, thinking yet again of how long I've loved her, and all she means to me. It's just amazing to know I have been a fan for so long, and can still feel that same excitement and energy I did so long ago when I saw her for the very first time.

HER stage was so massive. Sometimes it felt too big, like there was too much to look at, and I did not know where to focus, but it was done so well. they put so much work into it, and it showed. During Look What You Made Me Do, with all the stage changes, and props, and just, everything that went along with it, I was so blown away. Also, that song was soooo fun live. And just how into it the crowd got (though they were super into every single song of course). Ohhhhh, and the way it looked during End Game was so breathtaking as well. Really, I could say this about the stage during every single part of the show.

DELICATE. I had told my sister about the 1,2,3... And I knew it was coming, but it's so different to actually be there, in a stadium, with thousands of people who all know the same little inside joke. I just really loved that moment so much. Small things like that are just nice to have, to feel like this different connection. idk how to say it better than that. It was just a nice little moment. And then she started flying!! Towards the section i was in, and I was soooo happy. We were right by the B stage, and I couldn't wait.

Being by the B-stage meant I was RIGHT there during Shake it off, Dancing with our hands tied (a song I loved even more acoustic than the actual version. Somehow), and then ALL TOO WELL. tbh, for a repeat song my heart would have soured for Sparks Fly, but I also was so happy to hear All Too Well, and her say how much we've changed that song for her. And I just love her so much.

The fact she sang a first album song in should've said no. it's just. It makes my heart so happy. I loved hearing it, and I'm shocked i didn't tear up all over again right here, but I held it together. lol. Of course, the fact it was Bad Blood and this song, helped in that I'm sure. I actually kept thinking back to 1989 tour during this song mashup for some reason, and felt like I was back in LSU stadium, and back under the stars, hearing her singing that song. Ohhh, speaking of stars, I loved that she still had fireworks, even though we were inside. It was so amazing to get to see them, even so.

The time I did fully cry, was Long Live and New Years Day. I don't know if it was the way she sang thing, or the lyrics themselves, but it really, really hit me, and I sat down so that I could just cry, and I couldn't even sing along or anything. That's how hard it hit me. I stood, dancing, and screamed lyrics all night, until that moment, and then I sat there and cried. When Long Live came out, I was 17, and here I am so close to 25, and I still love it and Taylor more than ever before.

Her poem also hit me so hard. "Whatever you say it is not right." "Your kindness is fake" I hate that she ever had to feel those words. And I hate that it is easy to think that way. To think kindness isn't real. Isn't worth it. It is. Kindness is always worth it. No matter what. Being good to people matters. And I am so proud to have chosen someone to love who is that way, and thinks like that, and I'm just, I'm crying right now typing this, thinking back to that moment, and what it meant to me.

Also, Getaway Car is my fave song on the album, and I loved hearing it live. And Call it What You Want is such a close second, and I'm just really, really happy I got to see all these songs live, and it means more to me than I think I'll ever be able to express fully, that I have loved her for so long, and that her music still means just as much to me as ever before, if not even more, as I can relate to a lot more now, than when I was a young teenager who had experienced so little.

This is why we can't have nice things was such a nice way to close the show, I really loved that she had such a high energy song to close it out, and it left me feeling on such a high walking out of the stadium. Like of all the songs, I never would have thought that would be a good closer, but it was the best option by far. I'm soooo happy I went to the concert, and so happy that it was as amazing as it was, even with her being so sick.

AND BABE!! I GOT TO SEE BABE!! LIVE!! WITH SUGARLAND!! It was such an extraordinary moment. when she said she had a surprise, i lost it, I was screaming so, so much, and then my brain just went 'Little Big Town' I think because she said band, and my brain things band = lbt duo = sugarland, but then the music for Babe started, and I knew who it was. It was an incredible performance, and I'm so glad i was able to see it, and got to hear Taylor singing it more than just her little part she has in the official song and all. It was amazing (I'll keep using that word a million times, because it's what everything was.)

Also, during one song, I was just clapping, and enjoying myself, and a random piece of confetti just fell RIGHT into my hand, so clearly it was meant to be mine. lol.

I had an incredible time, and I so thankful to Taylor, for being such an amazing person to love and listen to for so many years now. I am already excited for next time!! I can't wait to see her again in a couple years. She is someone, I know, no matter what I might say time to time, I will never not want to see live, and want to enjoy every tour she has. I'm just so happy right now, still, and so grateful for everything about that night. <3

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