Here are 5 chants, rituals you should know before Taylor Swift’s concert at Lumen Field

WARNING: Eras tour concert spoilers ahead. Proceed with caution.

Get ready, Swifties. Taylor Swift makes her long-awaited return to Seattle at Lumen Field July 22-23. She was last in the city during her Reputation tour when she performed in 2018 at what was then called CenturyLink Field.

The pop sensation performs at least 44 songs during the performance from various points in her career, including two surprise acoustic songs that change at every venue. Those are kept secret until performed.

So far in the Eras tour, along with over tens of thousands of fans screaming every lyric to every song, concert-goers have mixed in their own chants. Many of her fans are learning the chants for the first time, and more are searching for information, so they aren’t left out.

Other fans are teaching their family and friends about the chants in advance so they’re prepared before the day of the concert.

McClatchy was prepped by Angelica Yosveline, a Swiftie from Kansas, on the rituals you can expect. Examples are available on the fan Instagram account run by Yosveline.

Taylor Swift chants to know

▪ “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) [Taylor’s Version]“

During the 10-minute song from “Red (Taylor’s Version),” after she sings, “You said if we had been closer in age maybe it would have been fine,” the fans yell, “How’d that make you feel?”

The next line in the song serves as an answer: “That made me want to die.”

▪ “Anti-Hero”

During the bridge, fans mimic a line from the remix. Swift sings, “Like some kind of congressman,” followed by backing vocals, “Tale as old as time.” In the remix, “Tale as old as time” is replaced with “Taylor, you’ll be fine,” sung by Jack Antonoff, producer and member of Bleachers, who are featured on the remix.

The audience sings the line from the remix.

▪ “Bad Blood”

“Bad Blood” had a popular remix released for radio with rapper Kendrick Lamar. One of his lines was, “You forgive, you forget, but you never let it go.” Fans now chant this after Swift sings, “You say sorry just for show, if you live like that you live with ghosts.”

You might also hear fans say, “Hey stop,” after she sings, “’Cause baby, now we’ve got bad blood.” A moment with Swift defending a fan from a security guard during her tour went viral, and it’s taken on a life of its own with the Swifties.

▪ “Delicate”

What started as an inside joke has become one of the most popular fan chants. After the pop star sings, “We can’t make any promises, now can we babe? But you can make me a drink,” the audience yells “One, two, three, let’s go b****.”

It was made part of Swift’s set after a fan posted a video yelling the phrase on Twitter in 2018. Audiences since have kept the tradition going.

▪ “You Belong With Me”

In the bridge, Swift sings, “I’m the one who makes you laugh when you know you’re about to cry.” Two claps can be heard in the studio recording of the song after that line. The claps were part of the singer’s choreography in previous tours, which fans noticed and continued.

This story was originally published July 18, 2023 at 5:15 AM with the headline "Here are 5 chants, rituals you should know before Taylor Swift’s concert at Lumen Field."