Gracie Abrams
Kevin Mazur/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights ManagementGracie Abrams is just like the rest of us – not quite ready to say goodbye to Taylor Swiftis Eras Tour.
Abrams, 25, who was a guest performer again during Swift’s final tour at BC Place in Vancouver, Canada on Sunday, December 8, took the stage with a piece of paper before his final performance.
Reading a heartfelt speech to the crowd that was filmed by a fan and posted via TikTok that night, Abrams said she’s “not ready for it to be over,” before paying tribute to the profound effect Swift, 34, has had on her life.
“Like all of you, I (was) raised on Taylor’s songs,” began Abrams, dressed in an angelic white dress. “Magically, I needed a moment in my life that I didn’t think anyone else could understand or know or suffer or long for or love or lose, and yet she did it. How should we have the words for it? We don’t yet. But I know we have each other because of Taylor, her music, her generosity, her curiosity, her wild and incomparable pen, her superpower to peer into our lives and create soundtracks for every single formative moment we’ve had and which we will have.”
At one stage Abrams, who perform a duet with Swift during the Saturday, Dec. 7 show in Vancouver, got emotional with the broken voice. However, the musician pressed on, telling the crowd that her mission for the evening was clear.
“We’re all here to remind her how deeply she touched us,” Abrams continued. “How much we appreciate every little detail she goes out of her way to make us happy and thank her from the bottom of our hearts for giving us the time of our lives.”
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Swift embarked on Eras Tour in Glendale, Arizona in March 2023, with performances in the United States through August 2023. She then began the international leg of her tour, visiting South America, Asia, Australia and Europe between November 2023. and August.
In October, Swift returned to North America for a few final shows in the US and Canada.
Taylor Swift and Gracie Abrams
TAS2024/Getty ImagesAbrams was a self-proclaimed Swiftite before he befriended Swift, saying Vanity Fair in a July 2023 profile that “every formative memory in my life is paired with a Taylor Swift song that helped me cope.”
Shortly before the couple met, Abrams received a call from an unknown number inviting her to Swift’s birthday party. She immediately called a general producer to confirm the numbers belonged to Swift, before answering in an attempt to get her hopes up if it wasn’t the pop star.
Gracie Abrams was a self-proclaimed Swiftie before she became friends with Taylor Swift. “Every formative memory in my life is paired with a Taylor Swift song that helped me cope,” Abrams told Vanity Fair in a July 2023 profile. “My boyfriend did something the other day where we shuffled through her discography and ( …)
Afterward, Swift invited Abrams to be one of the warm-up performers for Eras Tour.
“(It was) the best experience of my life,” Abrams said of the concerts during a December 2023 interview. with Diversity. “Having it become part of my weekly routine for four months straight has reflected in all ways of my life, not only in how joyful I feel inside, but also in the songs we make.”
In June, Swift confirmed that the tour would end in December, calling the endeavor “the most exhausting, all-consuming, but most joyous, most rewarding, most wonderful thing that has ever happened in my life.”
