Taylor Swift apologizes to Tokyo crowd after accidentally making fans think she was going to sing two 'brand new' ones from her unreleased 11th album

Taylor Swift apologized for causing confusion Thursday night during her second of four sold-out shows at Tokyo Dome Stadium.

While teasing what surprise songs she would add to her three-hour Eras tour setlist, the 34-year-old pop star sent the crowd of 55,000 into a frenzy when she announced her plans to perform “two brand new” songs. evening.

Before she could even finish her sentence, the fourteen-time Grammy winner was quickly interrupted by thunderous applause and screams from fans, who thought she was about to sing new material from her unreleased album, The Tortured Poets Department.

“Not on my new album,” she quickly clarified. “I'm so sorry, I just realized what you thought I said.”

She continued, “They're brand new live, they're not on the new album, oh my God, I'm so sorry.”

The Cruel Summer hitmaker then performed her song Electric Touch, which was originally intended for her 2010 studio album Speak Now, on the piano.

Although the tune, which featured Fall Out Boy, did not make the original cut, she included it on her 2023 re-recorded album, Speak Now (Taylor's Version).

The pop punk and pop rock song was produced with Aaron Dessner and describes self-doubt over a renewed romance.

The chorus goes, “All I know is this could break my heart or bring it back to life.” I feel like your electric touch could fill this ghost town with life.”

It peaked at number 35 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 16 on Hot Country Songs.

Her second surprise song was her 2012 song, Eyes Open, written for the soundtrack of the film The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond.

'I love these. And I really relate to it and it resonates with me a lot, which makes sense because I wrote it,” she said before the performance.

While Swift may have said she'd never sung it live before, she actually premiered the song during a performance in Auckland for her Speak Now World Tour.

While teasing what surprise songs she would add to her three-hour Eras tour setlist, the 34-year-old pop star sent the crowd into a frenzy when she announced her plans to perform “two brand new” songs that night; in the photo in 2023

Before she could even finish her sentence, the fourteen-time Grammy winner was quickly interrupted by thunderous applause and screams from fans, who thought she was about to sing new material from her unreleased album, The Tortured Poets Department (pictured at Tokyo Dome on February 7)

“Not on my new album,” she quickly clarified. 'I'm so sorry, I just realized what you thought I said' (seen at the Tokyo show on Thursday)

At the time, she told the audience, “I'm really excited about it… but I mean, don't you think I'd get in trouble if I played it now? Probably not, right?'

In the midst of re-recording her discography while under contract with Big Machine Records, dating back to 2006, Swift released an Eyes Open (Taylor's Version) last year.

On Wednesday, Swift revealed that she planned to announce her new album – The Tortured Poets Department – ​​at her concerts in Tokyo if she had failed to win a Grammy.

The star, who won two awards at Sunday's ceremony, including Album of the Year for Midnights, told the crowd on Wednesday: 'Going to the Grammys, going in, I had this plan.

'But actually I hadn't told others about it that much. I thought, 'Okay, if I'm lucky enough to get there and win one thing tonight, I'm just going to do it. I'm just about to announce my new album.

'And luckily that's what happened in the end. My backup plan was to do it in Tokyo tonight.

On Wednesday, Swift revealed that she planned to announce her new album – The Tortured Poets Department – ​​at her concerts in Tokyo if she had failed to win a Grammy.

“But because of you and your support, I was fortunate enough to win a Grammy and tell you about it on stage at the Grammys. And now we can talk about it afterwards, we can have a debrief tonight.

This comes after Taylor hit back at critics who questioned why she is writing “so many albums” during her Eras Tour in Tokyo on Wednesday.

“I'm having fun, leave me alone!” Swift thought.

The star also revealed that work on the new record began shortly after she completed her last album Midnights in 2022.

“I've been working on Tortured Poets since I turned in Midnights.”

'You hand in an album months in advance so you can make vinyl, that's the best. So I started working on it straight away and have been working on it for about two years.'