{"id":96637,"date":"2024-08-17T21:03:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T01:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/08\/17\/light-me-up-taylor-swift-plays-i-did-something-bad-for-first-time-on-eras-tour\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T21:03:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T01:03:05","slug":"light-me-up-taylor-swift-plays-i-did-something-bad-for-first-time-on-eras-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/08\/17\/light-me-up-taylor-swift-plays-i-did-something-bad-for-first-time-on-eras-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLight Me Up!\u201d: Taylor Swift Plays \u2018I Did Something Bad\u2019 for First Time on Eras\u00a0Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tTaylor Swift<\/a> did not <\/em>announce Reputation (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em> Saturday night, but she did finally perform the album\u2019s \u201cI Did Something Bad\u201d on The Eras Tour. At her Aug. 17 show, the song \u2014 a personal favorite, Swift said \u2014 got its tour debut during the acoustic set at London\u2019s Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe whole tour I\u2019ve done 100s of songs, but I\u2019ve not done one of my favorite ones,\u201d teased Swift, guitar in hand in front of 92,000 people, \u201cbecause I was waiting for the right crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tAnd then came \u201cI Did Something Bad\u201d for the first time in 2024 \u2014 a sharp, acoustic version of one of Reputation<\/em>\u2018s big pop pillars.<\/p>\n

\n\tSwift\u2019s Eras rendition of the song still was a thrill, building up to a bridge that had her scream-singing the last \u201cLight me up!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOf course, it was a thrill to Swifties not just in a musical sense, but in getting hopes high that Swift\u2019s much-anticipated Reputation (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em> might be this-much-closer to materializing.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith only two re-recorded album releases remaining in Swift\u2019s queue, Reputation<\/em> and her self-titled debut, and with the tip last December that Rep<\/em>\u2018s previously unheard vault tracks are \u201cfire\u201d (it\u2019s what Swift said<\/a>), playing a Rep<\/em> rarity, which many fans guessed would be saved to align with an album announcement, is an interesting choice. \u201cI Did Something Bad\u201d hasn\u2019t been performed live by Swift since 2018.<\/p>\n

\n\tSwiftstorians might recall that it was almost exactly seven years ago, on Aug. 18, 2017, when Swift cryptically went dark on socials ahead of the original Reputation<\/em> album\u2019s announcement. Without explanation, on Aug. 21, 2017, one post showed up<\/a> on her feed: the first slither of the now-iconic snake imagery associated with her sixth studio album.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI DID SOMETHING BAD\u201d surfaced as a trending topic on social media into the late hours of Saturday, with fan memes aplenty. (Scroll through them below.)<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Saturday night\u2019s acoustic set, she also played a piano mashup that pulled at the heartstrings: \u201cMy Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys,\u201d from The Tortured Poets Department<\/em>, and \u201cConey Island,\u201d from Evermore<\/em>. Swift has two more Wembley shows before wrapping her run of London tour dates.<\/p>\n

\n\tKeep track of all of the surprise songs performed on The Eras Tour on Billboard<\/em>\u2018s full list<\/a>, after you watch \u201cI Did Something Bad\u201d and scroll through the general reaction Swifties had online.<\/p>\n

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???? | FULL and CLOSE UP video of Taylor performing \u2018I Did Something Bad\u2019 for the first time on The Eras Tour!!! ????????<\/p>\n

(She did not announce Rep TV) pic.twitter.com\/blARZt36le<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Eras Tour Singapore (@TSTheErasTourSG) August 18, 2024<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n