Taylor Swift ‘somehow’ managed to divide a largely partisan crowd while issuing the rallying-cry to a sold-out Wembley Stadium on Sunday evening.
WHAT HAPPENED?
The pop superstar was performing the last of three consecutive shows in London before her mammoth Eras tour moves on to the Republic of Ireland and a string of concerts at Dublin’s Aviva Arena.
FANS ARE DIVIDED
Her unwaveringly loyal fanbase were left unimpressed while singing the chorus to anthemic 2012 track All Too Well.
The song, which features on her fourth studio album, Red, contains the lyric: ‘You taught me ’bout your past, thinkin’ your future was me/And you were tossing me the car keys, “f**k the patriarchy” keychain on the ground.’
While the track is a popular fixture in her live sets, Swift, 34, drew a mixed response after encouraging 88,000 predominantly female fans at Wembley to scream its final line in an apparent act of rebellion.
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SWIFTIES REACT
Taking to X, one unimpressed onlooker wrote: ‘taylor swift got her audience of 88k fans to scream “F*** THE PATRIARCHY” at her concert yesterday … lady, you are a billionaire. get your head checked.’
A second added: ‘i’ve seen plenty of cute videos of dads who bring their daughters to taylor swift concerts – they’re bonding, i get that. but after seeing this idk man.’ [sic]
‘I love when pampered and privileged billionaires try to pretend they’re one of us and not part of the establishment. It’s so cute,’ quipped a third.
