taylor swift, “reputation tour”

If you’ve been here a while, you know how huge a Swiftie I am, so seeing her on the reputation tour was inevitable. I purchased tickets six months in advance, which I think is the longest I’ve ever waited for a concert.

I was lucky enough to go to both nights of the Reputation tour in Pasadena. I have only written about night one but have included the special guests I saw on night two.

Courtesy of Sammy Rae || reputation tour, The Rose Bowl

Walking into the Stadium and seeing the 110-foot-tall screens was unbelievable. I had seen every aspect of this tour from social media but nothing can compare to seeing it in person. I was taking in every single thing while waiting for Taylor’s opening acts. Taylor concerts are way different than any other concert I’ve been to. The adrenaline and energy you get is like nothing else in the world - it’s a really amazing feeling.

Charli XCX was the first opener. I didn’t know many of her songs prior to this so I enjoyed getting to hear new music. She was energetic on stage and kept the crowd entertained.

Charlie XCX’s Setlist:

• Boom Clap

• I Love It

• Break the Rules

• Unlock It

• Boys

• 5 in the Morning

• Fancy

Half an hour later, Camila Cabello’s set started. I wasn’t a huge Camila fan, but hearing how much talent she has live and how she connected with the crowd made me go out and buy her CD that week.

Camila Cabello’s Setlist:

• Never Be the Same

• She Loves Control

• Inside Out

• Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley cover)

• Consequences

• In the Dark

• Into It

• Havana

Cabello has such emotion live, and for an artist that I had barely ever listened to before make me an instant fan; I was impressed.

Half an hour after Camila’s set, the lights went out in the stadium, and the intro video started playing on the screen. I was going to see Taylor again after all these years. It felt like seeing a friend you hadn’t seen in forever.

Courtesy of Sammy Rae || Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift’s Setlist:

• …Ready For It?

• I Did Something Bad

• Gorgeous

• Style/Love Story/You Belong With Me mashup

• Look What You Made Me Do

• End Game

• King of my Heart

• Delicate

• Shake It Off

• Dancing With Our Hands Tied

• Red (Surprise song night #1, night #2 was All Too Well)

• Blank Space

• Dress

• Bad Blood/Should’ve Said No

If you are a Swiftie, you know that Taylor is known for bringing special guests out at her shows. Night One, I think I may have legit peed my pants when she announced Shawn Mendes was there. They sang Shawn’s hit, “There’s Nothing Holding Me Back”.

• Don’t Blame Me

• Long Live/New Years Day (Yes, I cried during the entire thing)

• Getaway Car

• Call It What You Want

• We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together/This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

Night 2, Taylor brought out Troye Sivan to sing “My My My” and Selena Gomez to sing “Hands to Myself”.

When I attended the 1989 world tour back in 2015, Taylor brought out Selena Gomez to sing “Good For You”, so to see them tours apart again was so cool, and I consider myself so lucky.

Taylor and her team put in so much hard work and creativity into all of her tours, but this tour was special. The visuals, setlist, video intermissions, outfits, giant snakes, confetti, pyro, and fireworks……..absolute perfection!

Courtesy of Sammy Rae || Taylor Swift

Venue: Not only is the Rose Bowl an iconic/historical venue, but it’s a great place to see a concert. It was definitely intimidating because I was not used to going to a show that big, but it honestly was so fun to partake in that large scale of a show. The employees were friendly and helpful, which always makes the review go up.

Seats: We had nosebleeds, like literally our seats were in the very last row of the entire venue, but to be perfectly honest, it was incredible because we had the most perfect view of everything. North Side, Section 13-L, row 77, seat 24. But Ya’ll the hike to your seats is no joke, there’s no way I could have those same seats nowadays because ya girl couldn’t stand the walk to her seats.

Parking: Parking was a fun experience. The Rose Bowl has acres of grass that they were directing us to park on. It wasn’t really the parking that was bad, but with everyone tailgating and trying to park made it really hard. We had quite the walk to the venue, but it’s nice parking on the property.