Drop every part now. Taylor Swift has proved again and again that she doesn’t simply put up with inclement climate throughout her concert events, she thrives on it.

“I don’t know should you’ve heard this about us, however right here on the Eras Tour, we completely adore a rain present,” Swift, 34, instructed concertgoers at her Tuesday, July 23, present in Hamburg, Germany. “I believe a rain present solely chooses a crowd that’s fully worthy and able to celebration with us all evening within the rain.”

The group cheered in response, confirming their willingness to spend upwards of three hours dancing to Swift’s discography as rain poured into the Volksparkstadion area.

“I believed so,” Swift replied with a smile.

Being current for considered one of Swift’s so-called “rain exhibits” has change into a badge of honor, to the purpose that some followers really hope for one. “I really like a rain present and I’m jealous of each crowd who will get one really,” one fan wrote through X after the Hamburg downpour.

 

A number of eras in the past, considered one of Swift’s most well-known rain exhibits came about throughout a June 2011 Speak Now Tour cease in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

“Proper as I sang a lyric in ‘Fearless’ — ‘With you I’d dance in a storm in my finest gown, fearless’ — I felt a drop of rain hit my hand. Then one other, then one other, then a monsoon broke out,” Swift instructed Rolling Stone of the present in August 2011. “I noticed ladies with their completely curled hair flip drenched. I believed, ‘They’re all gonna depart.’ As a substitute, they went nuts, dancing within the rain, screaming louder. It was superior.”

Swift has continued to embrace stormy performances ever since. In Might 2023, she celebrated her “first rain present of the Eras Tour” after a moist evening at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium. Though the present did, actually, go on, it was pushed again a number of hours resulting from lightning strikes close by.

“It was SO MUCH FUN. The dancers, band, crowd and I all just about was little youngsters joyfully leaping in puddles all evening. I wished to thank the gang once more for ready for the climate to clear,” Swift wrote via X. “And my superb crew for preserving the stage, lighting and tools all dry and dealing so we may play. That was a late, nice evening I gained’t overlook. 🥹.”

Swift shared extra perception into her love of rain exhibits when she was as soon as once more handled to torrential situations at Foxborough’s Gillette Stadium in Might 2023.

“While you’re standing within the pouring rain with folks, you simply form of really feel, like, this romantic sense of camaraderie,” she defined in the course of the acoustic portion of the present, her inexperienced gown and blonde locks drenched.

She dubbed the live performance “the rainiest rain present that ever rain confirmed, ever, ever, ever” earlier than occurring to thank the “iconic crowd” through Instagram.

“Final evening all of us danced collectively within the rain for THE ENTIRE 3.5 HOUR SHOW in cunning Foxborough MA!! We’ve had rain exhibits at Gillette Stadium earlier than however this was a full on deluge that by no means let up,” Swift wrote. “Love you a lot you don’t have any concept 💕🥰🥲.”

The dedication of Swift’s fanbase is on full show at even her sunniest exhibits. For the reason that Eras Tour kicked off in March 2023, Swifties have proven as much as stadiums wearing elaborate outfits that nod to numerous levels of the singer’s profession. They make friendship bracelets, speculate about which shock songs Swift will sing in the course of the acoustic set and shout “Let’s go, bitch!” in the course of the Status track “Delicate.” (If , .) Nonetheless, there’s no devotion fairly like that of a crowd that’s soaked, singing alongside and nonetheless smiling.