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Taylor Swift’s Saturday night show in New Orleans was full of surprises, captivating the 65,000 fans in attendance. Donning an orange dress, Swift announced a unique change to her surprise set, opting to perform a song not from her own discography, but from her friend Sabrina Carpenter’s catalog.
“I think tonight I’m going to do something completely different, which is that I’m going to sing a song that’s not mine, but it’s somebody that I really love,” Swift revealed to the crowd before strumming a few lines of “Espresso” by Carpenter. After a brief performance, she paused and asked, “So you really love that song as much as I do?” Smiling, she continued, “I know I’m just going on a tangent because I love my friend and I’m just so proud of Sabrina and the year she’s had.”
The crowd at Caesars Superdome erupted as Swift grabbed her phone from a stagehand and put Carpenter on speaker. “I’m really somewhere really loud, I’m in New Orleans on the Eras Tour,” Swift said into the phone. “I just wanted to call and tell you that I sang a little bit of ‘Espresso’ and they said every word so loud. And I just wanted to say we all love you so much. What are you doing? Why aren’t you here with us?”
Over the phone, Carpenter responded, “I’m somewhere where everyone is screaming so loud.”
“I’m somewhere where people are screaming so loud,” Swift echoed. “Can you come down to the stadium real quick? Ball park how long would that take you?”
“It would probably take me five seconds,” Carpenter replied, as the crowd cheered and held their breath until Carpenter appeared on the platform in the diamond part of the stage. Wearing a white dress, she strutted down the catwalk to join Swift.
Swift then performed an acoustic version of “Espresso,” singing harmony with Carpenter. After the first chorus, Carpenter exclaimed, “Holy s*** New Orleans!”
Swift, referencing the first line of the second verse, asked, “Can I do it?” She then launched into part of her song “Is It Over Now?” from “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” and followed with “Please, Please, Please” from Carpenter’s new album.
“She had literally one day off,” Swift said at the end of the triple mashup. “She is on tour. This is crazy she came to perform for us. Will you please give it up for Sabrina Carpenter?” Carpenter walked down the catwalk and disappeared into the stage.
Swift then moved to the piano to perform a mashup of “Hits Different” from “Midnights” and “Welcome to New York” from “1989 (Taylor’s Version).”
The singer-songwriter has one more performance in New Orleans before the tour wraps on December 8 in Vancouver, Canada.