Will she make it in time?
Taylor Swift’s final music was nonetheless ringing within the ears of hundreds of followers on the Tokyo Dome on Saturday night time when the singer rushed to a non-public jet at Haneda airport, presumably embarking on an intensely scrutinized journey to see her boyfriend, NFL star Travis Kelce, play within the Tremendous Bowl in Las Vegas.
“We’re all gonna go on an amazing journey,” Swift earlier informed the gang. She was talking of the music, nevertheless it may also describe her potential race in opposition to time, which was to cross 9 time zones and the worldwide date line.
With a remaining bow on the finish of her sold-out present, clad in in a blue sequined outfit, the gang screaming, strobe lights pulsing, confetti falling, Swift disappeared beneath the stage — and her journey to the opposite aspect of the world started.
Her anticipated journey to see Kelce’s Kansas Metropolis Chiefs play the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas on Sunday, U.S. time, has fired imaginations, and hypothesis, for weeks.
“I hope she will return in time. It’s so romantic,” stated workplace employee Hitomi Takahashi, 29, who purchased matching Taylor Swift sweatshirts together with her buddy and was taking pictures simply exterior of the Tokyo Dome.
At Saturday night time’s live performance, there was loads of proof of the distinctive cultural phenomenon that’s the Swift-Kelce relationship, a nexus {of professional} soccer and the massive star energy of Swift. Along with folks carrying sequined attire celebrating Swift within the packed Tokyo Dome, there have been Travis Kelce jerseys and hats and different gear celebrating the Chiefs. Some in Tokyo spent hundreds of {dollars} to attend the pop celebrity’s live shows this week.
“Romeo, take me someplace we might be alone,” Swift sang Saturday.
She received’t discover that Sunday in Las Vegas when a sold-out crowd, to not point out tens of millions around the globe, shall be watching her.
If she makes it, that’s.
To name the worldwide scrutiny of Swift’s travels intense is an understatement.
Followers have tracked her jet. The planet-warming carbon emissions of her globe-trotting travels have been criticized. Officers have weighed in on her means to park her jet in Las Vegas airports.
Even Japanese diplomats have gotten into the act. The Japanese Embassy in Washington posted on social media that she may make the Tremendous Bowl in time, together with of their assertion three Swift music titles – “Converse Now”, “Fearless” and “Purple.”
“If she departs Tokyo within the night after her live performance, she ought to comfortably arrive in Las Vegas earlier than the Tremendous Bowl begins,” it stated.
Takahashi, the fan on the Tokyo Dome, was conscious of the criticism Swift has confronted about her non-public jets, however stated the singer was being singled out unfairly.
“Many different persons are flying on enterprise, and he or she is right here for her work. She faces a bashing as a result of she is legendary and stands out,” Takahashi stated.
Swift has been crisscrossing the globe this week already.
Earlier than coming to Asia, she attended the Grammys in Los Angeles, profitable her 14th Grammy and a record-breaking fourth Album of the Yr award for “Midnights.” The present was watched by almost 17 million folks. She additionally made a shock announcement that her subsequent album is able to drop in April.
Then the 4 live shows in Tokyo, and now apparently a rushed journey to attempt to make it to Las Vegas to look at Kelce, the tight finish for the Chiefs, play within the Tremendous Bowl. She has adopted Kelce for a lot of the Chiefs’ season.
If all of it goes as deliberate, she’s then anticipated to fly to Australia later this week to proceed her tour.
“This week is really the very best type of chaos,” Swift posted Wednesday on Instagram.
