It’s been a long time coming.
Taylor Swift made a hotly anticipated return to the stage for the first time since the end of her globally sold-out Eras tour and since buying back her masters.
The 14-time Grammy winner, 35, wowed the crowd with a rendition of “Shake It Off” at a concert hosted by Travis Kelce in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday.
The event, dubbed “Tight Ends and Friends,” was founded by the 3-time Super Bowl champ as part of the training camp program “Tight End University,” which he’s holding in Music City this week.
It appeared as though there were many Swifties at the soiree, as countless screaming fans couldn’t contain their excitement during the “Cruel Summer” singer’s performance.
“We planned that three minutes ago,” Swift told the crowd after grabbing a guitar and rocking out on the stage to the hit 2014 track.
Before stepping out on the stage at the Brooklyn Bowl, singers including Sophia Scott, Graham Barham and Chase Rice performed as Swift enjoyed the evening at the VIP suite.
Their performances were followed by Jordan Davis and Luke Combs.
As Kane Brown was approaching the end of his set, Swift walked out and grabbed Rice’s acoustic guitar — sending fans into a frenzy.
She dedicated the song to “our favorite players.”
While tickets for the event had been on sale to the public for some time, Swift’s appearance — and performance — was kept tightly under wraps.
One Swiftie even livestreamed the performance on X, which showed the singer dressed in a black mini dress paired with a gold belt.
Kelce, for his part, rocked a camo shirt and pants as he cheered his famous girlfriend on from the side of the stage.
The performance marked her first since buying back her masters in what was said to be a colossal $360 million deal.
The “Fortnight” singer announced last month that she was finally able to buy back the entire music catalog of her first six studio albums.
In 2019, record executive Scooter Braun bought the rights to her first six albums — “Taylor Swift,” “Fearless,” “Speak Now,” “Red,” “1989” and “Reputation” — for $300 million (allegedly without her approval) before they were acquired by the investment firm Shamrock Capital a year later.
In 2018, however, Swift inked a new deal with Universal Music Group and Republic Records, where she recorded and owns the masters of “Lover,” “Folklore,” “Evermore,” “Midnights” and “The Tortured Poets Department.”
Alongside a lengthy letter penned to fans, Swift broke her social media silence to celebrate the win by sharing photos of her sitting with her first six original albums fanned around her.
“You belong with me,” she captioned the post, quoting her famous 2008 song.
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