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We hope everyone is ending the month of August safely. For some Taylor Swift fans, it certainly didn’t seem like it was starting that way, as the singer’s “Eras Tour” concerts in Vienna, Austria were canceled following a foiled terrorist attempt. Good for a weekend Host Kressi was in Europe to see one of those shows. In a special edition of Swift Report, Kressi connects with MK again to tell us about her experience traveling abroad to attend a concert that wasn't going to happen.
First, a little context: This was Kressi’s story. first time She left the United States and treated herself to a birthday treat. She had her new passport in hand and a Google spreadsheet planning all her outfits ready. When she finally arrived and received confirmation that Swift would not be performing, she was faced with a more immediate concern: Her debit card information had recently been stolen, and no restaurant in Vienna was willing to accept her American credit cards.
Once she got her bearings (and a bite to eat!), she was able to take in what was happening in the city. While she thought it was “unsafe” the way Swifties dressed in their best concert attire gathered en masse in the town square (“I mean, they were still arresting people”) [involved in the terror plot] —they could have been anywhere”), she did appreciate the feelings of solidarity, especially from the people of Vienna. “Everyone was so nice,” Kressi says. “All the shopkeepers were like, ‘Were you here for the concert? ’ Every store and restaurant was playing Taylor Swift songs. Everyone was wearing the wristbands, even the waiters and the store staff. It was like a great sense of community, and of, ‘We’re going to get through this together. ’”
However, she is divided on Swift's reaction to the events. At the end of the day, the Good for a weekend The hosts agree that Swift's final statement on the events was well-crafted, despite the two weeks of silence that followed the cancellations. It was what Swift and her team did before releasing that statement that left a bad taste in both hosts' mouths.
“I found it pretty disgusting that she released a music video before the statement,” Kressi says. “I should have waited a week… I’d get an email on my phone, a notification from Taylor Nation. ‘Oh, are they going to say something?’ And it was like, ‘Guess what? More merch! Guess what? Another version of this song that you’ve already heard!’ Like, come on. Can’t you just have a week of silence? Something really scary just happened and it could have been In fact “It’s bad, and you’re promoting products when you know everyone is constantly refreshing their feed thinking you’re going to say something soon. And it’s the same feeling with the music video; it’s like people are watching thinking you’re going to say something at any moment and you’re sharing a concert music video, not even a good one. Couldn’t you have waited a week?”
MK, of course, has some thoughts on all this as well, so listen up. Good for a weekend Report on Taylor Swift's cancelled Vienna concerts and more as part of this month's Swift Report above. Support Our show for subscribe and review GFAW Wherever you get your podcasts and join the conversation via Discord, playlists, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter here.
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