Taylor Swift thanks Sabrina Carpenter for surprise appearance at Eras

Taylor Swift has nothing but love and praise for her short and sweet best friend Sabrina Carpenter.

Swift, 34, took to social media on Tuesday, October 29, to reflect on her three-day vacation. Eras Tour visited New Orleans over the weekend and praised her longtime friend for using the limited downtime from her own Short and sweet tour peek at the unexpected duo.

“One of the things I will always remember from this weekend is being able to wow the crowd with a performance from the pop princess of our dreams @sabrinacarpenter. Note: She had one day off from her very busy touring schedule,” Swift wrote on Instagram along with a slideshow of her time in NOLA. “Her show is physically intense and spectacular, and she could use some relaxation during her downtime.”

Swift went on to highlight the reason why she respects Carpenter so much, explaining, “She does these things, goes out of her way to give fans a surprise moment that they weren’t expecting. She’s as real as they come and I’m so grateful she did this for us.”

Carpenter, 25, appeared during the final night of Swift’s NOLA show at The Caesars Superdome, which ran from Thursday, October 24 to Saturday, October 27. The “Taste” singer arrived after her performance on Friday, October 26th in Tampa, Florida. meet Swift in The Big Easy for her Surprise Song acoustic set.

Swift teased fans with a big reveal on Saturday, playing an acoustic version of Carpenter’s “Espresso” on guitar for the first time. “I think I’ll do something completely different tonight: I’ll sing a song that’s not mine, but a song by someone I really love, so I want to see how loud you can sing the song,” Swift teased. crowd. “It’s stuck in my head, and I’d love to know that 65,000 other people have this song stuck in their heads, just like I do.”

She quickly stopped when she heard the audience roar and began praising Carpenter for the successful year she had in music.

“Oh, so you really love this song as much as I do? I know I’m just going off on a tangent because I love my friend and I’m so proud of Sabrina and the year she had,” Swift said. “She just started this year, like her tour, you can’t buy tickets for it, the album is always number one, and I just, like… is it okay if I call her and you guys can say hi?”

Swift then called Carpenter on the phone and asked, “What are you doing? Why aren’t you here with us? Carpenter joked about being somewhere with a lot of “screaming” before appearing on stage and greeting Swift with a hug.

The pair then launched into an epic mix of their songs, starting with “Espresso” and then ending with “Is It Over Now?” Swift. They closed the set with Carpenter’s “Please, Please, Please.”

Saturday wasn’t the first time Swift took the stage. The “Nonsense” singer served as the opening act for Swift’s global tour of South America, Asia and Australia. In February, the pair teamed up to perform a medley of Swift’s “White Horse” and “Coney Island.” Fearless And Evermore albums.

Saturday’s duet will likely be their last for some time; Carpenter heads to Dallas, Texas to continue his Short n’ Sweet tour, while Swift continues the final leg of her Eras Tour in Indianapolis. This nearly two-year event will conclude on December 8th in Vancouver, Canada.

As you might expect, Swift’s social media post on Tuesday also expressed gratitude to the people who made her tour possible: her fans. She thanked them for “three magical nights in Louisiana,” as she does in almost every city she visits.

“I still smile thinking about this wonderful weekend,” she wrote. “The city really welcomed us with open arms (with friendship bracelets on those metaphorical arms) and celebrated the tour with such flair.”