Speaker 1: Now she's coming to Australia so very soon. Are Swifties
Speaker 1: are going crazy for Taylor Swift the Era's tour again.
Speaker 2: Everyone's going crazy for it.
Speaker 1: Oh my god. Now listen, if you're pumped like we're
Speaker 1: all going, all three of us will be there at
Speaker 1: the Aras tour. And if you want to get prepared,
Speaker 1: we thought, why don't we get an expert Swifty in
Speaker 1: the studio. Now that is a job that exists. We've
Speaker 1: searched LinkedIn and we've found kirston Plugue. She's the host
Speaker 1: of the Ready for It podcast. It will get you
Speaker 1: up to speed everything you need to know if you
Speaker 1: want to be a Swifty or if you are a.
Speaker 2: Swifty would you say it'll get you ready for it? Literally?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 2: That was good.
Speaker 1: Maybe shake it off Kirsten, and welcome to the pickup Hello,
Speaker 1: thank you, Hello.
Speaker 2: We're ready for it. I see what you did there?
Speaker 2: You got the point, Kirsten.
Speaker 3: I love the story behind why you started this podcast.
Speaker 3: And I mean so many people at the moment are
Speaker 3: obsessed with Taylor Swift. They're obsessed with finding the Easter
Speaker 3: exit in her songs. But what was the catalyst that
Speaker 3: made you actually want to put this podcast together.
Speaker 2: It was a little TikTok video.
Speaker 4: So we saw their eras too going bonkers over in
Speaker 4: the US, and I was consuming every single bit of
Speaker 4: content out there, and I came across this video of
Speaker 4: a dad that was taking his young twin girls to
Speaker 4: the show and they were all obsessed and wanted to
Speaker 4: know all the chance and learn all the songs, and
Speaker 4: he had no idea what the fuss was about. And
Speaker 4: there's ten albums to get through if you're trying to
Speaker 4: learn about Taylor for the first time. So we thought,
Speaker 4: we want to make something for a guy like that
Speaker 4: that just wants to get involved and know all the
Speaker 4: little bits that you need to know ahead of the
Speaker 4: concert and enjoy it as much as possible.
Speaker 2: We want to put all that intel in one place.
Speaker 2: That's so cool.
Speaker 3: Well, she's just announced another album because if winning Grammys
Speaker 3: wasn't enough, and in the middle of the world tour,
Speaker 3: she's announced a Tortured Poet Department. Were you expecting that?
Speaker 3: And what can we expect from that album?
Speaker 4: I was not ready for it. Intended No, I was
Speaker 4: not ready for that one. We thought that we were
Speaker 4: getting reputation Taylor's version because she kind of sent us
Speaker 4: down that rabbit.
Speaker 2: The re release.
Speaker 4: The re release, Yeah, yeah, so we were all expecting that.
Speaker 4: I was expecting her a rock up wearing a snake,
Speaker 4: and then she drops a brand new album. So yeah,
Speaker 4: t S eleven is on the way, and it's looking
Speaker 4: like a heartbreak album.
Speaker 2: Joe Olwen Right, Yeah, so she said she's.
Speaker 4: Been keeping this a secret for the last two years,
Speaker 4: so everyone's gone, Okay, this is the breakup album that
Speaker 4: we've been wanting.
Speaker 3: Joe, honestly, like, you just wouldn't want to date Taylor anymore,
Speaker 3: would you, because you're like.
Speaker 1: You dave Taylor knowing that this is what she's going
Speaker 1: to do. She's done it for years. It's not new,
Speaker 1: I know.
Speaker 3: But I feel as though for anyone who gets into
Speaker 3: a relationship with her, you really hope it's going to
Speaker 3: go the distance. If it doesn't, you're going to get
Speaker 3: decimated in the breakup.
Speaker 4: Like you want to date Taylor, but you don't want
Speaker 4: to break you need to marry.
Speaker 1: So can I quickly just ask I'm going to the
Speaker 1: reputation of the eras tour. We both are girls in Britain, Laura,
Speaker 1: but what happened at these shows, because you're right, there
Speaker 1: are chants, there are wrist bands that are traded. What
Speaker 1: are the big sort of events that happen at a
Speaker 1: tailor concert? So if people are going need to know.
Speaker 4: Yeah, So the bracelets are a huge one, and they
Speaker 4: have been doing the rounds for years well before this tour,
Speaker 4: where everybody makes up little bracelets that have colors and
Speaker 4: song lyrics and little things on them that they then
Speaker 4: trade at the concerts, which.
Speaker 2: Is really cute. Yeah, it's really sweet.
Speaker 4: And Taylor actually played on that with a lyric in
Speaker 4: one of her Midnight's tracks called You're on your Own Kid,
Speaker 4: she says, make the friendship bracelets.
Speaker 2: Take the moment and taste it. So now it's just
Speaker 2: gone become part.
Speaker 3: Of everyone's eating their bracelets. It's so amazing how I mean,
Speaker 3: it all comes back to the music, but it's amazing
Speaker 3: how she has transcended the.
Speaker 2: Music like it is.
Speaker 3: It's a pop culture phenomena, it's an economic phenomena. I mean,
Speaker 3: there's even people who are studying the impact that she
Speaker 3: has on countries when she comes to visit because of
Speaker 3: their financial boom that happens. You've got presidents begging her
Speaker 3: to come to their country.
Speaker 1: She tries an earthquake. She made everyone jump so hard
Speaker 1: at one of her concerts that the rick De scale
Speaker 1: they built under Ohio it was like, oh God, there's
Speaker 1: an quite.
Speaker 2: I'm not surprised.
Speaker 4: I'm not surprised that she has this effect. But it
Speaker 4: all comes down to just really great music.
Speaker 1: You can listen to the Ready for It podcast with
Speaker 1: Kirston plug Who's with us now and Georgie t Toney
Speaker 1: from the Project. Great to have you on swift Ye.
Speaker 2: Thank you for having me. I can't wait for the
Speaker 2: show and enjoyler Sihun. All right, well coming up.
Speaker 3: I know you guys may not have seen this Mitch,
Speaker 3: but Mitch and Britt but the rest of the country
Speaker 3: have been talking about it. And that is Maths Confession week. Also,
Speaker 3: it's been the week where they rank everyone. It is
Speaker 3: just a saucy, saucy, a little week. And now there
Speaker 3: was one very big secret that was told on Maths
Speaker 3: that everyone is talking about. And I think here at
Speaker 3: the Pickup, we have a few secrets of our own.
Speaker 2: Okay, that's next on the Pickup