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From “Taylor Swift ‘exhausted’ in Singapore because of her family’s attachment to the lion island nation”

The decision to bring The Eras Tour to Singapore means a lot to Taylor Swift

During the “Evermore” era, Taylor sang Marjorie – a song dedicated to her grandmother Marjorie Finlay and shared her family’s connection to Singapore.

“My mom actually spent most of her childhood with her parents and sister growing up in Singapore,” Swift revealed as she played gentle chords on the piano.

The singer continued: “So a lot of times when we come here to travel, my mother will take me past her old house and where she used to go to school, and so, I heard about Singapore.” 

Taylor told The Straits Times in a 2014 interview that her maternal grandfather worked for an engineering company and moved the family here for work.

At her concert in Singapore, Swift told the audience that her decision to bring her tour to Singapore was “essentially honoring” her family and that it meant a lot.

Taylor Swift fans bring Singapore an estimated amount of more than 350 million USD

Chua Hak Bin – economist at Maybank – estimates that 7/10 of the 300,000 live audiences watching Swift’s 6 concerts came from abroad and they spent from 260 million to 370 million USD on hotels, meals, and shopping. shopping and entertainment…

Meanwhile, Edmund Ong – General Director of Trip.com Singapore – said that from March 1 to 9, airfares to Singapore nearly tripled while the number of hotel reservations increased nearly 5 times.