Gracie Abrams He's just like us – not quite ready to say goodbye Taylor Swift's Tour of the ages.
Abrams, 25, who once again served as a guest during Swift's final tour at BC Place in Vancouver, Canada, on Sunday, December 8, took to the stage with a piece of paper before her final performance.
Read a heartfelt letter to the audience captured by a fan and posted via Tik Tok That evening, Abrams said she was “not ready for it to be over” before praising the profound impact Swift, 34, has had on her life.
“Like all of you, I grew up on Taylor’s songs,” Abrams began. “Magically, I needed a moment in my life that I didn't think anyone else could understand or know or hurt or miss or love or miss, and yet you did it. How are we supposed to have the words for it? We don't Yet. But I know we have each other, thanks to Taylor, her music, her generosity, her curiosity, her unparalleled wild pen, and her uncanny power to see our lives and create soundscapes of every formative moment we've ever had We have.
At some point, Abrams, of He performed a duet With Swift during her Saturday, December 7, show, she got emotional and broke her voice. But the musician continued her speech, telling the audience that her night's mission was clear.
“We're all here to remind her of how deeply she touched us,” Abrams continued. “How we appreciate all the little details you dream up to make us happy and we thank them from the bottom of our hearts for giving us the time of our lives.”
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Swift proceeded Tour of the ages in Glendale, Arizona, in March 2023, and will perform across the United States through August 2023. She then embarked on the international leg of her tour, heading to South America, Asia, Australia and Europe between November 2023 and August.
In October, Swift returned to North America for a number of final shows in the United States and Canada.
Abrams was a self-proclaimed Swiftie before befriending the pop star Vanity gallery In a July 2023 profile, “Every formative memory in my life is associated with a Taylor Swift song that helped me get through it.”
Shortly before the pair met, Abrams received a call from an unknown number inviting her to Swift's birthday party. She immediately called a co-producer to make sure the numbers belonged to Swift before answering in an attempt to avoid getting her hopes up if it wasn't her.
Swift then invited Abrams to be one of the opening acts for Tour of the ages.
“(It was) the best experience of my life,” Abrams gushed about the gigs during a December 2023 interview with diverse. “It became part of my weekly routine for four months straight, and it contributed to all aspects of my life, not just how happy I felt inside, but the songs we were making.”
In June, Swift confirmed that the tour would end in December, calling the project “the most exhausting, exhausting, yet most joyful, most rewarding, most amazing thing that has ever happened in my life.”