The 2024 leg of the Eras Tour had Taylor Swift shift over to Australia right after wrapping her Tokyo concert and Super Bowl attendance. The first three of the total seven-day haul in the southern hemisphere nation saw the singer delight the crowd with surprise medleys while hosting about 96,000 Swifties on each show. The remarkable swooning has now moved over to Sydney where the ‘Wildest Dreams’ singer will kick-start a stretch of four successive concerts starting from February 23.

In the meantime, the attention shifted briefly away from the tour to focus on a very notable change in her hair- its color. However, there may be more rationale behind it than what meets the eye.

Taylor Swift leaves fans confused with the latest outing

Taylor Swift will host the Sydney leg of the Eras Tour alongside Sabrina Carpenter. About three days before the start of the shows, the duo used the window to head out for dinner at a famed trattoria in the city, Pellegrino 2000. However, the photos had her wearing brunette hair, a sharp departure from her deep blonde from just barely a day ago in Melbourne. Additionally, it also sparked curiosity within the fandom about her reason to do so.

The singer naturally has a base six or seven shade of blonde hair with curls and waves featuring prominently. Over the course of her album launches, she has changed her hairstyle and color many times before. However, the recently trending one may not be a part of any transformation. Rather, the lighting and camera flashes under the dark sky gave an illusion of a dark brown shade while, in reality, she did nothing of the sort.

Regardless, the sheer attention to detail from her fandom gave credence to her popularity, which somehow also spiraled into a regional conflict.

Thailand accuses Singapore of subsidizing Eras Tour

The Eras Tour will travel across continents and for Asia, after Japan, it will have Taylor Swift stop for a six-day stretch in Singapore. However, the island nation’s stature as the only nation to hold the shows in Southeast Asia drew the ire of Thailand’s PM Srettha Thavisin. The leader accused its close neighbor nation of allegedly subsidizing the tour’s organizer to secure exclusivity.

Thavisin alleged that Singapore may have granted a relief of anywhere between $2-$3 million to secure the deal. The furor came even as Australia relished under the collateral consumer spending generating millions for the country. Additionally, with the US set to amass close to $5 billion from Taylor Swift hosting the Eras Tour, its impact remains widely clear.

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