My Thoughts on Taylor Swift: The End of an Era docuseries
[SPOILER ALERT] Please don’t read if you haven’t watched it.
I wasn’t expecting much from it. From Taylor Swift’s last documentary “Miss Americana,” which I’ve watched maybe ten times or more, I just knew that this series would be a treasure of life lessons based on her journey as a pop star/music genius and as a human. I was wrong.
It wasn’t just her story. It was about the stories of the different people she went on tour with. And I didn’t expect that coming.
I started watching it alone, in an empty living room—because Joe was away for work. Episodes 1 to 2 were the typical BTS of a tour. It wasn’t boring. It was nice knowing how the tour came to be.
But episodes 3 to 6 got to me when the documentary started telling the stories of people who were with Taylor during the tour. Lucky that Joe was home already because I’m sure I would prefer sharing that moment with him.
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I get hate from some of my friends given that I’m a Swiftie. I’ve also read sentiments about how Taylor releasing a full documentary series shows how self-centered she is, putting herself as the protagonist in a story, but I really really beg to disagree.
The docuseries was more about the people around her than herself. And it felt like I wasn’t watching a Taylor Swift show rather it felt like getting to know all these people on tour with her on a deeper level without actually meeting them.
The more I watch the series, the closer I felt to the people Taylor included there. I personally related to Jeslyn’s, Amanda’s, and Kamilah’s stories.
When Taylor said something along the lines of: “I feel so lucky that my mom, dad, and brother got to see this tour. Because Kamilah’s mom didn’t. She didn’t see her performing.”—that really hit me hard. I remember all the moments my late sister wasn’t apart of anymore. The moments she didn’t get to witness for her child, James.
Life went on fast forward to me that moment and it made me think of all the events and memories that I won’t get to share with my parents anymore—or actually any of my beloved ones from family and friends.
That moment, when I was ugly crying, I told Joe: “This is the reason why I wanted to marry you soon because I want to make sure your parents will be there.”
