Taylor Swift says life on her record-breaking Eras Tour wasn’t all glitz and glamour.
During an appearance on the “New Heights” podcast hosted by her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and his brother, Jason Kelce, the pop star spoke about the physical toll of performing on the stage night after night.
When asked how she felt after wrapping up her tour after months on the road, Swift said she felt “great.”
“I miss it. I do miss it, but it’s like it was perfect for what it was. Do you know what I mean? And it was a lot of physical therapy, and it was a lot of being in a state of perpetual physical discomfort — kind of like when you’re in season, ” Swift told the brothers.
The singer added that she kept an acupuncture mat in the hotel room that she used after the shows.
The Eras Tour, which grossed over $2 billion, consisted of 149 shows held across 21 countries. Each concert lasted an average of three hours and fifteen minutes, depending on the set list and the weather.
Despite the grueling schedule, Swift says she misses her fans and the connection she was able to share with them during the tour.
“It was so special. It was the most formative time of my life. I learned so much about how far I can push myself if I set a goal,” Swift said.
Committing to such a lengthy set from the beginning of a tour was a significant commitment, she added.
“Making that a three-and-a-half-hour show at the beginning of the tour, it’s like you can’t be sick one day and then decide tonight it’s going to be two-and-a-half hours,” Swift said. “It’s really just prioritizing the fans’ experience before anything else.”
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That includes things like stomach flu, aching feet, or blisters, she added.
Looking back on the experience, Swift said she wouldn’t do anything differently.
“I’m glad that I got to actually be prepared for this tour the way that I was,” she said.
Unlike previous tours, where she only hit her stride toward the final stretch, Swift said she wanted to have her stamina from day one.
“That’s why I did so much more training, so much more endurance training, and cardio, and stuff that doesn’t come naturally because I’m not an athlete, so it’s like that stuff I have to really force myself to do,” she said.
Swift previously said she ran on the treadmill while “singing the entire set list out loud” to train for the tour. She also took three months of dance training and cut out alcohol for the duration of the tour.
Swift announced her coming album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” in a preview clip from the podcast that was released on Tuesday.
A representative for Swift did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent by Business Insider outside regular hours.
