Taylor Swift is making a last-minute stop on late-night TV, just days before her 36th birthday.
The pop icon will appear on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this Wednesday to promote her upcoming Disney+ docuseries about The Eras Tour, the record-shattering global phenomenon that made her the first artist to surpass $2 billion in tour revenue.
The announcement arrived on Monday with a playful montage posted by The Late Show social channels, featuring clips of Colbert through the years set to Swift’s new track Opalite, the third song on her latest studio album The Life of a Showgirl.
The video ended with a throwback clip of Swift saying ‘Hey Stephen,’ recorded during her viral April 13, 2021 appearance on the show.
During that segment, she jokingly insisted her song Hey Stephen was not written about Colbert while rattling off his middle name, age and address to his growing horror, before joking she was actually talking about Stephen King.
Swift previously confirmed on Good Morning America that she will release two film projects charting The Eras Tour in just a matter of days.
Both The End of an Era docuseries and The Eras Tour Final Show will begin streaming December 12 on Disney+.
The teaser trailer features behind-the-scenes moments as Swift talks about the massive creative feat behind the historic shows.
‘People like to talk about phenomenons… as if it just happened,’ she says in the preview. ‘We have broken every single record you can break with this tour. The only thing left is to close the book.’
In a statement, Swift added: ‘It was the End of an Era and we knew it… We wanted to remember every moment leading up to the culmination of the most important and intense chapter of our lives.’
Alongside the music and spectacle, Swift is also lifting the curtain on her personal life – including the early days of her romance with Kansas City Chiefs tight end and fiancé Travis Kelce, 36.
In a recently released clip from The End of an Era, Swift reflected on the relationship that has captivated fans around the world.
‘The most meaningful relationship I’ve ever had started with a man saying he was “butthurt” that I didn’t want to meet him,’ she said with a laugh, referencing Kelce’s 2023 admission on his New Heights podcast that he was disappointed she didn’t meet him backstage after a show.
Kelce will be prominently featured throughout the docuseries, appearing in rehearsal footage, personal phone call snippets and scenes from his surprise on-stage cameo during Swift’s London dates in June 2024.
The pop icon will appear on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this Wednesday to promote her upcoming Disney+ docuseries about The Eras Tour (pictured on April 13, 2021)
Swift previously confirmed on Good Morning America that she will release two film projects charting The Eras Tour in just a matter of days; seen in 2024
Additionally, one preview featured Swift watching a Chiefs game backstage, while another teaser captured Kelce waiting beneath the stage before greeting her with a kiss.
The Eras Tour, which ran from March 17, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona through December 8, 2024 in Vancouver, Canada, set unprecedented records.
The overwhelming demand famously crashed Ticketmaster in late 2022 and pushed Swift into billionaire status, primarily through music earnings.
The tour spanned ten eras across her career with a three-hour, 40-song setlist that attracted A-listers, royals and millions of fans worldwide.
Over four million audience members attended in person, making it the highest-grossing tour ever recorded.
Swift has already released a concert film, which documented her Los Angeles shows in theaters last year.
But she says these new projects will serve as the ‘closing chapter’ of one of the biggest live events in entertainment history.
