If you’re a Swiftie living in Indonesia, Thailand, or any other ASEAN country but Singapore, you might have noticed your country’s name missing among the countries that Taylor Swift is touring in.
The singer, who will soon be taking her billion-dollar tour to Singapore has not performed in any other ASEAN country for years. As disappointed and heartbroken as fans are, here’s the real reason why.
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Why Taylor Swift Only Performs In One ASEAN Country – Singapore?
Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin revealed that Taylor Swift’s exclusion from the other ASEAN countries except Singapore is because of a deal she has made with the country. According to the deal, Taylor can and will not perform in any other ASEAN country except for Singapore.
According to Thavisin, the singer’s concert in Singapore will be supported by an investment of around 100 million baht from the Singaporean government.
Taylor Swift's "The Eras Tour" is not coming to Thailand because Singapore has a deal that she cannot perform anywhere else in ASEAN, according to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
— Thai Enquirer (@ThaiEnquirer) February 16, 2024
Srettha said he had spoken to the organizer of the concert, and they informed him about the deal.… pic.twitter.com/0KcqlH8jMt
“If there are five shows, then it is 500 million baht, but the Singapore government is astute,” the minister said.
He then added, “If she came to Thailand, it would have been cheaper to organize it here, and I believe she would be able to attract more sponsors and tourists to Thailand. Even though we would have to subsidize at least 500 million baht, it would be worth it.”
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Fans React To Taylor Swift Striking Deal To Not Perform Outside Singapore
For a superstar that has millions of fans in the ASEAN countries, fans are sad and disappointed that she would strike a deal as that will in turn hurt her fans’ sentiments.
Kinda disappointed Taylor’s team took the deal, not considering the fans from other Asean countries were rooting for her to come. It’s not cheap for her Asean fans to fly to Japan, Australia, Singapore just to see her. It’s disappointing. https://t.co/6uRmBnYDYz
— 🐝 (@7partsofsoul) February 16, 2024
Some even addressed that Taylor’s decision would likely start bad relations between the countries.
She is creating bad blood between Thailand and Singapore
— Nathan Punwani (@npunwani) February 17, 2024
While many pointed out that at the end of the day, she is simply a businesswoman and only sees her profit.
CORRECT. She is and will always be a ‘businesswoman’ first then a singer cause the first one actually brings more money. If any issue involves money, you will hear from her, other than that forget about it.
— violetjay 🇵🇸 (@violetjane28) February 18, 2024
damn taylor swift why u gotta do us asean fans like this??? money > performing for fanss who love u issit https://t.co/x8krqDL0bu
— 𝖆𝖞𝖊𝖎𝖘𝖍𝖆 (@ayeishaz_) February 16, 2024
Fans are now hoping that the contract expires soon and she gets to perform in other eager ASEAN countries as well. As for the Singapore leg of her tour, Swift is performing there on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 8th, and 9th March 2024.
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