Gracie Abrams reads speech at Taylor Swift’s final Eras Tour show

Gracie Abrams is just like the rest of us – not quite ready to say goodbye Taylor Swift‘S Epoch tour.

Abrams, 25, who made another guest appearance at Swift’s final tour show at BC Place in Vancouver, Canada on Sunday, December 8, took the stage with a piece of paper before her final performance.

Abrams read the audience a heartfelt speech recorded by a fan and posted via TikTok that evening, saying she was “not ready for it to be over” before describing Swift, 34,’s profound effect on her honored life.

“Like all of you, I grew up listening to Taylor’s songs,” Abrams began, dressed in an angelic white dress. “Magically, I needed a moment in my life that I didn’t think anyone else could understand or know or that hurt or longed or loved or lost, and yet she did it. How should we have the words for this? We don’t do it yet. But I know that we have each other, thanks to Taylor, her music, her generosity, her curiosity, her wild and unparalleled pen, her transcendent ability to see into our lives and create soundtracks for every single defining moment we’ve had and We will have that.”

At one point, Abrams, who performed a duet with Swift during the Saturday, Dec. 7 show in Vancouver, became emotional because her voice broke. However, the musician pressed on, telling the crowd that her night’s mission was clear.

“We are all here to remind her how deeply she touched us,” Abrams continued. “How much we appreciate every single little detail she comes up with to delight us and to thank her from the bottom of our hearts for giving us the time of our lives.”

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Swift set off Epoch tour in March 2023 in Glendale, Arizona, and performed throughout the United States through August 2023. She then began the international leg of her tour, visiting South America, Asia, Australia and Europe between November 2023 and August.

In October, Swift returned to North America for a handful of final shows in the United States and Canada.

Abrams was a self-proclaimed Swiftite before forming a friendship with Swift Vanity Fair A July 2023 profile states, “Every defining memory in my life is tied to a Taylor Swift song that helped me get through.”

Shortly before the two met, Abrams received a call from an unknown number inviting her to Swift’s birthday party. She immediately called a mutual producer to confirm the digits belonged to Swift before answering, not wanting to get her hopes up if it wasn’t the pop star.

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Gracie Abrams was a self-proclaimed Swiftie before she actually became friends with Taylor Swift. “Every defining memory in my life is tied to a Taylor Swift song that helped me get through,” Abrams told Vanity Fair in a July 2023 profile. “My friend recently did the thing where we mixed their discography and (…)

Swift then invited Abrams to appear as one of the opening acts Epoch tour.

“(It was) the best experience of my life,” Abrams gushed during an interview. in December 2023 from the concerts diversity. “Making this part of my weekly routine for four months has affected virtually every aspect of my life, not just my inner joy, but also the songs we made.”

In June, Swift confirmed that the tour would end in December, calling the endeavor “the most exhausting, exhausting, but joyful, rewarding, wonderful thing that has ever happened in my life.”