Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: A Celebration of Taylor Swift's Musical Journey, Cultural Impact, and Reinvention of Pop Music for Swifties by a Swiftie

In music, the bridge is a section of a song that contrasts with the chorus and verses, usually occurring only once towards the end. Taylor Swift is known for her distinctive bridges, which frequently contain some of her sharpest songwriting and provide surprising revelations about the meaning of the other lyrics.

The “Eras Tour” was Taylor Swift’s sixth concert tour, which she performed globally between March of 2023 and December of 2024. “Eras” broke several records and became the highest grossing concert tour of all time with $1,000,000,000 in revenue, generating global socioeconomic impact. It followed her would-have-been sixth tour, the “Lover Fest,” which was cancelled in its entirety due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Swift envisioned “Eras” as a celebratory retrospective of all her albums, with a track list of over forty songs, divided into ten acts corresponding to each album, or “era.” At the time of Heartbreak’s publication, the “Eras Tour” was ongoing, but nearing its end.

Master recordings, commonly referred to as masters, are the original recordings of pieces of music or specific performances. These recordings can be copyrighted, and owners of the copyrights are entitled to any royalties generated by digital or analog distribution of the recordings.