Behind the Scenes: The Tour as a Global Phenomenon
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Pop superstar Taylor Swift has gifted us a new trailer for the award-winning superstar’s upcoming six-part docuseries The End of an Era (exclusively on Disney+), which provides a behind-the-scenes look at her groundbreaking, blockbuster breakingThe Eras Tour. The series offers new perspectives on not just the spectacle of the tour but also the emotional and creative process behind it.
Swift discloses that she planned the tour two years before it began, and that her mission was to show love for her fans. She wanted to “overserve the fans” by giving them more songs and a bigger show than they bargained for, she says.
She also ruminates on the communal power of live performance: “It’s like 70,000 people all together through music and love,” she says in the trailer — underscoring the enormity and emotional scope of the tour.
The docuseries is structured around “the development, impact and inner workings” of the tour, with behind-the-scenes planning, rehearsals and private moments away from public view. It is scheduled to debut on December 12, 2025, with the first two episodes premiering simultaneously and then one per week.
Intimate Moments & Star Cameos: What the Trailer Shows
The trailer doesn’t just spotlight stage lights and throngs of people — it focuses on intimate, surprising moments. (On camera, Swift’s mom, Andrea Swift, is seen noting of Swift’s fiancé, Travis Kelce: “He brings a lot of happiness.” In one clip Swift and Kelce take a call in-car, joking they have “the same job.” He responds: “You’ve got teammates, I’ve got teammates.”Swift says: “You’ve got Coach Reid, I’ve got my mom.”
Guest stars like Ed Sheeran, Florence Welch, Sabrina Carpenter and Gracie Abrams also feature in behind-the-scenes snippets, emphasizing the tour’s collaborative size.
One offbeat image: Swift being wheeled on stage in a cleaning cart as if to underscore the logistics and showmanship that are part of her odd life now. The series also captures set-list planning, surprise songs, costume changes and the emotional burden of finishing a world-encircling tour.
In other words: The trailer announces that this is more than a concert recap — it’s a deep dive into the making and meaning of one of pop’s most massive cultural moments.
