Everything You Need to Know About ‘Taylor Swift’s: The Eras Tour’ Movie Now on Disney+
Earlier this year, we found out that Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour concert movie would officially be calling Disney+ its streaming home. Up until now, the movie has only been able to be rented for 48 hours for $19.89.
And, the version of the film on Disney+ is different than the one that was in theaters and available digitally. This new version includes 5 additional songs and is affectionally called (Taylor’s Version).
We’ve been waiting in anticipation, and the moment is finally here! You can now watch the movie on Disney+ and we’ve got all of the important details.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) on Disney+
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) was originally supposed to debut on March 15th, but it was actually moved up to a release time of 9PM ET/6PM PT on March 14th. Many people thought the changing of the time meant something was going to happen at Midnight involving Taylor, but Disney+ is known for premiering anticipated content at 9PM ET, so it was normal!
I’ve seen the concert in person and have now seen the film twice (once in theaters, once last night when it was put on Disney+), so I’m here to let you know about the major differences in Taylor’s Version! As we already knew, the song ‘cardigan’ has been added into the folklore section of the show after not making the cut in previous versions of the movie.
But what’s even better about this version is ‘cardigan’ was placed in the correct timeline of the movie, as were a few other songs! In the extended version of the movie that you could rent back in December, the songs that were added were just tacked on to the end of the movie. Now, they’ve all been placed in the correct spots.
So, ‘The Archer’ is now at the end of the ‘Lover’ era, ‘Long Live’ is right after ‘Enchanted’ during the Speak Now era, and ‘Wildest Dreams’ is between ‘Shake it Off’ and ‘Bad Blood’ during the 1989 era, which is exactly how the setlist is for the actual concert. This brings you way closer to the actual experience of being there!
What has been tacked on to the end of the movie are the four additional acoustic songs. I felt safe to assume that the four songs added were the other surprise songs filmed during the first three shows in Los Angeles, since that’s where they filmed for the movie, but now it has officially been confirmed with the release.
Good Morning America has also been revealing the songs in the days leading up to the premiere.
So, after the credits roll on the initial part of the movie, you’ll get to The Acoustic Collection. This has all six acoustic songs that were performed during the first three shows in L.A., including the ones that were already in the first release of the movie.
In order, they are ‘I Can See You,’ ‘Death by a Thousand Cuts,’ and ‘Our Song’ on the guitar, and ‘You Are in Love,’ ‘Maroon,’ and ‘You’re on Your Own, Kid’ on the piano. The performances of ‘Our Song’ and ‘You’re on Your Own, Kid’ are also included in the actual movie during the acoustic set, between the 1989 and Midnights eras.
To celebrate the release, Disney+ created their own versions of Taylor’s eras that have taken over the homepage of the streaming service! They start with Fearless and go through Midnights, with each section featuring movies that fit into Disney’s Version of that era — like Turning Red in the Red era and Cruella in the Reputation era.
I do personally think this was a missed opportunity to create a Taylor Swift/Debut era and include Hannah Montana: The Movie, which Taylor literally makes a cameo in, but it’s okay, I guess (wait, but also, why isn’t Peter Pan in the folklore era?! The movie is directly referenced in ‘cardigan!’).
Either way, it’s super fun! There is also a giant ad for the movie over at Disney Springs in Disney World right now, which is awesome.
It’s no surprise that Disney is celebrating and promoting this movie because they did pay $75 MILLION to get the rights to it, but honestly, it was a super smart move (which you can read more about right here!).
The only thing I think would REALLY take it up a notch is if Disney+ added some Taylor Swift options to be used as your profile icons on the streaming service — give us the Eras Tour looks!
Also, just FYI, when you go to watch The Eras Tour on Disney+, it says that you can ‘enjoy access to merchandise’ by going to the ‘shop’ tab on the movie’s page, but the link there just takes you to Taylor’s normal merchandise website. And, there’s no exclusive merch on it right now, it’s just the different media options for her upcoming album ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’
So, have fun streaming the best concert I have ever seen with my own two eyes, and stay tuned for more Disney news and updates!