"The 1989 World Tour Live" is a live video album/concert film by Taylor. It was released on December 20, 2015, exclusively via Apple Music.
“Getting ready for this, I wondered about a lot of things, I wondered what it would be like to perform for 70'000 people. I wondered what would happen if I invited the most amazing artists in the world to come out with me and perform on my stage -- would they do it? This is 'The 1989 World Tour'.”
-- Taylor Swift
Directed by Jonas Åkerlund, "The 1989 World Tour Live" concert film documented the seven-month worldwide trek of Taylor's fourth headlining tour, "The 1989 World Tour", in 2015.
The movie captures her entire concert at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia. The show, which was attended by 75'980 fans, is one of Taylor's most attended concerts to date. The film also features never-before-seen footage from backstage and tour rehearsals and special guests who appeared on stage during the tour.
BACKGROUND
In 2014, Taylor released her fifth studio album, "1989". It was a massive commercial success, debuting atop the Billboard 200, retaining the position for eleven non-consecutive weeks, becoming the fifth album in history to spend its first year in the Top 10 of the chart and topping the 2015 Year-End Chart.
In 2015, Taylor embarked on her fourth headlining concert tour, "The 1989 World Tour". The tour was commercially successful, grossing over $250 million. The Sydney stop of the tour was attended by 76,000 fans, one of Taylor's most attended concerts to date. On December 13, 2015, Taylor announced she would release a live album monitoring the aforementioned show exclusively via Apple Music. The album was released on December 20, 2015.
Apart from Taylor's performance, the film also manifests exclusive clips, never-seen-before interviews and behind-the-scenes footage of the production of the tour. Additionally, snippets of Taylor performing with fellow celebrities such as Lorde, Karlie Kloss, Mick Jagger and Ellen DeGeneres at other venues were also included.
1. Welcome to New York
2. New Romantics
3. Blank Space
4. I Knew You Were Trouble ("1989" Version)
5. I Wish You Would
6. How You Get the Girl
7. I Know Places
8. All You Had to Do Was Stay
9. You Are in Love
10. Clean
11. Love Story ("1989" Version)
12. Style
13. This Love
14. Bad Blood
15. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together ("1989" Version)
16. Enchanted / Wildest Dreams (Mashup)
17. Out of the Woods
18. Shake It Off