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It was nice of Taylor Swift to give the world a month off. After a few months of breathless promotion for her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, she retreated to her favorite activity — getting dinner in New York — ahead of the release of her Eras Tour docuseries this December. We got a little teaser of The End of an Era on October 13 and now that it’s November 13, a full-blown trailer of the show out on December, well, not 13, but 12. “Honestly can’t think of a better way to celebrate my (almost) birthday,” Swift wrote on her socials. Really? What about dinner at Via Carota?

Perhaps the most revealing aspect of the teaser for The End of an Era was Swift’s postshow, raspy-voiced breakdown of what she does after each concert. As a beautiful marble tub fills with water, she describes her nightly routine: “I watch tons of TV, I eat room service in bed, I sign a box of 2,000 CDs, and then? Then, I’m tired.” The new trailer divides the docuseries into three notable sections. The first is all the people — crew, dancers, musicians, featured artists, and so on — who made the Eras Tour possible. The second is Swift herself, working on her “Taylor’s Versions” while the tour was happening, complete with iPhone selfie videos of her in a little recording booth. The third — and who could have seen this coming — is her now-fiancé, Travis Kelce, her then-shiniest and newest accessory. “Travis Kelce,” Swift’s mom, Andrea, says. “He brings a lot of happiness.” Cue footage of Swift smiling and laughing in various custom Kansas City Chiefs shirts. “We basically have the same job,” Swift points out to him on the phone, to which Kelce agrees, “You’ve got teammates, I’ve got teammates.” “You’ve got Coach Reid,” Swift adds as they both crack up. “I’ve got … my mom.” Her song “Karma” from Midnights plays through most of the new trailer as if to suggest this victory lap is a result of good karma. Yes, Swift knows her life is good, maybe better than it’s ever been, but she won’t let us forget all the work it took to get there.

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