Taylor Swift performed “The Black Dog” for the first time live during night one of her Eras Tour stop at Wembley Stadium in London on Friday (June 21). While wearing an orange dress, the pop superstar, 34, performed the song at the end of her concert, during her “surprise songs” section, where she plays acoustic versions of a handful of her songs. “Black Dog,” which is widely believed to be about The 1975 frontman Matty Healy , with whom she had a brief dalliance, is off of her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department .
It includes references to a pub in South London as well as pop-punk band The Starting Line, whose music has been covered during live shows by The 1975 . “I’ve never played this one live before,” Swift can be heard telling the crowd in videos posted to X. Swift did not play “London Boy” or “So Long, London” – both of which are speculated to be about her six-year relationship with Joe Alwyn – as some fans had predicted.
Though, she did surprise the audience with “Hits Different” from her 2022 Midnights record, “Death By A Thousand Cuts” from her 2019 Lover album and a mash-up of “Maroon” and “Come Back...
Be Here” from Midnights and her 2012 album Red , respectively. Swift has two more nights at Wembley this weekend before moving on to Dublin. An array of high-profile celebrities and figures were in attendance during her first night at Wembley, including her boyfriend NFL athlete Travis Kelce, Bridgerton star Nico.
