Taylor Swift Shuts Down The Haters At The iHeart Radio Music Awards

Taylor Swift gave an impassioned speech after winning the Tour of the Year Award at the iHeart Radio Music Awards Thursday, schooling those who doubted the success of her 2018 Reputation tour.

When accepting the award, the singer was gracious towards her fans who supported her along the way.

“So, I think one of the most wonderful things about the way that this whole tour turned out is that for like the entire six months leading up to the first show of this tour, every headline that I read about the tour was, ‘This is going to be a massive failure. This is going to be a flop tour’,” she said sarcastically. “And it really did wonders for my self-esteem. It was really great to hear people saying that I was going to be playing to nearly empty stadiums.”

“I’ve learned a lot,” Swift continued. “One of the things I’ve learned is that life is really unpredictable. People can make forecasts and they can make predictions… predictions and forecasts may not come true if there is an unforeseeable factor involved, and that unforeseeable factor in this case was my fans. I honestly owe everything in my life to you. You guys are the reason why this tour – the only reason why this tour – wasn’t a massive failure, and why it ended up being the highest-selling tour in U.S. history.”

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Swift’s Reputation tour broke multiple attendance and records previously held by such acts like Metallica and One Direction.

Swift finished her speech by addressing the rumors of her follow-up album, Swift told the audience, “I just wanted to let you know that when there is new music, you will be the first to know.”