Suki Waterhouse has reflected on her support slot at Taylor Swift‘s ‘Eras Tour’, saying that her “nervous system will never be the same”.
The singer-songwriter opened for Swift at Wembley Stadium in London last Saturday (August 17) before supporting Mitski at All Points East in the capital the following day (18).
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Swift returned for five more concerts at the huge venue, having previously played three sold-out Wembley dates in June.
Other acts on the bill included Sofia Isella (August 15) Holly Humberstone (16) and Maisie Peters (19). For tonight’s final show (20), Raye will perform first before the main support act Paramore.
Waterhouse has since shared a series of images from her Wembley appearance, including a photo of herself and Swift together. In the caption, she wrote about the experience of participating in the ‘Eras Tour’.
“The last time I was at Wembley I was dancing my ass off at the Reputation tour! Never did I think the next time I’d be here would be opening for my favourite artist with my friends and family in the crowd,” Waterhouse said.
“Thank you @taylorswift for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform in my beloved London and for the unwavering support in my own journey as an artist. You are the world’s biggest and brightest star, I love you so much.”
She added: “My nervous system will never be the same after last night. Someone go tell this girl on the last slide she just opened for ERAS BABY!!! ❤️.”
You can see the post below.
In a recent interview ahead of the major slot, Waterhouse explained: “I was dreaming, dreaming, dreaming of this happening.
“I was manifesting super hard. So when [I found out], I was like, yes, dreams can come true.”
Upon announcing the gig earlier this month, she wrote: “It feels like an honour to simply exist at the same time as @taylorswift, let alone be an opener for her on the biggest and best tour ever 😭😭😭.
“A dream come true that I never want to wake up from. Playing at Wembley Stadium in my hometown!!! See you August 17th at THE ERAS TOUR.”
Waterhouse is due to release her second studio album, ‘Memoir Of A Sparklemuffin’, on September 13 via Sub Pop (pre-order/pre-save here). It’ll contain the recent single ‘Blackout Drunk’.
Speaking to NME about the new record this summer, Waterhouse said: “I was going back and listening to Bloc Party and The Raveonettes and The Teenagers. There’s a hungover element element to this record.
“I love the feeling you get on a Sheryl Crow record where it’s like, ‘Yeah, all this shit happens, but it’s OK’.”
Two months before she was due to give birth to her daughter, she had 10 songs that she thought would make up the full record at the time. Then, just before her deadline, she sat down and listened to it through and decided it wasn’t done.
“It felt safe or like we’d be getting something quite similar to before,” Waterhouse told NME.
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“When you’re making an album, you think it has to sound like one thing or one world, but I just decided to throw that all away because there were so many other songs I loved that maybe it doesn’t sound entirely the same the whole way through, but it’s still part of my world.”
Elsewhere at Wembley on Saturday, Paramore dedicated their Twilight song ‘Decode’ to Waterhouse’s fiancée Robert Pattinson.
“Suki killed it earlier. But I’d like to dedicate this next song to Mr. Waterhouse. He has the skin of a killer, Bella,” said frontwoman Hayley Williams. “This is for you, Robert!”
In other news, Waterhouse covered Oasis’ ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ at All Points East on Sunday.
