TOKYO (AP) — Will she make it in time? Intrepid flight trackers on-line appear to suppose so.
On social media, followers of Taylor Swift and aviation journalists consider they’ve positioned Swift’s personal jet, labeled “The Soccer Period,” presently on its solution to Los Angeles’ LAX airport and anticipated to reach round 3 p.m. native time.
Her transportation plans onward to Las Vegas, the place her boyfriend, NFL star tight finish Travis Kelce, will play in Sunday’s Tremendous Bowl, have but to be revealed.
Representatives for Swift and VistaJet, the world’s solely world personal aviation firm, didn’t instantly reply to AP’s request for remark.
Swift’s final track was nonetheless ringing within the ears of 1000’s of followers on the Tokyo Dome on Saturday night time when the singer rushed to a personal jet at Haneda airport, presumably embarking on an intensely scrutinized journey to see Kelce.
“We’re all gonna go on an ideal journey,” Swift advised the gang earlier. She was talking of the music, nevertheless it may also describe her race towards time, which was to cross 9 time zones and the worldwide date line.
With a closing bow on the finish of her sold-out present, clad in a blue sequined outfit, the gang screaming, strobe lights pulsing, confetti falling, Swift disappeared beneath the stage and her journey to the opposite aspect of the world started.
Her anticipated journey to see Kelce’s Kansas Metropolis Chiefs play the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas has fired imaginations, and hypothesis, for weeks.
“I hope she will return in time. It’s so romantic,” stated workplace employee Hitomi Takahashi, 29, who purchased matching Taylor Swift sweatshirts along with her good friend and was taking pictures simply exterior the Tokyo Dome.
Folks wait in line close to a poster to take their footage with, as others, proper, react to their selfie earlier than Taylor Swift’s live performance at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Picture/Hiro Komae)
About an hour after the top of the live performance, AP journalists have been close to Haneda’s personal jet space when minivans drove up and somebody went contained in the gate space, as 4 to 5 individuals carrying massive black umbrellas obstructed the view of the particular person.
At Saturday night time’s live performance, there was loads of proof of the distinctive cultural phenomenon that’s the Swift-Kelce relationship, a nexus {of professional} soccer and the large star energy of Swift. Along with individuals carrying sequined clothes celebrating Swift, there have been Kelce jerseys and hats and different Chiefs gear.
Some spent 1000’s of {dollars} to attend the pop celebrity’s live shows this week.
“Romeo, take me someplace we may be alone,” Swift sang.
She gained’t discover that Sunday in Las Vegas when a sold-out crowd, to not point out tens of millions around the globe, will probably be watching her.
To name the worldwide scrutiny of Swift’s travels intense is an understatement.
Followers have tracked her jet. The planet-warming carbon emissions of her globe-trotting travels have been criticized. Officials have weighed in on her ability to park her jet at Las Vegas airports.
Even Japanese diplomats have gotten into the act. The Japanese Embassy in Washington posted on social media that she could make the Super Bowl in time, including in their statement three Swift song titles – “Speak Now”, “Fearless” and “Red.”
“If she departs Tokyo in the evening after her concert, she should comfortably arrive in Las Vegas before the Super Bowl begins,” it said.
Takahashi, the fan at the Tokyo Dome, was aware of the criticism Swift has faced about her private jets but said the singer was being singled out unfairly.
“Many other people are flying on business, and she is here for her work. She faces a bashing because she is famous and stands out,” Takahashi said.
Women pose for a selfie before Taylor Swift’s concert at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Swift has been crisscrossing the globe this week already.
Before coming to Asia, she attended the Grammys in Los Angeles, winning her 14th Grammy and a record-breaking fourth Album of the Year award for “Midnights.” The show was watched by nearly 17 million people. She also made a surprise announcement that her next album is ready to drop in April.
Then the four concerts in Tokyo, and now the trip back to the States. She has followed Kelce for much of the Chiefs’ season.
Swift is expected to fly to Australia later this week to continue her tour.
“This week is truly the best kind of chaos,” she posted Wednesday on Instagram.
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Related Press author Mari Yamaguchi and AP Music Author Maria Sherman in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
