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Taylor Swift performs choreography of Pinoy fan at ‘Eras’ tour

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

<p>A Filipino fan got the surprise of his life when Taylor Swift performed the fan&#x27;s dance choreography in &quot;The Eras&quot; Tour.</p><p>Back in October, Filipino Swiftie Mikael Arellano posted his choreography for Taylor&#x27;s hit track &quot;Bejeweled&quot; on TikTok which went viral on the social media platform.</p><p>To his surprise, Taylor performed the choreography during her &quot;Bejeweled&quot; performance at one of Taylor&#x27;s Eras shows.</p><p>Mikael was quick to react to Taylor&#x27;s &quot;Bejeweled&quot; performance and expressed his awe about it.</p><p>&quot;I barely slept!&quot; he exclaimed on TikTok.</p><p>He added: &quot;Taylor just did that!&quot;</p><div><br/></div><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@mikaelarellano/video/7211864619718036778" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="7211864619718036778" id="v24829912908154240" style="max-width:605px;min-width:325px"><section><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@mikaelarellano?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="@mikaelarellano">@mikaelarellano</a> I BARELY SLEPT!!! <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/taylorswift?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="taylorswift">#taylorswift</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/swiftie?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="swiftie">#swiftie</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/swifttok?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="swifttok">#swifttok</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/theerastour?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="theerastour">#theerastour</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/bejeweled?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="bejeweled">#bejeweled</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/Screaming-crying-throwing-up-Blank-Space-edit-7168684194871216938?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="♬ Screaming crying throwing up Blank Space edit - Cowboy Han">♬ Screaming crying throwing up Blank Space edit - Cowboy Han</a></section><iframe name="__tt_embed__v24829912908154240" sandbox="allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-same-origin" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7211864619718036778?lang=en-US&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aent-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2023-04-17T02%3A35%3A09.549425%3A8407d718-7d43-4555-a831-d178852bd5de%26action%3Dedit" style="width:0px;height:0px;display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></blockquote><script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>Mikael&#x27;s TikTok followers were also quick to express their excitement for the Filipino Swiftie for being recognized by Taylor.</p><p>&quot;I WAS WAITING FOR YOUR REACTION!!! I WOULD LITERALLY BE THE HAPPIEST HUMAN ALIVE,&quot; one TikTok user said.  </p><p>&quot;The way I screamed when I saw it, Mikael!! SCREAMED!!&quot; another netizen posted.</p><p>&quot;This was the best moment of the tour!&quot; another TikTok user wrote.</p><p>Mikael&#x27;s reaction to the video has already gained more than 10 million views on TikTok <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">as of this writing. </span></p><p>Meanwhile, the Filipino fan&#x27;s &quot;Bejeweled&quot; dance video which he posted in October has already gained more than 6 million views on TikTok as of this writing.</p><p>In an interview with Rolling Stone in November of last year, Mikael said that he was so surprised when his &quot;Bejeweled&quot; TikTok video went viral online.</p><p>&quot;I had never made a dance on my own. When the ‘Bejeweled’ dance began to take off I was like ‘Oh my God!’ It felt like a dream when people started to do my dance. I was honestly so shocked,&quot; he told the magazine.</p><p>Taylor even liked his TikTok video. &quot;I thought ‘Is this for real?&#x27;&quot; he said, recalling the moment he saw Taylor noticing his video.</p><div><br/></div><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@mikaelarellano/video/7157808292566224174" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="7157808292566224174" id="v86852601852436020" style="max-width:605px;min-width:325px"><section><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@mikaelarellano?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="@mikaelarellano">@mikaelarellano</a><div><br/></div><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/Bejeweled-7156822420408502274?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="♬ Bejeweled - Taylor Swift">♬ Bejeweled - Taylor Swift</a></section><iframe name="__tt_embed__v86852601852436020" sandbox="allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-same-origin" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7157808292566224174?lang=en-US&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aent-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2023-04-17T02%3A35%3A09.549425%3A8407d718-7d43-4555-a831-d178852bd5de%26action%3Dedit" style="width:0px;height:0px;display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></blockquote><script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>Mikael said that he is not after the popularity. He just wants to bring joy to people on TikTok.</p><p>&quot;All I want to do is use my social media popularity to spread positivity,&quot; he stated.</p><p>Taylor kicked off her gigantic &quot;The Eras Tour&quot; on March 17 in Glendale Arizona.</p><p>Taylor has been performing 44 songs for more than 3 hours in each concert.</p><p>The arena tour features various songs from the different eras of her career including her self-titled album, <em>Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, Reputation, Folklore, Evermore, </em>and <em>Midnights.</em></p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/10/21/fresh-scoops/taylor-swift-releases-her-tenth-studio-album-203189"><strong>READ: Taylor Swift releases new album ‘Midnights’, a collage of ‘intensity, highs and lows, and ebbs and flows’</strong></a></div><p>&quot;I&#x27;m about to say something to you that I&#x27;ve been dreaming about, and scheming, and planning, and plotting, and just thinking about for years, you know? So just know how much it means to me personally to be able to say to you, welcome to The Eras Tour!&quot; Taylor said at the opening night of the tour in Arizona in a video posted by People Magazine on social media last March.</p><p>&quot;And I don&#x27;t know if you know this but this is actually the first night of The Eras Tour, did you know?&quot; she quipped.  </p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-5" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CqOdT1XuMhY/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=506&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A5%2C%22os%22%3A268560.30000019073%2C%22ls%22%3A19026.700000286102%2C%22le%22%3A19033.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="567" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-5" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Taylor released her tenth studio album <em>Midnights</em> in October 2022.</p><p>Taylor said that<em> Midnights</em> is &quot;a collage of intensity, highs and lows and ebbs and flows. Life can be dark, starry, cloudy, terrifying, electrifying, hot, cold, romantic, or lonely. Just like Midnights.&quot;</p><p>In October last year, Taylor released music videos of some tracks off the <em>Midnight </em>albums including the &quot;Bejeweled&quot; music video which already gained more than 49 million views as of this writing.</p>

<p>Filipino fan Mikael Arellano’s dance choreography was incorporated by Taylor Swift in her ‘Bejeweled’ performance at her Eras tour.</p>

Filipino fan Mikael Arellano’s dance choreography was incorporated by Taylor Swift in her ‘Bejeweled’ performance at her Eras tour.

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Taylor Swift performs choreography of Pinoy fan at ‘Eras’ tour

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Published April 17, 2023 11:37 AM PHT

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