Taylor Swift sent the are living debut of “The Black Dog” on evening 1 of her Eras Tour in London.

The 34-calendar year-old pop superstar’s initial-time all round efficiency of the emotional ballad arrived in the course of the surprise tunes component of her concert at London’s Wembley Stadium on Friday (June 21).

“I’ve never performed this a person live ahead of,” Swift advised the crowd, as discovered in a lover-captured clip on X (formerly Twitter).

Donning a lengthy orange gown and seated at a piano, the singer superbly carried out “The Black Puppy,” which seems on her double album, The Tortured Poets Office: The Anthology. The track attained No. 25 on the Billboard Very hot 100 chart in Might.

The TTPD monitor was mashed with “Come Back…Be Below,” from her 2012 Red album and “Maroon,” off 2022’s Midnights. Friday’s shock music set also showcased a mashup of “Hits Different” and “Death By a Thousand Cuts.”

Some have speculated that “The Black Dog” is about the 1975 frontman Matty Healy, who Swift was rumored to have briefly dated in 2023. The song name-checks pop-punk band The Starting Line, which Healy’s group has lined reside in most up-to-date decades.

“I just do not have an understanding of/ How you don’t pass up me in The Black Puppy/ When anyone performs The Beginning Line/ And you bounce up, but she’s too youthful/ To know this music that was intertwined/ In the magic material of our dreaming,” Swift sings on the refrain of “The Black Pet.” “Old routines die screaming.”

The songstress’ hurt turns to anger as her terms adjust to, “And I hope it’s shitty in The Black Puppy/ When an individual plays The Setting up Line/ And you leap up, but she’s much too younger/ To know this tune that was intertwined/ In the tragic fabric of our dreaming/ ‘Cause tail involving your legs, you are leavin’.”

For the duration of the opening evening of her London stint, Swift also took some backstage selfies with Prince William, who was celebrating his 42nd birthday. “Happy Bday M8! London reveals are off to a splendid start off,” she wrote on Instagram along with the image, which integrated the prince’s kids and her boyfriend Travis Kelce.

Swift’s Eras Tour is established for a couple of displays at Wembley Stadium from June 21-23. Paramore is the one of a kind visitor for all a couple of exhibits, with METTE opening the kickoff concert, Griff the subsequent show and Benson Boone the 3rd.