Pop icon Taylor Swift was recently on the late show and she had some advice for whatever comes next for Stephen Colbert via USA Today.
The superstar served as the only guest for the December 10th episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” her first-ever in-person sit-down with the host.
Colbert kicked things off with a 2023 headline from the Eras Tour when Seattle Swifties generated a 2.3 magnitude “Swift Quake.” The singer met the moment with an “it’s off the charts” quip.
“It’s insane,” she said. “The entire tour, there were these just sort of out of control, out of body experiences we would have on stage. And I’ve had the same band, most of my band has been with me since I was 16 years old. And we just kind of look at each other and be like, this isn’t normal.”
“I’m really glad we get to relive it,” she said, noting the project provides an intimate look at the tour’s emotional architecture.
“Any advice for me?” he quipped.
“I mean, for this specific situation, no,” she said, laughing and shifting to their shared passion of being “workaholics.” She told Colbert that even on her days off, she can’t help but stay in motion, calling them both “passionate, hyperactive people.”
She added: “I’m never gonna be a chill person.”
Colbert asked for her top five tracks from her own catalog, a question she immediately protested was too soon to answer. But did give him a starting point:
“I think No. 1 is ‘All Too Well (10 Minute Version),'” she said and was met with cheers from the crowd. And then she mentioned “Mirrorball” from “Folklore.” She promised to give an update.
At the end of the nearly half hour conversation, Swift looped back to Colbert’s next endeavor and tied everything together with a bow.
“You’re going to be podcasting,” she said.
“Legally, I have to get a podcast,” he replied.
“You’re going to be an influencer,” she continued before predicting he’d eventually write a thriller pulled straight from her favorite audiobooks.
“There’s like a house and it’s covered in Ivy… maybe off the coast of Maine,” she said. “Then somebody falls off a cliff. Oh no, it was a ghost.”
