Kids, let me tell you about a time before it was impossible to get Taylor Swift concert tickets.
The year was 2018, and Swift was traveling the world on the Reputation Stadium Tour. Back then, tickets were, well, still expensive, but they weren’t as expensive. Fortunately, much like with the box office record-breaking Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, everyone who wasn’t able to attend could experience the Rep era through Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour on Netflix.
But now according to What’s On Netflix, the concert film — a Netflix production, mind you — is being removed from the streaming service at the end of December 2023. This is why we can’t have nice things.
Netflix has been removing dozens of its Original titles. The reason why some Originals have been removed often comes down to ultimate ownership of a show or movie and that Netflix has licensed (albeit exclusively) for a fixed period. That does appear to be the case here, with the concert licensed to Netflix for a five-year fixed window, and that window is now coming up.
Swifties are not taking kindly to the news. “im sorry but what do you mean that the reputation tour movie that was exclusively made for netflix is now going to be removed from netflix,” @shookswiftie wrote on X, while @brittibabyyy added, “i’m still so sad they’re removing reputation from netflix. wtf am i supposed to watch when i need to feel like a bad bitch again.” Here’s more:
me leaving netflix when the reputation stadium tour leaves pic.twitter.com/6INZMmoeI2
— marley (@marleyharper) November 22, 2023
THE REPUTATION STADIUM TOUR MOVIE IS LEAVING NETFLIX??? pic.twitter.com/49qb5W3KQj
— emily 🕯️ (@soitsdelicate) November 21, 2023
Me running to watch Reputation Stadium Tour on Netflix before it goes away forever 😭 pic.twitter.com/oPEuFfwIgP
— ❥ 𝒜𝓈𝒽𝓁𝑒𝓎 𝒯𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝒫𝑜𝑒𝓉 ❥ (@BornThisSwift) November 22, 2023
reputation tour film is LEAVING NETFLIX?? pic.twitter.com/YtUwz1NMqi
— kate⸆⸉ (@katiesversionn) November 21, 2023
reputation stadium tour movie will be taken from netflix?? are you joking i need to be able to watch that movie whenever i need pic.twitter.com/9msxYS3HnW
— celine ❣︎ (@gxldentaylight) November 22, 2023
ok time to boycott netflix https://t.co/4ncUejuvtm
— rory (taylor’s version) 🪩 (@rorababy17) November 22, 2023
THE REPUTATION STADIUM TOUR IS LEAVING NETFLIX???? WHAT THR FUCK pic.twitter.com/mRqtLdsQpk
— brooke ౨ৎ (@babedefender) November 22, 2023
The only way I’ll feel better is if Reputation (Taylor’s Version) gets announced this weekend.
(Via What’s On Netflix)