the 1989 curse

the 1989 curse refers to when during the 1989 (SV) era, Taylor Swift was struggling mentally with an eating disorder. at the end of every show, she reportedly felt like she was going to pass out after every show. while this era was still going on (2014-2016), Kim K. called her a snake. on Taylors Instagram, twitter, and any social media platform she had, she was flooded with comments of the snake emoji.

now, during the 1989 (TV) era, during her era's tour in Rio de Janeiro in brazil, one of her fans sadly passed away. she almost passed out during one of her shows as well due to the intense heat in Brazil this past summer. she was crying in her hotel room when she found out some of her fans had died. Taylor was being called a snake again due to her not "giving her fans water" when it was not her fault. the venue refused to give out water to her fans, and when she was on stage, she was scanning the crowd. she called out water to a fan who needed it during her performance of all too well ten-minute version of the red era.

tl;dr both eras were highly successful, but she was criticized and canceled in both of them for things she didn't even mean to happen.

Person A: "did you hear about the 1989 curse?"
Person B: "no, i didnt, what is it?"