Empowering or Risqué? Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Film and Its Potential Impact on Kids

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour film has been rated PG-13 for ‘some strong language and suggestive material’

Much to fans’ delight, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is finally on Disney+, but one question remains: is it appropriate for young Swifties?

The new concert film, which hit theaters in October 2023, gives fans a front-row seat to one of the biggest tours of 2023 as Swift performs her extensive music catalog, including her past 10 albums.

“The Eras Tour has been the most meaningful, electric experience of my life so far and I’m overjoyed to tell you that it’ll be coming to the big screen soon,” Swift wrote in August 2023, when Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour film was first announced.

Ahead of its theatrical release, the film was given a PG-13 rating due to “some strong language and suggestive materials,” causing some to wonder if the film is appropriate for young kids.

Before you decide whether to watch it with your family, here’s what you need to know about Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour and if you have kids under age 13.

It includes some strong language

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One of the large reasons Swift’s concert film was given a PG-13 rating is likely because several songs on her latest albums, including Evermore, Folklore and Midnights, contain profanity.

Though there were some curse words during Swift’s Reputation concert film on Netflix, her Eras Tour contains the word “f—” during “All Too Well (10 Minute Version),” “Champagne Problems” and the recently added acoustic song “Maroon,” which usually gives a film a stronger parental guidance rating.

Throughout her extensive setlist, the concert film contains other curse words, including “s—” and “bitch” (notably when fans chant “1, 2, 3, let’s go bitch” at the beginning of “Delicate”).

It includes some spooky moments that might be scary for young kids 

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There is one moment during the Evermore set that some young kids might find frightening. Before performing “Willow,” Swift and her dancers gather around the stage in cloaks as they recite the song’s lyrics like a spell. The moment is meant to be a nod to the “Willow” music video, which features a coven of witches gathering around a fire.

Swift previously revealed during the music video’s YouTube premiere that the song is about “intrigue, desire, and the complexity that goes into wanting someone,” adding, “I think it sounds like casting a spell to make somebody fall in love with you (an oddly specific visual),” per Billboard.

Additionally, the Reputation set includes images of snakes throughout, including a hissing snake as Swift enters the stage and snake imagery on the stage. But that’s minimal compared to the huge inflatable snake previously seen during the Reputation Stadium Tour.

It includes some destructive imagery 

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Though pretty mild, another part of the tour parents might be concerned about is the 1989 setlist, which features some destructive imagery throughout. As a nod to the “Blank Space” music video, Swift and her dancers are seen beating a CGI car on the screen with golf clubs.

Also, during her performance of “Bad Blood,” the Lover house reappears on the screen to show Swift lighting a match and burning the whole house to the ground.

It includes some suggestive choregraphy

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During her Midnights setlist, Swift does a sensual dance to “Vigilante Shit” that some parents might not find appropriate for young children. Wearing a sparkly bodysuit and matching garter, the performance includes Swift doing a burlesque-style chair dance as she sings about getting revenge on a person who has wronged her.