– I feel it hasn’t dawned on me. Every time I think about it, I get nervous and have palpitations. But it will probably be rubbish!, says Marie Ulven, known as the artist “Girl in red”. She opened for Billie Eilish last year on her arena tour. This time she will warm up an even bigger audience – before an even bigger artist enters the stage. Eight concerts Taylor Swift has almost taken over America with her Eras Tour. Throughout the year, the artist plays extremely ambitious concerts in stadiums with a capacity of between 60,000 and 80,000 people. Taylor Swift puts on huge concerts. Here from Nissan Stadium in Nashville. Photo: AP / AP Girl in red will assist Swift at eight of the concerts – in Detroit, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis and Chicago. – I’ve got a screen like this that stands in front of me with all my song lyrics. I can get a little overstimulated and nervous, so then I can quickly forget the lyrics. But now it will be fine, she says on FaceTime from Chicago. Taylor sent message She and Taylor have exchanged messages. But Marie Ulven has never met her great hero. The world’s biggest live artist thinks Norwegian Marie Ulven had made her favorite song last year. Photo: AP / AFP – Taylor Swift sent me a message that my song “Serotonin” was the song she had listened to the most times all last year, she says. Swift herself has handpicked the artists who will warm up for her. – I learned to play the guitar to her songs and have grown up listening to her. The fact that she is a fan of my music and that I get to warm up for her now is absolutely wild, she says. Will not get bigger news’s music journalist Janne Monsen Tveit thinks this is historically big. Janne Monsen Tveit is a music journalist and music producer at news P3. Photo: Private – It doesn’t get bigger than this. Taylor Swift is the world’s biggest live artist, there is no one bigger to warm up to. And when Swift shows her fans that she likes Girl in red, it means a lot, says Tveit. – Where do you think Girl in red’s career will continue after this? – I think she can become the biggest Norwegian artist we have. What she creates is so unique and she is still very young.
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