Taylor Swift greets fans in Welsh at Cardiff gig

Taylor Swift made her fans' Wildest Dreams come true in Cardiff on Tuesday night as she greeted them in Welsh.

The 34-year-old kicked off her much anticipated show in Wales with a smattering of hit tracks such as cruel Summer, before trying her hand at the local lingo.

"Shwmae" Swift told the sell-out crowd at the Principality Stadium as she struggled to be heard above the screams.

"Croeso i daith Eras," she added, which means: "Welcome to the Eras Tour."

"This is my very first time getting to play a show in Wales and look at this," the singer continued.

"You’ve got 67,000 people in here, this is ridiculous. Thank you Cardiff."

She continued the only single-date concert of her mega-selling 152-date Eras Tour by continuing the tradition of giving a young Swiftie the hat she wears during her rendition of the track 22.

A young female fan wearing a T-shirt displaying the song title was plucked from the crowd and gave Taylor a hug and double high five before the superstar placed the hat on her head and continued playing.

This was followed by We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, with Swift's dancer Kam exclaiming, "ych a fi" (meaning disgusting) during one exchange with the singer.

This was met with a huge cheer from fans who were anticipating a regional version of the lyric, other earlier tour examples having included "nae chance" in Edinburgh and "jog on lad" in Liverpool.

Beginning the Folklore segment of the concert, she said she started writing the album of the same name two days into the Covid pandemic.

Before launching into the song Betty she hinted that Welsh folklore was part of the inspiration for the LP's creation, centring as it does around a "woman wandering through nature".

"Somewhere in the Welsh countryside, somewhere beautiful," Swift added.

She then moved onto Evermore, the sister album to Folklore, singing Champagne Problems.