Taylor Swift Makes Special Appearance in iHeartRadio Awards Video Message

Taylor Swift was honored at the 2025 iHeart Music Awards for Tour of the Century on March 17, sharing a heartfelt video message thanking fans.

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The 2025 iHeart Music Awards are saying “long live” to the Eras Tour.

Taylor Swift was honored at the Los Angeles awards ceremony for Tour of the Century, and while accepting the honor, the 35-year-old shared a heartfelt thank you to fans. (To see all the winners at the iHeartRadio Music awards, click here.)

“I really can’t tell you how much this means to me,” Taylor said in the video message, “because I accept this on behalf of all my 12 mates, all my fellow performers, my band, everyone who toured with us.”

And the “Karma” singer—who was also nominated for nine additional awards at the event, including Artist of the Year—shared that she recently had an epiphany about the experience after “doing a lot of processing” since she’s been “off the road the last few months.”

“People often say that sometimes the greatest challenges in life end up being something you’re so proud of, or end up being the most gratifying feeling in the end, if you can rise to the occasion,” Taylor explained. “And this tour was absolutely the most challenging thing I’ve ever done in my life.”

She continued, “And the only reason I was able to take on those challenges, among others—the ambition of the production, the length of the show, the amount of shows, all the different countries we played in—that’s all because the fans.”

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Highlighting fans’ decades-long dedication, their willingness to travel to the shows and sit through a three-hour setlist, Taylor—who also debuted a live Eras Tour performance of her singing “Mirrorball”—added, “It blows my mind. I’m never going to stop being grateful for it, and I appreciate this more than you know.”

The award was on the second anniversary of the Eras Tour—which kicked off in Glendale, Arizona, on March 17, 2023—celebrating her discography of nearly 20 years. The Grammy winning artist performed 169 shows across the globe in 51 cities from 2023 to 2024.

At the 100th Eras Tour show in Liverpool on June 13, Taylor took time to commemorate the momentous accomplishment.

“This has definitely been an exhausting, all-encompassing, but most joyful, most rewarding, most wonderful thing that has ever happened in my life,” the Tortured Poets Department artist said. “It’s taken over everything. I think I once had hobbies, but I don’t know what they are anymore, because all I do when I’m not onstage is sit at home and try to think of clever acoustic song mashups, and think about what you might want to hear.”

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She continued, “Really, when I’m not on stage, I’m just dreaming about being back onstage with you guys.”

Taylor’s video appearance follows a month-long public hiatus following her attendance at the 2025 Super Bowl to support boyfriend Travis Kelce. (They ultimately fell to the Philadelphia Eagles.)

And her guy on the Chiefs has continued to share his pride for her momentous accomplishments. Following the end to the historical tour, Travis shared his thoughts on how “insane” it was.

“Shoutout to Tay,” the Kansas City Chiefs tight end said on the Dec. 11 episode of brother Jason Kelce and his podcast New Heights. “The unbelievable Eras Tour has finally come to an end.”

“It’s insane,” he continued. “Absolutely insane. Over 10 million people in the stands over the course of it, like cumulatively. It’s pretty crazy.”

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His love for the tour doesn’t end with just her, giving a shoutout to her dancers and crew, too.

“Obviously, it’s her music, her tour and everything but that was a full production, man,” the NFL star added. “It was the best tour in the world because of a lot of people.”

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