Taylor Swift received a lucrative grant from the Singapore Tourism Board to perform in the wealthy republic as part of her Eras Tour.
The US pop star, 34, kicked off the first of her six concerts at National Stadium Singapore on March 2, which marks her only stop in South-East Asia. The region has a population of around 666 million people across 11 countries.
Swift’s decision to only play in Singapore, one of the richest countries in the world, prompted an outburst from Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, who last month accused Singapore of paying Swift up to $4.6 million per concert to secure her exclusively, something he found out after the deal was cut.
