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Kelsea Ballerini Stops Concert to Ask Fans If a Taylor Swift Song Made the Eras Tour Setlist

Kelsea Ballerini Stops Concert to Ask Fans If a Taylor Swift Song Made the Eras Tour Setlist

Kelsea Ballerini had a question about Taylor Swift's Eras Tour — and she wasn't afraid to pause her own sold-out concert in New Jersey to get her answer.

The country star, 29, briefly stopped her show at the Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey to ask fans about one particular song, and if it made Swift's 44-song set list during her opening night.

"Can I level with you for a minute," Ballerini said in a new viral TikTok, filmed on Friday. "Is anyone stalking the Eras Tour, has it started? I'm gonna stalk it after this, but I have one question: Is 'Cruel Summer' on the setlist?"

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"Cruel Summer," a cut off Swift's 2019 LP Lover, has managed to remain a fan favorite over the last four years. During her opening show in Glendale, Arizona on Friday, Swift, 33, performed the song with 43 other career-defining tracks — six in total from Lover. She also played "Cruel Summer" on Saturday night at the same venue, during her second show of the tour.

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"It is? Wow, that's my Super Bowl, I gotta be honest," Ballerini said in response to fans. "All right, wow, that's all I needed to know. Thank you for that. It's like live updates."

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 24: (L-R) Taylor Swift and Kelsea Ballerini attend the 2019 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 24, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by John Shearer/AMA2019/Getty Images for dcp)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 24: (L-R) Taylor Swift and Kelsea Ballerini attend the 2019 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 24, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by John Shearer/AMA2019/Getty Images for dcp)

John Shearer/AMA2019/Getty for dcp Kelsea Ballerini (right) poses with Taylor Swift (left)

Of course, "Cruel Summer" wasn't the only standout from Swift's massive set list, which ran for an impressive 3 hours and 13 minutes on Friday night. The selections featured a bit of everything, from debut-era standout "Tim McGraw" to her latest No. 1 smash "Anti Hero," as Swift ran through cuts from all of her studio LPs, from Taylor Swift to Midnights.

The singer-songwriter also treated attendees to "Betty," "Mirrorball," "Invisible String," "Last Great American Dynasty," "August," "Illicit Affairs," "My Tears Ricochet" and "Cardigan" off Folklore, performed three Fearless tracks, five Evermore cuts, four favorites from Reputation, "Enchanted" from Speak Now, and later four selections from Red. The Red era moment wrapped with Swift sharing her Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single, "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)."