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Taylor Swift's music is bringing young people back to church in Heidelberg. Church services were immediately fully booked.
Heidelberg – Taylor Swift is considered the biggest pop star in the world. While she is performing all over the world with her “Eras Tour”, she also produced a double album called “The tortured Poets Department”. Their fans, the “Swifties”, are not only versed in the lyrics, they produced music during a concert in Seattle out of sheer joy even a small earthquake. A church in Heidelberg is now taking advantage of this hype and offering two services with Taylor Swift live music.
Because of Taylor Swift's music: church services booked out immediately
An idea that was immediately well received by the “Swifties”. The first service was immediately fully booked, now there will be a second one: The Protestant Church of the Holy Spirit in downtown Heidelberg is offering two masses with live music by pop star Taylor Swift on Sunday, May 12th, at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. “I'm pretty flashed and surprised. I didn’t expect this response,” said Father Vincenzo Petracca.
There are 423 seats available for each service entitled “Anti-Hero”. Admission is free, but seats must be reserved. Tine Wiechmann, who, among other things, worked as a professor of pop church music at the Heidelberg University of Church Music, will sing the pop star's six pieces.
![Taylor Swift at a concert on her “Eras Tour” 2024 in Sydney.](https://www.merkur.de/assets/images/34/392/34392428-taylor-swift-auf-einem-konzert-ihrer-eras-tour-2024-in-sydney-2qfCsVQhhYBG.jpg)
Evangelical church wants to “reach other milieus” with Swift music
A clever idea to fill the church with especially young people. More and more new concepts, such as light shows and candlelight concerts, are currently making their way here and are receiving positive feedback. “We deliberately want to reach other milieus, especially younger people,” said Petracca. The event in Heidelberg seems to appeal mainly to families: the first reservations came mainly from mothers whose children said: “We’re going there together,” Petracca told the dpa and laughed.
The services in May will be about the relationship between religion and politics with Taylor Swift. “She is the most powerful pop musician on our planet right now. She is considered so influentialthe US elections in the fall,” said the 59-year-old. He points out that Swift has also made clear political statements as a Christian in the past. (jh/dpa)
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