Taylor Swift switching her nail color in between Eras Tour weekends proves she has more hours in a day than everyone else (2024)

She has been photographed walking with Gigi Hadid, Blake Lively, and the Haim sisters, dining with Lively and Ryan Reynolds, and drinking wine on a rooftop with Jack Antonoff and Matty Healy.

And on Monday night, she was photographed leaving a gathering at Electric Lady Studios in the East Village with Healy, as were stars like Kendrick Lamar, Florence Welch, and Margaret Qualley.

Your eye might go to Healy's hand on Swift's back in the photos taken of them as they left the studio, but I and other long-tenured Swifties immediately noticed the "Midnights" singer's hands instead.

Specifically, Swift's fans eyed her nails, which were painted a peach color.

There's nothing remarkable about a pastel manicure in and of itself, but Swift's nails were noticeable because they were totally different less than 24 hours before the photo was taken.

For the Eras Tour, Swift paints each of her nails a different color to signify her 10 albums: soft green for "Taylor Swift," gold for "Fearless," deep purple for "Speak Now," red for "Red," bright blue for "1989," black for "Reputation," pink with hearts for "Lover," pale purple for "Folklore," pastel yellow for "Evermore," and sparkly turquoise for "Midnights."

She first showed off her themed manicure in an Instagram post ahead of the tour in March, and her nails have been the same for each of her concerts since.

A quick look at pictures taken of Swift during her outings in between concerts reveal she has been painting her nails between her shows weekly.

For instance, when she attended the iHeart Radio Awards on March 27, 10 days after the tour started, her nails were painted a dark, shiny hue.

They matched the sparkly, hooded jumpsuit from Alexandre Vauthier she wore to the event.

At her dinner with Hadid, Haim, and Lively on April 20, her nails were clear, and they appeared to be a pastel shade of purple when she was photographed on a roof with Healy and Antonoff on May 11.

According to my research, Swift has not been publicly spotted with the multicolored manicure she wears for the show outside of tour weekends, which means she has been getting at least two manicures each week: her Eras Tour manicure and whatever color she wants to wear during the week.

It's unclear why Swift paints her nails so often. Maybe they chip during her performances, perhaps she has a superstition about only wearing Eras nails for Eras shows, or her weekday nails could be an Easter egg for her upcoming projects. Maybe she just thinks it's fun. Whatever the reason is, I have not been able to stop thinking about how hectic Swift's days must be since this nail revelation.

Between flying all over the country, rehearsing, performing, spending time with her loved ones, and apparently plotting her next manicure color, it seems impossible that Swift has any downtime.

Swift has also made it clear on multiple occasions that she likes to paint her own nails, which makes her ever-changing manicures even more mind-boggling.

In a scene from her Netflix documentary "Miss Americana," she paints her own nails ahead of a "Reputation" show, and she also posted a video to her Instagram story of nails she painted herself ahead of the "Midnights" release. Sitting for a professional manicure multiple times a week could be relaxing for Swift; spending hours painting them herself just sounds exhausting.

Swift's calendar must be scheduled down to the millisecond — unless she has the ability to pause time (it wouldn't shock me). Swifties know the star is booked and busy, but her nails make clear her life may be more chaotic than we can even imagine.

I suppose as a fan, I should be grateful Swift seems to enjoy her full schedule, and I should believe her when she said she "can't stop, won't stop moving" in "Shake It Off" in 2014. But I really just hope she finds time to nap.