By mliss1578 Nika Shakhnazarova
Taylor Swift has forked out $13,000 on a huge, sentimental item, literally.
The 14-time Grammy winner, 35, enlisted the help of her personal services company, Firefly Entertainment Inc., to purchase the 140-foot-long inflatable friendship bracelet that adorned the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans during her sold-out Eras Tour, local outlet 4WWL reports.
According to the outlet, the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District are expected to approve the transaction at a board meeting later this week.
Firefly is responsible for collecting, shipping and delivering the item, according to the purchase agreement.
Page Six has reached out to Swift鈥檚 rep for comment.
Ahead of her three-night run at the Caesars Superdome in Louisiana, Swift was welcomed with the giant decoration draped over the stadium in October 2024.
The colorful bracelet 鈥 hung on the stadium鈥檚 facade 鈥 spelled out 鈥淭aylor Swift The Eras Tour鈥 鈥 and required workers to use forklifts to hang it up.
Abby Jones, a sales and marketing director at ASM New Orleans, came up with the idea just one month before the 鈥淐ruel Summer鈥 hitmaker arrived in the Big Easy.
After getting the go-ahead from Swift鈥檚 team, Jones enlisted the help of Miami-based artist Shawn Kolodny, who is known for his large-scale inflatable designs.
Kolodny, who creates his work in his Big Shiny Balls studio, immediately took on the fun project.
鈥淚t鈥檚 like a giant friendship bracelet bouncy house,鈥 Kolodny told Nola.com, adding that each 鈥渂ead鈥 is made of nylon and is about seven feet tall.
Swift became synonymous with the use of beaded friendship bracelets ever since fans clung on to a lyric from her hit track 鈥淵ou鈥檙e On Your Own Kid鈥 from her 鈥淢idnights鈥 album, released in October 2022.
On the record鈥檚 fifth track 鈥 which is typically the singer鈥檚 most personal song 鈥 she sings, 鈥淓verything you lose is a step you take / So make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it.鈥
It wasn鈥檛 long before Swifties began making 鈥 and trading 鈥 friendship bracelets spelling out their favorite songs, albums and lyrics, resulting in as much as a 500% increase in sales at craft stores.
Swift herself leaned into the fun, often wearing elevated versions of the pieces.
In fact, for Christmas last year, Swift鈥檚 boyfriend Travis Kelce gifted her a gold friendship bracelet that spelled out 鈥淭NT鈥 鈥 a play on their initials. The bracelet had a price tag upwards of $6,000.
Friendship bracelets also hold a significant meaning for Swift and Kelce鈥檚 love story, as the NFL star famously tried to woo Swift with the momento before they began dating.
In July 2023, Kelce admitted he attempted to give the 鈥淏lank Space鈥 singer a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it before one of her shows in Kansas City.
While he didn鈥檛 get the chance to hand her the bracelet on that occasion, Swift decided to give him another chance after hearing about his efforts.