Operation Taylor: How popstar sneaks into venues unnoticed by hiding inside cleaning carts, suitcases and popcorn machines

Taylor Swift has reached the height of fame as she performs for millions of fans on the European leg of her Eras Tour, which has already grossed more than two billion dollars and bagged her a Guinness World Record. With more than 11million people flocking to see her in concert, you can’t blame the megastar for trying to go unnoticed every once in a while.

Eagle-eyed fans, who call themselves Swifties, have noticed that the Tortured Poets Department singer is transported from her dressing room to the main stage in a cleaning cart. Two hunky security guards have been filmed pushing the 6ft container while the song Applause by Lady Gaga fills the stadium.

One sneaky fan caught the moment Swift’s exited the fake cleaning cart in a sparkly bodysuit – one of roughly 16 outfits the singer wears throughout her performance. Fans have started using the Gaga song as a marker that the show is about to begin. After the hit tune finishes playing, a three-minute countdown appears which indicates that Swift has hopped out of the cart and is readying herself backstage.

Adele has used a similar technique during her world tour to get onstage conspicuously. In order to avoid being mobbed by fans, the Rolling in the Deep singer hid in a sweaty box designed to carry amps and instruments. On stage in Sydney, Adele admitted: ‘How I get to this stage makes me so sweaty. I’m drenched.

‘I can’t tell you until the end — you’ll laugh when you find out.’ When Taylor’s similar stealthy operation was unraveled, fans started to theorise how she may be transported elsewhere without being noticed. Taylor made a speedy getaway from Los Angeles airport to reunite with boyfriend Travis Kelce at the Super Bowl in February this year. The songstress used an umbrella to shield herself from view of the cameras as she slipped into an SUV.

A curtain could be seen dividing the front seats from the rear of the vehicle, allowing the star to keep her face hidden while being escorted from the airport. Later, Taylor was spotted alongside Donna Kelce – Travis’s mum – in a box at the stadium. After celebrating Travis’s win, the young couple left the stadium together in a vintage convertible – although fans were confused how she made it from the box to meet her boyfriend after the game.

But a TikTok video then went viral showing what some Swifties claim to be the popstar hiding inside a popcorn machine to avoid being caught by fans. But a TikTok video then went viral showing what some Swifties claim to be the popstar hiding inside a popcorn machine to avoid being caught by fans. A tight-lipped woman is seen dressed in red, pushing a large metal container with a popcorn bag placed precariously on top.