Taylor Swift Reveals "the Hardest Part" of Being a Pop Star

For the most part, though, singer says world tour "is not that hard. I'm telling you now it's really not."

By Rebecca Macatee May 26, 2015 1:43 PMTags
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Being a pop star is really not a bad gig—just ask Taylor Swift!

The ex-country singer, 25, told BBC Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw that touring the world "is not that hard. I'm telling you now, it's really not."

"Sometimes I really don't think it's that hard at all," added Taylor, who kicked off her 1989 World Tour May 5 in Tokyo. "When I was starting out I'd go on tour for three months and I was gone for three months. Now almost 10 years in, thank God we get to play bigger shows so I don't have to play as many."

"If we're playing stadiums, I'll do two or three a week, not five shows a week, then I get to fly home in between," said the "Bad Blood" songstress. "It's not that bad."

But while Taylor thinks the globetrotting life of a pop star is "made out to be harder than it is," there is one part she struggles with...As she told BBC Radio 1, "I do have to leave the cats behind when I leave the country, which is the hardest part."

But Meredith Grey and Olivia Benson surely understand their mama's got a job to do! Taylor loves this gig, too. "That's the best part of this [touring], when you walk off stage and you're drenched in sweat and you're tired and your legs hurt," she said. "It feels like you're really working for the job."

"It's nice to feel tired after a show," she added. "I'm like 'Oh my God, I'm finally doing something.'"

And how does Taylor reward herself for all this hard work? With some TV time, of course! "I really like the feeling of: 'You know what? I've been busy. I deserve this watching two hours of TV at the end of the night,'" she explained.

"I like Friends because I've seen every episode, so it's like switching my brain off," she said. "I know exactly what they're about to say."