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Taylor Swift recalls Brad Paisley’s ‘tour prank’ that left her unable to sleep ‘for months’

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Taylor Swift humorously recounted a prank by Brad Paisley during her 2007 tour where he filled her bus with thousands of live crickets, joking that it left her unable to sleep for months. This anecdote was shared during her acceptance speech at the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Nashville on Monday night, where she became the youngest artist ever inducted at age 36. Swift also celebrated her career beginnings and the impact Nashville had on shaping her music, expressing gratitude toward her family who supported her move to the city from Pennsylvania when she was a young songwriter.

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At the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame’s 56th anniversary gala on Monday night in Nashville, Tennessee, Taylor Swift joked about being "estranged" from Brad Paisley since she opened for him in 2007 due to a "tour prank" that went too far. In her acceptance speech after being inducted into the hall of fame, the 36-year-old Grammy winner recalled how Paisley had filled her entire tour bus with live crickets, thousands of them. Swift is now the youngest artist ever to be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Other honorees include Shawn Camp, Bruce Channel, Lyle Lovett, and Lee Thomas Miller, along with George Strait who received the Career Make Award. Swift also reminisced about her early songwriting years in Nashville and noted the recent 20th anniversary of her self-titled debut album "Taylor Swift."

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Taylor Swift joked about being “estranged” from Brad Paisley since she opened for him in 2007 due to a “tour prank” gone “too far” while being inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. asserted

she → joke → Fame

Before launching into her nostalgia-tinged acceptance speech at Music City Center during the organization’s 56th anniversary gala Monday night in Nashville, Tennessee, the “All Too Well” singer recalled how Paisley “filled [her] entire tour bus with live crickets, thousands of them,” per Rolling Stone. asserted

Paisley → launch → Stone

With her induction, the 36-year-old Grammy winner is the youngest artist ever to be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. asserted

winner → induct → Fame

Other honorees in the 2026 class include Shawn Camp, Bruce Channel, Lyle Lovett and Lee Thomas Miller. asserted

honorees → include → Camp

George Strait was also honored with the Career Make Award. asserted

Strait → honor → Award

During her speech, Swift — who joined Paisley as an opener on his Bonfires & Amplifiers Tour in 2007 — reminisced about her early songwriting years spent in Nashville and noted the recent 20th anniversary of her self-titled debut alum, “Taylor Swift.” asserted

who → join → alum

“I started writing songs when I was a little kid and I knew from the time I wrote my first song that even if it couldn’t be my career, it would be my passion,” she said onstage. asserted

she → start → song

“It would be what I centered my entire life around.” asserted

I → center → life

Swift said she was “so incredibly honored to be inducted into this sacred club, especially at this point in [her] life.” asserted

she → say → life

“It’s not lost on me how crazy this is,” the “Cruel Summer” singer said. asserted

singer → lose → me

“I will cherish it forever because Nashville is the place that honed and polished the thing about myself and the thing about my life that I am the most proud of and the most passionate about.” asserted

I → cherish → that

“So to be here with you and to be getting to have this moment, I am truly grateful and it just feels like one of those amazing Nashville moments I’m going to revisit on a rainy day,” she concluded her speech. asserted

she → get → speech

Prior to accepting the honor, Lainey Wilson performed a stripped-down version of Swift’s hit song “Love Story. asserted

Wilson → accept → song

In her acceptance speech at the June event, Swift tearfully thanked her family — including her parents, Scott and Andrea Swift, and her brother, Austin Swift — for “uprooting their entire lives” to move from Pennsylvania to Nashville, which she called “the songwriting capital of the world,” in support of her music career. asserted

she → thank → career

Taylor Swift recalls Brad Paisley’s ‘tour prank’ that left her unable to sleep ‘for months’

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