Here are some photos of Taylor Swift performing in Louisiana last week. Her tour has started, and I think she’s organized it a lot like her Red Tour, which is to say that Tay-Tay is mostly performing in clusters on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and then she has the rest of the week off. It’s a pretty smart way to tour, especially if you’re a big pop star and you have your own plane and everything. Taylor did an interview with BBC1 this week where she talked about how “easy” it is to be a touring pop star. Sure?

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…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. 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. 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.’ I like Friends because I’ve seen every episode, so it’s like switching my brain off. I know exactly what they’re about to say.”

[From E! News]

Taylor should watch cooking shows when she wants to turn her brain off. That’s what I do – I find cooking shows so relaxing, even when they’re not making food that I particularly want to eat. The Barefoot Contessa is probably the best one to watch after a busy day. But yes, reruns are great for relaxing too.

As for Taylor and how she finds touring so easy these days… a few points. One, from what I understand, Taylor isn’t doing really crazy, intensive dancing like some other pop stars (Beyonce). But unlike some pop stars (Britney), I believe Taylor is attempting to sing most of her songs live. Does she have backing tracks? I’m sure. But she actually is trying to give her fans a live experience. Now, all that being said… of course it’s “easy” to be a touring pop star when you only do two shows a week, everything is expertly managed and you have a private plane to fly home after every show. I wonder who takes care of Meredith and Olivia while Tay is gone?

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and Pacific Coast News.