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Sherisse Pham

Taylor Swift's Singapore leg spurs bad blood in SE Asia. Neighbors can't shake it off

Taylor Swift performs during her Eras Tour at the National Stadium on March 2 in Singapore. (Ashok Kumar/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Mana)

HONG KONG — Pop star Taylor Swift is in Singapore this week, performing six sold-out shows in the city state. But the concerts — and what the government did to secure them — have sparked some bad blood between Singapore and neighboring Southeast Asian countries and territories.

Singapore this week confirmed it negotiated a deal with Swift's concert promoters, paying an undisclosed sum of money to ensure that Singapore was her only stop in the region.

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