Sydney is enjoying a global cultural moment. Not only are all eyes on Taylor as she swans about the city, but millions have clocked our landmarks in the Sydney Sweeney film Anyone But You, which was filmed here and released in the US just before Christmas.

Sorry, Melbourne! Of course, the Victorian capital did give Swift the three biggest shows of her career, with 288,000 people filling the MCG over three nights. “That was unforgettable,” she posted on Instagram after the run. “You were on another LEVEL.”

So that’s not to be dismissed. Cumulatively, though, more than 300,000 are expected to attend Swift’s four Accor Stadium shows. Which really makes Sydney the official home of Swiftmania in Australia.

As any student of Swift’s lyrics knows, she has a thing about cities. In Anti-Hero, she likens her darker nature to a hulking monster that’s “slowly lurching toward your favourite city”. She wrote about her move to the Big Apple in Welcome to New York, noting how “everybody here wanted something more”. And in Cornelia Street – a short street in Greenwich Village where she once lived – Swift explores how memories with particular people are often intimately linked to places.

It is conceivable that Swift and Kelce could even extend their stay in Sydney and take advantage of the more favourable weather forecast for next week. After the Sydney leg finishes on Monday night, her next tour date is not until Saturday, March 2, in Singapore.

The American football season is over, and it’s Mardi Gras here. What more reason do they need to stay in town a little longer?