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| description = "Wildest Dreams" has a [[sentimental ballad|balladic]] production that incorporates [[synths]], [[Mellotron]]-generated and live [[string section|strings]], and it interpolates Swift's heartbeat in its rhythm. Swift sings with breathy vocals.}}
"Wildest Dreams" is a [[power ballad]] that interpolates Swift's heartbeat in its rhythm.<ref name="notes" /><ref name="PopMatters video">{{Cite web |date=September 1, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift&nbsp;– 'Wildest Dreams' (video) (Singles Going Steady) |url=https://www.popmatters.com/196952-taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-video-2495490737.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228120736/https://www.popmatters.com/196952-taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-video-2495490737.html |archive-date=December 28, 2017 |access-date=December 27, 2017 |website=[[PopMatters]]}}</ref> It incorporates programmed drums, pulsing synths, and [[staccato]] strings generated with a [[Mellotron]].<ref name="medium" /><ref name="latimes">{{cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=October 27, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift Smooths Out the Wrinkles on Sleek ''1989'' |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-review-taylor-swift-smooths-out-the-wrinkles-on-sleek-1989-20141027-story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115075319/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-review-taylor-swift-smooths-out-the-wrinkles-on-sleek-1989-20141027-story.html |archive-date=November 15, 2014 |access-date=November 15, 2020 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>{{Sfn|Perone|2017|p=62}} In the [[Refrain|chorus]], the melody is accentuated by live strings with what Bylund described as "[[Coldplay]]-type rhythm [[Chord (music)|chords]]".<ref name="medium" /> Swift sings with breathy vocals.<ref name="latimes" /><ref name="musicomh">{{cite web |last=Kimberlin |first=Shane |date=November 3, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift – ''1989'' {{!}} Album Review |url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-1989 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105103600/https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-1989 |archive-date=November 5, 2014 |access-date=February 5, 2019 |work=[[MusicOMH]]}}</ref><ref name="Cruz-2014">{{Cite web |last1=Cruz |first1=Lenika |last2=Beck |first2=Julie |last3=Green |first3=Emma |last4=O'Keeffe |first4=Kevin |date=October 25, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift's ''1989'': First Impressions |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/10/taylor-swifts-1989-first-impressions/381915/ |url-access=limited |access-date=December 28, 2023 |website=[[The Atlantic]] |archive-date=June 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624063548/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/10/taylor-swifts-1989-first-impressions/381915/ |url-status=live}}</ref> According to [[Jon Caramanica]] from ''[[The New York Times|]]''The New York Times'']], she sings "drowsily" in the [[Verse (music)|verses]] and "skips up an [[octave]]" in the [[Bridge (music)|bridge]].<ref name="Caramanica-2014" /> Jem Aswad of [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] said that she "[flits] between a fluttery [[soprano]] and deadpan [[alto]]".<ref name="Aswad-2014">{{cite magazine |last=Aswad |first=Jem |date=October 24, 2014 |title=Album Review: Taylor Swift's Pop Curveball Pays Off With ''1989'' |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6289405/taylor-swift-1989-album-review |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208185459/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6289405/taylor-swift-1989-album-review |archive-date=February 8, 2017 |access-date=August 30, 2015}}</ref> Music critics characterized the genre as synth-pop,<ref name="NME">{{cite web |last1=Mylrea |first1=Hannah |date=September 8, 2020 |title=Every Taylor Swift Song Ranked In Order of Greatness |url=https://www.nme.com/features/every-taylor-swift-song-ranked-2740117 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908194608/https://www.nme.com/features/every-taylor-swift-song-ranked-2740117 |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |access-date=September 8, 2020 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref name="Breihan-2021">{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=September 17, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift Shares Her Re-Recorded Version of 'Wildest Dreams': Listen |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2161031/hear-taylor-swifts-re-recorded-version-of-wildest-dreams/music/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506072331/https://www.stereogum.com/2161031/hear-taylor-swifts-re-recorded-version-of-wildest-dreams/music/ |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=[[Stereogum]]}}</ref> [[dream pop]],<ref name="PopMatters video" /> and [[electropop]],<ref name="az">{{cite web |last1=Masley |first1=Ed |date=August 12, 2015 |title=30 Best Taylor Swift Singles Ever (So Far) |url=https://eu.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/08/12/best-taylor-swift-singles-ever-far/31478033/ |access-date=July 30, 2020 |website=[[The Arizona Republic]]}}</ref> with elements of [[chillwave]].<ref name="Nolan">{{cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/taylor-swift-1989-album-review-12975046|title=Taylor Swift ''1989'' – Album Review|last=Nolan|first=Paul|website=[[Hot Press]]|date=November 13, 2014|access-date=December 29, 2023}}</ref> Although the synths and drums were a stark contrast to Swift's earlier music, the [[musicologist]] James E. Perone said that the composition retained some elements from her previous country songs: the "heavy use" of the [[pentatonic scale]] in the melody and the move between [[major and minor]] chords in the chorus.{{Sfn|Perone|2017|p=62}}
 
In the lyrics, Swift's character tells a lover to remember her after their relationship ends while still being in love with him.<ref name="Cruz-2014" /><ref name="guardian">{{cite web |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=October 24, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift: ''1989'' Review – Leagues Ahead of the Teen-Pop Competition |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/24/taylor-swift-1989-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101060229/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/24/taylor-swift-1989-review |archive-date=November 1, 2014 |access-date=February 4, 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> The first verse is about lust: "He's so tall, and handsome as hell/ He's so bad, but he does it so well/ I can see the end as it begins."<ref name="Lansky-2014">{{Cite magazine |last=Lansky |first=Sam |author-link=Sam Lansky |date=October 23, 2014 |title=Review: ''1989'' Marks a Paradigm Swift |url=https://time.com/3533569/taylor-swift-1989-review/ |access-date=December 28, 2023 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |archive-date=November 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101185534/https://time.com/3533569/taylor-swift-1989-review/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="slant">{{cite web |last=Galvin |first=Annie |date=October 27, 2014 |title=Review: Taylor Swift, ''1989'' |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/taylor-swift-1989/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305234512/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/taylor-swift-1989/ |archive-date=March 5, 2019 |access-date=October 28, 2014 |work=[[Slant Magazine]]}}</ref> She expresses her desire to live on in the lover's memory as a woman with red lips, "standing in a nice dress, staring at the sunset".<ref name="Kornhaber">{{Cite web |last=Kornhaber |first=Spencer |date=September 2, 2015 |title=The Backlash to Taylor Swift's 'Wildest Dreams' Shows the Danger of Nostalgia |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/09/taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-africa-nostalgia-dangers-colonization-video/403435/ |url-access=limited |access-date=December 28, 2023 |website=[[The Atlantic]] |archive-date=December 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228025829/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/09/taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-africa-nostalgia-dangers-colonization-video/403435/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Cliff-2014">{{Cite web |last=Cliff |first=Aimee |date=October 30, 2014 |title=''1989'' |url=https://www.factmag.com/2014/10/30/taylor-swift-1989-review/ |access-date=December 28, 2023 |website=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]] |archive-date=June 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618195113/https://www.factmag.com/2014/10/30/taylor-swift-1989-review/ |url-status=live}}</ref> She cautions the lover that she will haunt him: "Say you'll see me again even if it's just in your wildest dreams."<ref name="Wickman-2014">{{cite web |last=Wickman |first=Forrest |date=October 24, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift's ''1989'': A Track-by-Track Breakdown |url=https://slate.com/culture/2014/10/taylor-swift-s-1989-leaked-here-s-a-track-by-track-breakdown-of-the-new-album-video.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214041234/https://slate.com/culture/2014/10/taylor-swift-s-1989-leaked-here-s-a-track-by-track-breakdown-of-the-new-album-video.html |archive-date=February 14, 2019 |access-date=November 20, 2020 |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref> The bridge is set in [[double time]] and sees Swift's character affirming, "You see me in hindsight/ Tangled up with you all night/ Burnin' it down."<ref name="Jones-2020" /><ref name="Billboard-2021">{{Cite magazine |date=May 13, 2021 |title=The 100 Greatest Song Bridges of the 21st Century: Staff Picks |url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/greatest-song-bridges-21st-century-top-100-9571438/ |access-date=December 28, 2023 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-date=February 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228024007/https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/greatest-song-bridges-21st-century-top-100-9571438/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Critics have described the sound as sultry, sensual, and dramatic, comparing the production and the theme of failed romance to the music of the singer-songwriter [[Lana Del Rey]].<ref name="musicomh" /><ref name="Cliff-2014" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Eakin |first=Marah |date=October 28, 2014 |title=With ''1989'', Taylor Swift Finally Grows Up |url=http://www.avclub.com/review/1989-taylor-swift-finally-grows-211047 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520182542/http://www.avclub.com/review/1989-taylor-swift-finally-grows-211047 |archive-date=May 20, 2017 |access-date=August 30, 2015 |work=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zoladz |first=Lindsay |date=October 24, 2014 |title=Did Taylor Swift Rip Off Lorde and Lana Del Rey? |url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/10/did-taylor-swift-rip-off-lorde-and-lana-del-rey.html |url-access=limited |access-date=December 28, 2023 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |archive-date=December 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228032404/https://www.vulture.com/2014/10/did-taylor-swift-rip-off-lorde-and-lana-del-rey.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Leedham-2014">{{Cite web |last=Leedham |first=Robert |date=October 27, 2014 |title=Album Review: Taylor Swift - ''1989'' |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18488/reviews/4148424 |access-date=December 28, 2023 |website=[[Drowned in Sound]] |archive-date=February 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214002551/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/18488/reviews/4148424 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian|]]''The Guardian'']]'s [[Alexis Petridis]] felt that the song abandoned Swift's previous "persona of the pathetic female appendage snivelling over her bad-boy boyfriend" and instead portrayed the man as her victim.<ref name="guardian" /> [[Slate (magazine)|''Slate'']]'s Forrest Wickman thought that Swift's character was a "sort of [...] [[femme fatale]]".<ref name="Wickman-2014" /> Robert Leedham of ''[[Drowned in Sound|]]''Drowned in Sound'']] wrote that the lyrics portrayed her arrogance and confidence to "[move] onto better things", contrasting with the victim mentality on her past songs.<ref name="Leedham-2014" />
 
== Release and commercial performance ==
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When it was first released, "Wildest Dreams" received mixed reviews from music critics. Petridis found it "hugely cheering" that Swift employed a new perspective in her songwriting.<ref name="guardian" /> Caramanica said that the song had the "most pronounced vocal tweak" on ''1989'', demonstrating Swift's new ways of expressing herself in music.<ref name="Caramanica-2014">{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Caramanica |date=October 23, 2014 |title=A Farewell to Twang |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/arts/music/taylor-swift-1989-new-album-review.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111032622/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/arts/music/taylor-swift-1989-new-album-review.html |archive-date=November 11, 2014 |access-date=August 30, 2015 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> ''[[The Arizona Republic]]''<nowiki/>'s Ed Masley found the track "haunting" and Swift's vocals "seductive".<ref name="az" /> [[Sam Lansky]] of [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] described the production as "lush" and full of "cinematic grandeur".<ref name="Lansky-2014" /> Writing for ''[[Hot Press]]'', Paul Nolan picked it as the album's best track for its combination of chillwave and "sweeping, singalong choruses".<ref name="Nolan"/> The song helped Swift win the Songwriter of the Year Award at the 2016 [[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI Pop Awards]]<ref name="Broadcast Music, Inc">{{cite web |date=May 11, 2016 |title=BMI Honors Taylor Swift and Legendary Songwriting Duo Mann & Weil at the 64th Annual BMI Pop Awards |url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/2016_bmi_pop_awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527053027/http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/2016_bmi_pop_awards |archive-date=May 27, 2016 |access-date=May 11, 2016 |publisher=[[Broadcast Music, Inc.]]}}</ref> and was recognized at the 2017 [[ASCAP Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASCAP Pop Awards 2017 |url=https://www.ascap.com/popawards17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623170045/https://www.ascap.com/popawards17 |archive-date=June 23, 2018 |access-date=October 20, 2018 |publisher=[[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]]}}</ref>
 
Other reviews opined that the track was influenced by Lana Del Rey to an extent that it erased Swift's authenticity.<ref>{{cite web |last=Manning |first=Craig |date=October 31, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift – ''1989'' – Album Review |url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3711328 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141029022514/http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3711328 |archive-date=October 29, 2014 |access-date=August 30, 2015 |work=[[AbsolutePunk]]}}</ref> Aswad said that it was "hard to tell if the song is homage or parody",<ref name="Aswad-2014" /> and Wickman and Mikael Wood of the ''[[Los Angeles Times|]]''Los Angeles Times'']] opined that Swift's songwriting lost its distinctive quality.<ref name="latimes" /><ref name="Wickman-2014" /> Shane Kimberline from ''[[MusicOMH]]'' and Lindsay Zoladz from [[Vulture (website)|''Vulture'']] deemed "Wildest Dreams" one of the album's weakest tracks and took issue with the Del Rey resemblance in Swift's vocals and lyrics.<ref name="musicomh" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zoladz |first=Lindsay |date=October 27, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Is Her Most Conservative Album Yet |url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/10/album-review-taylor-swift-1989.html |url-access=limited |access-date=December 28, 2023 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |archive-date=January 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110162939/http://www.vulture.com/2014/10/album-review-taylor-swift-1989.html |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Slant Magazine|]]''Slant Magazine'']]'s Annie Galvin said Swift's vocals complemented the narrative lyrics but described the song as a "misguided imitation" of Del Rey with a predictable storyline.<ref name="slant" /> In ''[[The Atlantic|]]''The Atlantic'']], Kevin O'Keeffe argued that the Del Rey comparisons were "unfair", and Emma Green praised the storytelling lyrics and contended that they were "unabashed, all-consuming, earnest nostalgia, anticipating", which she deemed distinct from Del Rey's "performative, cool-girl nostalgia".<ref name="Cruz-2014" />
 
Retrospectively, [[Rob Sheffield]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote in 2019 that the song "sounds stronger and stronger over the years".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |date=December 12, 2019 |title='Wildest Dreams' (2014) |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/wildest-dreams-2014-198739/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924181029/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/wildest-dreams-2014-198739/ |archive-date=September 24, 2021 |access-date=November 20, 2020}}</ref> ''[[NME]]''<nowiki/>'s Hannah Mylrae called it a "beauty",<ref name="NME" /> and Nate Jones from ''Vulture'' considered it one of Swift's 10 best songs and specifically lauded the "invigorating double-time bridge".<ref name="Jones-2020">{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Nate |date=August 13, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Songs, Ranked from Worst to Best |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/all-taylor-swift-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207121127/https://www.vulture.com/article/all-taylor-swift-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html |archive-date=December 7, 2023 |access-date=November 20, 2020 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref> The bridge was ranked 66th on ''Billboard''<nowiki/>'s 2021 list of the 100 Greatest Song Bridges of the 21st Century.<ref name="Billboard-2021" /> Alex Hudson and Megan LaPierre of ''[[Exclaim!]]'' included "Wildest Dreams" in their list of the best 20 songs by Swift, saying that she "totally nails" the Del Rey resemblance.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Hudson |first1=Alex |last2=LaPierre |first2=Megan |date=October 20, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift's 20 Best Songs Ranked |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/taylor_swifts_20_best_songs_ranked |access-date=December 28, 2023 |website=[[Exclaim!]] |archive-date=December 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206081044/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/taylor_swifts_20_best_songs_ranked |url-status=live}}</ref> Jane Song from [[Paste (magazine)|''Paste'']] lauded the "dark Lana Del Rey-esque pop" production and opined that the lyrics about memory made the song have "more staying power than you'd expect".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Song |first=Jane |date=February 11, 2020 |title=All 158 Taylor Swift Songs, Ranked |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/best-taylor-swift-songs |access-date=December 28, 2023 |website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |archive-date=June 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230625065820/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/best-taylor-swift-songs |url-status=live}}</ref> Petridis ranked it 18th out of 44 singles Swift had released by April 2019, and he said that the song employed a Del Rey-inspired songwriting trope with a "smart, pleasing twist".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=April 26, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift's Singles – Ranked! |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/26/taylor-swifts-singles-ranked |access-date=December 28, 2023 |archive-date=April 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427062612/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/26/taylor-swifts-singles-ranked |url-status=live}}</ref>
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== Live performances ==
[[File:Taylor Swift The Eras Tour 1989 Era Set (53109523971) (cropped2).jpg|thumb|upright|Swift performed "Wildest Dreams" on [[the Eras Tour]].|alt=Swift in a rhinestoned blue dress onstage]]
On [[the 1989 World Tour]] (2015), Swift performed the song as part of a [[Mashup (music)|mashup]] with "[[Enchanted (Taylor Swift song)|Enchanted]]", from her 2010 album ''[[Speak Now|]]''Speak Now'']].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Lucy |date=May 6, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift Has Kicked Off Her 1989 World Tour in Tokyo |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/news/a35504/taylor-swift-1989-world-tour-setlist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614123431/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/news/a35504/taylor-swift-1989-world-tour-setlist/ |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |access-date=January 4, 2020 |website=[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]}}</ref> Playing a sparkling [[grand piano]], she first sang "Wildest Dreams" and, after the second chorus, proceeded with "Enchanted". The rendition built up with accompanying synths and backing vocals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Paige |date=July 25, 2015 |title=Review: Taylor Swift Delivers Another Stellar Show at Gillette |url=https://www.thesunchronicle.com/go/review-taylor-swift-delivers-another-stellar-show-at-gillette/article_308d373c-3283-11e5-b3db-e34a7e4ffedb.html |access-date=December 29, 2023 |website=[[The Sun Chronicle]] |archive-date=May 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531232003/https://www.thesunchronicle.com/go/review-taylor-swift-delivers-another-stellar-show-at-gillette/article_308d373c-3283-11e5-b3db-e34a7e4ffedb.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Princiotti">{{Cite web |last=Princiotti |first=Nora |date=March 16, 2023 |title=On the Eve of Eras, Ranking Taylor Swift's All-Time Best Live Performances |url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2023/3/16/23633759/ranking-taylor-swift-all-time-best-live-performances-eras-tour |access-date=December 29, 2023 |website=[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]] |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331000214/https://www.theringer.com/music/2023/3/16/23633759/ranking-taylor-swift-all-time-best-live-performances-eras-tour/ |url-status=live}}</ref> She finished the mashup by changing costumes from a sparkling tulle skirt to a bodysuit for the next number.<ref name="Princiotti" /> [[The Ringer (website)|''The Ringer'']]'s Nora Princiotti in March 2023 deemed it Swift's best live performance, praising it as an "epic five-and-a-half-minute medley [that] is fundamentally simple".<ref name="Princiotti" />
 
"Wildest Dreams" was included in Swift's other concerts. On September 30, 2015, she performed a stripped-down rendition on an electric guitar as part of the "Taylor Swift Experience" exhibition at the [[Grammy Museum at L.A. Live]].<ref>{{cite magazine |date=January 4, 2016 |title=Taylor Swift Shares Stunning 'Wildest Dreams' Performance from Grammy Museum |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/6828983/taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-grammy-museum |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129005253/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/6828983/taylor-swift-wildest-dreams-grammy-museum |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |access-date=November 21, 2020}}</ref> At a private concert for 100 fans in [[Hamilton Island (Queensland)|Hamilton Island]], Australia, as part of [[Nova (radio network)|Nova]]'s "Red Room" series, Swift "Wildest Dreams" on an acoustic guitar.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Akers |first1=Trenton |last2=Arnold |first2=Rikki-Lee |date=December 4, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift 1989 Tour: Exclusive Picture as Taylor Swift Arrives In Brisbane Ahead of Concert |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/confidential/taylor-swift-1989-tour-exclusive-picture-of-venue-for-intimate-concert-on-hamilton-island/news-story/da45be7f15dc3b623412cf3a7bb417bd |access-date=December 29, 2023 |website=[[The Courier-Mail]] |archive-date=December 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229040233/https://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/confidential/taylor-swift-1989-tour-exclusive-picture-of-venue-for-intimate-concert-on-hamilton-island/news-story/da45be7f15dc3b623412cf3a7bb417bd |url-status=live}}</ref> Swift included the "Wildest Dreams"/"Enchanted" mashup in the set lists of two concerts: at the [[United States Grand Prix]] in Austin on October 22, 2016,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Hall |first=David Brendan |date=October 23, 2016 |title=Taylor Swift Delivers a Knockout Performance at Formula 1 Concert in Austin |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-formula-1-grand-prix-austin-concert-calvin-harris-7550007/ |access-date=December 29, 2023 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-date=September 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902023704/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-formula-1-grand-prix-austin-concert-calvin-harris-7550007/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and at the Super Saturday Night, a pre-[[Super Bowl]] event, on February 4, 2017.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Atkinson |first=Katie |date=February 5, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift Performs 'Better Man' & 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' for First Time at Stunning Pre-Super Bowl Set |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-super-bowl-concert-houston-better-man-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-7678029/ |access-date=December 29, 2023 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525180320/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-super-bowl-concert-houston-better-man-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-7678029/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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