Taylor Swift, 36, can sleep easy as the youngest member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Years earlier, however, a diabolical tour prank pulled by her inductor kept her up all night.

The prank took place while the future megastar was touring with country music icon Brad Paisley in 2007. What began as a practical joke had a lasting effect on Swift, turning the touring experience into one she’d never forget.

“We’ve been estranged since 2007,” Swift joked while onstage at the Hall of Fame ceremony, held at the Music City Center in Nashville on Monday night ( h/t Rolling Stone ). “[Paisley] took a tour prank too far, filled my entire tour bus with live crickets, thousands of them. For months I couldn’t sleep. All night I considered buying a pet lizard to eradicate the problem.”

Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift and Kimberly Williams-Paisley attend the 56th Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame Gala at Music City Center on October 26, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee.…