Revenge may be a dish best served cold, but nobody ever told Taylor Swift that.

Her Reputation tour kicked off in Perth last night and, despite a few drops of rain, it was hot, hot, hot.

Opening with the big guns from her latest album, Swift embraced her big reputation with audio grabs from critical media commentators being aired to the sold-out, 50,900-strong crowd.

Taylor Swift kicked off her national tour in Perth on Friday night. Credit:AAP/Richard Wainwright

We were ready for it.