Taylor Swift

[KevShmev]

Not that I am aware of, and I believe those are the only two songs from that Paris show that got the stripped down treatment, but looking ahead, there are rumors that she will be releasing a live album early next year from the Eras tour, and supposedly several songs that were only surprise songs have been trademarked already with (live) added to the names, so the hope there is that a live album includes all or at least many of the surprise songs she did throughout 2023, plus other oddities like Nothing New (which got played at all the shows with Phoebe Bridgers), No Body No Crime (which got played at all the shows with HAIM) and Invisible String (which was played the first two weeks and then dropped from the set except for one show in Nashville).

[hefdaddy42]

BTW how do you make threads you've previously posted in stop showing up in the "Show new replies to your posts." link? that's primarily how i have used this site

was just wondering if anyone had an answer to this, lol

I don't use this function, and would never think to do so.  But I imagine you can't do what you're asking.  It's not customizable, you either see replies or you don't.

[XeRocks81]

I wonder if the eventual streaming (or god forbid physical blu-ray!) release of Eras Tour will be a longer « director’s cut » with all the songs that were cut.   That would be sweet.

[KevShmev]

I wonder if the eventual streaming (or god forbid physical blu-ray!) release of Eras Tour will be a longer « director’s cut » with all the songs that were cut.   That would be sweet.

I hope so, but I am not optimistic.  My feeling is that if that were the plan, something other than Long Live would have been used over the credits at the end, but if the director's cut is the full concert with nothing cut, Long Live would be featured during the concert and then again at the end during the credits, which would seem a little strange, and I don't see her using a different credits songs in such a scenario since Long Live worked perfectly with all of the fan shots and "Errors Tour" moments that played over the credits.

[MirrorMask]

For people looking for bitchin' versions of Wildest Dreams:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGDkg3QiJmk&ab_channel=TaylorSwift

I remember having posted this and Kev commenting that he immediately knew which version I was talking about  now, for the others who missed it, here it is!

[Metro]

Not bad

[KevShmev]

For people looking for bitchin' versions of Wildest Dreams:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGDkg3QiJmk&ab_channel=TaylorSwift

I remember having posted this and Kev commenting that he immediately knew which version I was talking about  now, for the others who missed it, here it is!

Yep, that is a good one as well!

It's still wild to think that the album version of Wildest Dreams has never been played live in full.  It was played on the 1989 in the mashup with Enchanted, it wasn't played on the Reputation tour, and the version being played on the current Eras tour is truncated.

[KevShmev]

Travis Kelce is in Argentina for tonight's show (and presumably tomorrow's as well), and she changed the lyric at the end of the bridge in Karma to, "Karma is the guy on the Chiefs, coming straight home to me." ("Chiefs" replaced "screen") hahahaha

[XeRocks81]

speaking of Argentina, on the US tour they played some shows in pouring rain (some nights the start time was delayed) but that must’ve been some wild weather for them to move the friday show to sunday. 

[KevShmev]

Update...

Guitar is always first, piano second, except where indicated.

2023
Glendale, AZ night 1: Mirrorball and Tim McGraw
Glendale, AZ night 1: This Is Me Trying and State of Grace
Las Vegas, NV night 1: Our Song and Snow on the Beach
Las Vegas, NV night 1: Cowboy Like Me (w/ special guest Marcus Mumford) and White Horse
Arlington, TX night 1: Sad Beautiful Tragic and Ours
Arlington, TX night 2: Death by a Thousand Cuts and Clean
Arlington, TX night 3: Jump Then Fall and The Lucky One
Tampa, FL night 1: Speak Now and Treacherous
Tampa, FL night 2: The Great War (w/ special guest Aaron Dessner) and You're On Your Own, Kid
Tampa, FL night 3: Mad Woman (piano - w/ special guest Aaron Dessner) and Mean (guitar)
Houston, TX night 1: Wonderland and You're Not Sorry
Houston, TX night 2: A Place in This World and Today Was a Fairytale
Houston, TX night 2: Begin Again and Cold As You
Atlanta, GA night 1: The Other Side of the Door and Coney Island
Atlanta, GA night 2: High Infidelity and Gorgeous
Atlanta, GA night 2: I Bet You Think About Me and How You Get the Girl
Nashville, TN night 1: Sparks Fly and Teardrops on My Guitar
Nashville, TN night 2: Out of the Woods and Fifteen
Nashville, TN night 3: Wouldve, Could've, Should've (w/ special guest Aaron Dessner) and Mine
Philadelphia, PA night 1: Gold Rush and Come Back...Be Here
Philadelphia, PA night 2: Forever & Always and This Love
Philadelphia, PA night 3: Hey Stephen and The Best Day
Foxborough, MA night 1: Should've Said No and Better Man
Foxborough, MA night 2: Question...? and Invisible
Foxborough, MA night 3: I Think He Knows and Red (both on guitar, since her piano malfunctioned due to rain from previous night)
East Rutherford, NJ night 1: Getaway Car (w/ special guest Jack Antonoff) and Maroon
East Rutherford, NJ night 2: Holy Ground and False God
East Rutherford, NJ night 3: Welcome to New York and Clean (the only repeat thus far)
Chicago, IL night 1: I Wish You Would and The Lakes
Chicago, IL night 2: You All Over Me (w/ special guest Maren Morris) and I Don't Wanna Live Forever
Chicago, IL night 3: Hits Different and The Moment I Knew
Detroit, MI night 1: Haunted and I Almost Do
Detroit, MI night 2: All You Had to Do Was Stay and Breathe
Pittsburgh, PA night 1: Mr. Perfectly Fine and The Last Time
Pittsburgh, PA night 2: Seven (piano w/ special guest Aaron Dessner) and The Story of Us (guitar)
Minneapolis, MN night 1: Paper Rings and If This Was a Movie
Minneapolis, MN night 2: Dear John and Daylight
Cincinnati, OH night 1: I'm Only Me When I'm with You and Evermore
Cincinnati, OH night 2: Ivy (w/ special guest Aaron Dessner), I Miss You, I'm Sorry (guitar also w/ special guest Gracie Abrams) and Call It What You Want (first show to get three songs in the surprise songs "eras" section)
Kansas City, MO night 1: Never Grow Up and When Emma Falls in Love
Kansas City, MO night 2: Last Kiss and Dorothea
Denver, CO night 1: Picture to Burn and Timeless
Denver, CO night 2: Starlight and Back to December
Seattle, WA night 1: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things and Everything Has Changed
Seattle, WA night 2: Message in a Bottle and Tied Together in a Smile
Santa Clara, CA night 1: Right Where You Left Me (w/ special guest Aaron Dessner) and Castles Crumbling
Santa Clara, CA night 2: Stay Stay Stay and All of the Girls You Loved Before
Los Angeles, CA night 1: I Can See You and Marooned
Los Angeles, CA night 2: Our Song and You Are in Love
Los Angeles, CA night 3: Death by a Thousand Cuts and You're On Your Own, Kid
Los Angeles, CA night 4: Dress and Exile
Los Angeles, CA night 5: I Know Places and King of My Heart
Mexico City, Mexico night 1: I Forgot That You Existed and Sweet Nothing
Mexico City, Mexico night 2: Tell Me Why and Snow on the Beach
Mexico City, Mexico night 3: Cornelia Street and You're On Your Own, Kid
Mexico City, Mexico night 4: Afterglow and Maroon
Buenos Aires, Argentina night 1: The Very First Night and Labyrinth
Buenos Aires, Argentina night 2: Is It Over Now?/Out of the Woods mashup and End Game

[KevShmev]

Update...

Guitar is always first, piano second, except where indicated.

2023
Glendale, AZ night 1: Mirrorball and Tim McGraw
Glendale, AZ night 1: This Is Me Trying and State of Grace
Las Vegas, NV night 1: Our Song and Snow on the Beach
Las Vegas, NV night 1: Cowboy Like Me (w/ special guest Marcus Mumford) and White Horse
Arlington, TX night 1: Sad Beautiful Tragic and Ours
Arlington, TX night 2: Death by a Thousand Cuts and Clean
Arlington, TX night 3: Jump Then Fall and The Lucky One
Tampa, FL night 1: Speak Now and Treacherous
Tampa, FL night 2: The Great War (w/ special guest Aaron Dessner) and You're On Your Own, Kid
Tampa, FL night 3: Mad Woman (piano - w/ special guest Aaron Dessner) and Mean (guitar)
Houston, TX night 1: Wonderland and You're Not Sorry
Houston, TX night 2: A Place in This World and Today Was a Fairytale
Houston, TX night 2: Begin Again and Cold As You
Atlanta, GA night 1: The Other Side of the Door and Coney Island
Atlanta, GA night 2: High Infidelity and Gorgeous
Atlanta, GA night 2: I Bet You Think About Me and How You Get the Girl
Nashville, TN night 1: Sparks Fly and Teardrops on My Guitar
Nashville, TN night 2: Out of the Woods and Fifteen
Nashville, TN night 3: Wouldve, Could've, Should've (w/ special guest Aaron Dessner) and Mine
Philadelphia, PA night 1: Gold Rush and Come Back...Be Here
Philadelphia, PA night 2: Forever & Always and This Love
Philadelphia, PA night 3: Hey Stephen and The Best Day
Foxborough, MA night 1: Should've Said No and Better Man
Foxborough, MA night 2: Question...? and Invisible
Foxborough, MA night 3: I Think He Knows and Red (both on guitar, since her piano malfunctioned due to rain from previous night)
East Rutherford, NJ night 1: Getaway Car (w/ special guest Jack Antonoff) and Maroon
East Rutherford, NJ night 2: Holy Ground and False God
East Rutherford, NJ night 3: Welcome to New York and Clean (the only repeat thus far)
Chicago, IL night 1: I Wish You Would and The Lakes
Chicago, IL night 2: You All Over Me (w/ special guest Maren Morris) and I Don't Wanna Live Forever
Chicago, IL night 3: Hits Different and The Moment I Knew
Detroit, MI night 1: Haunted and I Almost Do
Detroit, MI night 2: All You Had to Do Was Stay and Breathe
Pittsburgh, PA night 1: Mr. Perfectly Fine and The Last Time
Pittsburgh, PA night 2: Seven (piano w/ special guest Aaron Dessner) and The Story of Us (guitar)
Minneapolis, MN night 1: Paper Rings and If This Was a Movie
Minneapolis, MN night 2: Dear John and Daylight
Cincinnati, OH night 1: I'm Only Me When I'm with You and Evermore
Cincinnati, OH night 2: Ivy (w/ special guest Aaron Dessner), I Miss You, I'm Sorry (guitar also w/ special guest Gracie Abrams) and Call It What You Want (first show to get three songs in the surprise songs "eras" section)
Kansas City, MO night 1: Never Grow Up and When Emma Falls in Love
Kansas City, MO night 2: Last Kiss and Dorothea
Denver, CO night 1: Picture to Burn and Timeless
Denver, CO night 2: Starlight and Back to December
Seattle, WA night 1: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things and Everything Has Changed
Seattle, WA night 2: Message in a Bottle and Tied Together in a Smile
Santa Clara, CA night 1: Right Where You Left Me (w/ special guest Aaron Dessner) and Castles Crumbling
Santa Clara, CA night 2: Stay Stay Stay and All of the Girls You Loved Before
Los Angeles, CA night 1: I Can See You and Marooned
Los Angeles, CA night 2: Our Song and You Are in Love
Los Angeles, CA night 3: Death by a Thousand Cuts and You're On Your Own, Kid
Los Angeles, CA night 4: Dress and Exile
Los Angeles, CA night 5: I Know Places and King of My Heart
Mexico City, Mexico night 1: I Forgot That You Existed and Sweet Nothing
Mexico City, Mexico night 2: Tell Me Why and Snow on the Beach
Mexico City, Mexico night 3: Cornelia Street and You're On Your Own, Kid
Mexico City, Mexico night 4: Afterglow and Maroon
Buenos Aires, Argentina night 1: The Very First Night and Labyrinth
Buenos Aires, Argentina night 2: Is It Over Now?/Out of the Woods mashup and End Game
Buenos Aires, Argentina night 3: Better Than Revenge and Slut!

Six shows in Brazil coming up next!

[MirrorMask]

Buenos Aires, Argentina night 3: Better Than Revenge and Slut!

Which woman hurt her before that night? 

[Stadler]

Buenos Aires, Argentina night 3: Better Than Revenge and Slut!

Which woman hurt her before that night? 

Kelce's ex is posting shit again! 

[XeRocks81]

at the Rio de janeiro show yesterday, heat and  dehydration caused a young girl to faint, go into cardiac arrest and eventually die

https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/18/taylor-swift-fan-dies-before-brazil-concert-amid-sweltering-conditions

[KevShmev]

Yep, a very sad and tragic story.

I get that venues do not let us bring in drinks because they want us to buy them there and spend money, but when it's that blistering hot, exceptions should be made.  Looks like they changed it starting at tonight's 2nd show, but it's awful that it took someone dying for it to happen. 

[XeRocks81]

the heat is still an issue so apparently they’ve postponed tonight’s show! Man this south american leg is off to a rocky start, for reasons beyond her control.

[KevShmev]

There are rumors as well that she wanted to postpone last night's show because of the extreme heat, but the stadium and the company who booked it wouldn't allow it.  And look what happened.

[King Postwhore]

There are rumors as well that she wanted to postpone last night's show because of the extreme heat, but the stadium and the company who booked it wouldn't allow it.  And look what happened.

Where was the show,  Kev?

[KevShmev]

There are rumors as well that she wanted to postpone last night's show because of the extreme heat, but the stadium and the company who booked it wouldn't allow it.  And look what happened.

Where was the show,  Kev?

Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.  3 shows set for there - Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Tonight's was moved to Monday.  Will be interesting to see how this goes, as some fans are apparently acting the fool down there due to be upset about tonight's postponement, and word from those close is that Taylor is devastated that this happened to a fan.

[King Postwhore]

Interesting. Thank you. 

[KevShmev]

From the looks of it on Twitter, she put on her best game face for tonight's show, but you could hear her voice get a little shaky when singing Bigger Than the Whole Sky as one of the surprise songs (which have to have been chosen to honor to fan who lost her life Friday).   There was also no fire effect tonight during Bad Blood, which I am sure she chose to not use for obvious reasons.  Oh, and it rained for most of the show.

[KevShmev]

Update now that the 2023 portion of the tour is over.

Counting songs from the main set, the few minor changes that were made along the way, and the below surprise songs, 173 songs played on the tour this year.

Guitar is always first, piano second, except where indicated.

2023
Glendale, AZ night 1: Mirrorball and Tim McGraw
Glendale, AZ night 1: This Is Me Trying and State of Grace
Las Vegas, NV night 1: Our Song and Snow on the Beach
Las Vegas, NV night 1: Cowboy Like Me (w/ special guest Marcus Mumford) and White Horse
Arlington, TX night 1: Sad Beautiful Tragic and Ours
Arlington, TX night 2: Death by a Thousand Cuts and Clean
Arlington, TX night 3: Jump Then Fall and The Lucky One
Tampa, FL night 1: Speak Now and Treacherous
Tampa, FL night 2: The Great War (w/ special guest Aaron Dessner) and You're On Your Own, Kid
Tampa, FL night 3: Mad Woman (piano - w/ special guest Aaron Dessner) and Mean (guitar)
Houston, TX night 1: Wonderland and You're Not Sorry
Houston, TX night 2: A Place in This World and Today Was a Fairytale
Houston, TX night 2: Begin Again and Cold As You
Atlanta, GA night 1: The Other Side of the Door and Coney Island
Atlanta, GA night 2: High Infidelity and Gorgeous
Atlanta, GA night 2: I Bet You Think About Me and How You Get the Girl
Nashville, TN night 1: Sparks Fly and Teardrops on My Guitar
Nashville, TN night 2: Out of the Woods and Fifteen
Nashville, TN night 3: Wouldve, Could've, Should've (w/ special guest Aaron Dessner) and Mine
Philadelphia, PA night 1: Gold Rush and Come Back...Be Here
Philadelphia, PA night 2: Forever & Always and This Love
Philadelphia, PA night 3: Hey Stephen and The Best Day
Foxborough, MA night 1: Should've Said No and Better Man
Foxborough, MA night 2: Question...? and Invisible
Foxborough, MA night 3: I Think He Knows and Red (both on guitar, since her piano malfunctioned due to rain from previous night)
East Rutherford, NJ night 1: Getaway Car (w/ special guest Jack Antonoff) and Maroon
East Rutherford, NJ night 2: Holy Ground and False God
East Rutherford, NJ night 3: Welcome to New York and Clean (the only repeat thus far)
Chicago, IL night 1: I Wish You Would and The Lakes
Chicago, IL night 2: You All Over Me (w/ special guest Maren Morris) and I Don't Wanna Live Forever
Chicago, IL night 3: Hits Different and The Moment I Knew
Detroit, MI night 1: Haunted and I Almost Do
Detroit, MI night 2: All You Had to Do Was Stay and Breathe
Pittsburgh, PA night 1: Mr. Perfectly Fine and The Last Time
Pittsburgh, PA night 2: Seven (piano w/ special guest Aaron Dessner) and The Story of Us (guitar)
Minneapolis, MN night 1: Paper Rings and If This Was a Movie
Minneapolis, MN night 2: Dear John and Daylight
Cincinnati, OH night 1: I'm Only Me When I'm with You and Evermore
Cincinnati, OH night 2: Ivy (w/ special guest Aaron Dessner), I Miss You, I'm Sorry (guitar also w/ special guest Gracie Abrams) and Call It What You Want (first show to get three songs in the surprise songs "eras" section)
Kansas City, MO night 1: Never Grow Up and When Emma Falls in Love
Kansas City, MO night 2: Last Kiss and Dorothea
Denver, CO night 1: Picture to Burn and Timeless
Denver, CO night 2: Starlight and Back to December
Seattle, WA night 1: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things and Everything Has Changed
Seattle, WA night 2: Message in a Bottle and Tied Together in a Smile
Santa Clara, CA night 1: Right Where You Left Me (w/ special guest Aaron Dessner) and Castles Crumbling
Santa Clara, CA night 2: Stay Stay Stay and All of the Girls You Loved Before
Los Angeles, CA night 1: I Can See You and Marooned
Los Angeles, CA night 2: Our Song and You Are in Love
Los Angeles, CA night 3: Death by a Thousand Cuts and You're On Your Own, Kid
Los Angeles, CA night 4: Dress and Exile
Los Angeles, CA night 5: I Know Places and King of My Heart
Mexico City, Mexico night 1: I Forgot That You Existed and Sweet Nothing
Mexico City, Mexico night 2: Tell Me Why and Snow on the Beach
Mexico City, Mexico night 3: Cornelia Street and You're On Your Own, Kid
Mexico City, Mexico night 4: Afterglow and Maroon
Buenos Aires, Argentina night 1: The Very First Night and Labyrinth
Buenos Aires, Argentina night 2: Is It Over Now?/Out of the Woods mashup and End Game
Buenos Aires, Argentina night 3: Better Than Revenge and Slut!
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil night 1: Stay Beautiful and Suburban Legends
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil night 2: Dancing with Our Hands Tied and Bigger Than the Whole Sky
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil night 3: ME! and So It Goes...
Sao Paulo, Brazil night 1: Now That We Don't Talk and Innocent
Sao Paulo, Brazil night 2: Safe & Sound and Untouchable
Sao Paulo, Brazil night 3: Say Don't Go and It's Time to Go

[XeRocks81]

I keep seeing that she’s « resetting » the surprise songs for 2024,  I’m assuming it’s something she said from stage in Sao Paulo but I can’t find a decent source. I’m guessing it means she will be singing those songs again in 2024 which makes sense.  It’ll still be a surprise for most fans. 

Also the Eras tour movie is coming out on digital on her birthday december 13th! AND it’s an extended cut including songs that weren’t in the theatrical version(yesss)

[KevShmev]

I meant to say that earlier as well about resetting the surprise songs for the 2024 shows.  I saw the clip on X, so it is legit.

As for the Extended Version of the Eras tour coming to streaming, it is adding three of the five songs that were omitted from the theatrical version (Cardigan and No Body, No Crime will still be MIA).

[XeRocks81]

and I think it was you Kev who mentioned it would be strange if they added back in Long live
because it’s already the end credits song? I wonder if that’ll change

[KevShmev]

Time will tell, but I would guess no. The closing credits are so well put together, and it's like Long Live was made for them, so I don't see that changing.

[Stadler]

I meant to say that earlier as well about resetting the surprise songs for the 2024 shows.  I saw the clip on X, so it is legit.

As for the Extended Version of the Eras tour coming to streaming, it is adding three of the five songs that were omitted from the theatrical version (Cardigan and No Body, No Crime will still be MIA).

"Resetting" meaning, you'll start seeing 'repeats' (I hate using that word, because I don't want to imply that it's a bad thing or a cop out, I just don't know how to articulate it).

[MirrorMask]

She plays 40 songs in the show, if she'd only pick songs to play once for the two solo spots, she'd soon run out of songs in her catalogue.

[KevShmev]

I meant to say that earlier as well about resetting the surprise songs for the 2024 shows.  I saw the clip on X, so it is legit.

As for the Extended Version of the Eras tour coming to streaming, it is adding three of the five songs that were omitted from the theatrical version (Cardigan and No Body, No Crime will still be MIA).

"Resetting" meaning, you'll start seeing 'repeats' (I hate using that word, because I don't want to imply that it's a bad thing or a cop out, I just don't know how to articulate it).

She had said at the start of the tour that the surprise songs will only get played once, with the self-imposed rule that Midnights songs can get played more than once, as well as anything she messes up. 

Resetting means she is starting from scratch with the surprise songs for the 2024 portion of the tour.

[Stadler]

I meant to say that earlier as well about resetting the surprise songs for the 2024 shows.  I saw the clip on X, so it is legit.

As for the Extended Version of the Eras tour coming to streaming, it is adding three of the five songs that were omitted from the theatrical version (Cardigan and No Body, No Crime will still be MIA).

"Resetting" meaning, you'll start seeing 'repeats' (I hate using that word, because I don't want to imply that it's a bad thing or a cop out, I just don't know how to articulate it).

She had said at the start of the tour that the surprise songs will only get played once, with the self-imposed rule that Midnights songs can get played more than once, as well as anything she messes up. 

Resetting means she is starting from scratch with the surprise songs for the 2024 portion of the tour.

Ok.  I meant my post as a question, I just forgot the little "?" thingy.

[KevShmev]

Great interview with Aaron Dessner.

https://people.com/aaron-dessner-recalls-taylor-swift-cooking-everyone-breakfast-and-dinner-exclusive-8410981

What do you admire most about Taylor's artistry and songwriting?

I think Taylor is one of the greatest songwriters of all time. The poetic and literary bent of her lyricism, where songs often have elaborately woven narratives and hidden meanings that connect to her earlier or future work, what her fans call "easter eggs," helps to create an entire artistic world that we all get to inhabit and obsess over as her fans. I love the sense of belonging that this creates in Taylor's music, where joy, overcoming adversity, shattering patriarchal structures and celebrating diversity are so prevalent as themes. She is an absolute genius and thankfully also a truly wonderful human being.

Do you have any memories from the studio or a writing session that stick out to you as an example of just why Taylor is so good at her craft?

There are so many stories I could share. When I sent Taylor the music for our song "Willow" — I think she wrote the entire song from start to finish in less than 10 minutes and sent it back to me. It was like an earthquake. Then Taylor said, "I guess we are making another album."

You met back in 2014, but you have said that 1989 was the first album you really listened to as a fan. What about it drew you in?

I think 1989 is a perfect pop record and I used to have so much fun blasting it. I was drawn in by hearing "Blank Space" on the radio and just feeling like it was an impossibly perfect pop song. Once I heard the entire record I remember just sensing that Taylor was some kind of incredibly rare unicorn of a singer and songwriter.

Are there any anecdotes that come to mind that speak to Taylor's work ethic, and how she's able to balance everything from re-records to concerts to award shows to her daily life?

Taylor is the hardest working artist I've ever encountered. She is involved in every aspect of writing and producing her songs and has an incredible attention span and focus on detail. And she never really stops writing songs. The world has seen her play 44 songs a night on tour now, performing for over three hours. She makes it look easy but it's really a feat of incredible endurance. It's hard to think of an example of someone who matches that kind of output, except maybe Bruce Springsteen, but he doesn't have to cover as much ground as Taylor does up there.

Similarly, I've spent a lot of time with her and I've never seen anyone wait on her. When I have stayed at her house, Taylor herself was cooking everyone breakfast and dinner. She's legitimately just a very down to earth and hardworking person.

When you wrote Folklore and Evermore, it was peak pandemic and the world was different. What's it like for you now to see those albums that were written in solitude performed for tens of thousands of people?

It was quite surreal to be honest. When Taylor first texted me about writing remotely with her during the pandemic, I almost didn't believe it was her at first. And then as we were working on Folklore, we had almost no outside interaction with anyone on her team or label, much less the outside world of her millions and millions of fans.

Taylor never made me feel any of the shadow of her previous work or success. There was no pressure at all. It was as though we were just making an album for ourselves and passing time during the pandemic. It felt like we were on our own private artistic life raft, just making songs to soothe our souls and get through such an uncertain and difficult time.

When the album was finally shared with the world, and that feeling became something shared cathartically with millions and millions of people around the world, it was really something I will never forget. We were on FaceTime at midnight on the night Folklore came out and the first reviews and responses started coming in and it was really one of the most exhilarating, life-affirming feelings I have ever had. The fragile songs we had made remotely during lockdown were suddenly becoming part of the fabric of so many people's lives.

You joined her onstage for a few Eras Tour stops. What was it like backstage for you?

It's really hard to describe what it feel like to be raised up on a hydraulic into a stadium of 80,000 fans who have already been experiencing the best concert they have ever seen for two and a half hours, as I would join Taylor onstage towards the end of the show. But Taylor was so generous in her introductions and it's really such a special moment for us to be able to play some of these songs acoustically for her fans. It's hard to describe how exhilarating it was to play "Would've, Could've, Should've" in the pouring rain acoustically in Nashville.

What's something about Taylor that people would be surprised to learn?

Maybe it's so not so surprising, but she's a very, very good cook and a great visual artist too.

Between Midnights and the Eras Tour, she's really at the top of her game. How do you see her evolving and growing from here?

I think Taylor has so many stories to tell. She will keep writing better and better songs and experimenting stylistically. She sometimes jokes that she likes to change what she writes her songs with literally, sometimes it's an ink or glitter pen, or with me it's often more like a 19th-century quill. I think she'll keep inventing new ways and methods of writing and keep expanding this enchanted universe of her own making that we all get to enjoy.

[XeRocks81]

thanks for sharing that kev!

[XeRocks81]

Taylor Swift is Times person of the year.  Oh boy I can already hear the cries of « I’m so sick of hearing about her! »

[KevShmev]

Yep, just saw!!

https://time.com/6342806/person-of-the-year-2023-taylor-swift/

I will have to read this later, it is long.

[hefdaddy42]

The world has seen her play 44 songs a night on tour now, performing for over three hours. She makes it look easy but it's really a feat of incredible endurance. It's hard to think of an example of someone who matches that kind of output, except maybe Bruce Springsteen, but he doesn't have to cover as much ground as Taylor does up there.

What does he mean by the bolded part?