

And obviously, Aaron Dessner is in The National and he has completely changed my life. This band has influenced me beyond my ability to verbalize how much they’ve influenced me - just lyrically, their ability to set a scene, their ability to tell a story. I’m gonna talk about another artist who has an album that just came out that is so incredible. I just feel like, you know, stadiums are huge and it’s important to really communicate, so that’s what I’m doing. But I am gonna talk about another artist. “Any time I’m gonna talk about or even reference another artist, I feel inclined to tell you that if they’re not here, they’re not here,” she warned the crowd. Performed at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia (April 28, 2023)Ī pretty long speech came before the first-ever solo (and first-ever at all) live performance of the heart-wrenching Evermore highlight, originally a duet with with Matt Berninger. Image Credit: John Shearer/GI for TAS Rights Management Swift tried again: “I was trying to think of sort of an eloquent way to say that I love you and I need your attention all the time, and I came up with ‘I’m a mirrorball.'” After the wordy intro, Swift begins singing “Mirrorball” at the 2:17 timestamp in the video above. I’m trying to tell you I love you, and I’m babbling,” she noted. “I was thinking about what song to play first, and I was thinking about how one of the songs that I wrote with you in mind during the pandemic was one of the first songs I wrote for Folklore, and it was me writing about how badly I craved the connection that I feel from the care that you have directed in my way. “I was thinking about the first one I would play for you,” Swift said at the very first Eras Tour concert, to a crowd of fans who were still gloriously spoiler-free about what was in store for the rest of the show.

Performed at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona (March 17, 2023)
