Taylor Swiftdebuted a fan-favoriteMidnightstrack live for the first time.
The pop superstar, 34,kicked off a string of three datesof herEras Tourat the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday and treated fans to the first-ever live performance of “You’re Losing Me,” a breakup ballad off theLate Night Editionof her albumMidnights.
While sitting at the piano in a flowing, bright yellow gown, according to fan-filmedfootageonsocial media, the Grammy winner revealed one of hersurprise songson the setlist would be a special one. “I’ve never played this song live before. It’s one of my favorites,” Swift said, introducing “You’re Losing Me,” which dropped in May 2023.
Taylor Swift on the Eras Tour in Melbourne, Australia on Feb. 16, 2024.Graham Denholm/TAS24/Getty
Graham Denholm/TAS24/Getty
The “Cruel Summer” singer gave a moving performance of the downtempo song, which finds the narrator pleading for a romantic partner to realize their relationship is no longer healthy — and for them to do something to save it.
Swift sounded especially emotionally fierce during moments of the bridge, singing lyrics like, “And I wouldn’t marry me either / A pathological people pleaser / Who only wanted you to see her / And I’m fadin', thinkin' / And I’m fadin', thinkin' / ‘Do something, babe, say something’ (Say something) / ‘Lose something, babe, risk something’ (You’re losin' me) / ‘Choose something, babe, I got nothing’ (I got nothing) / ‘To believe, unless you’re choosin' me.’”
Taylor Swift performing the Eras Tour in Melbourne, Australia on Feb. 16, 2024.Graham Denholm/TAS24/Getty
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“You’re Losing Me” was one of two surprise songs Swift performed during the Friday concert. She also played the title track of 2012’sRed, which she previously played on the Eras Tour at its May 21 date in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
According to fan-recordedvideos, the hitmaker introduced theMidnightsdeep cut immediately after she announced thatfans can expect a special versionof her upcoming albumThe Tortured Poets Departmentfeaturing a bonus track called “The Bolter.”
While revealing an alternate cover to her forthcoming album, due April 19, and teasing “The Bolter,” Swift said, “Tortured Poetsis an album that I think more than any of my albums that I ever made, I needed to make it.”
TheFolkloreartist continued, “It was really a lifeline for me — just the things that I was going through, the things that I was writing about, it kind of reminded me why songwriting actually gets me through my life. I’ve never had an album that I needed songwriting more than I needed it onTortured Poets.”
During the concert, Swift also expressed how grateful she was to be playing herbiggest show to date, as she brought 96,000 fans to the sold-out show at Melbourne’s Cricket Ground.
Swift resumed her career-spanning Eras Tour in February, kicking off withfour shows at Japan’s Tokyo Dome.
After the final Tokyo show on Feb. 10, the superstarreturned to the U.S.to watch her boyfriendTravis Kelceon the Kansas City Chiefs play in the 2024Super Bowl, and she then resumed her live performances on Feb. 16. The tour’s Australia and Asia leg will continue through early March. Later in the spring, she’llbring the show to Europe.
source: people.com
