1 00:00:02,168 --> 00:00:03,920 Yeah. 2 00:00:10,010 --> 00:00:11,636 {\an8}That is wonderful. 3 00:00:12,804 --> 00:00:14,681 {\an8}- She likes those higher notes. - Ooh, yes. 4 00:00:16,766 --> 00:00:17,976 You know what this means? 5 00:00:18,059 --> 00:00:19,227 You're gonna have to get a piano. 6 00:00:20,353 --> 00:00:22,439 - What's that, Mom? - You're gonna have to get a piano. 7 00:00:22,522 --> 00:00:24,107 - Are you sure? - Yes, I'm sure. 8 00:00:25,734 --> 00:00:30,405 Yes. It's wonderful! 9 00:00:30,488 --> 00:00:32,198 That's wonderful! 10 00:00:57,891 --> 00:01:03,229 One, two. C stage, C. One... 11 00:01:10,278 --> 00:01:12,280 That doesn't sound good at all. 12 00:01:12,781 --> 00:01:15,366 {\an8}Once I get a cold, I just have it for a while. 13 00:01:16,034 --> 00:01:17,452 {\an8}They just kind of linger. 14 00:01:22,707 --> 00:01:25,794 Would you like a coffee from the world's most depressing coffee shop? 15 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:27,921 Oh, absolutely. 16 00:01:28,004 --> 00:01:31,174 - What do you want? Just cold brew? - I mean, when you sell it that way, yeah. 17 00:01:32,133 --> 00:01:35,762 Have you ever heard of spatchcocking a turkey? 18 00:01:37,263 --> 00:01:39,641 I think I might be tryin' that this Thanksgiving. 19 00:01:39,724 --> 00:01:41,851 I don't know if we should get jazzy with the turkey. 20 00:01:41,935 --> 00:01:43,311 Remember when we tried to fry one? 21 00:01:43,394 --> 00:01:45,146 That was a disaster, but yeah. 22 00:01:46,022 --> 00:01:49,317 I think we had an oil patch in our yard for about six months. 23 00:01:50,443 --> 00:01:53,655 But besides that, it was... inedible. 24 00:01:54,114 --> 00:01:55,990 And can you make those big ribs for Travis? 25 00:01:56,074 --> 00:01:57,659 I am making those big ribs for Travis. 26 00:01:57,742 --> 00:01:59,953 The ones he affectionately refers to as dinosaur bones. 27 00:02:00,036 --> 00:02:04,082 Big, Texas-size ribs for a Texas-size man. 28 00:02:06,084 --> 00:02:07,127 Oh, my God. 29 00:02:07,210 --> 00:02:10,046 Touring is something that really brings my family together in a lot of ways. 30 00:02:12,674 --> 00:02:17,929 For me, part of The Eras Tour is a celebration of my family. 31 00:02:19,180 --> 00:02:22,934 {\an8}Ultimately, I just don't see any of this happening 32 00:02:23,017 --> 00:02:24,978 if all of my family hadn't been involved. 33 00:02:25,061 --> 00:02:26,062 There's my stage crew 34 00:02:26,146 --> 00:02:27,147 that's my brother. 35 00:02:28,898 --> 00:02:30,233 I mean, we work together. 36 00:02:30,316 --> 00:02:32,485 We're kind of a family business for 20 years. 37 00:02:33,069 --> 00:02:36,322 This next song is by the Dixie Chicks. Oh, water. Yay. 38 00:02:36,406 --> 00:02:38,449 Her mom gets mad when she doesn't drink water. 39 00:02:39,325 --> 00:02:41,953 My parents didn't know anything about the music industry, 40 00:02:42,036 --> 00:02:43,788 but they were like, "Yeah, it's hard, yeah. 41 00:02:43,872 --> 00:02:47,125 We know nothing about it right now. We'll get some books and read." 42 00:02:47,208 --> 00:02:49,627 Like, it's pretty insane. 43 00:02:50,420 --> 00:02:51,921 My mom does this every night. 44 00:02:52,005 --> 00:02:56,759 Draws a thirteen on, so now, it's gonna be shiny and new. 45 00:02:57,302 --> 00:03:00,346 In an industry as cutthroat as the music industry, 46 00:03:00,430 --> 00:03:04,058 learning hard lessons and experiencing ups and downs, 47 00:03:04,142 --> 00:03:05,977 and triumphs and failures. 48 00:03:06,060 --> 00:03:08,938 It was a huge challenge for my whole family, 49 00:03:09,022 --> 00:03:13,151 but everybody was so locked in for my whole life. 50 00:03:13,234 --> 00:03:14,652 They all banded together to be like, 51 00:03:14,736 --> 00:03:18,031 "No, she wants this. We want this for her." 52 00:03:18,907 --> 00:03:21,951 This tour, it's an honor to work on it. 53 00:03:22,035 --> 00:03:24,579 It's a real privilege, and we know that 54 00:03:24,662 --> 00:03:28,082 'cause none of us would be doing anything that we're really good at doing 55 00:03:28,166 --> 00:03:31,252 if it wasn't for what she does, that she's incredibly good at doing. 56 00:03:32,128 --> 00:03:37,634 It's incredible fun, but mostly it's a way for us to be together as a family 57 00:03:37,717 --> 00:03:42,096 and to sort of honor this thing we've committed our entire lives to. 58 00:03:46,226 --> 00:03:49,520 I think me and Gracie are gonna change up the thing that we're gonna do. 59 00:03:49,604 --> 00:03:52,899 But we think we wanna do the song Us. instead of... 60 00:03:52,982 --> 00:03:56,152 'Cause we got, just got nominated for the Grammy for Us. 61 00:03:56,236 --> 00:04:00,573 So, a few days before we played Toronto, uh, the Grammy nominations came out. 62 00:04:00,657 --> 00:04:03,243 We were very lucky, we got six nominations. 63 00:04:03,326 --> 00:04:07,455 And one of those was for a song that I did with Gracie 64 00:04:07,538 --> 00:04:11,042 while we were still on The Eras Tour, a year ago. 65 00:04:13,294 --> 00:04:15,838 {\an8}Yeah. 66 00:04:15,922 --> 00:04:19,801 This time, last year, she and I went out to celebrate in between shows. 67 00:04:19,884 --> 00:04:22,428 We ended up having a lot of drinks. 68 00:04:22,512 --> 00:04:23,638 Wait, what do I do about this? 69 00:04:23,721 --> 00:04:25,306 Okay, you're gonna fire extinguish it. 70 00:04:25,390 --> 00:04:27,308 Okay, great. I think we're gonna die. 71 00:04:27,392 --> 00:04:29,143 - Just press it. - I don't know. 72 00:04:29,477 --> 00:04:32,313 Yeah-Yeah. Oh, my God! 73 00:04:32,397 --> 00:04:35,608 What about... I'm good. 74 00:04:35,692 --> 00:04:39,779 You never read up on it Shame, could've learned somethin' 75 00:04:39,862 --> 00:04:43,408 And then we ended up writing a song that we're really proud of. 76 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:45,076 How ironic 77 00:04:45,159 --> 00:04:46,452 - How I want it. How I... - How... 78 00:04:46,536 --> 00:04:47,912 Gifts from you, how I... 79 00:04:47,996 --> 00:04:50,373 And it just got nominated for a Grammy, 80 00:04:50,456 --> 00:04:54,043 so I just thought, wouldn't it be cool to do that song in Toronto? 81 00:04:54,127 --> 00:04:57,005 Kind of create a little, kind of, special moment, 82 00:04:57,088 --> 00:05:00,133 mash it up with one of the other songs that the fans really love. 83 00:05:00,216 --> 00:05:02,468 She had this idea to do Us. and Out of the Woods, 84 00:05:02,552 --> 00:05:03,761 which, like... 85 00:05:05,847 --> 00:05:11,060 Out of the Woods is in my, like, top three favorite songs of all time. 86 00:05:11,769 --> 00:05:14,856 Hey, dude, I have a cold, so I'm just gonna, like, briefly go through... 87 00:05:14,939 --> 00:05:17,358 So we do double chorus, like, mashup of 88 00:05:17,442 --> 00:05:20,570 Out of the Woods and Us., and I think it works in this key. 89 00:05:20,653 --> 00:05:23,406 Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet? 90 00:05:23,489 --> 00:05:25,700 Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods? 91 00:05:25,783 --> 00:05:27,785 Are we in the clear yet? Are we in the... 92 00:05:27,869 --> 00:05:30,455 So, right? So, like, um, do that whole chorus 93 00:05:30,538 --> 00:05:34,125 and then we can do back-to-back bridges, right? Like... 94 00:05:34,208 --> 00:05:35,251 Ironic 95 00:05:35,335 --> 00:05:40,214 A curse or a miracle Hearse or an oracle 96 00:05:40,298 --> 00:05:44,802 You're incomparable Fuck, it was chemical 97 00:05:44,886 --> 00:05:51,476 You plus me was Us 98 00:05:51,559 --> 00:05:52,643 Wait for it. 99 00:05:52,727 --> 00:05:56,022 But remember when you hit the brakes too soon? 100 00:05:56,105 --> 00:05:58,107 Twenty stitches in the hospital room 101 00:05:58,191 --> 00:06:00,610 You started crying, baby, I did too 102 00:06:00,693 --> 00:06:03,112 Sun came up, I was looking at you 103 00:06:03,196 --> 00:06:06,240 Anyway, so we do double ve... double bridges, 104 00:06:06,324 --> 00:06:09,535 and then we go into, like, a double chorus, like, mashup 105 00:06:09,619 --> 00:06:14,123 of Out of the Woods and Us., and it'll be so, so cool. 106 00:06:19,003 --> 00:06:23,549 Uh... Then what does she do, though? The first chorus... 107 00:06:23,633 --> 00:06:24,717 Are we i... 108 00:06:24,801 --> 00:06:26,135 Are we out of the woods yet? 109 00:06:26,219 --> 00:06:29,430 It's just insane. She just, like, can do that in her sleep. 110 00:06:29,514 --> 00:06:31,474 {\an8}Where it's, like, I'm gonna chop up 111 00:06:31,557 --> 00:06:33,017 two to five songs and make them all... 112 00:06:33,101 --> 00:06:34,227 How did she mastermind that? 113 00:06:34,310 --> 00:06:35,937 I don't know, 'cause she's just a mastermind. 114 00:06:37,146 --> 00:06:40,108 I need to, like, write in Sharpie on my arm, like... 115 00:06:40,358 --> 00:06:41,484 Don't pass out. 116 00:06:41,567 --> 00:06:45,321 "Don't pass out, the structure of the song..." 117 00:06:46,114 --> 00:06:50,743 Be, like, "Me verse, me chorus, Taylor verse, Taylor chorus. 118 00:06:51,285 --> 00:06:53,496 "Me bridge, Taylor bridge, Taylor verse..." 119 00:06:53,579 --> 00:06:56,249 Oh, my God. Wake up. 120 00:06:56,332 --> 00:06:58,709 Catch me projectile vomiting on the Eras stage. 121 00:07:13,099 --> 00:07:15,393 Catchin' my breath 122 00:07:15,476 --> 00:07:19,480 Starin' out an open window Catchin' my death 123 00:07:22,066 --> 00:07:24,777 And I couldn't be sure 124 00:07:25,736 --> 00:07:29,699 I had a feeling so peculiar 125 00:07:29,782 --> 00:07:34,954 So that this pain would be for Evermore 126 00:07:49,635 --> 00:07:53,431 Forgive me, Peter My lost fearless leader 127 00:07:53,514 --> 00:07:56,434 Evermore and Peter? Jesus. 128 00:07:56,517 --> 00:07:59,061 I don't, for the life of me, understand how she does it. 129 00:08:00,980 --> 00:08:04,859 I have no idea, because I couldn't do it if my life depended on it. 130 00:08:04,942 --> 00:08:05,985 I couldn't do it. 131 00:08:08,446 --> 00:08:10,406 There wasn't a creative bone in my body. 132 00:08:21,667 --> 00:08:23,794 It's like the background music for, like, a horror flick. 133 00:08:24,712 --> 00:08:27,048 I agree. 134 00:08:32,428 --> 00:08:33,888 - You want me to sign that now? - Yeah. 135 00:08:33,971 --> 00:08:37,808 I was completely the opposite. I went into business in school. 136 00:08:38,434 --> 00:08:42,647 I don't have a musical background or play instruments, 137 00:08:42,730 --> 00:08:46,234 but I do have this sort of intimate knowledge 138 00:08:46,317 --> 00:08:51,113 of the psyche of someone who really has to do this. 139 00:08:52,615 --> 00:08:56,661 Then it goes back to my mother... Marjorie. 140 00:09:07,296 --> 00:09:09,382 She was an opera singer. 141 00:09:10,007 --> 00:09:14,554 She was a music major out of college and went straight to work. 142 00:09:14,637 --> 00:09:16,806 Live radio, performing out of New York. 143 00:09:17,557 --> 00:09:20,726 But she married my dad, and they started moving around the world. 144 00:09:20,810 --> 00:09:26,190 So wherever they were living, she would star in local operas. 145 00:09:26,274 --> 00:09:29,694 Everywhere we went, she was absolutely beloved. 146 00:09:33,197 --> 00:09:37,702 My sister and I were often brought along and put in the front row, listening. 147 00:09:38,619 --> 00:09:42,373 And on the way home, I remember she would say to me, 148 00:09:42,456 --> 00:09:47,545 "So, Andrea, during that part of the delivery, 149 00:09:47,628 --> 00:09:49,547 did it make you wanna cry?" 150 00:09:50,131 --> 00:09:54,135 And I would say, "Well, Mom, um... 151 00:09:54,218 --> 00:09:55,511 a little bit, little bi..." 152 00:09:55,595 --> 00:09:58,389 You know, she was always looking for feedback, 153 00:09:58,472 --> 00:10:02,101 - but from an eight-year-old. - Like the... Opera. 154 00:10:09,025 --> 00:10:11,527 So I would give her what I could. 155 00:10:11,611 --> 00:10:13,863 But I knew that I had a job to do 156 00:10:13,946 --> 00:10:15,698 because I was gonna be quizzed on the way home. 157 00:10:17,199 --> 00:10:20,620 It was a beautiful relationship I had with my mom, 158 00:10:20,703 --> 00:10:26,000 but it was all with a full awareness that my mom was this person 159 00:10:26,083 --> 00:10:30,046 who loved singing, who loved to perform, and that people love. 160 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:36,385 {\an8}Dual pianos, we're going on the stage. 161 00:10:36,469 --> 00:10:37,470 {\an8}Thank you. 162 00:10:38,429 --> 00:10:40,139 {\an8}Alright. Let's go, Taylor. 163 00:10:41,098 --> 00:10:42,683 {\an8}So it began with my mother. 164 00:10:43,059 --> 00:10:44,852 {\an8}Blow kissies. 165 00:10:44,935 --> 00:10:47,772 {\an8}And I think that that prepared me, probably better 166 00:10:47,855 --> 00:10:51,108 {\an8}than anything that could have, for having a child like Taylor... 167 00:10:53,277 --> 00:10:57,531 {\an8}who pretty much wanted to follow in my mother's footsteps. 168 00:10:59,325 --> 00:11:02,328 Taylor always knew she wanted to perform... 169 00:11:03,954 --> 00:11:08,709 ...and she was already writing her own music without any co-writers. 170 00:11:08,793 --> 00:11:11,170 This is a song I wrote yesterday. 171 00:11:11,253 --> 00:11:12,546 {\an8}I wrote this song yesterday. 172 00:11:12,630 --> 00:11:14,632 {\an8}This is a song I wrote, like, a week ago. 173 00:11:14,715 --> 00:11:16,133 It's called One-Sided Goodbye. 174 00:11:16,217 --> 00:11:17,968 This song is called Beautiful Days. 175 00:11:18,052 --> 00:11:20,346 And the title's kind of self-explanatory. So, here it goes. 176 00:11:20,429 --> 00:11:25,101 And then at 11, is when Taylor looked at me and said, 177 00:11:25,184 --> 00:11:29,146 "We gotta go to Nashville. Please, please take me to Nashville. 178 00:11:29,230 --> 00:11:30,690 That is where Faith Hill went." 179 00:11:36,237 --> 00:11:40,866 Very quickly, I realized this is where my past with my mother 180 00:11:40,950 --> 00:11:43,411 was gonna really, really come into play. 181 00:11:44,620 --> 00:11:50,668 I think Taylor wanted to experience something that she thought was... 182 00:11:52,753 --> 00:11:54,463 I hate to say the word, but destiny. 183 00:11:55,423 --> 00:12:00,970 {\an8}I do think that at a very young age, we tend to know where we're going in life. 184 00:12:02,888 --> 00:12:04,181 {\an8}Thank you all so much. 185 00:12:04,265 --> 00:12:06,267 {\an8}And it's, it's good to listen to them 186 00:12:06,350 --> 00:12:08,602 and where their dreams are even at that age. 187 00:12:13,149 --> 00:12:15,025 So we're in Toronto, in my hometown. 188 00:12:17,027 --> 00:12:18,946 {\an8}Everything that I own... 189 00:12:19,029 --> 00:12:20,906 {\an8}I don't realize 'cause it's just always here. 190 00:12:20,990 --> 00:12:23,701 {\an8}It's a part of the fabric of my life, 191 00:12:23,784 --> 00:12:26,412 but truly, everything is dance-related. 192 00:12:26,495 --> 00:12:31,584 Everything is dance... This is a, I believe, a Christmas tree ornament. 193 00:12:31,667 --> 00:12:33,210 I'm such a dance geek. 194 00:12:33,294 --> 00:12:36,589 {\an8}I think more than just loving dance, I'm a true dance nerd. 195 00:12:36,672 --> 00:12:38,424 Yes, too much. 196 00:12:39,300 --> 00:12:42,052 I think you have to have a certain personality to tour. 197 00:12:43,012 --> 00:12:46,474 {\an8}Truly, it's like one thing to be a dancer or a musician, 198 00:12:46,557 --> 00:12:49,810 {\an8}but it's another thing to be able to handle what a tour entails. 199 00:12:50,561 --> 00:12:52,146 {\an8}And it's not for everybody. 200 00:12:52,897 --> 00:12:56,484 It was always for me. I did great. I loved being on the road. 201 00:12:58,194 --> 00:13:00,988 My whole life, it was my dream to tour like this. 202 00:13:01,071 --> 00:13:03,908 And I loved performing in the show. 203 00:13:05,242 --> 00:13:09,789 But after this tour, my dance career is coming to an end. 204 00:13:09,872 --> 00:13:15,169 It's like that beautiful bittersweet... I think is how, how it'll end for me. 205 00:13:16,337 --> 00:13:19,548 {\an8}Everything that I saw had dance on it. 206 00:13:19,632 --> 00:13:24,470 {\an8}So I knew from a young age that this is what you wanted to do. 207 00:13:24,553 --> 00:13:28,891 Before you could even write, you drew yourself dancing. 208 00:13:30,601 --> 00:13:33,687 {\an8}And the teacher wrote, "Amanda wants to be a dancer." 209 00:13:33,771 --> 00:13:37,399 {\an8}Aw. "I like dancing because it is fun. I dance good." 210 00:13:39,735 --> 00:13:42,780 "My mom takes me to dancing and sometimes my dad does." 211 00:13:44,031 --> 00:13:47,618 Thanks for sometimes taking me, Dad. Thanks for always taking me, Mom. 212 00:13:47,701 --> 00:13:48,953 You're welcome. 213 00:13:50,079 --> 00:13:52,957 - Are you guys excited to come on Saturday? - Oh, my gosh. Of course. 214 00:13:53,541 --> 00:13:56,252 I'm gonna try to, to wave to you guys a little bit. 215 00:13:56,335 --> 00:13:57,336 Yeah, yeah. 216 00:13:57,419 --> 00:13:59,463 But watch your step, though. Don't fall. 217 00:13:59,547 --> 00:14:01,048 Okay. Thanks, Dad. 218 00:14:10,808 --> 00:14:13,686 So as we go into these last few shows here, 219 00:14:13,769 --> 00:14:16,856 I can't help but think that this is potentially the last time 220 00:14:16,939 --> 00:14:18,607 that I will ever do this 221 00:14:18,691 --> 00:14:21,402 in front of my family and friends, you know? 222 00:14:21,485 --> 00:14:24,280 But I think we all know 223 00:14:24,363 --> 00:14:27,658 how rare and special opportunities like this are. 224 00:14:29,660 --> 00:14:33,747 And, Tay... you are... Oh, God. 225 00:14:35,666 --> 00:14:40,129 You are all things kindness and all things grace. 226 00:14:40,212 --> 00:14:44,466 And absolutely, my life is different from now moving forward 227 00:14:44,550 --> 00:14:45,634 because of you. 228 00:14:45,718 --> 00:14:47,177 So, have an incredible show. 229 00:14:47,261 --> 00:14:50,556 - You, too. We love you. - I love you guys. Let's enjoy. 230 00:14:51,599 --> 00:14:53,142 Amanda, thank you for unretiring for us. 231 00:14:54,310 --> 00:14:55,519 TAYLOR: My favorite popstar. 232 00:14:55,603 --> 00:14:56,937 AMANDA: YOU are my favorite popstar! 233 00:14:57,021 --> 00:14:58,022 Really very tired! 234 00:14:58,105 --> 00:14:59,523 Hey, let's go out there-- 235 00:14:59,607 --> 00:15:01,483 Fuck shit up! Fuck it up! 236 00:15:01,567 --> 00:15:03,068 Up! Up! Up! Up! 237 00:15:03,152 --> 00:15:04,153 - Up! Up! Up! - So... 238 00:15:05,654 --> 00:15:07,489 If you love like that, blood runs cold 239 00:15:07,573 --> 00:15:09,700 'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood 240 00:15:09,783 --> 00:15:12,536 - You know it used to be mad love - Mad love 241 00:15:12,620 --> 00:15:15,289 {\an8} So take a look what you've done 242 00:15:15,372 --> 00:15:16,665 {\an8} Cause, baby, now we got 243 00:15:16,749 --> 00:15:18,751 {\an8}- Bad blood, hey - Bad blood 244 00:15:18,834 --> 00:15:21,045 - Now we got problems - Now we got problems 245 00:15:21,128 --> 00:15:23,839 - And I don't think we can solve 'em - And I don't think we can solve 'em 246 00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:26,592 - You made a really deep cut - You made a really deep cut 247 00:15:26,675 --> 00:15:30,095 And, baby, now we got bad blood, hey 248 00:15:41,649 --> 00:15:44,944 For Taylor, it's always been about the audience. 249 00:15:46,862 --> 00:15:51,116 Making sure that she felt an intimate connection with them. 250 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:54,828 Meeting people, talking to them, hugging them. 251 00:15:54,912 --> 00:15:56,497 But with The Eras Tour... 252 00:15:58,207 --> 00:16:01,001 that could no longer be possible because of COVID 253 00:16:01,085 --> 00:16:05,339 and the risk that it brought to everybody backstage. 254 00:16:05,422 --> 00:16:08,050 That, you know, you've got this massive production... 255 00:16:08,133 --> 00:16:10,135 Having it shut down would be a disaster. 256 00:16:11,887 --> 00:16:16,642 I decided that if I couldn't meet fans in the crowd, in the show... 257 00:16:18,852 --> 00:16:21,105 then I, I have to come up with different ways... 258 00:16:22,940 --> 00:16:25,985 to still give people an intimate experience. 259 00:16:27,820 --> 00:16:31,073 Ethan Tobman is a brilliant production designer. 260 00:16:31,156 --> 00:16:34,785 I've been working with him... Mainly, I started on music videos. 261 00:16:34,868 --> 00:16:37,496 This was the biggest undertaking that we had. 262 00:16:38,455 --> 00:16:42,001 {\an8}I like to build worlds around a storyteller. 263 00:16:42,084 --> 00:16:46,630 Their relationship with their fans, our relationship with the songs. 264 00:16:46,714 --> 00:16:50,259 If every idea that you have creates an emotional response, 265 00:16:50,342 --> 00:16:53,220 you are able to make people in the last row 266 00:16:53,303 --> 00:16:54,513 feel like they're in the first row. 267 00:16:59,393 --> 00:17:01,812 I wanted to make sure that our production 268 00:17:01,895 --> 00:17:05,065 was accessible from every part of the stadium. 269 00:17:05,149 --> 00:17:07,151 Well, these people are all the way up here, 270 00:17:07,234 --> 00:17:09,361 {\an8}so we make the floor video. 271 00:17:09,445 --> 00:17:10,738 And a video screen on the floor, 272 00:17:10,821 --> 00:17:13,657 so now, as they look down, they get this incredible view... 273 00:17:13,741 --> 00:17:15,743 But now, the people on the floor can't see. 274 00:17:15,826 --> 00:17:17,619 And so we're gonna get a camera that's overhead. 275 00:17:17,703 --> 00:17:20,247 We'll be able to shoot the floor and put up on the screen. 276 00:17:21,331 --> 00:17:23,375 I mean, we have a cinematographer for this tour, 277 00:17:23,459 --> 00:17:25,294 which we've never had before. 278 00:17:25,377 --> 00:17:28,213 So many people are gonna be watching those screens, 279 00:17:28,297 --> 00:17:31,050 so we know which shots are cooler than other shots. 280 00:17:43,312 --> 00:17:46,940 And then also, I was, like, "Do some wild card stuff, Ethan. 281 00:17:47,024 --> 00:17:49,443 I want there to be a moment where the fans are, like, 'What just happened?'" 282 00:17:49,526 --> 00:17:53,489 And that's when he comes up with things like me diving into the stage. 283 00:17:54,073 --> 00:17:58,452 At which point I'm, like, "Ethan, that... this... this is not gonna work. 284 00:17:58,535 --> 00:18:00,454 How? How does that even work?" 285 00:18:03,749 --> 00:18:04,792 You got red lights 286 00:18:05,959 --> 00:18:07,086 until you get the green lights. 287 00:18:07,169 --> 00:18:09,171 Green lights tell you that you're not gonna run into anything 288 00:18:09,254 --> 00:18:10,255 Oh my god. 289 00:18:10,339 --> 00:18:11,548 And then you're into a bag. 290 00:18:11,632 --> 00:18:13,634 I wonder what that looks like from the top. 291 00:18:14,593 --> 00:18:17,346 We have video of me doing it, Ethan has it. 292 00:18:17,429 --> 00:18:18,430 From the top? 293 00:18:18,514 --> 00:18:19,515 Yes, yeah. 294 00:18:19,598 --> 00:18:21,058 - And it looks cool? - It looks even better. 295 00:18:21,517 --> 00:18:23,519 Like, as if I'm coming back from the piano. 296 00:18:23,977 --> 00:18:26,063 I'm walking here, and I just... 297 00:18:27,147 --> 00:18:28,398 Perfect. 298 00:18:28,482 --> 00:18:30,692 - Did it look good? - Yeah. 299 00:18:30,859 --> 00:18:32,903 I love it so much. Do it again? 300 00:18:32,986 --> 00:18:34,238 Yeah, if you're comfortable with it. 301 00:18:53,215 --> 00:18:54,383 People scream... 302 00:18:58,137 --> 00:18:59,847 It's happening right in front of your eyes. 303 00:19:03,016 --> 00:19:04,977 That creates joy. 304 00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:11,775 And that's, I think, what great shows do. 305 00:19:13,443 --> 00:19:15,070 Make adults feel like children. 306 00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:23,287 What we were trying to do with this tour... 307 00:19:24,246 --> 00:19:26,748 was make it the biggest thing we've ever done. 308 00:19:28,083 --> 00:19:33,338 But truthfully, none of it happens without a song... 309 00:19:33,422 --> 00:19:34,965 and a person up there willing to sing it. 310 00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:38,760 {\an8}- I love songs. - Great. 311 00:19:38,844 --> 00:19:39,845 {\an8}I love songs. 312 00:19:42,014 --> 00:19:43,182 I love songs. 313 00:19:43,265 --> 00:19:44,266 Okay. 314 00:19:47,978 --> 00:19:51,315 Storytelling for me is one of the key aspects 315 00:19:51,398 --> 00:19:53,442 that makes me feel like life is worth living. 316 00:19:53,734 --> 00:19:56,153 {\an8}'Cause our song is a slammin' screen door 317 00:19:56,236 --> 00:19:58,947 {\an8} Sneakin' out late, tappin' on his window 318 00:19:59,031 --> 00:20:00,032 {\an8}Okay. 319 00:20:00,115 --> 00:20:02,117 {\an8} When we're on the phone and he talks real slow 320 00:20:02,743 --> 00:20:04,661 {\an8}It's just, it's that important to me. 321 00:20:04,745 --> 00:20:07,414 {\an8} 'Cause it gets better than this 322 00:20:07,497 --> 00:20:12,544 {\an8} You take my hand and drag me headfirst, fearless 323 00:20:12,628 --> 00:20:17,299 And crafting a song is just, the happiest I ever am. 324 00:20:17,382 --> 00:20:20,677 {\an8}Hi. Okay, so let's go. 325 00:20:20,761 --> 00:20:25,432 I liked it better when you were on my side 326 00:20:28,393 --> 00:20:29,561 Sorry, hold on. 327 00:20:29,645 --> 00:20:31,563 I just wrote this 15 minutes ago. 328 00:20:32,022 --> 00:20:34,983 If you're in a writing session with me, like, I'll go into my lyric space... 329 00:20:35,067 --> 00:20:36,568 And it's just sort of, like, 330 00:20:36,652 --> 00:20:38,487 just rocking back and forth in a corner muttering... 331 00:20:41,198 --> 00:20:42,866 {\an8}- Let's take... - Take 332 00:20:42,950 --> 00:20:44,368 {\an8} Take my time 333 00:20:44,451 --> 00:20:47,996 Max Martin: What if you start over with the same melody so it's... 334 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:49,081 In the middle of the ni... 335 00:20:49,164 --> 00:20:50,165 Yeah, so it starts over 336 00:20:50,249 --> 00:20:51,250 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 337 00:20:51,333 --> 00:20:55,087 It's very... I've never lost that sense of just, like... 338 00:20:55,170 --> 00:20:58,590 I don't know, I... It's, for me, it's... 339 00:20:59,258 --> 00:21:02,803 It's endlessly fascinating. I never get bored of it. 340 00:21:02,886 --> 00:21:06,640 In the middle of the night, in my dreams 341 00:21:08,642 --> 00:21:12,562 Songwriting happens whether I'm on tour or not. 342 00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:18,402 Because my life has just always... been a kind of free-flowing state 343 00:21:18,485 --> 00:21:22,114 of "You live it, you feel it, you wonder about it, you write about it." 344 00:21:25,575 --> 00:21:28,870 {\an8}I started going to Sweden in between my shows, 345 00:21:28,954 --> 00:21:33,208 {\an8}and it just felt like the most exciting way to make a secret album. 346 00:21:33,458 --> 00:21:35,836 {\an8}It's understood, I ain't got to knock on wood 347 00:21:35,919 --> 00:21:41,216 {\an8}It would just be the three of us, and we would write and we would record. 348 00:21:42,050 --> 00:21:44,303 - Do you wanna hear the vocals? All right. - Yes, please. 349 00:21:44,386 --> 00:21:46,555 You don't have to hold back on the violence. 350 00:21:47,014 --> 00:21:48,390 Oh, so go, go more violent. 351 00:21:48,473 --> 00:21:51,393 I mean, it was almost like you were a little... 352 00:21:51,476 --> 00:21:52,644 I think I was trying to be in tune. 353 00:21:52,728 --> 00:21:54,521 - I didn't have the click track. - Yeah. 354 00:21:54,604 --> 00:21:55,731 I can be more violent. 355 00:21:55,814 --> 00:21:58,650 - Trust me. - All right. 356 00:21:58,734 --> 00:22:01,403 Making the album while I was on The Eras Tour, 357 00:22:01,486 --> 00:22:06,825 I was in a place in my life where life felt so full of possibility, 358 00:22:06,908 --> 00:22:08,952 and it felt like I was figuring things out, 359 00:22:09,036 --> 00:22:12,622 and it felt, like, so romantic and magical, and passionate, 360 00:22:12,706 --> 00:22:15,709 and I wanted to encapsulate that feeling on this album. 361 00:22:15,792 --> 00:22:19,129 All that time I sat alone in my tower 362 00:22:19,212 --> 00:22:23,133 You were just honing your powers Now I can see it all 363 00:22:23,216 --> 00:22:25,552 I can see it all 364 00:22:25,635 --> 00:22:28,972 Late one night You dug me out of my grave and 365 00:22:29,056 --> 00:22:32,768 Saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia 366 00:22:32,851 --> 00:22:35,270 Ophеlia Keep it one hundred... 367 00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:38,231 {\an8}We hadn't made any music together since reputation, 368 00:22:38,315 --> 00:22:40,442 {\an8}which came out in 2017. 369 00:22:40,525 --> 00:22:45,238 {\an8}So, going back and working with Max and Shellback... 370 00:22:45,322 --> 00:22:46,615 Our relationship is very much the... 371 00:22:46,698 --> 00:22:49,451 I feel like they've always been mentors, 372 00:22:49,534 --> 00:22:51,119 and I've always felt like their apprentice, 373 00:22:51,203 --> 00:22:54,247 and they are so brilliant. 374 00:22:55,999 --> 00:22:59,252 - This is a tough one. - What on Earth? 375 00:23:07,094 --> 00:23:08,970 Good job, everyone. 376 00:23:09,763 --> 00:23:10,931 Mostly dog. 377 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:15,060 It's really a very respectful relationship that you would have with people 378 00:23:15,143 --> 00:23:18,355 that you, you know, they're your peers, but you also look up to them. 379 00:23:18,438 --> 00:23:21,983 Okay, so this is a Swedish Christmas dinner. 380 00:23:22,067 --> 00:23:23,485 - No... - What is this? 381 00:23:23,568 --> 00:23:25,570 This is a... 382 00:23:25,654 --> 00:23:26,738 I don't know about dinner, but... 383 00:23:26,822 --> 00:23:28,031 I mean... 384 00:23:28,115 --> 00:23:31,159 ...is included. This is the... This is the first station. 385 00:23:31,243 --> 00:23:34,454 The first station of Swedish Christmas dinner. 386 00:23:34,538 --> 00:23:35,789 So, we put nuts 387 00:23:35,872 --> 00:23:37,874 and raisins in the cup. 388 00:23:37,958 --> 00:23:41,920 And then we put the spiced wine in there. 389 00:23:43,672 --> 00:23:45,173 And it's hot, and we drink it. 390 00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:46,758 - Yes. - I'm excited. 391 00:23:46,842 --> 00:23:48,093 That's absolutely delicious. 392 00:23:49,719 --> 00:23:52,180 This is incredible. 393 00:23:54,808 --> 00:23:56,476 Merry Christmas. 394 00:23:59,896 --> 00:24:02,023 I was really ready for that sort of challenge 395 00:24:02,107 --> 00:24:03,608 to go back in with these two people 396 00:24:03,692 --> 00:24:07,487 and really try to stretch and challenge myself 397 00:24:07,571 --> 00:24:12,367 as much as possible to make, hopefully, the best album that I could possibly make. 398 00:24:12,451 --> 00:24:13,994 Okay. And then let's go into chorus. 399 00:24:14,077 --> 00:24:15,162 I think it should be "high." 400 00:24:15,245 --> 00:24:17,706 Yeah? 401 00:24:17,789 --> 00:24:19,207 - Good thing... - Yeah. It fits, yeah. 402 00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:21,042 You know what I mean? Like, so that it's, 403 00:24:21,126 --> 00:24:23,420 it's got something weird and creepy about the "high." 404 00:24:23,503 --> 00:24:24,588 Yeah. Absolutely. 405 00:24:24,671 --> 00:24:26,882 Oh, I'm obsessed with this! 406 00:24:28,550 --> 00:24:29,593 Jesus! 407 00:24:31,595 --> 00:24:37,976 I usually hear about new music within five minutes of it being written. 408 00:24:38,059 --> 00:24:42,397 If anyone called me "Honey" It was standin' in the bathroom... 409 00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:47,694 That is the best thing I can possibly think of, and also, the scariest. 410 00:24:48,236 --> 00:24:51,698 Because now I know something that nobody else knows, 411 00:24:51,781 --> 00:24:53,200 other than the people who are in that room, 412 00:24:53,825 --> 00:24:55,535 and that's a massive responsibility. 413 00:24:55,619 --> 00:24:56,912 It's like, I don't... "No, don't send. 414 00:24:56,995 --> 00:24:59,456 No, don't send it to me. I don't want it on my phone. No, no, no." 415 00:24:59,539 --> 00:25:01,625 Or like, "I'm immortal now, baby dolls." 416 00:25:01,708 --> 00:25:03,668 Like, you're still talking to all those girls. 417 00:25:03,752 --> 00:25:04,836 Right. Yeah. 418 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:09,090 But I'm immortal now, baby dolls 419 00:25:09,174 --> 00:25:12,427 I couldn't if I tried 420 00:25:12,511 --> 00:25:14,304 That. I liked that other one 421 00:25:14,387 --> 00:25:15,430 - that you went to. - Yeah. 422 00:25:15,514 --> 00:25:16,848 I couldn't 423 00:25:16,932 --> 00:25:20,977 - if I tried... - If I tried 424 00:25:21,061 --> 00:25:22,062 You know. 425 00:25:22,145 --> 00:25:24,731 "Thank you for the lovely bouquet!" 426 00:25:24,814 --> 00:25:27,734 I think you... I think you put... Uh, bring the beat back on "bouquet!" 427 00:25:27,817 --> 00:25:29,194 - Yeah, yeah. - Damn it. 428 00:25:29,277 --> 00:25:30,820 I just love it. 429 00:25:30,904 --> 00:25:36,826 I love being hyper-detailed and having an... 430 00:25:36,910 --> 00:25:40,997 having several overarching themes that are woven throughout. 431 00:25:41,081 --> 00:25:44,334 And I think the fans have really gotten 432 00:25:44,417 --> 00:25:47,671 into that obsessive nature of my storytelling, too. 433 00:25:48,338 --> 00:25:50,048 I think for a lot of people, 434 00:25:50,131 --> 00:25:52,509 they feel such a personal connection to her, 435 00:25:52,592 --> 00:25:57,222 her deeply personal writing, the, the drama that she's been through, 436 00:25:57,305 --> 00:26:00,100 {\an8}the heartbreak and regret that she shared with people. 437 00:26:00,183 --> 00:26:03,853 And I think it must be meaningful to her for that to resonate. 438 00:26:03,937 --> 00:26:05,522 - Whoo! - Yeah. 439 00:26:06,231 --> 00:26:09,651 {\an8}All right. This is gonna be my last song for today. 440 00:26:09,734 --> 00:26:13,029 Taylor Swift is one of my favorite singers and inspired me to sing one of her songs. 441 00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:17,409 I think a lot of people can relate to this. 442 00:26:17,492 --> 00:26:20,996 I wanted to give a compilation of lyrics that I still have yet to recover from. 443 00:26:21,079 --> 00:26:26,126 When you are young, they assume you know nothing 444 00:26:27,961 --> 00:26:31,464 One of the things that sets her apart from a lot of other people is how she writes. 445 00:26:37,012 --> 00:26:40,181 Bleedin' 446 00:26:40,307 --> 00:26:44,686 'Cause I knew you Steppin' on the last train 447 00:26:44,769 --> 00:26:48,189 Marked me like a bloodstain, I... 448 00:26:56,865 --> 00:27:00,493 I knew you Hand under my sweater 449 00:27:00,577 --> 00:27:03,330 Baby, kiss it better, I... 450 00:27:03,413 --> 00:27:07,000 Her writing is personal and it's vulnerable, and it's very specific. 451 00:27:07,083 --> 00:27:10,670 But in that specificity, people see themselves. 452 00:27:10,754 --> 00:27:16,676 {\an8}'Cause there we are again when I loved you so 453 00:27:18,094 --> 00:27:23,808 Back before you lost the one real thing you've ever known 454 00:27:23,892 --> 00:27:26,394 I don't remember a time existing without her music. 455 00:27:27,145 --> 00:27:30,065 Every chapter of my life was marked by an album of hers 456 00:27:30,148 --> 00:27:31,524 that came out around the same time. 457 00:27:33,526 --> 00:27:35,695 I started writing music when I was eight. 458 00:27:35,779 --> 00:27:38,365 I remember my friends saying, 459 00:27:38,448 --> 00:27:42,035 "Would you rather have ten trillion dollars, 460 00:27:42,118 --> 00:27:43,578 or, like, write a song with Taylor Swift?" 461 00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:46,164 I'm like, "Write a song with Taylor Swift." 462 00:27:47,374 --> 00:27:49,084 Us 463 00:27:50,210 --> 00:27:52,295 Us. 464 00:27:53,588 --> 00:27:54,964 Oh, this is gonna be a fun one. 465 00:27:55,674 --> 00:27:57,217 - Hello. - Hi, hi, hi, hi. 466 00:27:57,300 --> 00:27:59,260 Hi! Like your dress. 467 00:27:59,344 --> 00:28:01,054 Thanks, man. 468 00:28:01,137 --> 00:28:02,138 How're you feeling? 469 00:28:02,222 --> 00:28:04,516 - I'm, you know, I'll get there. - Oh, good. 470 00:28:04,599 --> 00:28:07,018 This is gonna pull me through my cold. This is a medical thing for me. 471 00:28:08,687 --> 00:28:10,480 So what I would do is, 472 00:28:10,563 --> 00:28:12,524 I'd start out by, like, talking to them about... 473 00:28:14,192 --> 00:28:17,404 how we're so excited 'cause we just got nominated for a Grammy together. 474 00:28:18,071 --> 00:28:22,200 So, we thought, "What better than to play a little song for you now." 475 00:28:22,283 --> 00:28:24,744 And then I'll be like, "Gracie, come out." 476 00:28:25,912 --> 00:28:26,913 What? 477 00:28:26,996 --> 00:28:28,707 The way they fit together!? I was like, ahh! 478 00:28:28,790 --> 00:28:30,625 Oh, it's crazy. No, the double bridge 479 00:28:30,709 --> 00:28:32,544 - is gonna send me off a cliff. - I know! 480 00:28:34,379 --> 00:28:39,134 I know you know It felt just like a joke 481 00:28:39,217 --> 00:28:43,138 I show, you don't, and now we're talkin' 482 00:28:43,221 --> 00:28:46,099 It still feels surreal to be here, you know. 483 00:28:46,182 --> 00:28:49,644 She's just the easiest person to be around. She's such a dear friend. 484 00:28:49,728 --> 00:28:51,229 I fucking love her. 485 00:28:51,312 --> 00:28:55,108 And then, sometimes, I'm like, " How is it that we're singing this song?" 486 00:28:55,859 --> 00:28:58,445 For me, this is like a dream. 487 00:28:58,528 --> 00:29:01,740 Us, u... 488 00:29:01,823 --> 00:29:02,824 I'm always kinda like so smiley. 489 00:29:02,907 --> 00:29:03,992 It's gonna be great. 490 00:29:04,075 --> 00:29:06,327 I felt it, you held it 491 00:29:06,411 --> 00:29:12,834 Do you miss us, us? 492 00:29:12,917 --> 00:29:17,464 Wonder if you regret the secret 493 00:29:17,547 --> 00:29:22,218 Of us, us 494 00:29:22,302 --> 00:29:26,014 Us, us, us 495 00:29:26,097 --> 00:29:31,102 Looking at it now It all seems so simple... 496 00:29:31,186 --> 00:29:33,354 Taylor! Taylor! Taylor! 497 00:29:33,438 --> 00:29:37,609 I think you'll remember the genius, brilliant young lady 498 00:29:37,692 --> 00:29:40,236 you saw earlier tonight, Gracie Abrams. 499 00:29:42,489 --> 00:29:48,870 So will you please welcome to the stage once again Gracie Abrams! 500 00:29:56,878 --> 00:30:01,758 I know you know It felt just like a joke 501 00:30:01,841 --> 00:30:06,763 I show, you don't, and now we're talkin' 502 00:30:06,846 --> 00:30:11,768 There's something that happens between friends who make music. 503 00:30:11,851 --> 00:30:14,687 It's this kind of, like, undeniable bond that you have. 504 00:30:14,771 --> 00:30:16,397 What seemed like fate becomes 505 00:30:16,481 --> 00:30:18,566 - "What the hell was I doin'?" - "The hell was I doin'?" 506 00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:21,611 With Gracie, we've had so many special moments. 507 00:30:21,694 --> 00:30:25,573 Us, us, us, us 508 00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:31,913 Looking at it now It all seems so simple 509 00:30:34,958 --> 00:30:37,460 We were lying on your couch 510 00:30:37,544 --> 00:30:38,920 I love you, Gracie. 511 00:30:39,003 --> 00:30:41,673 You know, my opening acts on this tour 512 00:30:41,756 --> 00:30:44,300 are kids that were, like, ten years old at my show. 513 00:30:45,260 --> 00:30:47,720 And now that we're singing together, like, 514 00:30:47,804 --> 00:30:51,266 you just can't believe the way that everything's falling into place 515 00:30:51,349 --> 00:30:53,768 in the way you never could have dreamed it would. 516 00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:55,603 In the clear yet? Good 517 00:30:55,687 --> 00:30:58,064 Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet? 518 00:30:58,147 --> 00:31:00,358 Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods? 519 00:31:00,441 --> 00:31:02,861 Are we in the clear yet? Are we in the clear yet? 520 00:31:02,944 --> 00:31:06,114 - In the clear yet? - In the clear yet? Good 521 00:31:11,327 --> 00:31:14,622 Toronto, give it up again for Gracie Abrams! 522 00:31:27,343 --> 00:31:30,722 You know, I look forward to seeing the different ways 523 00:31:30,805 --> 00:31:33,016 that the fans react from night to night. 524 00:31:33,099 --> 00:31:35,852 And you see the tears, and you see the hugging each other, 525 00:31:35,935 --> 00:31:37,270 and it just... I love it. 526 00:31:38,187 --> 00:31:41,024 For me, personally, watching the show, 527 00:31:41,107 --> 00:31:45,528 that moment that Taylor appears, and there she is, 528 00:31:45,612 --> 00:31:51,659 that to me is absolutely worth everything. 529 00:31:52,744 --> 00:31:57,832 It makes me feel like this was my calling in life. 530 00:31:57,916 --> 00:32:01,586 Whether it was Taylor or my mom, 531 00:32:01,669 --> 00:32:04,714 it was to be around someone who loves entertaining 532 00:32:04,797 --> 00:32:06,925 and is extraordinarily talented. 533 00:32:07,008 --> 00:32:12,555 It was just... just ditto. It just happened all over again. 534 00:32:16,267 --> 00:32:20,146 You know, Taylor sings Marjorie, which is dedicated to my mother. 535 00:32:20,229 --> 00:32:26,861 And, you know, we... 536 00:32:26,945 --> 00:32:30,448 I knew I was gonna do it at some point. 537 00:32:30,531 --> 00:32:36,454 "A kitten's fur is soft. Touch and feel." Touch it. 538 00:32:37,664 --> 00:32:41,459 The experience writing Marjorie was... 539 00:32:41,542 --> 00:32:44,212 {\an8}I was kind of a wreck at times writing it. 540 00:32:44,295 --> 00:32:45,922 {\an8}I would sort of break down, sometimes. 541 00:32:47,006 --> 00:32:53,805 If I didn't know better I'd think you were talking to me now 542 00:32:53,888 --> 00:32:56,099 She died when I was 13, 543 00:32:56,182 --> 00:32:58,726 when I was on a trip to Nashville to try and make it. 544 00:33:00,061 --> 00:33:04,065 So, I've always just sort of felt like she was 545 00:33:04,148 --> 00:33:06,484 just seeing... seeing this, you know. 546 00:33:06,567 --> 00:33:10,071 One of the things that still rips me apart when I listen to it 547 00:33:10,154 --> 00:33:11,948 is that she's singing with me on this song. 548 00:33:13,908 --> 00:33:15,410 I wrote these lyrics... 549 00:33:15,493 --> 00:33:21,666 And if I didn't know better I'd think you were singing to me now 550 00:33:24,544 --> 00:33:26,254 Then you hear her actually sing. 551 00:33:31,134 --> 00:33:33,052 It's things like that, that just make you feel like 552 00:33:33,136 --> 00:33:35,096 your whole heart is in this whole thing. 553 00:33:37,306 --> 00:33:42,103 During the tour... she does Marjorie. 554 00:33:43,688 --> 00:33:45,398 And I said to her, "God, Taylor, 555 00:33:45,481 --> 00:33:47,692 I don't know if I can make it through the tour 556 00:33:47,775 --> 00:33:52,947 crying every night when you sing that song." It just gets me. 557 00:33:55,992 --> 00:33:57,994 It started off as something very simple. 558 00:33:59,495 --> 00:34:02,331 You know, we didn't even have lights prepared for that song. 559 00:34:04,083 --> 00:34:08,504 We didn't know that the fans were going to honor that song 560 00:34:08,588 --> 00:34:10,256 with the reverence that they do. 561 00:34:12,592 --> 00:34:15,094 That they were gonna hold their phones up. 562 00:34:22,268 --> 00:34:27,940 It just became a very loving tribute to her grandmother. 563 00:34:28,024 --> 00:34:33,738 {\an8}We do Marjorie every night. You know, I think about family. 564 00:34:33,821 --> 00:34:37,658 My dad passed away last year. She's singing about her grandmother, 565 00:34:37,742 --> 00:34:41,496 but those of us that have gone through something similar in the recent years, 566 00:34:41,579 --> 00:34:45,333 like, that's always kind of an emotional moment in the night. 567 00:34:45,416 --> 00:34:50,463 {\an8}My papa was a big part of the family, my favorite person in the whole world. 568 00:34:50,546 --> 00:34:53,007 And he unfortunately passed. 569 00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:56,636 Every single time I'm on that stage, I definitely feel his presence, 570 00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:58,471 especially the first night. 571 00:34:58,554 --> 00:35:01,891 Just this big rush fell over me, and I was like, "That's my grandpa." 572 00:35:01,974 --> 00:35:08,189 {\an8}Marjorie is about Taylor's grandmother, but it's personal to me, 573 00:35:08,272 --> 00:35:11,609 {\an8}and I think that's a testament to Taylor's writing 574 00:35:11,692 --> 00:35:15,571 because it really feels like it's your own experience. 575 00:35:16,656 --> 00:35:20,952 The idea that you have a loss, 576 00:35:21,035 --> 00:35:24,914 and yet they are still here with us, 577 00:35:24,997 --> 00:35:28,960 is kind of what I need to cling to in... every night. 578 00:35:30,878 --> 00:35:36,134 So, we didn't have the light going, but it was... 579 00:35:36,217 --> 00:35:40,888 I've been performing with Taylor for 12 years, 580 00:35:40,972 --> 00:35:46,727 and truly, The Eras Tour was a surprise to all of us. 581 00:35:46,811 --> 00:35:51,107 We had had COVID, we all wanted to be together to make music again. 582 00:35:51,190 --> 00:35:55,444 I know I very much needed to be here to make music again. 583 00:35:55,528 --> 00:35:58,072 We're back together! 584 00:35:58,739 --> 00:36:01,701 I lost my mother September of 21. 585 00:36:01,784 --> 00:36:03,786 So, when rehearsals started, 586 00:36:03,870 --> 00:36:08,749 not only did I need music and need to be with my band family... 587 00:36:13,171 --> 00:36:15,548 I needed to heal. 588 00:36:19,427 --> 00:36:22,263 Guys... 589 00:36:22,388 --> 00:36:26,100 Music is the thing that is the most healing to me. 590 00:36:32,106 --> 00:36:33,900 I'm like, "Don't fall." 591 00:36:34,775 --> 00:36:41,657 I, for the past few years, have been really learning to accept 592 00:36:41,741 --> 00:36:47,246 and lean into that two different things can be true at one time. 593 00:36:48,831 --> 00:36:53,502 And, last year, that really, uh, smacked me in the face 594 00:36:53,586 --> 00:36:55,504 because we started this tour 595 00:36:55,588 --> 00:36:59,550 and we were all making memories and falling in love with each other, 596 00:36:59,634 --> 00:37:03,638 and I was the happiest I had been in some time. 597 00:37:03,721 --> 00:37:10,102 And at the same time, I was heartbroken every moment 598 00:37:10,186 --> 00:37:14,690 because my mother wasn't here to experience this joy 599 00:37:14,774 --> 00:37:18,236 and to, uh, see The Eras Tour. 600 00:37:19,987 --> 00:37:25,701 Yeah. Like, if you saw me sobbing somewhere, 601 00:37:25,785 --> 00:37:29,664 you'd never know that I was the happiest I had been in a while. 602 00:37:29,747 --> 00:37:33,417 And, um, if you saw my joy, 603 00:37:33,501 --> 00:37:36,796 it was often that I was pretty devastated 604 00:37:36,879 --> 00:37:42,426 And so, knowing that, I just want to, I don't know, 605 00:37:42,510 --> 00:37:45,513 give permission to feel both. 606 00:37:46,430 --> 00:37:51,519 To be here, feel what we feel, be as present as you can 607 00:37:51,602 --> 00:37:54,397 in these next four shows. 608 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:57,108 Thank you to all of you. Let's go fuck this shit up. 609 00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:02,905 - Let's go makeup. - Yep. 610 00:38:02,989 --> 00:38:06,033 Ooh. 611 00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:09,578 All right. All right, guys, you heard her. Let's go out there and... 612 00:38:09,662 --> 00:38:13,499 Fuck shit up! Fuck it up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up! 613 00:38:35,771 --> 00:38:41,986 Never be so kind, you forget to be clever 614 00:38:45,448 --> 00:38:50,286 Never be so clever, you forget to be kind 615 00:38:55,541 --> 00:38:58,627 And if I didn't know better 616 00:38:58,711 --> 00:39:03,299 I'd think you were talking to me now 617 00:39:05,801 --> 00:39:09,055 If I didn't know better 618 00:39:10,931 --> 00:39:13,601 I'd think you were still around 619 00:39:15,728 --> 00:39:20,733 What died didn't stay dead What died didn't stay dead 620 00:39:20,816 --> 00:39:25,029 You're alive, you're alive in my head 621 00:39:25,613 --> 00:39:30,284 What died didn't stay dead What died didn't stay dead 622 00:39:30,368 --> 00:39:34,872 You're alive, so alive 623 00:39:34,955 --> 00:39:40,044 The autumn chill that wakes me up You loved the amber skies so much 624 00:39:40,127 --> 00:39:41,837 Long limbs and frozen swims 625 00:39:41,921 --> 00:39:44,632 You'd always go past where our feet could touch 626 00:39:44,715 --> 00:39:47,760 And I complained the whole way there 627 00:39:47,843 --> 00:39:49,762 The car ride back and up the stairs 628 00:39:49,845 --> 00:39:56,185 I should've asked you questions I should've asked you how to be 629 00:39:56,268 --> 00:39:58,521 Asked you to write it down for me 630 00:39:58,604 --> 00:40:01,524 Should've kept every grocery store receipt 631 00:40:01,607 --> 00:40:05,152 'Cause every scrap of you would be taken from me 632 00:40:05,903 --> 00:40:08,697 Watched as you signed your name Marjorie 633 00:40:08,781 --> 00:40:11,575 All your closets of backlogged dreams 634 00:40:11,659 --> 00:40:14,286 And how you left them all to me 635 00:40:15,454 --> 00:40:20,584 What died didn't stay dead What died didn't stay dead 636 00:40:20,668 --> 00:40:25,005 You're alive, you're alive in my head 637 00:40:25,089 --> 00:40:30,636 What died didn't stay dead What died didn't stay dead 638 00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:33,639 You're alive, so alive 639 00:40:35,808 --> 00:40:38,686 And if I didn't know better 640 00:40:38,769 --> 00:40:43,149 I'd think you were singing to me now 641 00:40:45,901 --> 00:40:48,946 If I didn't know better 642 00:40:50,656 --> 00:40:53,784 I'd think you were still around 643 00:40:56,203 --> 00:40:58,164 I know better 644 00:40:58,247 --> 00:41:00,875 My mom's voice is in that song. 645 00:41:00,958 --> 00:41:06,213 And she would have loved to have seen all of this, 646 00:41:06,297 --> 00:41:08,841 and she'd be so proud and... 647 00:41:08,924 --> 00:41:12,803 I think she'd also be really, really stoked 648 00:41:12,887 --> 00:41:14,722 that she's now singing in the stadium every night. 649 00:42:06,023 --> 00:42:08,984 Toronto, we're, we're, uh, we're at the very end of this tour, 650 00:42:09,068 --> 00:42:11,820 so you doing that, um, you have no idea 651 00:42:11,904 --> 00:42:16,408 how much it means to me and to, um... 652 00:42:24,416 --> 00:42:28,003 And to my band and to my crew and everybody who's put so much of this, 653 00:42:28,087 --> 00:42:31,757 into this tour, into their... their... I don't even know what I'm saying anymore. 654 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,176 That is... Uh, I'm just having a bit of a moment, sorry. 655 00:42:40,266 --> 00:42:43,602 - It's not even the last show. - Um, you know... 656 00:42:49,650 --> 00:42:52,570 I love you guys. Thank you so much for that. 657 00:43:11,130 --> 00:43:14,466 ...when we go to Vancouver. 658 00:43:19,888 --> 00:43:20,889 That was insane. 659 00:43:20,973 --> 00:43:24,643 That was fun. Oh, the... It got... I got emotional. I felt like a dumbass. 660 00:43:24,727 --> 00:43:25,728 That was the best part. 661 00:43:25,811 --> 00:43:29,398 I couldn't put words together, Austin. That was kind of embarrassing. 662 00:43:30,357 --> 00:43:32,776 That's nice of you to say, though. You're a very supportive person. 663 00:43:32,860 --> 00:43:34,361 That was the best part of the whole thing. 664 00:43:34,445 --> 00:43:36,322 That's nice of you to say that. 665 00:43:36,405 --> 00:43:37,448 It was incredible. 666 00:43:37,531 --> 00:43:38,907 You know what got me was like, 667 00:43:38,991 --> 00:43:43,329 Kamilah made this speech before the show 668 00:43:43,412 --> 00:43:45,581 where she was talking about how her mom died. 669 00:43:45,664 --> 00:43:47,666 Like, her mom died recently. 670 00:43:47,750 --> 00:43:50,169 And she was just saying, like, how heartbroken she is 671 00:43:50,252 --> 00:43:53,297 that her mom never got to see The Eras Tour 672 00:43:53,380 --> 00:43:55,007 and never got to see her do this. 673 00:43:55,090 --> 00:43:56,675 And I was just thinking about it all night. 674 00:43:56,759 --> 00:43:58,636 I was th... And I kn... You know, and I knew that. 675 00:43:58,719 --> 00:44:00,929 We always used to, like, make eye contact on Marjorie, 676 00:44:01,013 --> 00:44:02,723 me and Kamilah, because of her mom. 677 00:44:02,806 --> 00:44:06,143 But it put it in perspective, like, I don't know, 678 00:44:06,226 --> 00:44:10,022 like the fact that, that Mom did get to see it. 679 00:44:10,105 --> 00:44:14,735 And, like, Travis got to see it, and Dad got to see it. 680 00:44:14,818 --> 00:44:19,198 And, like, I just felt so lucky, and that's what, is like, cracked me. 681 00:44:19,281 --> 00:44:21,450 - Yeah. - It cracked me wide open. 682 00:44:23,744 --> 00:44:26,622 {\an8}Oh, my god, it was unreal, It was incredible. 683 00:44:26,705 --> 00:44:28,457 {\an8}It really was. And I think you have 684 00:44:28,540 --> 00:44:30,292 every right to feel emotional because... 685 00:44:30,376 --> 00:44:31,960 It has to be hitting you honey that 686 00:44:32,044 --> 00:44:33,045 Yeah. 687 00:44:33,128 --> 00:44:34,963 this has been the dream tour of your life. 688 00:44:35,047 --> 00:44:37,383 Yeah, it has. I just never thought, 689 00:44:37,466 --> 00:44:40,010 I never thought we'd ever do something this good. 690 00:44:40,094 --> 00:44:41,720 I mean, it's gonna be an emotional time 691 00:44:41,804 --> 00:44:43,597 - from here on out, through the end. - Mm-hmm. 692 00:44:43,681 --> 00:44:45,933 It's so crazy that, like, all this has happened 693 00:44:46,016 --> 00:44:49,311 and we all got to experience it together. We love you. 694 00:44:49,395 --> 00:44:50,813 - Love you! - Love you, too.