Taylor Swift Performs Emotional ‘How Did It End?’ Live Following Upbeat Max Martin Medley in Stockholm

20 May at 00:34

Taylor Swift Eras Tour Stockholm — Taylor Swift carries out at Friends Arena on May 17, 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Taylor Swift‘s surprise song set went from celebratory to somber in Stockholm on Sunday (May 19). For the acoustic section of her third Eras show at Friends Arena, Swift was all smiles as she dedicated a medley to Sweden’ s Max Martin– and afterwards filled with sorrowful for the online launching of “How Did It End?” from The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology.

First up was Swift’s pop assortment on guitar in honor of the “genius pop songwriters and producers” she’s claimed she’s collaborated with. “Max is actually here tonight,” she explained, disclosing that she was mosting likely to play “what I am calling the Max Martin Medley.”

She began with “Message in a Bottle,” the very first track she ever before created with Martin, which was penciled with Martin and Shellback for her 2012 cd Red however really did not obtain launched up until 2021’s Red (Taylor’s Version) “Message in a Bottle” is a safe track on Swift’s rerecorded variation of the collection.

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“How You Get the Girl” and “New Romantics,” both from the 1989 period, finished the positive assortment that Swift looked elated to dip into the 3rd of a triad of programs in Stockholm this weekend break.

But the happy state of mind changed when Swift rested at her piano and informed the group, “I’ve never performed this one live before,” and afterwards went directly right into “How Did It End?” fromTortured Poets Featured on the Anthology version of the celebrity’s brand-new cd, “How Did It End?” is a mixing ballad that examines the collapse of a partnership.

While Swift got on phase doing in Stockholm, Billboard reported that The Tortured Poets Department has actually secured its 4th successive week atop the Billboard 200.

After covering a three-day job in Stockholm, she’ll be taking her Eras Tour to Lisbon, Portugal, for a collection of shows following weekend break.

Watch clips of “How Did It End?” and Swift’s assortment of “Message in a Bottle,” “How You Get the Girl” and “New Romantics” listed below. Check out a total checklist of all the various other shock tracks Swift has actually executed on The Eras Tour up until now right here.