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00:00 So I know Right Where You Left Me is this song where you're supposed to feel shell-shocked,
00:16 but I really didn't expect to feel absolutely just stunned, perhaps even more so by Castle's
00:20 Freaking Crumbling.
00:25 Maybe everyone wondered Right Where You Left Me, but this performance of Castle's Crumbling
00:28 may have been even better and I'll explain why in a sec, but first let's just highlight
00:33 the one part of this song that just absolutely ended me right here last night.
00:40 Now for those of you watching the livestream, you probably noticed I wasn't talking during
00:44 these surprise songs and while I did try to be quiet and let you guys hear the surprise
00:48 songs as much as possible, I honestly just had no words at this moment in time.
00:56 Like literally if you asked me what I thought, I had no reply, I needed like a day just to
01:01 digest and reflect on this performance and really really grasp just how beautifully she
01:10 performs some of these lyrics.
01:12 Like the way she says "Hate me, that airiness is just so so exquisite and hauntingly touching."
01:23 The way she captures Castle's crumbling.
01:29 That imagery and the melodies of this song is incredible.
01:33 Parts like this.
01:37 And parts like this.
01:40 And parts like this.
01:45 The combo of two whole notes followed by two 16th notes and two 8th notes is such a rhythm
01:50 that captures the noun "castles" and its descriptor "crumbling" so beautifully.
01:55 It's not just straight "castles crumbling down" it's "castles crumbling down the
02:01 night."
02:02 Literally we can feel brick by brick the castles crumbling.
02:08 And honestly, castles weren't the only thing crumbling that night because I was also crumbling.
02:13 The way her voice was brought to the forefront with just the piano as the acoustic honestly
02:19 made this superior to the studio version in my opinion.
02:23 Sometimes less is truly more and all you need are simple notes like this on the piano in
02:27 Taylor's voice.
02:37 Like that is just so elegant.
02:39 Anyhow I just wanted to talk about how I enjoyed this performance so much and the technical
02:43 aspects of why it just left me speechless.
02:47 It's so cool to really analyze these things because you have no idea how many things are
02:50 actually going on with her including her voice, instrumentals, melodies, rhythms, breath control,
02:56 etc that make these performances so awe-inspiring.
02:59 It's not just skill but talent in front of 70,000 people nonetheless.
03:04 But yeah if you made it to the end, full performance is in the description.
03:07 I'll see you all in Swiftie Claire for night 2 in a few hours.
03:12 Honestly now that we're nearing the end of the US ERA's tour I really think we're
03:15 going to get some banger surprise song nights and I'm really excited so be sure to tune
03:20 in if you have the chance over and out.
03:23 Bye.
03:24 Bye.
03:26 Bye.
03:27 Bye.
03:28 Bye.
03:30 Bye.
03:31 (audience cheering)