{"id":642938,"date":"2023-04-29T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/29\/taylor-swift-performs-coney-island-live-for-the-first-time-without-the-national\/"},"modified":"2023-04-29T10:28:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T15:28:00","slug":"taylor-swift-performs-coney-island-live-for-the-first-time-without-the-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/29\/taylor-swift-performs-coney-island-live-for-the-first-time-without-the-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Performs \u2018Coney Island\u2019 Live for the First Time \u2014 Without The\u00a0National"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Swift carefully chose her words in introducing “Coney Island” to the Atlanta crowd: “No one else is here. You are stuck with me. It’s only me.”<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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Taylor Swift performs onstage during The Eras Tour at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on April 28, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tTaylor Swift<\/a> performed \u201cConey Island\u201d live for the first time in Atlanta Friday night (April 28). But the Evermore<\/em> highlight, a heart-wrenching track that features The National<\/a>\u2018s Matt Berninger trading vocals with Swift, was a solo performance at the city\u2019s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.<\/p>\n

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\n\tSwift carefully chose her words in introducing \u201cConey Island\u201d to the stadium bursting with zealous fans, clarifying that she had something special up her sleeve but the surprise would be delivered by her alone.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAny time I\u2019m gonna talk about or even reference another artist, I feel inclined to tell you that if they\u2019re not here, they\u2019re not here,\u201d she told the crowd. \u201cNo one else is here. You are stuck with me. It\u2019s only me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe continued, \u201cBut I am gonna talk about another artist. I just feel like, you know, stadiums are huge and it\u2019s important to really communicate, so that\u2019s what I\u2019m doing. I\u2019m gonna talk about another artist who has an album that just came out that is so incredible. The National just had an album come out. This band has influenced me beyond my ability to verbalize how much they\u2019ve influenced me \u2014 just lyrically, their ability to set a scene, their ability to tell a story. And obviously, Aaron Dessner is in The National and he has completely changed my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSwift took a moment to promote the band\u2019s new album and her own contribution to it, her new National collab \u201cThe Alcott<\/a>,\u201d which was released the same day as her first of three Atlanta shows. Sitting at the piano, she then sang \u201cConey Island,\u201d which Swifties have been eager to hear live during the surprise songs<\/a> segment of her Eras Tour set.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI was lucky enough to be able to write a song with them for their new album, which is called the\u00a0First Two Pages of Frankenstein<\/em>. Check it out, stream it, buy it on vinyl. I love them so much. They\u2019ve been so kind to me. So, I\u2019m not gonna sing the song that we have on this new album \u2014 it\u2019s called \u2018The Alcott\u2019 \u2014 check that out, though. But I am gonna sing \u2018Coney Island.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch a fan-captured video of Swift\u2019s solo version of Evermore<\/em>\u2018s \u201cConey Island\u201d live from Atlanta below.<\/p>\n

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