Taylor Swift was joined by Phoebe Bridgers for the primary reside efficiency of their collaboration “Nothing New” throughout Swift’s Eras Tour cease at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium on Friday (Might 5).
“That is regular, proper? This can be a common day in my life,” Bridgers, who served as a gap act, joked whereas standing middle stage alongside the celebrity. Swift added, “I really feel the identical approach simply attending to sing this track with you for the very first time in a sold-out stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.”
After approving cheers from the group, the 2 pals superbly carried out the observe, which was launched in 2021 as a part of Swift’s Purple (Taylor’s Model). “Nothing New” is likely one of the “From the Vault” tracks on the re-recorded album — songs that had been written across the time of the mission’s creation however didn’t finally make the reduce. Different featured visitors on the Purple vault tracks embrace Chris Stapleton and Ed Sheeran.
Bridgers beforehand known as the “Nothing New” collab a “dream” and admitted that she received somewhat choked up in the course of the recording course of.
“I simply am so excited to have individuals take it at face worth the day that it comes out, as a result of I received teary recording it. I simply couldn’t be extra excited,” the singer instructed Billboard on the time of its launch.
Throughout her Nashville live performance on Friday, the primary of three at Nissan Stadium, Swift revealed that her third album, 2010’s Converse Now, can be her subsequent re-recorded launch. Converse Now (Taylor’s Model) is scheduled for launch on July 7.
Converse Now (Taylor’s Model) will observe Fearless (Taylor’s Model) and Purple (Taylor’s Model), each of which had been launched in 2021, because the third re-recorded studio album in her six-album endeavor. The celebrity introduced plans to re-record her first six studio albums in 2019 after being unable to buy the grasp recordings of her again catalog. As an alternative of releasing a re-recorded album final 12 months, the singer issued her tenth studio album, Midnights, which scored the largest debut week of her profession and of any album in 2022.
Watch a fan-captured video of Swift and Bridgers’ “Nothing New” efficiency in Nashville beneath.
