Taylor Swift was joined by Phoebe Bridgers for the primary dwell 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? It is a common day in my life,” Bridgers, who served as a gap act, joked whereas standing heart stage alongside the celebrity. Swift added, “I really feel the identical method simply attending to sing this music with you for the very first time in a sold-out stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.”
After approving cheers from the group, the 2 mates fantastically carried out the monitor, which was launched in 2021 as a part of Swift’s Crimson (Taylor’s Model). “Nothing New” is without doubt one of the “From the Vault” tracks on the re-recorded album — songs that have been written across the time of the venture’s creation however didn’t finally make the reduce. Different featured friends on the Crimson vault tracks embody Chris Stapleton and Ed Sheeran.
Bridgers beforehand referred to as the “Nothing New” collab a “dream” and admitted that she bought a little bit 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 bought teary recording it. I simply couldn’t be extra excited,” the singer informed 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 Communicate Now, might be her subsequent re-recorded launch. Communicate Now (Taylor’s Model) is scheduled for launch on July 7.
Communicate Now (Taylor’s Model) will comply with Fearless (Taylor’s Model) and Crimson (Taylor’s Model), each of which have 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 a substitute of releasing a re-recorded album final yr, the singer issued her tenth studio album, Midnights, which scored the most important 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.