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Who do you think she was singing IDWLF about the first time on June 3. She seemed upset during the part "Wondering if I dodged a bullet or just lost the love of my life". If about HS, what do you think of the timing there with it being on June 3?
What about the song yesterday in the mashup, with IDWLF and dress. Do you feel it could be Haylor related too?
Hi, thanks for the ask. :) I think last nights show, with Taylor IDWLF verse replaced with Dress is clearly about wanting an ex to call Taylor. She also left the dress bridge about a buzz cut out too.
I don't wanna live forever was played 6 times when it was released and only 3 times since:
9 June 2018- in Manchester, Harry's home stadium
3 June 2023 - in Chicago, and
last night, 2 March 2024, in Singapore.
It's possible twice in the first week of June is a coincidence, however Zayn was LA and the film was wrapped by June in 2016, so it could be the song's anniversary.
There was a lot of discussion about how sad Taylor looked in all of the early Eras shows, after such a long relationship had gone public. To me I think she was feeling the meaning of this rare song to perform. In that 3 June 2023 show's Betty speech Taylor also really really really emphasized James's need to apologise:
"James, and he really, really, really messes things up bad with the love of his life, and he has to try to get her back, and apologize very sincerely, and profusely, and say he’s going to change and be better, and that’s all he has to do."
The MH break up was announced 2 days later, but they hadn't been seen together for 16 days, which may not sound like much but the whole thing was contained to 29 days, (see 2023 timeline) so it was actually half of the time they 'dated', so if Taylor was as sad as some like to imagine I'd say that's about Joe. Haylorwise last year's timeline is murky around then. This was after MH disappeared and the Question 'never happier intro, but 2 weeks later was the show TR was at and things took a sharp turn down, that may have been why she played it.
Also interesting is that several surprise songs she has replayed this year were in April/May last year too:
30 April - HYGTG (replayed 23 Feb)
5 May - Teardrops on my Guitar (replayed 18 Feb)
7 May - WCS (Replayed 26 Feb) and Mine (replayed 2 March)
12 May - CBBH (replayed 18 Feb) (Rare)
13 May - Forever and Always (replayed 26 Feb)
26 May - Maroon (replayed 26 Feb), Getaway car (replayed 17 Feb)
27 May - Holy Ground (replayed 7 Feb)
3 June - IDWLF (Replayed 2 March)
Last night it was interesting that Taylor didn't sing her verse, only Zayn's because her verse is the only song that includes loml which is (maybe) a track title on TTPD:
Wonderin' if I dodged a bullet
Or just lost the love of my life, oh
I think the smiling happy performance was that she really enjoys the mash ups TBH. Also that she went live, compared to last years performance the reach was much bigger.
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