taylor swift evermore era (uncut)

It’s been said, but during Marjorie, that’s her grandmother singing in the background, not a guitar. Her grandmother was an accomplished opera singer, but she always wanted to sing in big stadiums. , so Taylor put her voice into the backing track so that Marjorie’s dream could come true

Dana Ries

The part marjorie you thought was feedback is actually a sample of her grandma who was an opera singer

Claudia Schusser

I think the Taylor Swift album was left off largely due to she hadn't rerecorded the album yet and if i had to bet she either doesn't want to boost streaming or something along those lines. i'm sad about this. it is the one era i never celebrated because i was a hater lol. red came out and that changed everything...i realized what i was denying myself lol

Jessica Rose Causey

I love your reactions!! She does not use a prompter at all. This standing ovation for champagne problems was about 8 minutes long.

Nicole Fredette

“It’d be funny if you played the wrong note” and then he did and THEEEEN it was in fact funny Lolol 💀💀💀

Brittany Johnson

I went to her Fearless concert in Adelaide Australia back in 2010 with my sister we were 15/14 then and we went together to the Eras tour in Melbourne at 29/30 years of age. It was incredible. Every album reminds me of a different chapter in my life it’s the best.

Tayla

Yes I was like can someone explain it to us too?!?! 😂😭

Cara M

Im pretty sure the intermissions are only 2 minutes long, i was mindblown at how fast she changed outfits and everything

Ronja Aspenes

I’m 53 and have been a fan as my 31 year old grew up. I went alone to Indy N2, and cried nearly every single song as I sang every single word. It was one of the most genuinely memorable beautiful experiences I’ve ever had. I still cry watching her on live streams and even this reaction because I can still feel the same way at the same times all the way through the show. I will chase that high forever.

Dana Meyer

the transitions are longer than what they show but she doesn't have a intermission its like maybe a couple of minutes in between each era to change and things.

Ashley Murphy

i went to NOLA N3 and the standing ovation after champagne problems was almost 5 minutes long and i seriously can’t put into words how the room felt it was insane

kaitlyn

i went to the eras tour on 5/5/23 and 10/27/2024. my mom also went both times. a little over a month before we went in oct my grandmother died. so hearing marjorie live at my second show was such an emotional experience

kaitlyn

No intermission. It’s an average of I think 2 minutes between Eras for costume changes. Karina DePiano is her piano player.

Kim L

In Marjorie that wasn’t guitar- that was her grandmother’s opera singing in the background when she says “I’d think you’re singing to me now.” 🥺🥹

Grace Davis

It's just so dang good, I know!

JT

🙏❤️🫶🏻

JT

No… I need YOU to explain to ME why Taylor doesn’t have a debut era on this tour 🥲🥲 it’s a top 2 album for me

Leanna Price

🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

Natalie Kirk

The warble sound you guys thought was either feedback or a guitar during Marjorie is actually recorded vocals of her grandmother who was an opera singer. She put a sample of them into the background of the track so that her grandmother could sing in all the stadiums she plays in. Also, the lighting during Marjorie is quite dark, all the light up bracelets the audience wears are off. So the Swifties started turning on their cell phone flashlights and waving them like we used to do at concerts with lighters back in the day lol. It made Taylor cry during the first show where that happened and we've done it at every show since.

Jennifer Nolan

If it hasn't been commented already, Taylor's tour pianist is the aptly named Karina DePiano. (Seriously, that's her actual name, this is not a lame attempt at a silly pun)

Dirkus

today I learned that I’m classically trained and not just a regular pianist! who knew. I haven’t taken lessons in almost 10 years but I just got a new keyboard and its like riding a bike 🙌

elaina fitzsimmons

willow jam sesh whennn!!!

elaina fitzsimmons

each era has its own vibe to it there are some with some similarities like this era and the Folklore era since they are the sister albums every time I hear the song Marjorie I cry except for the time I went and saw the concert which was also my very first concert you should do Speak Now with Reputation and no she doesn't get any breaks or anything like that between eras I'm sure she probably takes quick sips of water or something if she has the time to but I imagine she's too busy trying to change outfits for the new era

olivia

YAY! Cant wait for more

Morgan Blaney

No, she doesn’t take any breaks or intermissions. At most she is off stage for less than 5 minutes between Eras. Watching the transitions in person is crazy. It happens so quickly and with hardly any movement on the stage. She just keeps going for almost 4 hours and her energy and voice never falter, even on night 4 in a row. Her and her whole team are genuinely incredible

Holly ✨

We don’t know why debut isn’t on the setlist, my guess is because she talks about putting her favorite moments from past tours into this one and she didn’t tour her first album

casserole

Hi, Taylor doesn't get an intermission other than the very brief transitions. Even a lot of her costume changes are on stage. To train for the show, where she performs for around 3.5 hours, she would run on the treadmill while she sang the setlist. She varied the pace to match what she was doing in the song, i.e speeding up for dance and more active numbers and slowing down for songs she was more stationary in. She also recorded and wrote a lot of her latest album TTPD while on the first leg of this tour, including I can do it with a broken heart, which was about continuinng the tour as her 7 year relationship ended and she went through a "manic" rebound. Then at the end of the fisrt leg, she revised the setlist and added a whole new Era for the release of TTPD. I was lucky to be able to see her in Edinburgh with my daughter this summer and it was spectacular!

Cora

You guys HAVE to watch her Grammys Museum interview where she breaks down the making of 1989- https://youtu.be/SVGbjszns3A?si=uMcPHGxOTNxJDyMp

Kayla Richmond

Speak Now with Rep! The shift between the sound and visuals of Rep to Speak Now is amazing! You guys are legend and I'm loving your journey with Taylor. We love watching new Swifties being born!

Blue and Green Ice Queen

The piano player’s name is Karina DePiano (no joke), which I’m pretty sure is why she became a piano player and why Taylor hired her (how could she not!?)

Annika

Taylor did a Zane Lowe interview about Evermore when the album released in 2020 and she talked about how she’d like to sing Champagne Problems on tour. Why? She wanted to hear 70,000 people scream “what a shame she’s f***ed in the head”. In her speech she is calling back to that interview. 🤩

Annika

I can’t hear Majorie without crying. I’m sure someone has explained by now but she put Majorie on the set list so she could sing with her grandmother on a world tour. The operatic singing in the background is her grandmother. Aaron Dessner worked out how to incorporate Majorie into the song’s production and they brought that element of the song on tour. 😭

Annika

Yes!!! They thought it was a guitar though…

Antonio Fonseca

Sent you guys an updated link list since some links stopped working :)

Tal

can't wait for the next era 🐍

aRI Swiftie

Please include the TTPD set in your upcoming reactions! It is an absolute MUST see and would love to hear your comments on it.

Carrie

Please react to TTPD!

Brianna Davin

I could totally be in the minority of this, but is it possible to wait until after you've heard the full set to then go back and jam with it with your guitar over the concert instrumentals? Because there's a few changes to instrumentals in the concert that aren't present in the recordings and I don't want you to miss some of those cool transitions/alterations by trying to find the right chords or whatever on your instrument. Absolutely love the reaction! Thanks.

Danielle

Your heard her grandmother singing opera in the background on Marjorie.

Susanne Stien Masters

She is never off stage more than 2 minutes. It is unreal.... for 3.5 hours!

Susanne Stien Masters

Next Era, REPUTATION!!!!!

Marco Antonio Vázquez Méndez

Loving this guys - great job! The guitar in this was great! I’m a bit of a purist usually but I was really vibing with this. Loved your observations at the end of the era too. I’m really enjoying hearing the musician perspective, and learning from you guys. Just a suggestion, you have mentioned wives, female friends during this, would any of them join you for an era for a female Swiftie perspective? For many of us our connection to the lyrics is very strong and I would love to hear them speak with you on the show. Thanks!

KC

That applause at my concert after champagne problems, one of the night this was filmed at (Aug 3rd) went on for a little over 8 minutes. The last one on Aug. 9th beat use at 10! Crazy

fivebyfive

You should go from Rep right into Speak Now because Speak Now follows Rep. If you want to hear her talk more and get to know her, you should watch Long Pond on Disney+ or her Apple Music interviews. I went to her LA leg of the tour and got tickets for my mom and I. We went the last night of the tour and she announced the rerecording of 1989, it was insane! She came out in new outfits all night that were the blue associated with 1989 and then we got the announcement and New Romantics on guitar during the acoustic set, it was amazing! You should definitely check out some of her Surprise Songs after you finish the tour, she does mashups, sometimes brings someone out with her, and reimagines her songs to all be acoustic, its really cool

Sasha

The piano player’s name is Karina DePiano, believe it or not! Also, the ovation after Champagne Problems naturally evolved early on and cities started to compete for how long they could keep it going. I can’t remember exactly what city it was , maybe MetLife, it went for over 10 minutes. Sometimes she would cut them off, and other times let them go on and on. Most are between 3-5 minutes. 🫶 I was able to go to Houston and am going to NOLA in less than 2 weeks!! Can’t wait!!

TiffK83

Not just that it follows directly after, but it's shorter than other eras, and the one after is very involved, so it feels great following Rep. Not to mention, the shift from Rep to Speak Now is FREAKING INSANE.

Darsy Smith

It fills my heart with joy that GenX musicians have the attention and appreciation for the Art and the artist. I’m almost 59 and follow Taylor since 2008 (when Love Story was shown on MTV Europe). I got to witness all the eras and the growth of both Taylor and her audience. I attended the 1989 Tour with 17.000 people in Amsterdam and this year I saw her again with 170.000 people in the stadium next to the concert hall. The day I bought the tickets for the Eras Tour was also the day I got my first tattoo, a line from Long Live. After my fifth Eras show I got two more tattoos, both Taylor related. I feel deeply connected to this woman, who finally get the credits she already deserved all those years ago. That’s also the reason I like your journey, men of my generation who, without preconceived thoughts, dive deep into the amazing catalogue and appreciate what they see and hear. Thank you for that.

Dennis Meyer

I'm thorn about where to attach Speak Now because as you're seen the vibes change a lot, and Rep is suuuch a vibe that you may want to end that session on that note. Let the feeling linger before moving on. ...but then Red is a longer era. What if you let Speak Now be on its own, but kind of like a bonus between the other two sessions of recoding.

Yessenia Cuevas

I think you might enjoy her documentary Miss Americana after you finish this. It’s a nice behind the scenes of her career and some of her song writing process and seeing more of her as a person

Amanda Arford

My second favorite Taylor album! It’s so beautiful and definitely has fantasy vibes. Coincidentally I’m wearing my champagne problems T-shirt today 🥰

Mary M

Speak now with rep!

Baillie Williams

I’m still so mad at myself that I didn’t catch her Easter egg of saying she has put out 5 albums she hadn’t done tours for but at the time she said that it was only 4 albums so she was giving us a hint about her coming out with a new album

Amanda Arford

💜 -- Please read before Speak Now set --💜 One thing to note before Speak Now set. I've seen too many reactors be told after instead of before, and since you are musicians, I think the context of the song "Long Live" is even more important for you to know before you watch it. Long Live was written at a time when Taylor thought her career would be over, at the end of the Fearless Tour. She wrote it for her band mates as a potential goodbye in case they were never able to tour again, and she wanted to capture the feelings they had on tour together. Then, when her fans stayed with her after everything anyway, she started dedicating it to her fans as a thank you. So keep in mind that she is singing the song to her band mates and to the fans as you watch the performance, 13+ years after she thought their story was already over.

Griffin

Sasha

Combining Speak Now with either set is fine. Time wise it fits better after Rep, but vibe-wise it fits better before Red. More importantly though, my recommendation is you should do Acoustic Set / Surprise Songs (2 songs) straight into Midnights. Not breaking this transition is important for first time watch.

Griffin

Reputation is incredible, loop speak now into the surprise songs, 1989 is so good, and even midnights is amazing… the whole thing is incredible… 🙌🏻

Nathan Leed

Love this reaction! Speak now probably matches the vibe of Red more, but Red is a longer era so adding it to Reputation might make sense for you. During Marjorie it’s not feedback it’s audio of her grandmother Marjorie who was an Opera singer.

Ari

She said that the eras were each celebrating previous tours too and Debut didn’t have a headline tour so it was left out. The different noises towards the end of Marjorie is a track of her grandma singing! Also Speak Now with Rep or red is fine. Rep is probably shorter than red? But either works!

Lish Marie

Another Star Wars reference, yasss! Reputation is going to blow your socks off.

Alexis Wolfer

On Marjorie there is her grandmothers opera singing in the background

SharonM

Also, I don’t think anyone really understands why she doesn’t have a Debut era on the tour. She did do a bunch of them as surprise songs though!

Ashley Kinney

No intermissions, just costume/era change (couple minutes) 🥰

Hailey

taylor does not take breaks the whole 3 1/2 hours she is performing, in a interview she stated she would sing the whole setlist on the treadmill and changing the speed for the tempo of the song

Liane Reichert

Taylor is definitely living her theater kid fantasy through her tours, that's for sure hahaha. I love your guys jokes haha. The show doesn't have any intermissions. the only times Taylor is not on stage is when she's changing outfits for the next thing to come. but the movie does cut out a bit of the in between the sets times. it's like 2-3 minutes interlude between each era. it all depends on how much time it Taylor to change. the background vocal in Marjorie when Taylor sings "if I didn't know better, I think you were singing to me now" is actually Taylor's grandmother singing. Taylor's grandma was an opera singer and Taylor found tapes of her grandma singing and they decided to sample it and insert it into the song, as like Taylor is singing with her grandmother. something I love you're noticing is the live instruments. that is something I wish and hope Taylor would come back to in future albums. putting more live instruments in the front instead of the synths. that's why I LOVE her live performances better. because she's always with her band. can't wait for the next reaction which is the reputation era. which is completely different than this. I think you'll dig it. it's a fan favorite.

Tal

majorie is about her grandma, taylor even had her vocals added as she was a opera singer. the fans also decided to show the flashlight to show taylor extra love and support.

Liane Reichert

also, i vote that speak now 💜 get put with red ❤️

jo ♡♥︎

Loved this reaction!! I had literally just finished watching the Lover and Fearless eras when this dropped. Perfect timing! The pianist/keyboardist is Karina DePiano, and the song was "tolerate it"!! https://www.instagram.com/sheplaysdepiano www.karinadepiano.com

jo ♡♥︎

Hey guys! Love these. Answers to the questions: 1. The video interludes were about 60-90 seconds in the actual concert. But there were no long intermissions. 2. The applause after Champagne Problems was a nightly thing that became an online “thing.” The applause in LA went for 9 minutes, hence her appreciation. 3. The pianist is Karina DePiano. She took over for David Cook on this tour as he took on a BTS role. Taylor actually took a minute to introduce her to the fans each night right before Tolerate It. 4. Debut shows up a lot in the surprise songs segment. The overall feeling is that she was avoiding giving too much time to eras which she hadn’t released the re-records to just yet, possibly to prevent spikes in their streaming numbers. Note Speak Now was only 1 song before the rerelease and was extended to 2 after its release (before TTPD). Hit Speak Now after Rep. Red is a pretty long Era with ATW 10 min at the end.

Matt Harber

can’t wait for you to watch rep

sunny!

The guy in ‘tolerate it’ is her backup dancer

Evasive Pen

I think her biggest audience was 98,000 in Australia.

Krista Grigsby

Her only intermissions were the few minutes it took for her big clothing changes!

Ashley Kinney

during marjorie it isn’t a guitar it’s actually her grandma’s vocals and she was a opera singer

sunny!

Marjorie was her grandma and an opera singer. The sound you thought was feedback was her voice.

Krista Grigsby

no intermissions lol! but she trained on a treadmill for months while singing and has crazy stamina now it’s crazy

sunny!

No intermission. Just outfit changes between each era- maybe a minute or two.

Krista Grigsby

Can’t wait for y’all to get to the midnights era!

Krista Grigsby

Yay!! can't wait to watch :)

Tal

🫶

JT

Yaassss been waiting on this! 🤩

Krista Grigsby