At the end of Taylor Swift‘s mini-set of songs from the album “Red,” after a trio of fan favorites that included “We Are Never Getting Back Together” and “I Knew You Were Trouble,” the singer-songwriter told the sold-out SoFi Stadium crowd on Thursday that she had one more from that 2012 record to play for them.
“If you have about 10 minutes to spare,” Swift added to a roar of screams and cheers.
The fans knew, of course, what was coming: “All Too Well,” in its extended shape from the 2021 remake, “Red (Taylor’s Version),” one of the standout tracks in all of Swift’s discography, an epic built of her rawest memories and emotions, and quite simply, one of the greatest breakup songs of all-time.
It’s the centerpiece of The Eras Tour, Swift’s massive stadium show that spreads 45 songs from nine of her 10 albums across three-and-a-half hours each night on, and for good reason, too.
“All Too Well,” especially in this 10-minute version, places Swift atop an elevated platform at the center of a long ramp across the floor, playing acoustic guitar as she bares heart and soul to reach not just the fans who have made this the biggest tour of the year, but millions upon millions more who wish they could be there to see it, feel it, live it.
Who, with a heart, hasn’t felt the hurt explicit in a couplet such as “And you call me up again just to break me like a promise / So casually cruel in the name of being honest.”
Who, who ever loved and lost, can’t recall a memento of the past such as the scarf, never returned after the breakup, that features so prominently in this lyric?
Like so much else in Thursday’s show in Inglewood, the first of an unprecedented six sold-out nights at SoFi, “All Too Well” delivered all that a fan might want, and then a little more.
In a night full of highlights, here are five more moments that stood out. The Eras Tour continues at SoFi Stadium Aug. 4-5 and 7-9.
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