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In 2019 Taylor brought the Radio 1 Live Lounge to New York instead of London — a rooftop, the bridge behind her, a band close enough to touch. Six tracks in one sitting: "London Boy," "Lover," "The Archer," "You Need To Calm Down," "Holy Ground," and a Phil Collins cover almost nobody saw coming — "Can't Stop Loving You." What the Live Lounge does that a stadium can't is take everything away. No pyro, no dancers, no crowd carrying the chorus for her. Just a voice and a room. "The Archer" in that setting is almost uncomfortable to sit in — it's a song about being afraid of yourself, and there's nowhere to hide while you're singing it. Then "Holy Ground" comes in sounding like a different woman wrote it, and you remember how wide this catalogue actually goes. Alanna and I have talked about the difference between a performance and a moment. A performance is something you watch. A moment is something that happens to you while you're watching. We've found the same thing is true at home — the big nights are great, but the ones that actually hold you together are the stripped-back ones with no audience. Nobody's clapping. You just show up and mean it. That's what this set felt like. So tell us: if you could drop us into a Live Lounge with one artist and one song, everything stripped away — who are we sitting with, and what are they singing? Kyle & Alanna Love you, Cronicans 💚 How to support Taylor: @TaylorSwift -----------------------------------------------------Socials------------------------------------------------------ Join our Patreon to get early access and to get a chance at picking our next reaction: https://www.patreon.com/c/enterthecronic 🗣️ Discord: https://discord.gg/9WtS3bg3AN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #taylorswift #lover #bbcradio #reaction #enterthecronic