Taylor Swift performed two songs from her upcoming album Lover and a throwback track on Good Morning America Thursday morning, to a crowd of eager fans who had camped out the night before to see her. (She even ordered pizzas for them.)
.@RobinRoberts takes a look back at the first time we met @TaylorSwift13 #TaylorSwiftOnGMA#Loverhttps://t.co/W1vUNMab63 pic.twitter.com/jq6dOVTMNg
Good Morning America (@GMA) August 22, 2019
The performance included a rousing rendition of You Need to Calm Down, sung back eagerly to Swift by her stans, as well as her lead single ME!, sans Brendon Urie. She then surprised fans with a performance of Shake It Off, the lead single from her fifth album 1989.
S AND STONES NEVER BROKE MY BONES! #TaylorSwiftOnGMA pic.twitter.com/5Cto2yXDBk
Taylor Nation (@taylornation13) August 22, 2019
| Taylor performing ME! On @GMA #TaylorSwiftOnGMA
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Taylor Swift Updates (@TSwiftLAMedia) August 22, 2019
EVERYONE SCREAMED "HEY KIDS SPELLING IS FUN!" #TaylorSwiftOnGMA @taylornation13
, Katerina (@ikywlover) August 22, 2019
Swifts albumLover arrives this Friday, featuring 18 tracks including one with the Dixie Chicks, who have not released new material as a group in 13 years. She previously released the singles ME! with Urie (now without the spelling line) and You Need to Calm Down, along with The Archer and the title track. Shell be opening the MTV Video Music Awards this Monday, which also happens to be the 10th anniversary of that infamous Kanye interruption.
This week Swift announced that she will be re-recording the masters of her earlier work, in order to circumvent a deal by her former label Big Machine and Scooter Brauns Ithaca Holdings, which now own the rights to her earlier recordings. Before her GMAperformance, Swift spoke to Robin Roberts about her decision and stated that starting next year, in line with her contract, she would be able to record the albums all over again.
Yeah thats true and its something Im very excited about. My contract says starting from November 2020 I can start re-recording albums 1-5. I think artists deserve to own their own work. Its next year, Im gonna be busy. Taylor on re-recording her music #TaylorSwiftOnGMA pic.twitter.com/W9e1kRN8Hb
Taylor Swift News (@TSwiftNZ) August 22, 2019
Something thats very special to me about this album is its the first one that I will own, Swift said on Lover. I think its important for artists to own their work. Im gonna be busy, Im very excited.