Taylor Swift went heavy on spectacle and light on controversy at last night's Amazon Music show, the only concert to feature a crowd exuberantly cheering the phrase 'Free shipping.' Our review
all admirably welcomed the intimacy afforded the venue — a H-shaped stage that extended to the middle of the floor made a relatively small space look even smaller — Swift brought her massive stadium show to a diminished setting. Opener “ME!” featured pyrotechnics that augmented her four back-up singers. Smoke machines exploded out on “I Knew You Were Trouble.” And “Shake It Off” featured inordinate amounts of confetti raining down on the shrieking crowd.
It was hardly all smoke and pyro, though. Swift utilized the rare small stage to perform “Welcome to New York” with only an acoustic guitar. It’s not unprecedented for her, but seeing it in a venue 1/10th the size of what she’s used to is the closest most of us will get to aStill, you never forgot why you were there.
The night did not solely belong to Swift. Dua Lipa continues to be a more powerful force on record than onstage, slithering through “Blow Your Mind,” “One Kiss” “Electricity” and “IDGAF” with robotic-chic choreography that’s either sophisticated cool or bored insouciance. The Amazon machine is strong, as the singer opened the last song of her 20-minute set with “Alexa, play ‘New Rules.’”
Becky G showed a confidence and charisma onstage that shows the 22-year-old singer coming into her own. Flanked by a half-dozen dancers, the California native breezed though a set that included “Dollar,” “Mayores” and “Sin Pijama” and was warmly received by the Taylor-dominant crowd. SZA proved her 2017 debut albumstill has legs, performing “Supermodel,” “Broken Clocks” and “Love Galore” alongside her tour staple cover of Sixpence None the Richer’s “Kiss Me.”.
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