His biggest fans will remember it for a long time, that’s for sure. American mega star Taylor Swift gave the first of her four shows at Paris La Défense Arena on Thursday evening. “You were the first to hear songs from “The Tortured Poets Department”launched the 34-year-old singer a few days after the release of her latest album. “Or rather, as I call it, ‘Female Rage: The Musical'”.
3h15 of show without break, in front of some 42,000 spectators, some of whom had camped for several days at the foot of La Défense Arena. “I wish the show didn’t end”laments a fan at the end of the show. “We screamed, we cried, we jumped”completes another.
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“A moment out of time”
Around forty titles sung, in a deafening clamor. Part of the crowd is able to sing all the songs at the top of their lungs without interruption “It’s a moment out of time”said an emotional fan. “I can’t realize,” said her neighbor. For this first concert in a series of four until Sunday in Paris, the artist sang half a dozen pieces from his latest album, in a Victorian and cabaret aesthetic.
Taylo Swift did the show on a long stage cut the pit in two. The settings are grandiose, the pace frantic. Pop pieces alternate with calmer ones, on acoustic guitar or piano. “She tells a real story in this concert. It’s a colossal job”greets a Swifties.
Ballet choreography and extravagant outfits
The singer reserved other surprises on the Parisian stage: ballet choreographies, lights, and new extravagant outfits throughout, widely commented on on social networks: red sequined playsuit, cabaret costume, and brightly colored dresses . Seeing her idol, 15-year-old Bérénice cried, she came with her sister and her mother. “The colors, the sound, the lights… everything was magical”said the teenager movedly. “We can dance, it moves, it’s so good”adds his mother.
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Fireworks are set off. Taylor Swift leaves the stage alone, under the confetti, in a grandiose and as colorful finale as ever. In the crowd, there are many who will come back. With another ticket for the other Parisian dates or in Lyon next month.
