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20.06.2024 / 08:25
Watch Taylor Swift debut ‘I Hate It Here’ in Cardiff
Taylor Swift has performed ‘I Hate It Here’ off ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ live for the first time – watch fan-shot footage of the performance below.While performing in Cardiff, Wales on June 18 as part of the European leg of her career-spanning ‘Eras’ tour, the pop star treated fans in attendance to a live debut of ‘I Hate It Here’ from her latest offering, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’.Performed during the “surprise songs” portion of her setlist, Swift mashed up ‘I Hate It Here’ with ‘The Lakes’, the latter of which featured on her ‘Folklore’ album.Watch the performance below.Earlier this month, NME gave Swift’s first Edinburgh show of the tour a glowing five-star review, writing: “Despite being an arena show, in a huge, cavernous venue, Swift and her fans have managed to cultivate a community. Strangers swap friendship bracelets, laugh and cry together, and embrace the tour’s in-jokes and lore (for example shouting “one, two, three, let’s go bitch” during ‘Delicate’).“It’s the power of Swift, an artist who’s inspired not only the renaming of a Scottish Loch, but also countless fans to come out and embrace being a part of the Eras family.