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Her endgame involves an American career, so we might as well prepare for it now. “I would love to live in London someday,” she told \u003ca href=\"https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/victoria-swarovksi-crystal-heiress-fabulous-life-instagram-wealth-luxury-a8006866.html\">\u003cem>The Independent.\u003c/em>\u003c/a> “If you’re in England and London, the step to America is not that far anymore.” She's prepping already:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BQKdBpBhbaN/?hl=en&taken-by=victoriaswarovski\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You have been warned.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Its quality has varied in its 43-year history, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072562/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">\u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em>\u003c/a> has never lost its luster as a showcase for star musicians. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/episodes\">The series' 2017-18 season\u003c/a> wrapped this weekend with a performance by Nicki Minaj, closing out a 21-episode run that spotlighted major players in hip-hop (Jay-Z, Minaj, Eminem, Cardi B), pop (Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Pink), R&B (SZA), rock (U2, Jack White, Foo Fighters), country (Chris Stapleton, Kacey Musgraves) and whatever earth-shattering genre hybrid we're using to describe Childish Gambino now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> stage isn't always kind to musicians: As with other late-night shows, the energy and sound mix often aren't quite right, and the singers are attempting to win over a crowd that's been watching comedy all evening. But every season, many of the musical guests do something extra with the \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> space and find a way to make something riveting, visually arresting or at least interesting. Still, attempting to subjectively rank such a broad assortment of apples and oranges is a truly cruel and stupid endeavor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So here goes.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>21. James Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Pink Lemonade,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I22DVDwc0aw\">\u003cstrong>Wild Love\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=I22DVDwc0aw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's hard to figure out what to make of James Bay, whose name, voice and physical presence all seem to represent a composite sketch of every singer you've ever heard and thought, \"Wait, \u003cem>who\u003c/em> is this again?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay gives it a go in the peppy \"Pink Lemonade,\" but by the time he gets to \"Wild Love,\" well... let's just agree that nothing says \"I wanna give you wild love\" quite like standing stock-still in leather pants while performing what might be the most bloodless song ever written.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>20. Sam Smith\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpT3gx3s0ns\">\u003cstrong>Too Good At Goodbyes\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU72UuhrYzU\">\u003cstrong>Pray\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sam Smith knows how to write ballads that convey longing and loss, but if his TV appearances are any indication, those just don't translate into onstage dynamism. In \"Too Good At Goodbyes,\" Smith shows up clad in a short-sleeved, tucked-in red blazer, a look that suggests he's not only working hard for your love, but also toiling at a \u003cem>second\u003c/em> job as an assistant manager at Hardee's. Smith pours every ounce of his expended energy into his vocals — which means, in turn, that he sounds nice, while leaving the charisma to his busy backing choir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>19. Troye Sivan\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C59j0Rmucss\">\u003cstrong>My My My!\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnSO5Uhobvo\">\u003cstrong>The Good Side\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Troye Sivan's springy dance-pop concoctions play better in the studio than on the stage: It's nice to see a live band kicking up a bit of dust during \"My My My!,\" but Sivan's vocals — especially during the breathier bits in between choruses — are so listless that at times he sounds like he's humming along to himself in the car. As for \"The Good Side,\" it's a ballad that keeps threatening to build to something grand, only to wobble back to a standstill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>18. Dua Lipa\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"New Rules,\" \"Homesick\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just by reading the words \"New Rules,\" you have doomed yourself to another three days in which those seven little words — \"I've got new rules, I count 'em\" — are lodged hopelessly in your brain, stuck in an eternal loop from which your battered psyche can find no respite. So, you know, apologies for that. As for Dua Lipa's \u003cem>performance\u003c/em> on SNL, it feels a little rote: Her vocals remain on point throughout \"New Rules\" and the ballad \"Homesick,\" but she seems strangely detached from the material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>17. Arcade Fire\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Creature Comfort,\" \"Put Your Money On Me\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arcade Fire's \u003cem>Everything Now\u003c/em> is an album-length commentary on the numbing excess of modern life, so you can't get too bent out of shape when its songs and live performances feel... well, numbingly excessive. But these two performances — especially the strobe-lit seizure factory \"Creature Comfort\" — can border on being migraine-inducing. The band gets points for the ambition of its stagecraft, but more isn't always more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>16. Nicki Minaj\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Chun-Li,\" \"Poke It Out\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJUcecTVyGs\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hoo boy, where to begin? As performed this past Saturday, Minaj's lively and impeccably choreographed \"Chun-Li\" is basically a tutorial in cultural appropriation, making it both exciting to hear and infuriating to watch; it was widely condemned (and defended, and condemned again) as the minutes and hours unwound, to the point where the song's actual quality hasn't ended up mattering much. Then, instead of showcasing more of her own material — say, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BidS_rcf7UU\">another single\u003c/a> from the album she's got coming out next month — Minaj turned her second slot over to Playboi Carti and his song \"Poke It Out.\" She guests on the track, both here and on his album, but doesn't even hit the stage until 90 seconds in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>15. Jack White\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Over and Over and Over,\" \"Connected By Love\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year's \u003cem>Boarding House Reach\u003c/em> sounds like the work of a fussy studio wizard who's decided to prioritize technical skill over coherent songcraft. As such, the singles Jack White trots out here only occasionally hang together in any meaningful way, most often in the guitar solos. White, who always surrounds himself with top-notch talent, brings on The McCrary Sisters to sing backup. But the songs themselves feel even more undercooked than they do on the album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>14. Halsey\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Bad At Love,\" \"Him & I\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Halsey broke through via guest appearances on others' songs, so it's nice to hear the pop singer grab a headlining spot. She struts and soars through \"Bad At Love\" while wearing what appears to be Big Bird's pelt. But \"Him & I\" once again finds her spotlight diminished, in this case by slick-haired rapper G-Eazy, who's given roughly equal time both here and in the single itself. \u003cem>We were promised Halsey!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>13. Migos\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CF0ucvv1kw\">\u003cstrong>Stir Fry\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epdp90Qg9uI\">\u003cstrong>Narcos\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trap music rarely gets an \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> showcase, so Migos decided to go big, from a bright red-and-gold set to a live backing band to a whole bunch of lackadaisical (but fully committed!) old-school dancing. The energy is somehow strangely muted, with copious Auto-Tune and a slurred sound mix that doesn't do Migos many favors, but the overall spectacle wins out in the end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>12. U2\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLHubsghTOM\">\u003cstrong>American Soul\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGqhFw1RTZQ\">\u003cstrong>Get Out Of Your Own Way\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLHubsghTOM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Say what you will about U2, but the band knows how to work a room. Still, \"American Soul\" feels like a tiny bit of a letdown coming out of its gripping animated intro, which features Kendrick Lamar; the rapper's absence is felt throughout an otherwise workmanlike song and performance. Of course, Bono can't help but trot out the ol' megaphone \u003cem>again\u003c/em> in \"Get Out of Your Own Way,\" which never quite soars the way it's supposed to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>11. Kacey Musgraves\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"High Horse,\" \"Slow Burn\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For \"High Horse,\" Kacey Musgraves piles up the flash: Her huge band is decked out in matching outfits, and everyone on stage does their thing in the small shadow of... is that a saddle made of jewels, dangling from the ceiling? It looks like a cross between a disco ball and the tiny Stonehenge in \u003cem>This Is Spinal Tap\u003c/em>. Anyway, the song's energy is muted and midtempo — even more so here than in the original version. The appropriately titled \"Slow Burn\" fares better, as the band stays in the shadows, the bejeweled saddle gets mothballed and Musgraves lets her softly radiant voice carry the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10. Miley Cyrus\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Bad Mood,\" \"I Would Die For You\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miley Cyrus' awards-show performances have caused some to question her judgment — twerking is one thing, but twerking \u003cem>alongside\u003c/em> \u003cem>Robin Thicke\u003c/em>?! Still, her vocal talent remains \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mjvfnUAfyo\">undeniable\u003c/a>. Last year's \u003cem>Younger Now\u003c/em> was all about reclaiming Cyrus' polished pop sound while maintaining a broad stylistic range, so it's no surprise that her SNL set is a picture of weaponized confidence and poise. Still, while \"Bad Mood\" pops as a gritty vocal showcase, the ballad \"I Would Die For You\" sands her personality down to a nub.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9. Eminem\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxkLy_mvGXE\">\u003cstrong>Walk On Water/Stan/Love The Way You Lie\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=429&v=GxkLy_mvGXE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hand it to Eminem: He opted for an ambitious and unusual arrangement that allows his limitations to be tested. \"Walk on Water\" sets the rapper's paranoid self-pity against a stately arrangement that features singer Skylar Grey and a small orchestra; from there, instead of fading to commercial, the assembled players launch into lengthy excerpts from a pair of Eminem's biggest hits. (You won't hear the words \"Once again, Eminem\" in this telecast.) As for the rapper himself, he gains more focus and intensity as he goes along, as if he knows a train wreck has been narrowly but decisively averted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8. Foo Fighters\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"The Sky Is A Neighborhood,\" \"Everlong/Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)/Linus And Lucy\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> performances often bear the burden of promotional obligation: When there's a new album to flog, most artists stick to the latest singles at the expense of the songs casual fans would be most excited to hear. But Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, the affable incumbent mayor of rock and roll, is nothing if not eager to please, which means a decent new track (\"The Sky Is a Neighborhood\") gives way to a fun and incredibly ingratiating medley of one old favorite (\"Everlong,\" performed mostly solo) and two holiday staples: \"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)\" and the Peanuts classic \"Linus and Lucy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7. Taylor Swift\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"...Ready For It?,\" \"Call It What You Want\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dragging Taylor Swift online has become a pastime, if not an art form, and her live performances on TV have been getting mixed reviews for years. But these two songs from \u003cem>Reputation\u003c/em>, which had come out just a day earlier, are rendered with considerable skill: \"...Ready For It?\" gives every dancer onstage a workout, including Swift herself, while \"Call It What You Want\" gets a muted acoustic arrangement — it's just her, her acoustic guitar, a cellist, and her backup singers — that spotlights her clear, confident vocals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. Chris Stapleton\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZLBVi_0ENU\">\u003cstrong>Midnight Train to Memphis\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKMZ-_t7w6A\">\u003cstrong>Hard Livin'\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some superstars seem constrained by the relatively modest size of \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>'s stage — especially the ones whose live shows are known to sprawl across stadiums. But Chris Stapleton has played enough bars and theaters to make the transition seamlessly, aided by a killer band and the prominent contributions of another decorated Kentuckian: Sturgill Simpson. Together, they make a meat-and-potatoes meal of Stapleton's hard-churning roots music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Cardi B\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Bodak Yellow/Bartier Cardi,\" \"Be Careful\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPU2n8CxH4k\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The headlines coming out of Cardi B's set were all about the big reveal — the way the camera panned down late in \"Be Careful\" to show the baby bump she'd kept hidden earlier in the evening (and in the months preceding her appearance). But as lovely as that news is, it needn't overshadow the Swiss-watch precision and explosive charisma on display in her medley of \"Bodak Yellow\" and \"Bartier Cardi.\" In the past few months, Cardi B has proved herself a star capable of truly enduring: a funny and ingratiating multimedia presence with a boundless capacity for commanding attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Pink\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"What About Us,\" \"Beautiful Trauma\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember the 2010 Grammys, when Pink blew every other performer off the stage by singing a song — beautifully — while spinning in midair on some sort of trapeze? She could have shown up at \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> in a trucker cap and bathrobe and sung these songs while lolling in a beanbag chair, and we'd all be like, \"Sure, but remember the 2010 Grammys?\" Here, Pink seems to be having the time of her life as she belts her face off (at one point wearing what looks like a tablecloth, a shiny pink lifejacket and... a banner of some kind?), which is more than any of us deserve after the 2010 Grammys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Jay-Z\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Bam,\" \"4:44\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jay-Z's performance opened\u003cem> SNL\u003c/em>'s 43rd season by \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/10/02/554954068/jay-zs-snl-performance-as-political-protest-and-personal-redemption\">making news\u003c/a>, mostly for his pointed display of a Colin Kaepernick jersey during \"Bam,\" on which he teams up with singer Damian Marley. But the title track from last year's \u003cem>4:44\u003c/em> proves more powerful still, as Jay performs the song — a bracing and vulnerable apology to his family for his much-documented infidelity — alone with his eyes closed, the mic pressed tightly to his face. It's a remarkably inward-facing performance, raw and exposed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. SZA\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"The Weekend,\" \"Love Galore\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Ctrl\u003c/em> was one of 2017's best albums, so SZA came into this \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> showcase with a significant advantage in terms of raw material. But her performance takes a huge swing anyway, as she trots out two album highlights with the aid of a choir, a tiny orchestra and vivid, ambitious set design. SZA's vocals are tight throughout, but what \u003cem>really\u003c/em> jumps out is the boldness of the arrangements: \"Love Galore\" subtracts Travis Scott (while adding a new verse!) and incorporates every unlikely ingredient on the stage, yet still evokes the mood of the original.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Childish Gambino\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Saturday,\" \"This Is America\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2P2qbr-_Ps\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donald Glover might have claimed this spot purely on the strength of \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY\">his \"This Is America\" video\u003c/a>, a chart-topping conversation-starter he dropped the night of his \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> appearance. He might also have claimed it on versatility alone: on his ability to host a 90-minute comedy show, appear in every sketch \u003cem>and\u003c/em> perform two songs as the musical guest. (Of course, then there's his groundbreaking work on \u003cem>Atlanta\u003c/em>, his star-making comic turn on \u003cem>Community\u003c/em> and his role in the forthcoming \u003cem>Solo: A Star Wars Story\u003c/em>, to say nothing of \u003cem>Magic Mike XXL\u003c/em>.) But both of the night's brand-new Childish Gambino songs are also terrific: \"Saturday\" is a funky-but-slight slice of summer fun, while \"This Is America\" functions as an actual, honest-to-goodness showstopper. To introduce the world to \u003cem>that\u003c/em> song in the legendarily uneven final half-hour of SNL, knowing that it'll \u003cem>still\u003c/em> resonate for weeks — and probably years — to come? That is boldness personified, and fully justified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=This+Season%27s+%27SNL%27+Musical+Guests%2C+Cruelly+Ranked&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/I22DVDwc0aw'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/I22DVDwc0aw'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>It's hard to figure out what to make of James Bay, whose name, voice and physical presence all seem to represent a composite sketch of every singer you've ever heard and thought, \"Wait, \u003cem>who\u003c/em> is this again?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay gives it a go in the peppy \"Pink Lemonade,\" but by the time he gets to \"Wild Love,\" well... let's just agree that nothing says \"I wanna give you wild love\" quite like standing stock-still in leather pants while performing what might be the most bloodless song ever written.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>20. Sam Smith\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpT3gx3s0ns\">\u003cstrong>Too Good At Goodbyes\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU72UuhrYzU\">\u003cstrong>Pray\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sam Smith knows how to write ballads that convey longing and loss, but if his TV appearances are any indication, those just don't translate into onstage dynamism. In \"Too Good At Goodbyes,\" Smith shows up clad in a short-sleeved, tucked-in red blazer, a look that suggests he's not only working hard for your love, but also toiling at a \u003cem>second\u003c/em> job as an assistant manager at Hardee's. Smith pours every ounce of his expended energy into his vocals — which means, in turn, that he sounds nice, while leaving the charisma to his busy backing choir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>19. Troye Sivan\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C59j0Rmucss\">\u003cstrong>My My My!\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnSO5Uhobvo\">\u003cstrong>The Good Side\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Troye Sivan's springy dance-pop concoctions play better in the studio than on the stage: It's nice to see a live band kicking up a bit of dust during \"My My My!,\" but Sivan's vocals — especially during the breathier bits in between choruses — are so listless that at times he sounds like he's humming along to himself in the car. As for \"The Good Side,\" it's a ballad that keeps threatening to build to something grand, only to wobble back to a standstill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>18. Dua Lipa\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"New Rules,\" \"Homesick\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just by reading the words \"New Rules,\" you have doomed yourself to another three days in which those seven little words — \"I've got new rules, I count 'em\" — are lodged hopelessly in your brain, stuck in an eternal loop from which your battered psyche can find no respite. So, you know, apologies for that. As for Dua Lipa's \u003cem>performance\u003c/em> on SNL, it feels a little rote: Her vocals remain on point throughout \"New Rules\" and the ballad \"Homesick,\" but she seems strangely detached from the material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>17. Arcade Fire\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Creature Comfort,\" \"Put Your Money On Me\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arcade Fire's \u003cem>Everything Now\u003c/em> is an album-length commentary on the numbing excess of modern life, so you can't get too bent out of shape when its songs and live performances feel... well, numbingly excessive. But these two performances — especially the strobe-lit seizure factory \"Creature Comfort\" — can border on being migraine-inducing. The band gets points for the ambition of its stagecraft, but more isn't always more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>16. Nicki Minaj\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Chun-Li,\" \"Poke It Out\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/nJUcecTVyGs'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/nJUcecTVyGs'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Hoo boy, where to begin? As performed this past Saturday, Minaj's lively and impeccably choreographed \"Chun-Li\" is basically a tutorial in cultural appropriation, making it both exciting to hear and infuriating to watch; it was widely condemned (and defended, and condemned again) as the minutes and hours unwound, to the point where the song's actual quality hasn't ended up mattering much. Then, instead of showcasing more of her own material — say, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BidS_rcf7UU\">another single\u003c/a> from the album she's got coming out next month — Minaj turned her second slot over to Playboi Carti and his song \"Poke It Out.\" She guests on the track, both here and on his album, but doesn't even hit the stage until 90 seconds in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>15. Jack White\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Over and Over and Over,\" \"Connected By Love\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year's \u003cem>Boarding House Reach\u003c/em> sounds like the work of a fussy studio wizard who's decided to prioritize technical skill over coherent songcraft. As such, the singles Jack White trots out here only occasionally hang together in any meaningful way, most often in the guitar solos. White, who always surrounds himself with top-notch talent, brings on The McCrary Sisters to sing backup. But the songs themselves feel even more undercooked than they do on the album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>14. Halsey\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Bad At Love,\" \"Him & I\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Halsey broke through via guest appearances on others' songs, so it's nice to hear the pop singer grab a headlining spot. She struts and soars through \"Bad At Love\" while wearing what appears to be Big Bird's pelt. But \"Him & I\" once again finds her spotlight diminished, in this case by slick-haired rapper G-Eazy, who's given roughly equal time both here and in the single itself. \u003cem>We were promised Halsey!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>13. Migos\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CF0ucvv1kw\">\u003cstrong>Stir Fry\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epdp90Qg9uI\">\u003cstrong>Narcos\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trap music rarely gets an \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> showcase, so Migos decided to go big, from a bright red-and-gold set to a live backing band to a whole bunch of lackadaisical (but fully committed!) old-school dancing. The energy is somehow strangely muted, with copious Auto-Tune and a slurred sound mix that doesn't do Migos many favors, but the overall spectacle wins out in the end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>12. U2\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLHubsghTOM\">\u003cstrong>American Soul\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGqhFw1RTZQ\">\u003cstrong>Get Out Of Your Own Way\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/VLHubsghTOM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/VLHubsghTOM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Say what you will about U2, but the band knows how to work a room. Still, \"American Soul\" feels like a tiny bit of a letdown coming out of its gripping animated intro, which features Kendrick Lamar; the rapper's absence is felt throughout an otherwise workmanlike song and performance. Of course, Bono can't help but trot out the ol' megaphone \u003cem>again\u003c/em> in \"Get Out of Your Own Way,\" which never quite soars the way it's supposed to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>11. Kacey Musgraves\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"High Horse,\" \"Slow Burn\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For \"High Horse,\" Kacey Musgraves piles up the flash: Her huge band is decked out in matching outfits, and everyone on stage does their thing in the small shadow of... is that a saddle made of jewels, dangling from the ceiling? It looks like a cross between a disco ball and the tiny Stonehenge in \u003cem>This Is Spinal Tap\u003c/em>. Anyway, the song's energy is muted and midtempo — even more so here than in the original version. The appropriately titled \"Slow Burn\" fares better, as the band stays in the shadows, the bejeweled saddle gets mothballed and Musgraves lets her softly radiant voice carry the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10. Miley Cyrus\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Bad Mood,\" \"I Would Die For You\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miley Cyrus' awards-show performances have caused some to question her judgment — twerking is one thing, but twerking \u003cem>alongside\u003c/em> \u003cem>Robin Thicke\u003c/em>?! Still, her vocal talent remains \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mjvfnUAfyo\">undeniable\u003c/a>. Last year's \u003cem>Younger Now\u003c/em> was all about reclaiming Cyrus' polished pop sound while maintaining a broad stylistic range, so it's no surprise that her SNL set is a picture of weaponized confidence and poise. Still, while \"Bad Mood\" pops as a gritty vocal showcase, the ballad \"I Would Die For You\" sands her personality down to a nub.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9. Eminem\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxkLy_mvGXE\">\u003cstrong>Walk On Water/Stan/Love The Way You Lie\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/GxkLy_mvGXE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/GxkLy_mvGXE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Hand it to Eminem: He opted for an ambitious and unusual arrangement that allows his limitations to be tested. \"Walk on Water\" sets the rapper's paranoid self-pity against a stately arrangement that features singer Skylar Grey and a small orchestra; from there, instead of fading to commercial, the assembled players launch into lengthy excerpts from a pair of Eminem's biggest hits. (You won't hear the words \"Once again, Eminem\" in this telecast.) As for the rapper himself, he gains more focus and intensity as he goes along, as if he knows a train wreck has been narrowly but decisively averted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8. Foo Fighters\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"The Sky Is A Neighborhood,\" \"Everlong/Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)/Linus And Lucy\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> performances often bear the burden of promotional obligation: When there's a new album to flog, most artists stick to the latest singles at the expense of the songs casual fans would be most excited to hear. But Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, the affable incumbent mayor of rock and roll, is nothing if not eager to please, which means a decent new track (\"The Sky Is a Neighborhood\") gives way to a fun and incredibly ingratiating medley of one old favorite (\"Everlong,\" performed mostly solo) and two holiday staples: \"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)\" and the Peanuts classic \"Linus and Lucy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7. Taylor Swift\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"...Ready For It?,\" \"Call It What You Want\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dragging Taylor Swift online has become a pastime, if not an art form, and her live performances on TV have been getting mixed reviews for years. But these two songs from \u003cem>Reputation\u003c/em>, which had come out just a day earlier, are rendered with considerable skill: \"...Ready For It?\" gives every dancer onstage a workout, including Swift herself, while \"Call It What You Want\" gets a muted acoustic arrangement — it's just her, her acoustic guitar, a cellist, and her backup singers — that spotlights her clear, confident vocals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. Chris Stapleton\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZLBVi_0ENU\">\u003cstrong>Midnight Train to Memphis\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>,\" \"\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKMZ-_t7w6A\">\u003cstrong>Hard Livin'\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some superstars seem constrained by the relatively modest size of \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em>'s stage — especially the ones whose live shows are known to sprawl across stadiums. But Chris Stapleton has played enough bars and theaters to make the transition seamlessly, aided by a killer band and the prominent contributions of another decorated Kentuckian: Sturgill Simpson. Together, they make a meat-and-potatoes meal of Stapleton's hard-churning roots music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. 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But as lovely as that news is, it needn't overshadow the Swiss-watch precision and explosive charisma on display in her medley of \"Bodak Yellow\" and \"Bartier Cardi.\" In the past few months, Cardi B has proved herself a star capable of truly enduring: a funny and ingratiating multimedia presence with a boundless capacity for commanding attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Pink\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"What About Us,\" \"Beautiful Trauma\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember the 2010 Grammys, when Pink blew every other performer off the stage by singing a song — beautifully — while spinning in midair on some sort of trapeze? She could have shown up at \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> in a trucker cap and bathrobe and sung these songs while lolling in a beanbag chair, and we'd all be like, \"Sure, but remember the 2010 Grammys?\" Here, Pink seems to be having the time of her life as she belts her face off (at one point wearing what looks like a tablecloth, a shiny pink lifejacket and... a banner of some kind?), which is more than any of us deserve after the 2010 Grammys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Jay-Z\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"Bam,\" \"4:44\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jay-Z's performance opened\u003cem> SNL\u003c/em>'s 43rd season by \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/10/02/554954068/jay-zs-snl-performance-as-political-protest-and-personal-redemption\">making news\u003c/a>, mostly for his pointed display of a Colin Kaepernick jersey during \"Bam,\" on which he teams up with singer Damian Marley. 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"content": "\u003cp>Over the weekend, Taylor Swift played sold-out shows to a total of 110,000 people at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. Here's a play-by-play of what it was like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:00pm:\u003c/strong> You hop into your friend's car and start zooming down the peninsula towards Taylor. It's just like three years ago, when you two went to the \u003cem>1989\u003c/em> tour (\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/17645\">there's a timeline for that experience too\u003c/a>). Actually it's nothing like that. 2015 was a simpler time for America and Taylor, to say the least. Back then, a Trump presidency and an emboldened neo-Nazi movement rallying around Taylor as the model Aryan was nothing more than a 4chan fever dream. Yet here we are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:10pm: \u003c/strong>Unlike the 2015 concert commute, you and your friend spend the whole ride debating Taylor's current precarious place in pop culture. You both agree that there have been more than a few unforced errors on her part, such as failing to read the room before releasing \u003cem>Reputation\u003c/em>, an album whose main subjects -- dusty, petty feuds and a displeasure with the media -- veer uncomfortably close to the interests of a certain orange-faced world leader.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:20pm:\u003c/strong> You both wish Taylor would have put aside her media hibernation strategy when alt-right sites started glorifying her to simply say, \"Hi. Absolutely not into white supremacy. K thx bye!\" But it's too late; the damage is done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:30pm:\u003c/strong> You debate whether either of you will put evidence of the night on social media. Three years ago, a post about attending a Taylor Swift concert meant: \u003cem>I enjoy mom-dancing to well-crafted pop songs produced by Max Martin!\u003c/em> Now, it feels like a political statement. You decide to just \u003cdel>shake it off\u003c/del> have a good time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:00pm: \u003c/strong>You roll up to the venue and immediately spot tweens, teens, moms, dads, gays, you name it, in ceremonial garb. Two girls are dressed as cats with the lyrics \"I guess I'll just stumble on home to my cats\" on their backs. You smile at them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:10pm: \u003c/strong>The back of your jacket is embroidered with the \u003cem>Clarissa Explains It All\u003c/em> logo. You realize this will be lost on this crowd, as most of these people were born after that show went off the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:15pm:\u003c/strong> But look, not everyone is a decade younger than you! The boys you just parked next to are around your age!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:16pm:\u003c/strong> OMG, DO NOT LOOK! One of them is a past fling! Even in a crowd that is majority pre-pubescent, never underestimate the risk of running into an ex. You pretend to look for something in the glove compartment until your neighbors move along.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:20pm: \u003c/strong>After waiting an appropriate amount of time, you two get out of the car and start the trek toward the stadium, stopping to look at a replica of the throne from the \"Look What You Made Me Do\" music video. You feel too cool to actually sit on it for a selfie, before remembering that, as an elder Millennial at a Taylor Swift concert, you are in no way too cool for this photo-op.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:25pm:\u003c/strong> As opener Camilla Cabello, your least favorite Fifth Harmony member, warbles in the distance, security makes your friend and all the other women in line dump all belongings out of their purses and into clear plastic bags. Tampons, vape pens, and other personal effects are now fully on display. But who cares? You are all family at this Taylor concert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:28pm:\u003c/strong> A woman runs up to you and gushes about your \u003cem>Clarissa Explains It All \u003c/em>jacket. You feel less alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:30pm:\u003c/strong> Once inside, you're on a mission to get as much wine as possible. The lines are DMV long. Your friend spots a beer kiosk that people don't realize also sells wine. You get two mini bottles each because you know how to party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:40pm: \u003c/strong>Getting onto the field is way harder than you realized. As Joan Jett's \"Bad Reputation\" blasts, you worry that you won't make it in time. Thankfully, you spot what you think are your seats, just as the lights drop and the first beats of \"Ready For It\" hit the speakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:41pm: \u003c/strong>Taylor's hooded silhouette appears and everyone loses their you-know-what. Gone is the \u003cem>Oh-my-gosh-y'all-I'm-so-shocked-you-paid-to-see-little-old-me\u003c/em> routine. Dark and emo Taylor has risen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:45pm:\u003c/strong> Taylor greets the audience. Just like three years ago, you and your friend hope she refers to the crowd as the Bay Area instead of Santa Clara. She disappoints again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:46pm:\u003c/strong> Taylor introduces you to the band and every single backup dancer by name. You're touched that she would do this at the top of the show, instead of as an afterthought at the very end like most pop stars do. (It's also possible that you're not so much touched as starting to get tipsy, but who's counting?) You and your friend agree that putting a spotlight on the supporting cast is a way better look than trotting out a small army of model friends, à la the \u003cem>1989\u003c/em> tour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:48pm:\u003c/strong> \"I Did Something Bad\" comes on. Taylor head bangs and says the word \"sh-t.\" Thousands of little ears are covered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:50pm:\u003c/strong> Taylor makes up for cursing by plastering cute images of her cats all over the screens and performing \"Gorgeous,\" a song that's essentially a Lisa Frank folder in musical form.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:52pm:\u003c/strong> Taylor asks you to jump. You and your friend decline. Preventing your wine from spilling is more important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:55pm: \u003c/strong>\"Style\" comes on and everyone knows the words. This return to pre-\u003cem>Reputation\u003c/em> music feels like a release. Ahhh, the days when Obama was in charge and the most controversial thing about Taylor was that she had a messy conscious uncoupling with Harry Styles of One Direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:56pm:\u003c/strong> The girl next to you says something to you. You think, \u003cem>Aw, yay, she probably wants to bond over how you both wish Taylor had promoted this song more.\u003c/em> Instead, she says, \"You're in my mom's seat! Move!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:57pm:\u003c/strong> She's right. You were in the wrong seat this whole time. Finding the right one requires awkwardly squeezing against at least a dozen people. If strong side-eyes can hex a person, consider yourself cursed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:58pm:\u003c/strong> When you realize your actual seat is even closer than your previous spot, you make a Taylor-just-won-an-award-and-is-so-shocked face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:00pm:\u003c/strong> Taylor reaches even further back into her discography with a mashup of \"Love Story\" and \"You Belong With Me.\" You get way too excited by the pink heart backdrop (this may or may not be related to the two mini bottles of wine, which are now empty under your seat).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:05pm:\u003c/strong> Time to go back to grown-up Taylor with \"Look What You Made Me Do,\" which both you and your friend agree was a horrendous choice for a first single. Taylor and her dancers play around on a weird golden see-saw, while an inflatable snake grows to 40 feet behind them. You love a budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:08pm:\u003c/strong> The lights go dark and a video of a phone ringing plays. Tiffany Haddish picks up to deliver the \"Old Taylor can't come to the phone right now. Why? Cause she's dead!\" line. (Fun fact: these two became friends after they appeared on the same episode of \u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em>. After Taylor referenced jokes from Tiffany's early stand-up days, Tiffany decided: \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLVLaqnj3us\">Oh, I like this b-tch!\u003c/a>\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:10pm:\u003c/strong> Ed Sheeran does not come out to rap his portion of \"End Game.\" It's for the best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:14pm:\u003c/strong> No one seems to know the words to \"King of My Heart,\" a non-single track on the latter half of \u003cem>Reputation\u003c/em>. You are offended. And these ten-year-olds call themselves fans!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:19pm:\u003c/strong> The time has come for the first Taylor TED Talk of the evening. During the \u003cem>1989\u003c/em> tour, she covered topics such as dissociating yourself from what others think of you, and why people who wait four hours to text you back are the scum of the earth. The message this time around is how grateful she is that her fans understood that she needed to go away for a while and figure out what life would be like without a spotlight on it. \"Thanks for being here when I got back,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:22pm:\u003c/strong> Taylor continues by talking about how brave it is to reach out for human connection and how everyone feels alone sometimes. Basically it's REM's \"Everybody Hurts\" as a soliloquy. Just like at the last tour, your friend quietly weeps, as does the girl who shot the video below:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kDWuT_6iUU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:25pm: \u003c/strong>Taylor ends with a thesis statement: Relationships are just delicate, you know? Then, her latest single \"Delicate\" starts to play (see what she did there?). Taylor gets into a light-up flying orb and travels across the stadium to a stage towards the back of the field. People are screaming louder than they probably did for the Wright brothers' first flight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:26pm:\u003c/strong> You're not above joining them. A demon takes over your vocal chords, compelling you to scream Taylor's name:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/xcusemybeauty/status/999049029324439552\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:36pm:\u003c/strong> After a cute-enough rendition of \"Shake It Off\" with opening acts Charli XCX and Camila Cabello, Taylor grabs a guitar for acoustic takes on \"Wildest Dreams\" and \"Dancing with Our Hands Tied.\" That's your cue to climb over a bunch of seats and run upstairs to find more wine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:44pm:\u003c/strong> Turns out that wasn't a great plan. \"Blank Space,\" arguably one of Taylor's best songs, starts and you're missing it 'cause you just had to get even drunker around all these children. Oh, well. ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ #NoRegrets. #YOLO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:53pm: \u003c/strong>You finally get back to your seat. By this point, Taylor has walked and high-fived her way across the field to another mini-stage. Confetti and mini newspaper front pages with Taylor's name all over them rain down. You lunge for one. It's just like Oprah's you-get-a-car-and-you-get-a-car moment, but instead of expensive vehicles, the gifts are pieces of paper you will most likely recycle before the end of the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:57pm:\u003c/strong> A flying snake skeleton orb appears. Another demon takes over your body and compels you to yell, \"GET IN THAT SNAKE!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:59pm:\u003c/strong> She does. It takes her back to the main stage, as she sings \"Bad Blood.\" You're happy that Katy Perry, the song's inspiration, and Taylor have made amends with \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/arts/music/katy-perry-taylor-swift.html\">a literal olive branch\u003c/a>. (Or \u003ca href=\"https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/6244666/katy-perry-upset-after-taylor-swift-revealed-her-apology-letter-and-made-it-look-like-shes-taking-all-the-blame-for-feud/\">have they\u003c/a>?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:06pm:\u003c/strong> Taylor sits at a piano. You know what this means! It's time for another TED Talk! This time, she speaks about how she often catches herself in a moment like tonight and imagines that her 80-year-old self will look back on the memory with wonder. She also shares how she values being able to grow up alongside her fans. A wave of awwwws takes over the stadium. Taylor could easily start a cult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:20pm:\u003c/strong> After a few ballads, Taylor performs \"Getaway Car,\" one of your personal faves. You sing all the words really loudly. A five-year old standing on the chair in front of you turns around and judges you so hard. Haters gonna hate, hate, hate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:24pm:\u003c/strong> Taylor hits you with another slow jam. Your friend says, \"This feels like a Billy Joel concert.\" Way harsh, Tai.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:28pm:\u003c/strong> Taylor wins your friend back with perfect pop song \"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.\" Would Billy Joel unleash fireworks and pyrotechnics while singing about Jake Gyllenhaal? I think not!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:32pm:\u003c/strong> Taylor and her dancers splash around in a water fountain that appears out of nowhere to \"This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things.\" You hope and pray Taylor cuts out the part in the song that involves her guffawing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:33pm:\u003c/strong> Unfortunately, not only does she keep it in, but all her backup singers join her in over-the-top HA HA HAAAAA-ing. The second-hand embarrassment is thick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:34pm:\u003c/strong> The fireworks go into high gear! Your bracelet and the 54,999 others light up! Taylor waves goodbye! You all wave back!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:35pm:\u003c/strong> You are out of breath, waiting for an encore, even though there wasn't one last time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:38pm:\u003c/strong> There is still no encore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:45pm:\u003c/strong> Your friend meets another elder Millennial in the bathroom. She tells your friend she doesn't want to wash her hands because Taylor touched her. You think of the time you met a soap star from \u003cem>The Bold and the Beautiful\u003c/em> at a mall as a kid and refused to wash your hand for two days. Bad hygiene and stanning go hand in hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:53pm:\u003c/strong> You make it to the parking lot. Taylor has left her mark on the crowd. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:00pm: \u003c/strong>You roll up to the venue and immediately spot tweens, teens, moms, dads, gays, you name it, in ceremonial garb. Two girls are dressed as cats with the lyrics \"I guess I'll just stumble on home to my cats\" on their backs. You smile at them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:10pm: \u003c/strong>The back of your jacket is embroidered with the \u003cem>Clarissa Explains It All\u003c/em> logo. You realize this will be lost on this crowd, as most of these people were born after that show went off the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:15pm:\u003c/strong> But look, not everyone is a decade younger than you! The boys you just parked next to are around your age!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:16pm:\u003c/strong> OMG, DO NOT LOOK! One of them is a past fling! Even in a crowd that is majority pre-pubescent, never underestimate the risk of running into an ex. You pretend to look for something in the glove compartment until your neighbors move along.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:20pm: \u003c/strong>After waiting an appropriate amount of time, you two get out of the car and start the trek toward the stadium, stopping to look at a replica of the throne from the \"Look What You Made Me Do\" music video. You feel too cool to actually sit on it for a selfie, before remembering that, as an elder Millennial at a Taylor Swift concert, you are in no way too cool for this photo-op.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:25pm:\u003c/strong> As opener Camilla Cabello, your least favorite Fifth Harmony member, warbles in the distance, security makes your friend and all the other women in line dump all belongings out of their purses and into clear plastic bags. Tampons, vape pens, and other personal effects are now fully on display. But who cares? You are all family at this Taylor concert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:28pm:\u003c/strong> A woman runs up to you and gushes about your \u003cem>Clarissa Explains It All \u003c/em>jacket. You feel less alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:30pm:\u003c/strong> Once inside, you're on a mission to get as much wine as possible. The lines are DMV long. Your friend spots a beer kiosk that people don't realize also sells wine. You get two mini bottles each because you know how to party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:40pm: \u003c/strong>Getting onto the field is way harder than you realized. As Joan Jett's \"Bad Reputation\" blasts, you worry that you won't make it in time. Thankfully, you spot what you think are your seats, just as the lights drop and the first beats of \"Ready For It\" hit the speakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:41pm: \u003c/strong>Taylor's hooded silhouette appears and everyone loses their you-know-what. Gone is the \u003cem>Oh-my-gosh-y'all-I'm-so-shocked-you-paid-to-see-little-old-me\u003c/em> routine. Dark and emo Taylor has risen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:45pm:\u003c/strong> Taylor greets the audience. Just like three years ago, you and your friend hope she refers to the crowd as the Bay Area instead of Santa Clara. She disappoints again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:46pm:\u003c/strong> Taylor introduces you to the band and every single backup dancer by name. You're touched that she would do this at the top of the show, instead of as an afterthought at the very end like most pop stars do. (It's also possible that you're not so much touched as starting to get tipsy, but who's counting?) You and your friend agree that putting a spotlight on the supporting cast is a way better look than trotting out a small army of model friends, à la the \u003cem>1989\u003c/em> tour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:48pm:\u003c/strong> \"I Did Something Bad\" comes on. Taylor head bangs and says the word \"sh-t.\" Thousands of little ears are covered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:50pm:\u003c/strong> Taylor makes up for cursing by plastering cute images of her cats all over the screens and performing \"Gorgeous,\" a song that's essentially a Lisa Frank folder in musical form.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:52pm:\u003c/strong> Taylor asks you to jump. You and your friend decline. Preventing your wine from spilling is more important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:55pm: \u003c/strong>\"Style\" comes on and everyone knows the words. This return to pre-\u003cem>Reputation\u003c/em> music feels like a release. Ahhh, the days when Obama was in charge and the most controversial thing about Taylor was that she had a messy conscious uncoupling with Harry Styles of One Direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:56pm:\u003c/strong> The girl next to you says something to you. You think, \u003cem>Aw, yay, she probably wants to bond over how you both wish Taylor had promoted this song more.\u003c/em> Instead, she says, \"You're in my mom's seat! Move!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:57pm:\u003c/strong> She's right. You were in the wrong seat this whole time. Finding the right one requires awkwardly squeezing against at least a dozen people. If strong side-eyes can hex a person, consider yourself cursed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:58pm:\u003c/strong> When you realize your actual seat is even closer than your previous spot, you make a Taylor-just-won-an-award-and-is-so-shocked face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:00pm:\u003c/strong> Taylor reaches even further back into her discography with a mashup of \"Love Story\" and \"You Belong With Me.\" You get way too excited by the pink heart backdrop (this may or may not be related to the two mini bottles of wine, which are now empty under your seat).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:05pm:\u003c/strong> Time to go back to grown-up Taylor with \"Look What You Made Me Do,\" which both you and your friend agree was a horrendous choice for a first single. Taylor and her dancers play around on a weird golden see-saw, while an inflatable snake grows to 40 feet behind them. You love a budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:08pm:\u003c/strong> The lights go dark and a video of a phone ringing plays. Tiffany Haddish picks up to deliver the \"Old Taylor can't come to the phone right now. Why? Cause she's dead!\" line. (Fun fact: these two became friends after they appeared on the same episode of \u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em>. After Taylor referenced jokes from Tiffany's early stand-up days, Tiffany decided: \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLVLaqnj3us\">Oh, I like this b-tch!\u003c/a>\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:10pm:\u003c/strong> Ed Sheeran does not come out to rap his portion of \"End Game.\" It's for the best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:14pm:\u003c/strong> No one seems to know the words to \"King of My Heart,\" a non-single track on the latter half of \u003cem>Reputation\u003c/em>. You are offended. And these ten-year-olds call themselves fans!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:19pm:\u003c/strong> The time has come for the first Taylor TED Talk of the evening. During the \u003cem>1989\u003c/em> tour, she covered topics such as dissociating yourself from what others think of you, and why people who wait four hours to text you back are the scum of the earth. The message this time around is how grateful she is that her fans understood that she needed to go away for a while and figure out what life would be like without a spotlight on it. \"Thanks for being here when I got back,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:22pm:\u003c/strong> Taylor continues by talking about how brave it is to reach out for human connection and how everyone feels alone sometimes. Basically it's REM's \"Everybody Hurts\" as a soliloquy. 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People are screaming louder than they probably did for the Wright brothers' first flight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:26pm:\u003c/strong> You're not above joining them. A demon takes over your vocal chords, compelling you to scream Taylor's name:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>This piece was inspired by an episode of \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cooler/id1041117499?mt=2\">The Cooler\u003c/a>, KQED’s weekly pop culture podcast. Give it a listen!\u003c/em>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/thecooler/2018/05/BeyonceMass.mp3\" title=\"Beyonce Takes Us to Church... Literally\" program=\"The Cooler\" image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/beyonce-mass.jpg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beyoncé is all-powerful. We know this, right? Let us count the ways:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She can inspire us spend an entire paycheck on a concert ticket or \u003ca href=\"https://popup.beyonce.com/collections/beychella/products/crest-varsity-jacket\">a fly piece of merch\u003c/a> at a moment’s notice. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She can turn us all into internet sleuths when someone dares to \u003ca href=\"https://pagesix.com/2018/03/30/sanaa-lathan-confirmed-as-star-who-bit-beyonce/\">put their dirty teeth\u003c/a> on her face. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She \u003ca href=\"https://hips.hearstapps.com/ell.h-cdn.co/assets/16/29/1468852306-tumblr-oaf7m2srs31qf3xzvo2-540.gif\">can move hair out of her face using only her mind\u003c/a>.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She can record entire visual albums without any of us suspecting a damn thing. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She can slay the Coachella (excuse me, the \u003cem>Bey\u003c/em>chella) stage for two hours without ever being out of breath. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And the list goes on. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There’s very little reason to doubt Beyoncé, but I have a confession to make. Forgive me, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter, first of her name, the Unbothered, Queen of the Beyhive, Breaker of Records, heir to the House of Dereon fortune, and Mother of Blue, Rumi, and Sir, for I have sinned. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last week, I heard that Grace Cathedral was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13829590/grace-cathedral-in-san-francisco-to-host-beyonce-mass\">hosting a Beyoncé Mass\u003c/a>, and initially, while that sounded very cool, I sacrilegiously questioned whether the power of Yoncé was strong enough to compel me to put aside all the religious PTSD I acquired from years of Catholic schooling and return to church? I probably haven’t been inside a church, outside of family weddings and tourism, since I was 17. But apparently none of that matters in the face of the mighty Beyoncé. I decided to put aside my qualms with religion for a night and go check it out. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was pretty surprised by this... and so was my phone. When I texted a friend that I was on my way to church, my autocorrect was like, “Um, church? Surely, you meant to type “Chuckie,” as in the ginger from \u003cem>Rugrats\u003c/em>, right? That’s way more you. This isn’t like you, girl.” Siri knows a lot about us, but it’s good to know we still have the capacity to surprise our A.I. overlords.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In case you haven't been to Grace Cathedral before, let me paint a picture.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It’s the third largest Episcopal cathedral in the nation\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and it’s \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">majestic as you-know-what! \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The architecture: gorj!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BiBCCJ9FW8r/?taken-by=excusemybeauty\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The huge stained glass windows: stunning!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BiKU9P2Ffej/?taken-by=excusemybeauty\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The labyrinth on the floor: meditative!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_103394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/5170194646_385981bc4d_b.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-103394\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/5170194646_385981bc4d_b-1020x671.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/5170194646_385981bc4d_b-1020x671.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/5170194646_385981bc4d_b-160x105.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/5170194646_385981bc4d_b-800x527.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/5170194646_385981bc4d_b-768x506.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/5170194646_385981bc4d_b-960x632.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/5170194646_385981bc4d_b-240x158.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/5170194646_385981bc4d_b-375x247.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/5170194646_385981bc4d_b-520x342.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/5170194646_385981bc4d_b.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Curtis Fry / \u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/fritography/5170194646\">Flickr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Basically, it’s a Quasimodo dreamscape.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grace Cathedral also has historical resonance too. In honor of the completion and consecration of the cathedral, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a sermon there in 1965 to approximately 5,000 people, the largest gathering there for the next 37 years (only surpassed by a 9/11 memorial service). \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so8kSH8IwIA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">MLK Jr. being one of the first people to speak at Grace Cathedral is kind of fitting because, without him, something like this Beyoncé event, which focused on “how black women find their voice, represent the image of God, and create spaces for liberation,” might not have happened.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cut to the day of. I roll up on my bike and it feels like that scene from \u003cem>Sister Act\u003c/em>, when, after hearing Whoopi and the other nuns performing cool music, the hipsters outside change their tune from \"Ew, church, how boring!\" to \"Maybe Jesus is cool after all? Let’s go inside and investigate!\"\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/PIApF3nCJZ4?t=1m47s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On my way up the front steps, I could already hear Beyoncé’s music blasting. There were film crews from local news stations everywhere. One of them was filming a woman in a sparkly leotard performing the choreography from the \"Single Ladies\" music video.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Inside, the Beyhive was buzzing. The place was packed. There were a lot of Boomers -- who I assume are church regulars because I didn’t see them at the \u003cem>Lemonade\u003c/em> tour -- and large pockets of Millennials, teens, and lots and lots of gays. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I found an empty spot in a pew and was entirely ready to be filled with the Holy Spirit and sing along to \"LET ME SIT THIS AAAAASS ON YA!\" But one look at the pamphlet let me know that this would be a PG celebration of Beyoncé. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/IMG_9736.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-103419\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/IMG_9736.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/IMG_9736.jpg 750w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/IMG_9736-160x198.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/IMG_9736-240x298.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/IMG_9736-375x465.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/IMG_9736-520x645.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The choir started by belting out a rendition of Destiny's Child's “Survivor,” and the lyrics for the chorus were put up for the audience to join in. It felt powerful to see such a broad cross-section of generations united in this way. (And it was also pretty hilarious to hear a church full of people shout out “You know I'm not gon' diss you on the internet!\")\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the song ended, everyone was praise hands-ing and dancing and cheering. It felt like a Beyoncé concert, but with \"Amens\" where the \"Yaaaases\" usually are. Then they asked us to bow our heads for a prayer from the Bible. That's when my religious PTSD came flooding back. I started feeling paranoid. Was Beyoncé a Trojan Horse-esque move to trick gays into returning to church for re-indoctrination?!? Is conversion therapy after communion?!?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The organizers probably expected that kind of reaction from some of us attendees because one of the pastors was wearing a shirt that said \u003cstrong>DON'T WORRY\u003c/strong> in capital letters.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">By the time Reverend Yolanda M. Norton, who developed the event with a group called \u003ca href=\"https://www.gracecathedral.org/thevine/\">The Vine\u003c/a>, started giving her very woke and inclusive sermon, all my anxiety fell away.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\"I've been asked time and time again, 'Why Beyoncé?' Because she reminds us that sometimes you have to do your thing your way. You don't do it on demand. You don't do it for your oppressor. You don't sing when they want you to sing. You sing when God tells you to sing. Never give them your song.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Beyoncé didn't become Beyoncé on her own. I'm not standing in front of you because of anything that I have done. I'm here because of the Mary Nortons of the world, the Daisy Washingtons of the world, the Mary Reeds of the world, the Dorothy Lou Bryants of the world.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Who are these women? These are women who scrubbed toilets and washed floors, women whose names you'll never know, but black women who fought to their core to make sure that there was a better tomorrow for those who can stand in front of you and say, 'As a black woman, I am created in the image of God and...I am here to change the game and make the world a better place.'\"\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her words were so powerful that I was on the verge of crying. The atheist in me was SHOOK!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And it was shaken up even more by what came next, which was a rendition of Beyoncé’s “Freedom,” but with a twist. One of the choir members would kick off a call-and-response by highlighting a struggle (\"For those in the bondage of racism / homophobia / privilege, we need...\"), and the full choir and audience would respond by shouting out the lyrics “Freedom, freedom, I can’t move, freedom, cut me loose.” It was a powerful way of holding society -- and the church itself -- accountable for years of otherizing and discrimination through solidarity.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Again, the atheist in me: shooketh!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the service was over, I caught up with a few other attendees to see if they were feeling as delivered as I was.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A woman named Dana, who attends mass every week, was feeling it just as much as I was: \"\u003c/span>It was absolutely fabulous! I loved every minute of it -- the incorporation of the music, the message from the minister, just the whole atmosphere. It was awesome. I didn't expect it at all.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her friend Tamara was equally as impressed, specifically with how the mass captured Beyoncé's true essence: \"When you think about Beyoncé, a lot of people think 'Oh, she wears skimpy outfits. Oh, the hair.' But what Beyoncé really is, in her core, I feel like, is what we saw at Coachella, and that was the spirit that was delivered here. It's amazing that people are leaving this building feeling energized and great about what they heard tonight. That's what church is supposed to be like, right?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then, I spotted a crowd of young teens dancing in a circle. I crept up like the elder Millennial that I am and talked to a girl named Maria. She said she hasn't been to church since she was seven, but came out for Beyoncé: \"\u003c/span>Mind blown. It was beautiful. It touched my soul. Beyoncé, she's just everything. I just feel like she's a queen; that's what she means to me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just like Maria, Beyoncé got my non-practicing self into a church pew, and I had a gay old time. I probably won’t be back for a regular worship service anytime soon, but it was a re-education of sorts. The evening reminded me that the traumatic, negative experiences I had in religious spaces in my past aren’t the full story. Yes, religion can absolutely be misused by people with prejudices, but it can also be a reason and opportunity for people to build community, to come together in these divisive times and sing, dance, and practice accepting and loving one another. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Somehow, Beyoncé got me to pontificate on the positive aspects of organized religion??? If that isn't a miracle, I don't know what is. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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In honor of the completion and consecration of the cathedral, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a sermon there in 1965 to approximately 5,000 people, the largest gathering there for the next 37 years (only surpassed by a 9/11 memorial service). \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/so8kSH8IwIA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/so8kSH8IwIA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">MLK Jr. being one of the first people to speak at Grace Cathedral is kind of fitting because, without him, something like this Beyoncé event, which focused on “how black women find their voice, represent the image of God, and create spaces for liberation,” might not have happened.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cut to the day of. I roll up on my bike and it feels like that scene from \u003cem>Sister Act\u003c/em>, when, after hearing Whoopi and the other nuns performing cool music, the hipsters outside change their tune from \"Ew, church, how boring!\" to \"Maybe Jesus is cool after all? Let’s go inside and investigate!\"\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/PIApF3nCJZ4'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/PIApF3nCJZ4'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On my way up the front steps, I could already hear Beyoncé’s music blasting. There were film crews from local news stations everywhere. One of them was filming a woman in a sparkly leotard performing the choreography from the \"Single Ladies\" music video.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Inside, the Beyhive was buzzing. The place was packed. There were a lot of Boomers -- who I assume are church regulars because I didn’t see them at the \u003cem>Lemonade\u003c/em> tour -- and large pockets of Millennials, teens, and lots and lots of gays. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I found an empty spot in a pew and was entirely ready to be filled with the Holy Spirit and sing along to \"LET ME SIT THIS AAAAASS ON YA!\" But one look at the pamphlet let me know that this would be a PG celebration of Beyoncé. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/IMG_9736.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-103419\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/IMG_9736.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/IMG_9736.jpg 750w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/IMG_9736-160x198.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/IMG_9736-240x298.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/IMG_9736-375x465.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/05/IMG_9736-520x645.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The choir started by belting out a rendition of Destiny's Child's “Survivor,” and the lyrics for the chorus were put up for the audience to join in. It felt powerful to see such a broad cross-section of generations united in this way. (And it was also pretty hilarious to hear a church full of people shout out “You know I'm not gon' diss you on the internet!\")\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the song ended, everyone was praise hands-ing and dancing and cheering. It felt like a Beyoncé concert, but with \"Amens\" where the \"Yaaaases\" usually are. Then they asked us to bow our heads for a prayer from the Bible. That's when my religious PTSD came flooding back. I started feeling paranoid. Was Beyoncé a Trojan Horse-esque move to trick gays into returning to church for re-indoctrination?!? Is conversion therapy after communion?!?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The organizers probably expected that kind of reaction from some of us attendees because one of the pastors was wearing a shirt that said \u003cstrong>DON'T WORRY\u003c/strong> in capital letters.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">By the time Reverend Yolanda M. Norton, who developed the event with a group called \u003ca href=\"https://www.gracecathedral.org/thevine/\">The Vine\u003c/a>, started giving her very woke and inclusive sermon, all my anxiety fell away.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\"I've been asked time and time again, 'Why Beyoncé?' Because she reminds us that sometimes you have to do your thing your way. You don't do it on demand. You don't do it for your oppressor. You don't sing when they want you to sing. You sing when God tells you to sing. Never give them your song.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Beyoncé didn't become Beyoncé on her own. I'm not standing in front of you because of anything that I have done. I'm here because of the Mary Nortons of the world, the Daisy Washingtons of the world, the Mary Reeds of the world, the Dorothy Lou Bryants of the world.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Who are these women? These are women who scrubbed toilets and washed floors, women whose names you'll never know, but black women who fought to their core to make sure that there was a better tomorrow for those who can stand in front of you and say, 'As a black woman, I am created in the image of God and...I am here to change the game and make the world a better place.'\"\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her words were so powerful that I was on the verge of crying. The atheist in me was SHOOK!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And it was shaken up even more by what came next, which was a rendition of Beyoncé’s “Freedom,” but with a twist. One of the choir members would kick off a call-and-response by highlighting a struggle (\"For those in the bondage of racism / homophobia / privilege, we need...\"), and the full choir and audience would respond by shouting out the lyrics “Freedom, freedom, I can’t move, freedom, cut me loose.” It was a powerful way of holding society -- and the church itself -- accountable for years of otherizing and discrimination through solidarity.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Again, the atheist in me: shooketh!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the service was over, I caught up with a few other attendees to see if they were feeling as delivered as I was.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A woman named Dana, who attends mass every week, was feeling it just as much as I was: \"\u003c/span>It was absolutely fabulous! I loved every minute of it -- the incorporation of the music, the message from the minister, just the whole atmosphere. It was awesome. I didn't expect it at all.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her friend Tamara was equally as impressed, specifically with how the mass captured Beyoncé's true essence: \"When you think about Beyoncé, a lot of people think 'Oh, she wears skimpy outfits. Oh, the hair.' But what Beyoncé really is, in her core, I feel like, is what we saw at Coachella, and that was the spirit that was delivered here. It's amazing that people are leaving this building feeling energized and great about what they heard tonight. That's what church is supposed to be like, right?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then, I spotted a crowd of young teens dancing in a circle. I crept up like the elder Millennial that I am and talked to a girl named Maria. She said she hasn't been to church since she was seven, but came out for Beyoncé: \"\u003c/span>Mind blown. It was beautiful. It touched my soul. Beyoncé, she's just everything. I just feel like she's a queen; that's what she means to me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just like Maria, Beyoncé got my non-practicing self into a church pew, and I had a gay old time. I probably won’t be back for a regular worship service anytime soon, but it was a re-education of sorts. The evening reminded me that the traumatic, negative experiences I had in religious spaces in my past aren’t the full story. Yes, religion can absolutely be misused by people with prejudices, but it can also be a reason and opportunity for people to build community, to come together in these divisive times and sing, dance, and practice accepting and loving one another. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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[The line] stood out to me, as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nice Legs' band name is a particularly dedicated reflection of \u003cem>The Room\u003c/em>'s status as a newly minted cult classic, fueled by the film's mesmerizingly deficient directing, acting and plotting. But aside from its odd tone, at its heart lies the strangely heartwarming/ disturbing friendship between Johnny and Mark, which worked, in part, because of the Wiseau and Sistero's real-life friendship. Their on-screen chemistry — if you care to call it that — is now being revisited in a new two-volume film, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6155194/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">Best F(r)iends\u003c/a>, \u003c/em>directed by Justin MacGregor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTu9N40E_MI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Nice Legs heard about the onscreen reunion, they sensed an opportunity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Basically, we saw that a new Tommy and Greg film was in production,\" band member Mark Lentz tells NPR Music. \"Then we dug around until we found the email of the production company.\" From there, he lobbed an email into the abyss. For six months, nothing but radio silence. 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