Taylor Swift was in storytelling mode with two surprise song mashups in Liverpool, England, Saturday night (June 15). At the third of three shows at the city’s Anfield Stadium, Swift got creative with her acoustic set, weaving together crime mysteries for one mashup, and telling the story of an affair from the Red era with the other. “This is what it all really comes down to, for me, in the show,” said Swift, strumming her guitar.
“It’s just the most amount of, like, ‘Don’t mess this up. Don’t mess this up,’ ’cause it’s also my favorite part of the show.” “This one, I’m gonna,” she started telling the crowd, but her voice trailed off.
After pausing for a few seconds, Swift announced, “I’m gonna call this ‘The Murder Mashup.'” She gave Liverpool the live debut of “Carolina,” the haunting song she wrote for the soundtrack of the 2022 film adaptation of Delia Owens’ murder mystery Where the Crawdads Sing — playing it alongside parts of Evermore ‘s “No Body, No Crime.” “Carolina creeks running through my veins/ Lost I was born, lonesome I came/ Lonesome I’ll always stay/ Carolina knows why for years I roam/ Free as these birds, light as whispers/ Carolina knows,” Swift sang, continuing with the film ballad up until “there are places I will never, ever go/ And things that only Carolina will ever know.
” And then, to shrieks from around the stadium, she switched over to “He did it,” bringing “No Body, No Crime” (o.
