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Taylor Swift Debuts ‘The Albatross’ Live in Mashup With a ‘Reputation’ Song in Dublin

Taylor Swift performed 'Tortured Poets Department' track "The Albatross" live for the first time June 29 at Dublin's Aviva Stadium.

On guitar, she dove right into “The Albatross”: “Wise men once said/ Wild winds are death to the candle/ A rose by any other name is a scandal/ Cautions issued, he stood/ Shooting the messengers/ They tried to warn him about her,” sang Swift. “When you’re young, you just run/ But you come back to what you need,” she sang from “This Love,” continuing on with reassurances from “Ours”: “It’s not theirs to speculate if it’s wrong/ Your hands are tough, but they are where I belong/ I’ll fight their doubt and give you faith with this song for you.” Her main set list includes several songs from the album: “But Daddy I Love Him,” a bite-sized taste of “So High School,” ‘Whose Afraid of Little Old Me?” and “Down Bad,” which transitions to “Fortnight,” followed by “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” and the theatrical “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart.”

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