Taylor on VH1 Storytellers and AMAs

VH1 storytellers

Taylor Swift held a contest recently calling colleges to vote competing for a private concert. Harvey Mudd College in California won and Taylor performed a small concert, which was recorded by VH1 and premiered as an episode of VH1 Storytellers. 

She opened with You Belong With Me.
"I recently wrote an album called Red and I am holding a guitar that is also red. The song that I wrote was about this relationship that I had that was the worst thing ever and the best thing ever at the same time. I was writing this song and I was thinking about correlating the colors to different feelings I was going through...emotions like daring, passion, love, affection, and the other side: jealousy and anger and frustration and 'You didn't call me back and I need space.' What I ended up doing was writing a song that I hope you want to hear right now called 'Red.'"

 

Next, she performed Ours. That song was one of Taylor's best moments. It was just her and her guitar. Her voice is so pure and controlled. The anecdote beforehand made it even better. She said when two people are in love, it's theirs and no one else's, even though everyone wants to judge. She talked about a critic that really didn't like her and she wrote Mean, which she performed next. She then told a funny story about writing a song accidentally in the studio with two co writers. A friend of an ex came in and said I heard you're getting back together.
We are Never Ever Getting Back Together was performed next. 

She said the next song she wrote for her high school talent show about a nice guy she was dating at the time. The crowd loved it. She told her record label she wanted it on album and they told her that she can't base decisions on your friends. It was her first number one so she said I guess you can.  
She played Our Song. 
 

 

Taylor said you never know what's going to happen to a song when it's released. When she was 17, she liked a guy who was bad news and her parents were right about him. She got mad at them one day and stormed off, slammed the door, and wrote a song comparing them to Romeo and Juliet. 
She played Love Story, her first number one worldwide hit. 

Note: This is based on the VH1 Storytellers show, not the actual performance. They didn't air every song she performed. She actually performed You Belong With Me, Red, Ours, Eyes Open, Mean, Begin Again, Our Song, Love Story, and closed with We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, lasting about an hour and a half for about 3,000 students.

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American Music Awards 

Taylor won Favorite Female Country Artist  
and performed on the AMAs this year. 

 

She performed I Knew You Were Trouble (debut). She appeared in a long white gown.  Midway through the song, she disappeared in a mob of her dancers. A few seconds later, they dispersed revealing her in a red and black corset with a black skirt with gold embellishments and details. 

 
 
 
 

Click here for a video of her performance. 
I thought it was awesome.

 In 2010, she performed Back to December and won Fav Female Country Artist. In 2011, she didn't perform but she sweeped the awards, winning Fav Female Country Artist, Fav Country Album, AND Entertainer of the Year (the highest award).