♪ I'm so sick of running
as fast as I can ♪
- It is the Tiny Desk Concert
we have all been waiting for.
Taylor Swift confirms
she's equally comfortable
rocking a stadium packed
with 60,000 Swifties
or an NPR office crammed with 300 fans
for her stripped down debut.
Not only did she perform four songs,
"The Man," "Lover," "Death
By A Thousand Cuts,"
and fan favorite, "All Too Well,"
but she also gave more insight
behind the writing of her latest album.
- I just decided to kind of
take this as an opportunity
to show you guys how the songs sounded
when I first wrote them.
- Other highlights include
her getting behind the piano
for a performance of her
title track, "Lover."
♪ You're my, my, my, my ♪
♪ Lover ♪
- Taylor also explained writing
"Death By A Thousand Cuts"
and how it was a jab to journalists
who over the years always
asked her one question
that really got in her head.
- What will you ever do if you get happy,
like what will you write about?
(audience laughing)
Will you just never be
able to write a song again?
(audience laughing)
It's an interesting question.
- And just for her Swifties,
Taylor closed out her set
by paying the oldie but
goodie, "All Too Well,"
off her 2012 "Red" album.
And I thought this was funny,
she mentioned the reason why
she decided to play it for NPR
was thanks to her dad googling her.
- He sends me these lists
that are like very nice,
like ranking my songs,
which that's really nice of people to do.
♪ 'Cause here we are again ♪
♪ On that little town street ♪
- To watch Taylor's
30-minute Tiny Desk Concert,
you can head to billboard.com,
and until next time, for Billboard
News, I'm Chelsea Briggs.
