"Tolerate It" came with Swift and a male dancer in an emotional chess match at a kitchen table. She seemed to be the most comfortable in a flowing cream-colored dress and ballet flats than any other part of the night, acting out the emotions of the characters she conjured across those two albums. It was on the " Evermore" and " Folklore" portions of the night where things got interesting, with Swift casting herself as a very Stevie witchy woodland fairy, swathed in soft-goth finery surrounded by a dramatic, moss-covered set design. Later in the wildcard portion of the set, she played a wizened and poisonous take on "You're Not Sorry" alone on the piano. A song like "You Belong With Me" can exist on several plains, which speaks to Swift's songwriting prowess. The " Fearless" era is the glue of sorts to this whole thing, as it's where a great deal of the crowd will be stepping inside NRG this weekend, fully invested in Swift as she teetered over from country to power-pop. "The Man" and "You Need to Calm Down" finally got the stage set adulation they deserved. The "Lover Tour" was one of the most significant pandemic-era casualties of the music world, a surefire hit with a solid set of new songs to showcase. Showcasing her " Lover" era - centered around the 2019 album - allowed the material that never made it to tour (thanks to COVID) to get its long-awaited live due. As she's begun to diversify her creative output and get more pastoral with her last three albums, it's hard not to see an era-spanning tour like this as a polite form of setting some of those former faces on a shelf for the next decade. Luckily, she's the master of recasting even the messier bits as lessons, not misfires. Compartmentalizing a nearly 20-year career is no tall order, especially for a 33-year-old alone at the top of a mountain. Just before 8 pm, Swift hit the stage and embarked on a three-hour tour through the various eras of her career in a non-linear format, preferring to tell her story in vignettes of pop fire of multiple hues.
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