

Olivia Rodrigo
Season 52 Episode 5206 | 53m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Pop superstar Olivia Rodrigo performs highlights from you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love
Three-time Grammy Award winner Olivia Rodrigo returns to the ACL stage with her fearless songwriting and arena-sized performances. The global pop superstar performs highlights from her chart-topping album 'you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.'
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Olivia Rodrigo
Season 52 Episode 5206 | 53m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Three-time Grammy Award winner Olivia Rodrigo returns to the ACL stage with her fearless songwriting and arena-sized performances. The global pop superstar performs highlights from her chart-topping album 'you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.'
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♪ You're in my way now ♪ ♪ Don't go, go where you don't belong ♪ ♪ Think I can't make out ♪ -♪ Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah ♪ ♪ How hard you hang on ♪ -♪ Kind of insane how ♪ ♪ Do you get déjà vu ♪ Let's go!
♪ Strawberry ice cream in Malibu ♪ ♪ Don't act like we didn't do that...too ♪ ♪ You're trading jackets like we used to do ♪ -♪ Yeah, everything is all reused ♪ -♪ Play her piano, but she doesn't know ♪ ♪ That I was the one who taught you Billy Joel ♪ ♪ A different girl now, but there's nothing new ♪ -♪ I know you get déjà vu ♪ -Thank you, Austin City Limits!
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♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah ♪ ♪ Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah ♪ ♪ Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah ♪ -Whoo!
[ "my way" plays ] [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ It's a little hard to stomach all your amateur moves ♪ ♪ You know he's with me ♪ ♪ Like, obviously ♪ ♪ But you linger in the air just like a bad perfume ♪ ♪ It's getting to me ♪ ♪ Embarrassingly ♪ ♪ And here's the part where the girl gets pissed ♪ ♪ And the girl is me, did you get that hint?
♪ ♪ You're in my way now ♪ ♪ Don't go, go where you don't belong ♪ ♪ Think I can't make out ♪ -♪ Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah ♪ ♪ How hard you hang on ♪ -♪ Kind of insane how ♪ ♪ You keep calling, but you never get the message ♪ ♪ It goes my way now ♪ -♪ Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah ♪ ♪ Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ Man, I wonder what you think is gonna go down ♪ ♪ You send him another poem, and think that he'll let me go ♪ ♪ Or maybe you're just tryna get me riled up now ♪ ♪ You're posting another pic in clothes that I know are his ♪ ♪ Well, here's a map of the lines I drew ♪ ♪ And some girl steps over ♪ ♪ The girl is you ♪ ♪ You're in my way now ♪ -♪ Don't go, go where you don't belong ♪ -♪ Think I can't make out ♪ -♪ Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah ♪ ♪ How hard you hang on ♪ -♪ Kind of insane how ♪ ♪ You keep calling, but you never get the message ♪ ♪ It goes my way now ♪ -♪ Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah ♪ ♪ Ah-ah-ah-ah ♪ -♪ So, where'd you get that confidence from?
♪ ♪ Last time that I checked, I won ♪ ♪ Let me be direct, just stop ♪ ♪ You're being...weird ♪ ♪ Maybe I'm a petty...but you made me resort to this ♪ ♪ That's it, I win ♪ ♪ That's it ♪ -♪ I win ♪ -♪ You're in my way now ♪ -♪ Don't go, go where you don't belong ♪ -♪ Think I can't make out ♪ -♪ Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah ♪ ♪ How hard you hang on ♪ -♪ Kind of insane how ♪ ♪ You keep calling, but you never get the message ♪ ♪ It goes my way now ♪ -♪ Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah ♪ ♪ Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah ♪ ♪ Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah ♪ ♪ Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah ♪ ♪ Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah ♪ ♪ Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah ♪ ♪ Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ "u + me = <3" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ I think that you're killer ♪ ♪ With your floppy hair ♪ ♪ Take me out to dinner ♪ ♪ You know you can take me anywhere ♪ ♪ And all of my girlfriends roll their eyes ♪ ♪ And tell me to take it slow this time ♪ ♪ But I got a feelin' wounds are healin' ♪ ♪ Talkin' on the phone ♪ ♪ I know everybody changes ♪ ♪ But I hope that we don't ♪ ♪ Carve our names into the car seat leather ♪ ♪ You plus me equals a heart forever ♪ ♪ A heart forever ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ I like your big sister ♪ ♪ She has your same face ♪ ♪ And I tried to win her over ♪ ♪ With my cynical humor ♪ ♪ And yacht rock music taste ♪ ♪ And all my ex-boyfriends ♪ ♪ Have heard these lines ♪ -♪ Let's get married when we're 25 ♪ -♪ But I like you better by a million times ♪ ♪ And I got a feelin' wounds are healin' ♪ ♪ Talkin' on the phone ♪ ♪ I know everybody changes ♪ ♪ But I hope that we don't ♪ ♪ Carve our names into the car seat leather ♪ ♪ You plus me equals a heart forever ♪ ♪ A heart forever ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ A heart forever ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ So buy me silver jewelry and all my favorite Cadbury ♪ ♪ And tell me yet again 'bout when we met ♪ ♪ And what you thought of me ♪ ♪ Sometimes I get overwhelmed ♪ ♪ And way too far ahead of myself ♪ ♪ I often get the feeling that I'll never want somebody else ♪ ♪ And they say modern love's a cruel endeavor ♪ -♪ They say it's cruel ♪ -♪ And to that I say "...it, whatever ♪ -♪ Whatever ♪ -♪ And I got a feelin' wounds are healin' ♪ ♪ Talkin' on the phone ♪ ♪ I know everybody changes ♪ ♪ But I hope we don't ♪ ♪ Carve our names into the car seat leather ♪ ♪ You plus me equals a heart forever ♪ ♪ A heart forever ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Forever and ever and ever ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] How are we doing tonight, Austin?!
[ Cheers and applause ] Oh, my God, I'm so excited to be here.
Thank you guys so much for coming.
Um, it's such an honor to be on this stage.
It's such a legendary stage that so many icons have stood upon.
So I'm really, really happy to be here tonight.
And, um, thank you so much to ACL and to Austin PBS.
I really appreciate it.
[ Cheers and applause ] Um, the last time I was here, it was five years ago.
I was 18 years old.
I had never played a full set in front of a live audience, and this was my first time.
I had like -- Yeah.
I was so green.
Um, I had no shoes on.
And so it's really nice to be back here with some experience under my belt and some shoes on my feet.
I'm really moving on up in the world.
[ Laughter ] Tonight I'm gonna play so many of the songs that I've never played live before, which is really exciting.
[ Cheers and applause ] Uh, this next one is one of them.
And, um, it's a song about being in such limerence with someone, you kind of lose all touch with reality.
Um, haven't we all been there before?
It's called "stupid song."
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪ New York City's never looked so blue ♪ ♪ My friends are smoking blunts in the bathroom ♪ ♪ They say that honest love is a cage ♪ ♪ That makes you feel free ♪ ♪ And all the girls at this party are so cool ♪ ♪ That's never been a thing that I could do ♪ ♪ But I can't help but imagine ♪ ♪ What you say when you speak with me ♪ ♪ You're a spark in the dark ♪ ♪ And my clothes all caught aflame ♪ ♪ You should feel how I feel ♪ ♪ When somebody says your name ♪ ♪ I'm a car speeding down the boulevard without a brake ♪ ♪ And I want you more than any stupid song could ever say ♪ ♪ I'm a heart made of wax, and I'm melting in the sun ♪ ♪ I'm a thread on your shirt that is coming undone ♪ ♪ I feel right, I feel wrong ♪ ♪ I feel totally insane ♪ ♪ And I want you more than any stupid song could ever say ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ Walking through the park with my head high ♪ ♪ Past all the college girls and the drunk guys ♪ ♪ And if there is a God, he's the bond that's between us two ♪ -♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah ♪ -♪ Oh, seven nights alone and a skipped meal ♪ ♪ I'm sleeping in my dress and my high heels ♪ ♪ And I'm too shy to say what I see when I dream of you ♪ -♪ When I dream of you ♪ -♪ You're a spark in the dark ♪ ♪ My clothes all caught aflame ♪ ♪ You should feel how I feel ♪ ♪ When somebody says your name ♪ ♪ I'm a car speeding down the boulevard without a brake ♪ ♪ And I want you more than any stupid song could ever say ♪ ♪ I'm a heart made of wax, and I'm melting in the sun ♪ ♪ I'm a thread on your shirt that is coming undone ♪ ♪ I feel right, I feel wrong ♪ ♪ I feel totally insane ♪ ♪ And I want you more than any stupid song could ever say ♪ ♪ Every night like the one before ♪ ♪ Dream of you from like 1:00 to 4:00 ♪ ♪ Positively and truly sure ♪ -♪ Nobody's wanted somebody more ♪ -♪ It's the thing that I can't ignore ♪ ♪ Tell your friends that you're mine, I'm yours ♪ ♪ With the hand on my heart, I swore ♪ -♪ Nobody's wanted somebody more ♪ -♪ It's the thing that I can't ignore ♪ ♪ Tell your friends that you're mine, I'm yours ♪ ♪ With the hand on my heart, I swore ♪ ♪♪ -♪ I'm going crazy ♪ ♪ I'm going mad ♪ ♪ I want you, baby, so bad ♪ -♪ You're a spark in the dark ♪ ♪ And my clothes all caught aflame ♪ ♪ You should feel how I feel ♪ ♪ When somebody says your name ♪ ♪ I'm a car speeding down the boulevard without a brake ♪ ♪ And I want you more than any stupid song could ever say ♪ ♪ I'm a heart made of wax, and I'm melting in the sun ♪ ♪ I'm a thread on your shirt that is coming undone ♪ ♪ I feel right, I feel wrong ♪ ♪ I feel totally insane ♪ ♪ And I want you more than any stupid song could ever say ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ "maggots for brains" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ My day was so mundane ♪ ♪ I don't think I left the house ♪ ♪ I drank a pot of coffee ♪ ♪ Tried to write, nothing came out ♪ ♪ Somehow it's the weekend ♪ ♪ I'm still bored out of my skull ♪ ♪ And I went to a party ♪ ♪ But only on principle ♪ ♪ Empty ♪ ♪ Look at me ♪ ♪ I'm a zombie in my body ♪ ♪ I'm a train off of the track ♪ ♪ I feel dirty, I feel rotten ♪ ♪ And the colors are all flat ♪ ♪ I'm a sad shell of a woman ♪ ♪ And I've got maggots for brains ♪ ♪ But that's just the thing that happens ♪ ♪ When my ♪ ♪ When my baby goes away ♪ ♪ When my baby goes away ♪ ♪ He goes away ♪ ♪ Everything feels moldy ♪ ♪ Like the fruit that's in my fridge ♪ ♪ And everything that's funny ♪ ♪ I wish I could tell to him ♪ ♪ And sometimes at a low point ♪ ♪ I even wish for a tragedy ♪ ♪ 'Cause I know he'd come over ♪ ♪ And take real good care of me ♪ ♪ It's weird ♪ ♪ He's not here ♪ ♪ And I'm a zombie in my body ♪ ♪ I'm a train off of the track ♪ ♪ I feel dirty, I feel rotten ♪ ♪ And the colors are all flat ♪ ♪ I'm a sad shell of a woman ♪ ♪ And I've got maggots for brains ♪ ♪ But that's just the thing that happens ♪ ♪ When my ♪ ♪ When my baby goes away ♪ ♪ When my baby goes away ♪ ♪ He goes away ♪ ♪ Oh, what can I do ♪ ♪ But think of you?
♪ ♪ But think of you?
♪ -♪ But think of you?
♪ -♪ What can I do ♪ ♪ But think of you?
♪ ♪ But think of you?
♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'm a zombie in my body ♪ ♪ I'm a train off of the track ♪ ♪ I feel dirty, I feel rotten ♪ ♪ And the colors are all flat ♪ -♪ I'm a sad shell of a woman ♪ -♪ And I've got maggots for brains ♪ ♪ But that's just the thing that happens ♪ ♪ When my ♪ ♪ When my baby goes away ♪ -♪ What can I do ♪ -♪ When my baby goes away ♪ -♪ But think of you?
♪ ♪ But think of you?
♪ -♪ When my baby goes away ♪ -♪ What can I do ♪ -♪ When my baby goes away ♪ -♪ But think of you?
♪ ♪ But think of you?
♪ -♪ Ooh ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ "begged" plays ] ♪♪ ♪ All that I want ♪ ♪ Is to know undoubtedly ♪ ♪ That you just have eyes for me ♪ ♪ Could you make it clear?
♪ All that I want ♪ ♪ Is to sit here silently ♪ ♪ And watch movies on TV ♪ ♪ What a shame you're not here ♪ ♪ Here to witness my devotion ♪ ♪ And my endless well of needs ♪ ♪ I'm an anchor in the ocean ♪ ♪ You know I could never leave ♪ ♪ So I'm patient, you're learning ♪ ♪ Pretend it's not hurting ♪ ♪ Oh, whoa ♪ -♪ Ooh ♪ -♪ Yes, they say it's a virtue ♪ ♪ To not let good love slip away ♪ -♪ 'Way ♪ -♪ So I'm cool and forgiving ♪ ♪ I'll take what you're giving ♪ ♪ Oh, whoa ♪ -♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ -♪ But nothing's quite enough ♪ ♪ When I know that to get it, I begged ♪ ♪ Yeah, to get it, I begged ♪ ♪ I have this thought ♪ ♪ When I lay in bed at night ♪ ♪ I feel trapped inside my life ♪ ♪ Is that a normal thing, to fight back the waves ♪ ♪ Of a static lovers' dread?
♪ ♪ I'm overwhelmed, I'm underfed ♪ ♪ Yet I still cling ♪ -♪ Cling to hope ♪ -♪ Cling to hope like snow on mountains ♪ -♪ Careless ♪ -♪ Careless words melt it away ♪ -♪ Melt away ♪ -♪ I'm a penny in a fountain ♪ -♪ In a fountain ♪ -♪ Just waiting on my luck to change ♪ ♪ So I'm patient, you're learning ♪ ♪ Pretend it's not hurting ♪ ♪ Oh, whoa ♪ -♪ Ooh ♪ -♪ 'Cause they say it's a virtue ♪ ♪ To not let good love slip away ♪ -♪ 'Way ♪ -♪ So I'm cool and forgiving ♪ ♪ I'll take what you're giving ♪ ♪ Oh, whoa ♪ -♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ -♪ Nothing's quite enough ♪ ♪ When I know that to get it, I begged ♪ ♪ Yeah, to get it, I begged ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ "purple" plays ] ♪♪ ♪ It's funny ♪ ♪ When your mom shows pictures of you ♪ ♪ In your school clothes ♪ ♪ Your buzzcut ♪ ♪ And scrapes on your knees changed ♪ ♪ But those eyes ♪ ♪ I still know ♪ -♪ I still know ♪ -♪ And it's crazy ♪ -♪ It's crazy ♪ -♪ How I used to visit your town like a ♪ ♪ Tourist ♪ -♪ Tourist ♪ -♪ Now I've got ♪ -♪ I got ♪ -♪ A local grocery store and a favorite ♪ ♪ Florist ♪ -♪ Florist ♪ -♪ And so it goes that you kiss my neck ♪ ♪ Made our paths intersect ♪ ♪ Two lines formed a ♪ ♪ Circle ♪ -♪ Circle ♪ -♪ And I melt with you, your red and my blue ♪ ♪ Now I see the world in ♪ Purple ♪ -♪ Purple ♪ -♪ Purple ♪ ♪ Now a toothbrush ♪ ♪ A coat and pair of shoes ♪ ♪ All come in double ♪ -♪ Double, double, double ♪ -♪ We fight ♪ ♪ Over who I'm hanging out with ♪ ♪ Like a real couple ♪ -♪ Couple, couple, couple ♪ -♪ It's a small world ♪ -♪ It's a small world ♪ -♪ When it only can revolve around us ♪ ♪ Two ♪ -♪ Two ♪ -♪ And it's crazy -♪ It's crazy ♪ -♪ I had big dreams till I tied myself to you ♪ ♪ All-consumed, and you kiss my neck ♪ ♪ Made our paths intersect ♪ ♪ Two lines formed a ♪ ♪ Circle ♪ -♪ Circle ♪ -♪ I melt with you, your red and my blue ♪ ♪ Now I see the world in ♪ ♪ Purple ♪ -♪ Purple ♪ -♪ Purple ♪ ♪ I see the world in ♪ ♪ I see the world in ♪ ♪ Purple ♪ -♪ Purple, purple ♪ -♪ I see the world in ♪ ♪ I see the world in ♪ ♪ Purple ♪ -♪ Purple, purple ♪ -♪ Melt with you till it all turns black ♪ ♪ Are we so in love?
♪ ♪ Are we too attached?
♪ Melt with you till it all turns black ♪ ♪ When you smooth it out, it feels too flat ♪ ♪ Melt with you till it all turns black ♪ ♪ When you get so close and you can't go back ♪ ♪ Melt with you till it all turns black ♪ ♪ Melt with you till it just feels sad ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ "vampire" plays ] ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ I hate to give the satisfaction ♪ ♪ Asking how you're doing now ♪ ♪ How's the castle built off people ♪ ♪ You pretend to care about?
♪ ♪ Just what you wanted ♪ ♪ Look at you, cool guy, you got it ♪ ♪ I see the parties and the diamonds ♪ ♪ Sometimes when I close my eyes ♪ ♪ Six months of torture you sold as some forbidden paradise ♪ ♪ I loved you truly ♪ ♪ You gotta laugh at the stupidity ♪ ♪ 'Cause I've made some real big mistakes ♪ ♪ You make the worst one look fine ♪ ♪ I should've known it was strange ♪ ♪ You only come out at night ♪ ♪ I used to think I was smart ♪ ♪ You made me look so naive ♪ ♪ The way you sold me for parts ♪ ♪ Sunk your teeth into me ♪ ♪ Oh, bloodsucker ♪ ♪ Fame... ♪ ♪ Bleedin' me dry like a goddamn vampire ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ Rhythmic clapping ] ♪ Every girl I ever talked to told me you were bad, bad news ♪ ♪ You called them crazy ♪ ♪ I hate the way I called them crazy, too ♪ ♪ You're so convincing ♪ ♪ How do you lie without flinching?
♪ -♪ How do you lie, how do you lie, how do you lie?
♪ -♪ What a mesmerizing, paralyzing...up little thrill ♪ ♪ Can't figure out just how you do it ♪ ♪ And God knows I never will ♪ ♪ Went for me and not her ♪ What?
-♪ 'Cause girls your age know better ♪ -♪ I've made some real big mistakes ♪ ♪ You make the worst one look fine ♪ ♪ I should've known it was strange ♪ ♪ You only come out at night ♪ ♪ I used to think I was smart ♪ ♪ You made me look so naive ♪ ♪ The way you sold me for parts ♪ ♪ You sunk your teeth into me ♪ ♪ Oh, bloodsucker ♪ ♪ Fame...♪ ♪ Bleedin' me dry like a goddamn vampire ♪ ♪♪ ♪ You said it was true love, but wouldn't that be hard?
♪ ♪ You can't love anyone ♪ ♪ That would mean you had a heart ♪ ♪ I tried you help you out ♪ ♪ Now I know that I can't ♪ ♪ 'Cause how you think's the kind of thing ♪ ♪ I'll never understand ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ I've made some real big mistakes ♪ ♪ You make the worst one look fine ♪ ♪ I should've known it was strange ♪ ♪ You only come out at night ♪ ♪ I used to think I was smart ♪ ♪ You made me look so naive ♪ ♪ The way you sold me for parts ♪ ♪ You sunk your teeth into me ♪ ♪ Oh, bloodsucker ♪ ♪ Fame...♪ ♪ Bleedin' me dry like a goddamn vampire ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] I learned so much about myself while making this record, and, um, I think one of the things I learned about myself and about life in general, is just how nuanced love can be.
Um, I feel like, when I was younger, I kind of thought of people like, "Oh, my God, you're the love of my life, you're perfect, you're my husband, and you can do no wrong," or, like, "You broke up with me, I hate you, and you're the worst thing ever."
And I think, as I grew up, I sort of realized how complicated love can be.
And I think this song is an example of that.
And it's sort of about how sometimes the most loving thing you can do for someone is leave them alone, which is a very, very sad realization that I came to.
And this song is very sad, but here it goes.
It's called "less."
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I feel it again ♪ ♪ Edge of the bed ♪ ♪ Body and head protesting ♪ ♪ My stomach's in knots ♪ ♪ I don't wanna talk ♪ ♪ Let's just go to bed or something ♪ ♪ Maybe it'll fix itself tomorrow ♪ ♪ But I've been saying that like every night ♪ ♪ And you say you can't stand to watch me cry a minute more ♪ ♪ So you do the noble thing and open up the door ♪ ♪ If loving me means letting go and wishing me the best ♪ ♪ Well, then I guess ♪ ♪ I wish, I wish, I wish you loved me less ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ We tried to recreate ♪ ♪ Our favorite date ♪ ♪ But we didn't laugh much this time ♪ ♪ Our trip to Big Sur ♪ ♪ Only confirmed ♪ ♪ This isn't what it should feel like ♪ ♪ And maybe I'm a stubborn overthinker ♪ ♪ But I've been thinking over this a lot ♪ ♪ And I could try convincing you ♪ ♪ They're just intrusive thoughts ♪ ♪ But you've seen me truly happy ♪ ♪ So you know right now I'm not ♪ ♪ If loving me means crying on the curb at LAX ♪ ♪ Well, then I guess ♪ ♪ I wish, I wish, I wish you loved me less ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ If loving me means saying ♪ ♪ "Babe, I think this is the end" ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ Well, I guess ♪ ♪ I wish, I wish, I wish you loved me less ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ "honeybee" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ So I guess that it's true ♪ ♪ Time can heal even the worst of wounds ♪ ♪ And the clichés I knew ♪ ♪ Seem so commonplace when I saw you ♪ ♪ Let's just walk in the dark ♪ ♪ Hop the fence in the park ♪ ♪ Baby boy, honeybee ♪ ♪ God, I love the way you look at me ♪ ♪ And it's too hard to describe this ♪ ♪ In a way that feels honest ♪ ♪ But even when I'm quiet ♪ ♪ I love you, baby, I promise ♪ ♪ And I hope I never see what your face looks like goin' ♪ ♪ A face, I swear, that I could spend my whole life knowin' ♪ ♪ Here's to hopin' ♪ ♪ Pick me up, walk me home ♪ ♪ Man, it feels like God threw me a bone ♪ ♪ Sticky sweet, tangerine ♪ ♪ Would you sit and keep me company?
♪ ♪ In the dark, I'm not scared ♪ ♪ I just reach and you're right there ♪ ♪ Shooting stars, racing cars ♪ ♪ Everything I own just feels like ours ♪ ♪ It's too hard to describe this ♪ ♪ In a way that feels honest ♪ ♪ But even when I'm quiet ♪ ♪ I love you, baby, I promise ♪ ♪ And I hope I never see what your face looks like goin' ♪ ♪ A face, I swear, that I could spend my whole life knowin' ♪ ♪ Here's to hopin' ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I hope I never see what your face looks like goin' ♪ ♪ A face, I swear, that I could spend my whole life knowin' ♪ ♪ Here's to hopin' ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ Soft piano music plays ] It's so fun to get to play you guys some new songs.
I've never played that song live before.
[ Cheers and applause ] New songs are fun, but, um... This next one certainly isn't new, but if you know the words, sing along.
[ "drivers license" plays ] [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ I got my driver's license last week ♪ ♪ Just like we always talked about ♪ ♪ 'Cause you were so excited for me ♪ ♪ To finally drive up to your house ♪ ♪ But today I drove through the suburbs ♪ ♪ Cryin' 'cause you weren't around ♪ ♪ And you're probably with that blonde girl ♪ ♪ Who always made me doubt ♪ ♪ She's so much older than me ♪ ♪ She's everything I'm insecure about ♪ ♪ Yeah, today I drove through the suburbs ♪ ♪ 'Cause how could I ever love someone else?
♪ ♪ And I know we weren't perfect ♪ ♪ But I've never felt this way for no one ♪ ♪ And I just can't imagine how you could be so okay ♪ ♪ Now that I'm gone ♪ ♪ I guess you didn't mean ♪ ♪ What you wrote in that song about me ♪ ♪ 'Cause you said forever ♪ ♪ Now I drive alone past your street ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ All my friends are tired ♪ ♪ Of hearing how much I miss you, but ♪ ♪ I kinda feel sorry for them ♪ ♪ 'Cause they'll never know you the way that I do, yeah ♪ ♪ Today I drove through the suburbs ♪ ♪ And pictured I was driving home to you ♪ ♪ And I know we weren't perfect ♪ ♪ But I've never felt this way for no one ♪ ♪ Oh, and I just can't imagine ♪ ♪ How you could be so okay now that I'm gone ♪ ♪ I guess you didn't mean ♪ ♪ What you wrote in that song about me ♪ ♪ 'Cause you said forever ♪ ♪ Now I drive alone past your street ♪ Sing it!
-♪ Red lights, stop signs ♪ -♪ I still see your face in the white cars ♪ ♪ Front yards ♪ ♪ Can't drive past the places we used to go to ♪ ♪ 'Cause I still...love you, babe ♪ -♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ -♪ Sidewalks we crossed ♪ ♪ I still hear your voice in the traffic ♪ ♪ We're laughing ♪ ♪ Over all the noise ♪ ♪ God, I'm so blue ♪ ♪ Know -- ♪ Sing it!
-♪ We're through ♪ ♪ But I still...love you, babe ♪ -♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ -♪ I know we weren't perfect ♪ ♪ But I've never felt this way for no one ♪ ♪ And I just can't imagine ♪ ♪ How you could be so okay now that I'm gone ♪ ♪ 'Cause you didn't mean what you wrote ♪ ♪ In that song about me ♪ ♪ 'Cause you said forever ♪ ♪ Now I drive alone past your street ♪ ♪ Yeah, you said forever ♪ ♪ Now I drive alone ♪ ♪ Past your street ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] This next song, um -- This next song is very special to me.
Um, it's my favorite song on my record and also maybe my favorite song that I've ever made.
Um, I think it really serves as the thesis statement for what I was trying to say in the album "you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love," and I just remember writing it and feeling like I had expressed something that I had been trying to express for a really long time, which is always a great feeling as a songwriter.
So, here it goes.
It's called "the cure."
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ All the pretty girls in the foreground of my mind ♪ ♪ I thought I'd done enough, but they keep moving the line ♪ ♪ I thought I found the antidote this time ♪ ♪ I thought I found the antidote this time ♪ ♪ And all the nights I spent ♪ ♪ Fighting bad thoughts in my room ♪ ♪ Feeling so alone, might as well be on the moon ♪ ♪ I thought I found the antidote with you ♪ ♪ I thought I found the antidote with you ♪ ♪ But my head is full of poison ♪ ♪ And my heart is full of doubt ♪ ♪ I got toxins in my bloodstream ♪ ♪ You tried hard to suck 'em out ♪ ♪ And it feels like medication ♪ ♪ And it's good for me, I'm sure ♪ ♪ But it don't matter how your love feels anymore ♪ ♪ It'll never be the cure ♪ ♪ It'll never be the cure ♪ ♪ Used to play a game in my head when I'd date a guy ♪ ♪ Tally up the girls that he...till I start to cry ♪ ♪ I thought I found the antidote this time ♪ ♪ I thought I found the antidote this time ♪ ♪ But I'm unraveled ♪ -♪ I'm unraveled ♪ -♪ I'm unraveled ♪ -♪ I'm unraveled ♪ -♪ I'm unraveled ♪ -♪ I'm unraveled ♪ ♪ I'm unraveled ♪ -♪ I'm unraveled ♪ ♪ And my head is full of poison ♪ ♪ And my heart is full of doubt ♪ ♪ I got toxins in my bloodstream ♪ ♪ You tried hard to suck 'em out ♪ ♪ And it feels like medication ♪ ♪ And it's good for me, I'm sure ♪ ♪ But it don't matter how your love feels anymore ♪ ♪ It'll never be the cure ♪ ♪ It'll never be the cure ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ 'Cause, baby, I'm unraveled ♪ -♪ I'm unraveled ♪ -♪ I'm unraveled ♪ -♪ I'm unraveled ♪ -♪ I'm unraveled ♪ -♪ I'm unraveled ♪ -♪ I'm unraveled ♪ -♪ I'm unraveled ♪ -♪ I'm unraveled ♪ -♪ Why can't you come stitch me up?
♪ ♪ Why can't it ever be enough?
-♪ I'm unraveled ♪ -♪ Why can't you come stitch me up?
♪ ♪ Why can't it ever be enough?
♪ -♪ It's not enough ♪ ♪ All because my head is full of poison ♪ ♪ And my heart is full of doubt ♪ ♪ I got toxins in my bloodstream ♪ ♪ You tried so hard to suck out ♪ ♪ And it feels like medication ♪ ♪ And it's good for me, I'm sure ♪ ♪ But it don't matter how your love feels anymore ♪ ♪ It'll never be the cure ♪ ♪ It'll never be the cure ♪ ♪ It'll never be ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ Outro plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ "deja vu" plays ] ♪♪ ♪ Car rides to Malibu ♪ ♪ Strawberry ice cream ♪ ♪ One spoon for two ♪ ♪ And trading jackets ♪ ♪ Laughing 'bout how small it looks on you ♪ -♪ Ha-ha-ha-ha, ha-ha-ha-ha, ha-ha-ha-ha ♪ -♪ Watching reruns of "Glee" ♪ ♪ Being annoying ♪ ♪ Singing in harmony ♪ ♪ I bet she's bragging ♪ ♪ To all her friends, saying you're so unique ♪ ♪ So, when you gonna tell her ♪ ♪ That we did that, too?
♪ ♪ She thinks it's special ♪ ♪ But it's all reused ♪ ♪ That was our place, I found it first ♪ ♪ I made the jokes you tell to her when she's with you ♪ ♪ Do you get déjà vu when she's with you?
♪ ♪ Do you get déjà vu?
♪ ♪ Ah ♪ ♪ Yeah, do you get déjà vu, huh?
♪ ♪♪ ♪ Do you call her ♪ ♪ Almost say my name?
♪ ♪ 'Cause let's be honest ♪ ♪ We kinda do sound the same ♪ ♪ Another actress ♪ ♪ I hate to think that I was just your type ♪ ♪ I'll bet that she knows Billy Joel ♪ ♪ 'Cause you played her "Uptown Girl" ♪ ♪ You're singing it together ♪ ♪ Now I bet you even tell her ♪ ♪ How you love her ♪ ♪ In between the chorus and the verse ♪ -♪ Ooh ♪ -♪ So when you gonna tell her ♪ ♪ That we did that, too?
♪ ♪ She thinks it's special ♪ ♪ But it's all reused ♪ ♪ That was the show we talked about ♪ ♪ Played you the song she's singing now ♪ ♪ When she's with you ♪ ♪ Do you get déjà vu when she's with you?
♪ ♪ Do you get déjà vu?
♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Yeah, do you get déjà vu?
♪ Let's go!
♪ Strawberry ice cream in Malibu ♪ ♪ Don't act like we didn't do that...too ♪ ♪ You're trading jackets like we used to do ♪ -♪ Yeah, everything is all reused ♪ -♪ Play her piano, but she doesn't know ♪ ♪ That I was the one who taught you Billy Joel ♪ ♪ A different girl now, but there's nothing new ♪ -♪ I know you get déjà vu ♪ -Alright, everyone on the right side!
Everybody here!
I see all of you!
Will you guys sing this?
Ready?!
-♪ I know you get déjà vu ♪ -Whoo!
Alright, everyone on this side, can you sing it?
And be louder!
I believe in you!
Ready?!
-♪ I know you get déjà vu ♪ -Whoo!
All together now!
I love you, Austin!
Come on!
Top of your lungs!
Let's go!
-♪ I know you get déjà vu ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -Thank you so much for having me, Austin!
I love you so very much!
Last one!
Ready?!
-♪ I know you get déjà vu ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause continue ] -Welcome back.
-Thank you so much.
It's so great to be back.
I mean, look at this wall.
It's all of the incredible icons who have performed on that stage.
It's just like there's just a spirit and an energy in that room, um, that is very singular.
And so it was a real honor to get to perform here tonight.
I think I always had the title "you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love" because I was very interested in finding, like, the uglier, more broken parts of romantic love.
And it kind of just -- You know, life happened and the story evolved in the way that it did.
Um, but there were specific things that we did, like putting "purple" in the middle -- "purple" was kind of the song where everything turned -- or, you know, having "honeybee" in two songs on two different sides of the record.
Um, just stuff like that that kind of made it feel like a complete body of work to me.
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