{"id":75260,"date":"2026-10-18T17:12:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T17:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/18\/taylor-swift-performs-the-fate-of-ophelia-live-at-academy-gala\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T17:12:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T17:12:34","slug":"taylor-swift-performs-the-fate-of-ophelia-live-at-academy-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/18\/taylor-swift-performs-the-fate-of-ophelia-live-at-academy-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Performs &#8216;The Fate of Ophelia&#8217; Live at Academy Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Singer&#8217;s four-song set at star-studded event also featured &#8220;Blank Space,&#8221; &#8220;Love Story,&#8221; and &#8220;I Knew It, I Knew You&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/taylor-swift\/\" id=\"auto-tag_taylor-swift\" data-tag=\"taylor-swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a> performed \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d live for the first time Saturday at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-perform-academy-museum-2027-gala-1235639847\/\">the star-studded Academy Museum Gala<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tConan O\u2019Brien introduced Swift prior to her four-song set, calling her \u201cJohn, Paul, George, and Ringo all in one\u201d before she and her band launched in \u201cBlank Space.\u201d Following that, Swift told the audience that they were about to witness the debut performance of a <em>Life of a Showgirl<\/em> track.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"\/>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cThis song, which we are playing for the very first time for you beautiful people, this is called \u2018The Fate of Ophelia,&#8217;\u201d Swift told the crowd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tSwift then performed her <em>Toy Story 5<\/em> contribution \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d before ending her gala performance with \u201cLove Story.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"\/>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cTaylor is an extraordinary talent whose work resonates around the world,\u201d Academy Museum Director Amy Homma said in a statement when Swift\u2019s gala performance was announced earlier this month. \u201cWe are thrilled to welcome her to this year\u2019s gala and look forward to her performance to close a wonderful evening of honoring three extraordinary filmmakers and supporting the Academy Museum\u2019s mission to celebrate and preserve cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tSwift is an avowed film fan and is reportedly working on feature-length directorial debut. (The movie was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-feature-length-directorial-debut-original-script-searchlight-1234644555\/\">announced in 2022<\/a>, but still no word yet on when it might go into production or see release.) But her decision to play the Academy Museum\u2019s annual gala also comes at an important moment: Right before the start of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/press.oscars.org\/news\/academy-and-abc-announce-show-dates-99th-and-100th-oscarsr\">Oscars voting<\/a> season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tSince the end of the Eras Tour in December 2024, Swift has only performed live a handful of times, usually in similarly celebrity-filled settings: Prior to her Academy Museum performance, Swift played at both Grammys- and Emmys-related events back in August. Before that, she debuted \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d at the <em>Toy Story 5<\/em> premiere in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-performs-the-fate-of-ophelia-live-academy-gala-1235644441\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer&#8217;s four-song set at star-studded event also featured &#8220;Blank Space,&#8221; &#8220;Love Story,&#8221; and &#8220;I Knew It, I Knew You&#8221; Taylor Swift performed \u201cThe Fate&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":75261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}