Last night Haim delighted their show’s audience when a very special guest joined the sisters on stage; mega-pop star Taylor Swift was announced by the pop-rockers as she walked onto London’s O2 Arena’s stage. A long-term friend and creative partner of the band, Swift donned Haim’s official tour wardrobe of custom-made Louis Vuitton leather trousers. The American group consisting of members Este, Danielle and Alana took to Instagram to post an after show photo.
The Grammy-Award-winning artist was invited to join the performance by guitarist and vocalist Alana Haim, Swift proceeded to join the band in a rendition of their hit single “Gasoline“. Halfway through the performance, Taylor said to the crowd, “Good evening London. You know, I haven’t been on the stage for a very long time, it’s nice, it’s nice, it’s very nice. But, you know, when I heard that my girls were playing in London at the O2 and I thought, ‘I’m gonna have to see that’ and it looks like there’s about 20,000 other people that also thought that.“
The “Shake It Off” singer continued to address the crowd and proceeded to allude to a mash-up, “We had a thought – that if we were to do some sort of mash-up, we could possibly maybe get you to sing the loudest that you have sung all night, which is a big job because you’ve been singing very loudly, it’s extraordinary work. Would you be up for it? Would you sing with us?”
After an almighty roar from the audience, the band proceeded to play “Gasoline“, Swift then took to the microphone and sang snippets from her hit “Love Story“; both acts then aligned musically to continue the performance of “Gasoline“. Before walking off-stage, Swift saluted the audience and shouted, “Ladies and gentlemen, please take care of my best friends for the rest of the evening. Thanks for having me, good evening.”
The now infamous performance took place on Thursday 21st July 2022 and served as the concluding show of the band’s UK tour. After several festival appearances in the UK and Europe, Haim proceeded to perform across the UK for their 2022 headlining arena tour. The band have acquired a loyal fan base in the UK due to their catchy hits such as 2012 hit “Don’t Save Me” and “The Steps“.
The original version of “Gasoline” was taken from the band’s most recent album Women In Music Pt.III, the album was released in 2020 and became Haim’s second number one album within the UK charts. The band’s third studio album was met with much commercial and critical acclaim, Women In Music Pt.III received a Grammy Award nomination for Album Of The Year. In 2021 “Gasoline” was treated to a remix by Swift; the re-worked version was then released as a single and placed within the Top 100 UK Singles Chart. The remix marked the second collaboration between the two acts; Haim and Swift previously worked together on the single “No Body, No Crime“. The track was released in 2020 and included in Swift’s ninth studio album Evermore.
