After nearly 8 hours of broadcasting, the fundraising program for the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic called “One World: Together At Home” officially ended, becoming an event that will go down in the history of the music industry. while connecting millions of audiences around the world together. This is a meaningful program initiated by singer Lady Gaga, in conjunction with WHO and Global Citizen to raise funds for the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. If anyone missed this global livestream, you can watch the entire program again on VLIVE.
Many extremely moving 1-0-2 performances by famous artists have been shown live around the world for millions of viewers to watch. This is also considered a gift of encouragement and mental encouragement for all of us amid the complicated pandemic situation. Besides, many stories as well as interesting behind-the-scenes moments of the stars participating in this program were quickly shared by many people on social networks.
Taylor Swift
Among many extremely attractive performances, Taylor Swift’s performance “Soon You’ll Get Better” received a lot of attention from viewers. Not only did “Soon You’ll Get Better” become the hottest keyword on social networks, but it was also praised by many famous music sites and “climbed the charts” like a storm.
But there is a truth, that is, Taylor always finds it difficult to sing “Soon You’ll Get Better”, this is the first time Taylor Swift performed this song in front of millions of audiences. The reason why?
Taylor Swift performs “Soon You’ll Get Better” at One World: Together At Home
The singer “Blank Space” once shared: “Honestly, ‘Soon You’ll Get Better’ is a song that I don’t know if I can live. This It’s really difficult for me. It’s very difficult for me to compose this music and it’s even more difficult for me to listen to it. But music is like that sometimes can feel” .
Previously, according to many fans at “Lover Secret Sessions” (a special meeting where fans get to listen to “Lover” before the album is released), the female singer once hugged her face and left. left the room while playing this song for fans to enjoy.
The reason comes from the fact that the song was written about Taylor’s mother – Andrea Swift when she was struggling with a brain tumor, as well as cancer and her health was often in a state of decline. seriously reduced. Therefore, the entire lyrics contain a lot of sadness and heavy thoughts that the female singer has for her mother.
Therefore, choosing to perform “Soon You’ll Get Better” at “One World: Together At Home” was a difficult decision for Taylor Swift, but above all, she put everything aside. and truly powerful enough to present to the world. Throughout the performance, everyone could see the singer’s eyes filled with tears, she tried to suppress her emotions, put everything aside to complete the performance excellently. At the end of the performance, although she did not share or convey anything, she still smiled as if she wanted to spread positivity to all of us, to humanity that is joining hands to fight the COVID epidemic. -19.
“Soon You’ll Get Better” is a track on the 7th studio album titled “Lover”, this is considered the most poignant and painful track of the album. In particular, the song also features the vocals of Andrea’s favorite band, Dixie Chicks. Although not an official single, “Soon You’ll Get Better” easily “landed” at position #63 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
After the show ended, watching Taylor Swift’s performance, “host” Lady Gaga praised this special performance: “Taylor, the song is really great. Thank you.” for sharing this truly sensitive and emotional moment with everyone. At this point, I am truly much braver!” .
Lady Gaga sends her heartfelt thanks to Taylor Swift
With the attraction of a special appearance at the world’s largest livestream event “One World: Together At Home”, Taylor also became one of the most mentioned topics on Twitter with more than 227 thousand tweets. . Not yet, the hashtag #Soon You’llGetBetter also immediately trended No.5 in the US.
On the iTunes front, “Soon You’ll Get Better” climbed the rankings like a storm when it suddenly returned to the top 50 of the US iTunes Top Songs chart. Currently, it is hovering at #16.
Not stopping there, the performance was also highly praised by many newspapers with colorful words. Among them, Billboard ranked “Soon You’ll Get Better” on the list of “Together At Home’s 10 most memorable moments”. Accordingly, this leading music magazine wrote as follows: “Performing ‘Soon You’ll Get Better’, a song about a mother who is fighting cancer at the One World event, Taylor melted millions of hearts. She reminded us of the power of music, it is a medicine to soothe pain. It was a difficult but lovely and truly pure moment. “ .
Lady Gaga
Not only acting as the initiator of the program, “monster mother” also presented quality performances to the global audience. Accordingly, the collaboration with blind singer Andrea Bocelli, diva Celine Dion, John Legend and pianist Lang Lang in the song “The Prayer” made viewers feel emotional.
In addition, she also decided to entertain the audience with a solo performance with the famous song “Smile” by legendary Charlie Chaplin with the hope of conveying the message of smiling and optimism to everyone.
Lady Gaga performs “Smile” at One World: Together At Home
From this performance combined with the ultimate “scrutinizing” ability, Little Monster (as Gaga’s fans call her) caught a detail without knowing whether the female singer should cry or laugh. Accordingly, when Gaga’s hands were lightly gliding over the keys, fans noticed that there was something wrong with the music sheet because it was no different from a piece of scratch paper with a student’s scribbles and scratches.
Many fans even joked that the “Poker Face” singer probably just did it for fun with the purpose of increasing professionalism. Not yet, some viewers still insisted that she immediately decode all these confusing cosmic characters. Having said that, she must have memorized it all and just left it there to make it a little more lively, everyone!
Beyoncé
The most surprising was “queen bee” Beyoncé, without warning she suddenly appeared at “One World: Together At Home”. It was thought that with her powerful voice, Beyoncé would deliver an emotional performance. But no, the “queen bee” did not sing any songs at this event, she only played the role of… conveying the message against the COVID-19 epidemic to everyone.
Specifically, the original text of Beyoncé’s share is as follows: “Tonight, we honor the true heroes, those who are making the ultimate sacrifice to keep us all safe and healthy. Send The team of doctors, nurses and healthcare workers who have to leave their families to care for us, we will continue to pray for your safety food, delivery workers, mailmen and cleaning staff who are working so we can stay safe in our homes, we thank you wholeheartedly.”
Not stopping there, the “queen bee” also expressed her opinion on the disproportionate impact on African Americans of the epidemic situation as follows : “African Americans are being seriously affected in This crisis is killing them at an increasingly alarming rate .
She also cited a report that the number of African Americans dying from the COVID-19 epidemic in Houston, Texas is very high at up to 57%. She continued saying , “Please, protect yourself. We are a family and we need you. We need your voice, your abilities and your strength. I know this is difficult but please Be patient, keep the faith, stay positive and continue to pray for our heroes .
Beyoncé’s video sends a message to everyone
Many fans also expressed regret because the female singer did not perform any songs. Some fans even joked that Beyoncé had meticulously done her makeup, done her hair neatly, and dressed in an elegant outfit. schedule and choose a lipstick color that stands out, so why don’t you sing a song to “make your home happy?”
Not only that, many viewers also clearly pointed out that she has invested in a more luxurious appearance than when she appeared at the Disney Family Singalong program that just took place on the morning of April 17 (local time). direction). Yet at the Disney Family Singalong, the singer “Formation” sang the entire hit song “When You Wish Upon A Star” in one go, captivating many hearts. Well, anyway, Beyoncé appearing is already fun, isn’t it, Beyhive!
Beyoncé’s performance (Disney Family Singalong)
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