recursal/Fanatic-Fandom huggingface dataset:
Burn Your Life Down (cover)

**Burn Your Life Down** was originally on Tegan and Sara's album **The Con.** Bleachers covered the song for **The Con X**, a compilation of covers of the original material.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Tell me that you know another way to get it done

It's not me or how I would be but it's a different situation

A different situation

[Hook]

You lay awake in the night, just staring at the ceiling above

Pulling pieces of it out is such a waste of time

You'll keep on fighting to remember that nothing is lost in the end

Until you burn, burn, burn your life down

Go on and burn, burn, burn your life down

[Verse 2]

Get me to the door

Out of bed, on the track

I'm not sure about starting over

But it's a different situation

A different situation, for me

[Hook]

You wake up in the night and refuse to be afraid of it now

Unfolding pieces of it faster, don't you waste all your precious time

And you've been planning to remember this

So nothing will be lost in the end

But then you burn, burn, burn your life down

Then you burn, burn, burn your life down

And if I break my heart around this

If I break my heart around this

If I break my heart around this...

And if I break my heart around this

If I break my heart around this

If I break my heart around this...
Sara Quin

**Sara Quin** is in the indie band Tegan and Sara. She is a lyricist, pianist, and guitarist.

## Steel Train

Steel Train opened for Tegan and Sara's 2010 tour.

Steel Train also covered their song "Call It Off."

## Bleachers

Quin provided backup vocals on Strange Desire's third track, "Shadow."

## Tegan and Sara Present: The Con X

Bleachers covered Tegan and Sara's song "Burn Your Life Down" for the album. *The Con X* was a compilation of covers of the original album, *The Con*, which had been released ten years prior.
2013-09-07 - Santa Barbara Bowl - Santa Barbara, CA

This show took place at the famous Santa Barbara Bowl in Santa Barbara, California on September 7th, 2013. Fun. and Tegan and Sara performed.

## Fun.

1. Some Nights (Intro)
2. One Foot
3. Walking the Dog
4. All Alone
5. At Least I'm Not as Sad (As I Used to Be)
6. Why Am I the One
7. All the Pretty Girls
8. It Gets Better
9. Barlights
10. Carry On
11. The Gambler
12. We Are Young
13. Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen cover)
14. Some Nights (encore)
15. Stars (encore)
Ivy

**ivy** is the tenth track on Taylor Swift's eight studio album *evermore.* Like *folklore's* "august" and "illicit affairs," it discusses infidelity.

## Lyrics

How's one to know?

I'd meet you where the spirit meets the bones

In a faith-forgotten land

In from the snow

Your touch brought forth an incandescent glow

Tarnished but so grand

And the old widow goes to the stone every day

But I don't, I just sit here and wait

Grieving for the living

Oh, goddamn

My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand

Taking mine, but it's been promised to another

Oh, I can't

Stop you putting roots in my dreamland

My house of stone, your ivy grows

And now I'm covered in you

I wish to know

The fatal flaw that makes you long to be

Magnificently cursed

He's in the room

Your opal eyes are all I wish to see

He wants what's only yours

Oh, goddamn

My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand

Taking mine, but it's been promised to another

Oh, I can't

Stop you putting roots in my dreamland

My house of stone, your ivy grows

And now I'm covered

Clover blooms in the fields

Spring breaks loose, the time is near

What would he do if he found us out?

Crescent moon, coast is clear

Spring breaks loose, but so does fear

He's gonna burn this house to the ground

How's one to know?

I'd live and die for moments that we stole

On begged and borrowed time

So tell me to run

Or dare to sit and watch what we'll become

And drink my husband's wine

Oh, goddamn

My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand

Taking mine, but it's been promised to another

Oh, I can't

Stop you putting roots in my dreamland

My house of stone, your ivy grows

And now I'm covered in you

And I'm covered in you

So yeah, it's a fire

It's a goddamn blaze in the dark

And you started it

You started it

So yeah, it's a war

It's the goddamn fight of my life

And you started it

You started it

Oh, I can't

Stop you putting roots in my dreamland

My house of stone, your ivy grows

And now I'm covered

In you

In you

Now I'm covered in you

In you
John Hanes

**John Hanes** is a sound engineer who works with Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios. His work has been nominated for 27 Grammy Awards and he has won 16.

He has worked with Adele, The Weeknd, Bruno Mars, Ariana Grande, and Lil Nas X, among others.

## Bleachers

Hanes has credits on Alfie's Song (Not So Typical Love Song).

## Taylor Swift

### Lover

John Hanes was a mix engineer for the album.

### Folklore

Hanes has mixing credits on my tears ricochet, mirrorball, august, this is me trying, illicit affairs, mad woman, epiphany, and betty.

### Fearless (Taylor's Version)

Hanes has engineering credits on tracks 1–20, 22, 24–27 -- so he *doesn't* have credits on "You All Over Me," or "We Were Happy."

## Clairo

### References

1. ↑ https://www.grammy.com/artists/john-hanes/2768
Shadow

**Shadow** is the third track and the second single on Strange Desire. It was released on May 6, 2014.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

There are some girls

Some girls they really just want to hurt you

And there's some boys

Some boys who'll laugh when they break your heart

But how love dies is a place that I'm not going

And we could try, cause

[Chorus]

If you're feeling small

I will love your shadow

And if you're feeling small

I'll love your shadow

[Verse 2]

There are those girls

Those girls that are waiting by the phone on the weekend

Oh yeah, like those boys, those boys that are home with the broken hearts

But the heart wants fear

So we're looking for a villain

I'll be there

[Chorus]

If you're feeling small

I will love your shadow

And if you're feeling small

I'll love your shadow

When the lights go down

I will stand right beside you

If you're feeling small

I´ll love your shadow

I´ll love your shadow!

[Bridge]

And I know that they have hurt you

And I know the love you gave feels cheap and used

And I know it's getting harder

And I know the lights have all gone dark on you

Still I will love your shadow

When the love you gave feels cheap and used

Yes I will love your shadow

When the lights have all gone dark on you

How love dies is a place that I'm not going

And we could try...

[Chorus]

If you're feeling small

I will love your shadow

And if you're feeling small

I'll love your shadow

When the lights go down

I will stand right beside you

If you're feeling small

I´ll love your shadow

I´ll love your shadow!

## Commentary

* "I like [that the lyrics are dark] I thought a lot about that when I was writing the album. Um, that it doesn't have to be as basic as "this song is about a really dark experience or anxiety or depression, so it needs to sound like that." It can be this weird mix where-- y'know, my favorite songs are like-- [...] Robyn's last album is amazing because-- so she has a song, she has all these songs like "Dancing On My Own," it's like-- it plays in clubs, it plays at parties and people just bop around and dance to it, it has a great beat and really cool synth parts, and the lyrics are *so* dark and so sad." -Jack Antonoff, in an interview with RadioBDC

## Trivia

* During concerts, Jack usually says something along the lines of "How love dies is a place that I'm never fucking going" instead of the original line.

## References

1. ↑ 2014 Radio BDC interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYa1pBqRV\_8&ab\_channel=RadioBDC
Fun.

* Andrew Dost (piano, guitar, keyboards, flugelhorn, trumpet, glockenspiel, drums, bass guitar, vocals)

### Albums

* Aim and Ignite
* Some Nights

**fun.** is an American pop band made up of Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost, and Jack Antonoff. They are currently on 'hiatus.'

## Formation

After Nate Ruess's band The Format split in 2008, he asked Andrew Dost of Anathallo and Jack Antonoff of Steel Train to start a band together.
Betty

### Other

Randy Merrill, John Hanes, Șerban Ghenea, Aaron Dessner, Jonathan Low, John Rooney, Laura Sisk (studio personnel)
Josh Kaufman (harmonica)
Evan Smith (clarinet)
Ex Reyes (pedal steel, mellotron)
Jack Antonoff (studio personnel, mellotron, organ)

**betty** is the 14th track on folklore and its third single. It is part of the 'teenage love triangle' on the album along with "August" and "cardigan" and is told from James' perspective.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Betty, I won't make assumptions

About why you switched your homeroom, but

I think it's 'cause of me

Betty, one time I was riding on my skateboard

When I passed your house

It's like I couldn't breathe

[Pre-Chorus]

You heard the rumors from Inez

You can't believe a word she says

Most times, but this time it was true

The worst thing that I ever did

Was what I did to you

[Chorus]

But if I just showed up at your party

Would you have me? Would you want me?

Would you tell me to go fuck myself

Or lead me to the garden?

In the garden, would you trust me

If I told you it was just a summer thing?

I'm only seventeen, I don't know anything

But I know I miss you

[Verse 2]

Betty, I know where it all went wrong

Your favorite song was playing

From the far side of the gym

I was nowhere to be found

I hate the crowds, you know that

Plus, I saw you dance with him

[Pre-Chorus]

You heard the rumors from Inez

You can't believe a word she says

Most times, but this time it was true

The worst thing that I ever did

Was what I did to you

[Chorus]

But if I just showed up at your party

Would you have me? Would you want me?

Would you tell me to go fuck myself

Or lead me to the garden?

In the garden, would you trust me

If I told you it was just a summer thing?

I'm only seventeen, I don't know anything

But I know I miss you

[Bridge]

I was walking home on broken cobblestones

Just thinking of you when she pulled up like

A figment of my worst intentions

She said "James, get in, let's drive"

Those days turned into nights

Slept next to her, but

I dreamt of you all summer long

[Verse 3]

Betty, I'm here on your doorstep

And I planned it out for weeks now

But it's finally sinkin' in

Betty, right now is the last time

I can dream about what happens when

You see my face again

[Pre-Chorus]

The only thing I wanna do

Is make it up to you

So I showed up at your party

Yeah, I showed up at your party

[Chorus]

Yeah, I showed up at your party

Will you have me? Will you love me?

Will you kiss me on the porch

In front of all your stupid friends?

If you kiss me, will it be just like I dreamed it?

Will it patch your broken wings?

I'm only seventeen, I don't know anything

But I know I miss you

[Outro]

Standing in your cardigan

Kissin' in my car again

Stopped at a streetlight

You know I miss you
Harry Styles

**Harry Styles** is an English musician, actor, and songwriter. He rose to fame in the early 2010s by performing in the English boy band One Direction.

## Personal Life

Styles dated Taylor Swift in 2012, inspiring several songs on her 2014 album *1989.* He also dated French model Camille Rowe from summer 2017 to July 2018. Styles began dating actress and director Olivia Wilde after meeting on set for the film *Don't Worry Darling*.

## One Direction

Harry Styles' fame began with his audition for The X Factor in 2011. Though he did not get put through as a soloist, judge Simon Cowell made the decision to pair him with four other solo contestants and have them perform as a group. Harry, Niall, Louis, Liam, and Zayn soon found themselves featured in magazines and on the walls of teenagers across the globe.

## Notes

* Harry Styles has writing credits on the Bleachers song "Alfie's Song (Not So Typical Love Song)."
* *Rolling Stone* ranked "Sign of the Times" at #31 on a list of "The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s" .

## References

1. ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-best-songs-of-the-2010s-917532/lucy-dacus-night-shift-2-917579/
Part Of The Band

Liam Hebb, Katie May, Jon Gautier, John Rooney, Freddie Williams, Evan Smith, Dom Shaw, Dave Gross, Dani Perez Carasols, & Andrew Gearheart (assistant sound)

### Violin

Bobby Hawks

**Part Of The Band** is The 1975's lead single from *Being Funny in a Foreign Language.* It was released on July 7th, 2022.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1: Matthew Healy]

She was part of the Air Force, I was part of the band

I always used to burst into her hand

In my, my, my imagination

I was living my best life, living with my parents

Way before the paying penance and verbal propellants

And my, my, my cancellations, hm, yeah

[Verse 2: Matthew Healy]

And I fell in love with a boy, it was kinda lame

I was Rimbaud and he was Paul Verlaine

In my, my, my imagination

So many cringes and heroin binges

I was coming off the hinges, living on the fringes

Of my, my, my imagination, oh, yeah

[Pre-Chorus: Matthew Healy]

Enough about me now

"You gotta talk about the people, baby"

(But that's kind of the idea)

[Chorus]

Now I'm home, somewhere I don't like

Eating stuff off of motorbikes

Coming to her lookalikes

I can't get the language right

Just tell me what's unladylike

[Verse 3: Matthew Healy]

I know some Vaccinista tote bag chic baristas

Sitting in east on their Communista keisters

Writing about their ejaculations

"I like my men like I like my coffee

Full of soy milk and so sweet, it won't offend anybody"

Whilst staining the pages of The Nation, oh, yeah

[Pre-Chorus: Matthew Healy]

A Xanax and a Newport

"Well I take care of my kids", she said

[Chorus: Matthew Healy & *Jack Antonoff*]

The worst inside of us begets

That feeling on the internet

It's like someone intended it

*(Like advertising cigarettes)*

A diamond in the rough begets

The diamond with a scruff you get

[Interlude]

[Outro: Matthew Healy]

Am I ironically woke? The butt of my joke?

Or am I just some post-coke, average, skinny bloke

Calling his ego imagination?

I've not picked up that in a thousand four hundred days

And nine hours and sixteen minutes, babe

It's kind of my daily iteration
At Least I'm Not as Sad (As I Used to Be)

**At Least I’m Not as Sad (As I Used to Be)** is the 5th track on Aim and Ignite. It was released May 5, 2009. It was recorded at Appletree Studios.

## Lyrics

[Intro]

Have you ever wondered

About our old nu-metal friends and

What became of them?

[Verse 1]

Turns out I saw them, a couple of days ago

They were laughing, and drinking

And smoking and singing on

(Come on, can you count all the notches in your belt?)

I'd rather not, let's just say I'm starving myself

(Baby, put your name down on a piece of paper)

I don't want no savior, baby, I just want to have a good time

[Chorus]

(Oh-oh-ooh-whoa, oh-oh-ooh-whoa)

At least I'm not as sad as I used to be

[Verse 2]

And they said, "Hey Nate!"

(Yeah, it's been a while, are you gonna stay?) And I began to smile and I said

"You should've seen me a couple of years ago

I was laughing, and drinking

And smoking and singing on"

(Come on, can you count all the loves that didn't last?)

It's such a gas when you bring up the past

(Baby, put your name down on a piece of paper)

I don't want no savior baby, I just want to get it out

[Chorus]

(Oh-oh-ooh-whoa, oh-oh-ooh-whoa)

At least I'm not as sad as I used to be

(Oh-oh-ooh-whoa, oh-oh-ooh-whoa)

At least I'm not as sad as I used to be

[Bridge]

Just get it out

At least I'm not as sad as I used to be

[Verse 3]

And they said, "We would've seen you too, years ago

Had you stuck around or come out to a show"

But you was taken over by rock and roll

While we were laughing, and drinking

And smoking, and singing

[Outro]

So I left, that is it

That's my life, nothing is sacred

I don't keep friends, I keep acquainted

I'm not a prophet, but I'm here to profit

That's all, I'm gone

That's my life, nothing is sacred

I don't fall in love, I just fake it

I don't fall in love, I don't fall in love
2021-09-28 - Avondale Brewing Company - Birmingham, AL

This Bleachers show was played on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 in Birmingham, Alabama. It was the first show that Bleachers has headlined in Alabama. They were opened for by Claud, who opened for the majority of shows on the Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night tour.

## Notes

* "All My Heroes," "Wake Me," and "Who I Want You to Love" were played during soundcheck. As it was an outdoor venue, those who were in line early were able to hear the soundcheck from the other side of the fence. Jack asked them what song they would like to hear and "Wake Me" was played by request of a fan.
* Claud messed up the lyrics to "Ana," forgetting the order of when Ana was driving and when it was two o'clock.
* Claud was missing their usual headwear during this show, as they had spilled marinara sauce on it. A fan gifted them with a tiny rainbow cowboy hat and Claud wore it instead, saying that it would help them play better.
* Claud performed with just a second guitarist. Their drummer was not present for this show.
* "Dream of Mickey Mantle" was played by request of the audience.
* Jack told the audience to shut the fuck up so he could hear what someone at the barricade was telling him about local bodies of water for his ad libs on "Jersey Girl."
* "45" was played by Jack acoustically.
* Band introductions were done during "You're Still A Mystery."
* Jack wore the FFA jacket and the Jail Dinner shirt.

## Videos

* Jack's touring speech before "Rollercoaster"

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/bleachersmusic/status/1446528265200439297
2. ↑ @youmaybethechancellor's video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8QC83BjYm0
3. ↑ https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bleachers/2021/avondale-brewing-company-birmingham-al-5b8d8b4c.html
2021-10-13 - Humphrey's - San Diego, CA

Taken by Tonight Mag

This Bleachers show took place at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay in San Diego, California.

## Setlist

[This setlist has been identified as incomplete]

1. 91
2. I Miss Those Days
3. Foreign Girls

## Notes

* Jack wore the Welcome to New Jersey Now Go Home shirt.
* Riddles wore his orange and gray striped shirt.

## References

1. ↑ https://tonightmag.com/2021/10/17/bleachers-dont-disappoint-at-the-bay/
St. Vincent

Annie Clark at the 2022 Grammy Awards

**St. Vincent** is the stage name of alternative rock singer Annie Clark.

She received a the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 2015.

### Daddy's Home

The album was partially inspired by Clark's father being arrested for money laundering, conspiracy, wire fraud, and securities fraud.

## Trivia

* She was credited as a co-writer on Taylor Swift's song "Cruel Summer," along with Jack Antonoff.
* She was credited as a guitarist on The Chicks' song "Texas Man" and a co-writer on "Young Man."

## On Annie

* **This might be a false assumption, but I’d imagine making a St. Vincent album is an opportunity for you to get especially “out there,” sonically.  Or is it the same as working with anyone?:** "Well, everyone has their own version of going "out there." But with Annie, I would say it's on the farthest ends of that. We've made two albums together at this point. And knowing her, and knowing all of her work, she is quite specifically not going to tread on the same ground. And that's everything from the sonics, to what she's talking about, to this character -- who is also very much her -- that exposes themselves on each album. The two albums we've made together, they're coming from extremely different places. I would venture to say there might not be one single instrument overlap (between) the two albums we've made together. The palettes are so different." —Jack Antonoff, in an interview with *The Tennessean*

## References

1. ↑ https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/12/17/jack-antonoff-producer-taylor-swift-lorde-lana-del-rey-clairo/8943681002/
You're Still a Mystery

**You're Still a Mystery** is the ninth track on Strange Desire. It was released on July 11, 2014.

## Lyrics

[Intro]

(I want to be grateful for the experiences that I've had)

(I want to be grateful for the experiences that I've had)

(I want to be grateful for the experiences that I've had)

[Verse 1]

Thought I wanted to forget my past

Tried to leave the pieces of a broken man

What it cost I ain't ever getting back

Breaking the lines 'cause I wanna remember

[Pre-Chorus 1]

I was feeling like I never was young

Followed a dream and a strange desire

You picked me up in the dead of the night

And gave me a chance to move on inside of your mystery

[Chorus]

Maybe I don't need to understand

Why your love, love, love is such a mystery

Maybe I don't need to understand

Why your love, love, love, your love is such a mystery

[Verse 2]

Want to give you something better than I've been

I wanna write your name up on my wall

Wake you up in the dead of the night

Breaking the lines just trying to get better

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Man I was feeling like I never was young

No nothing simple 'bout the simple days I mourn

If what I lost ain't ever coming back

Then I can find a way to move inside of your mystery

[Chorus]

Maybe I don't need to understand

Why your love, love, love is such a mystery

Maybe I don't need to understand

Why your love, love, love is such a mystery

[Bridge]

No god holding on tightly

Your love holy inside of me

No god holding on tightly

Your love holy inside of me

No god holding on tightly

Your love holy inside of me

No god holding on tightly

Your love holy inside of me

Someday I'm gonna make this right

Someday when the lights are low

Someday I'm gonna get on my knees

Someday baby, I'm gonna beg you

Someday I'm gonna get this right

Someday when the lights are low

Someday I'm gonna get on my knees

Someday baby, I'm gonna beg for your (Mystery)

[Chorus]

Maybe I don't need to understand

Why your love, love, love is such a mystery

Maybe I don't need to understand

Why your love, love, love is such a mystery

[Outro]

Who-o-oa

Who-o-oa

Who-o-oa

Who-o-oa

Who-o-oa

Who-o-oa

Who-o-oa

Who-o-oa

Who-o-oa
Secret Life

**Secret Life** is the fifth track on Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night. It was released on July 28, 2021.

## Lyrics

One, two, three, four

Out of my head I'm beggin' for skin to skin

You don't say much 'cause you've been cheated before me

I know you think I think I'm better than I am

But I'm not tryna wake up in some promise land

I just want a secret life

Where you and I can get bored out of our minds

I just wanna have you in a secret life

'Cause I'm sick of chasing after holy ghosts

Been tryna tell you I want you the most

You're always looking like a photograph just took

Acting high life, reading your old Russian books

Don't I know you think I think I'm better than I am

Oh, honey, I'm not tryna wake up in some promise land

I just want a secret life

Where you and I can get bored out of our minds

I just wanna have you in a secret life

'Cause I'm sick of chasing all these holy ghosts

Been tryna tell you I want you the most

And I talk so much

I talk so much, it's nice

I talk so much because I'm scared to begin

God, I want a secret life

Where you and I can get bored out of our minds

I just wanna have you in a secret life

'Cause I'm sick of looking after all my ghosts

Been tryna tell you I love you the most
2022-06-20 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Denver, CO

Poster by @agallegosphoto on Instagram

This Bleachers show was part of How Dare You Want Tour 2022. It took place on June 20th, 2022 in Denver, Colorado.

## Wolf Alice

1. Smile
2. You're a Germ
3. Formidable Cool
4. Delicious Things
5. Bros
6. Safe From Heartbreak (If You Never Fall in Love)
7. How Can I Make It OK?
8. Play the Greatest Hits
9. Giant Peach
10. The Last Man on Earth
11. Don't Delete the Kisses

## Setlist

1. 91
2. Dream of Mickey Mantle
3. Wild Heart
4. How Dare You Want More
5. Big Life
6. Hate That You Know Me
7. I Miss Those Days
8. Everybody Lost Somebody
9. Goodmorning
10. Jersey Girl
11. Chinatown
12. Don't Go Dark
13. Rollercoaster
14. Nothing Is U
15. I'm Ready to Move On/Wild Heart Reprise
16. Foreign Girls
17. 45
18. You're Still a Mystery
19. I Wanna Get Better
20. Let's Get Married
21. Don't Take the Money
22. Stop Making This Hurt

## Gallery

Jack making the collage for the Red Rocks poster.
All Alone

**All Alone** is the 7th track on Some Nights. It was released on February 14, 2012.

## Lyrics

[Intro]

I fell in love with a wind-up souvenir

I bought it downtown as I was on my way to meet you

She sounds like the songs you used to sing to put me to sleep but

Now that you're gone, she's all that I've left to hold

[Hook]

And I feel so all alone

No one's gonna fix me when I'm broke

How do you cry with inanimate eyes?

You're never gonna smile with the way that you're wired

And I feel so all alone

[Verse 1]

I gave her to you (I don't need a toy)

I thought you might appreciate (I don't like the way that it moves)

The way that she dances

The painted look upon her face (Someone must've thrown this away)

She must have come from the sun (I got too much stuff)

I want to take her through the park

Where she'd tell me I'm all that she wants

(Speaking of which)

If she could even talk (I think we need to talk)

[Hook]

I feel so all alone

No one's gonna fix me when I'm broke

How do you cry with inanimate eyes?

You're never gonna smile with the way that you're wired

And I feel so all alone

I feel so all alone

[Bridge]

As she sits on my shelf

It makes me think of you

The way she carries the things that remind me of who

We used to be before we became antiques

She's a lot like you

But when I hold her too tight, I know she'll break

She just takes some glue to stay

[Hook]

And I feel so all alone

No one's gonna fix me when I'm broke

How do you cry with inanimate eyes?

You're never gonna smile with the way that you're wired

And I feel so all alone

I feel so all alone

I feel so all alone
Evan Smith

**Evan Smith** is a touring member of Bleachers and a multi-instrumentalist. He is also the owner of a hot sauce line called Evan's Rockin' Hot Sauce, which is based in Maine.

Evan Smith has worked with several artists, including Lorde, St. Vincent, David Byrne, Taylor Swift, P!nk, Tegan and Sara, Greg Liesz, The National, Andrew Bird, Lucius, Daniel Hart, Lauren Mayberry of Chvrches, Bon Iver, Daniel Hart, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Charli XCX.

## Personal Life

Smith is a multi-instrumentalist, but has a background in jazz.

## Other Collaborations

### Taylor Swift

Smith has a Grammy Award nomination for Album of the Year for his contributions to Taylor Swift's album *evermore.*

## Trivia

* During Bleachers performances, Jack often reminds the audience "the louder you scream, the louder he blows" in reference to Evan playing saxophone.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/evansrockinhotsauce/
2022-10-01 - All Things Go Music Festival 2022 - Columbia, MD

This Bleachers set was part of the All Things Go Music Festival on October 1st, 2022.

Other performers included Lorde, Mitski, King Princess, Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker, Peach Pit, Hippo Campus, Goth Babe, and Bartees Strange, as well as Maude Latour, Jack Kays, MICHELLE, Wallice, Kyle Dixon, and The BLSSM.

## Setlist

1. 91
2. Dream of Mickey Mantle
3. Goodmorning
4. Let's Get Married
5. Everybody Lost Somebody
6. How Dare You Want More
7. I Miss Those Days
8. Jersey Girl (Tom Waits cover)
9. Chinatown
10. All My Heroes
11. Don't Go Dark
12. Rollercoaster
13. You're Still a Mystery
14. I Wanna Get Better
15. Don't Take the Money
16. Stop Making This Hurt

## Videos

* Jack's Instagram story
* Bleachers IG story

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw6tP6x92u0&list=PLQgAMTnNSJ1YRroUHaPwzgkTToJJ64VZY&index=12
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUKafrGvY3s&list=PLQgAMTnNSJ1YRroUHaPwzgkTToJJ64VZY&index=13
Shadow of the City Festival 2021 Poster

### Source

https://store.bleachersmusic.com/product/XZAPBL03/shadow-of-the-city-2021-poster

### Item number

XZAPBL03

This printed poster was part of the Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night tour and was exclusively sold at 2021-09-11 - Shadow of the City - Asbury Park, NJ before extras were placed for sale on the Bleachers website for $20.
Bruce Springsteen

Taken by Danny Clinch for Billboard

**Bruce Springsteen,** affectionately nicknamed "The Boss" by fans around the world, is a New Jersey native and accomplished musician with 20 studio albums to his name, as well as 20 Grammy Awards. He was introduced to the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999. President Barack Obama awarded Springsteen with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.

He is married to Patti Scialfa.

## Discography

* *Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.* (1973)
* *The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle* (1973)
* *Born to Run* (1975)
* *Darkness on the Edge of Town* (1978)
* *The River* (1980)
* *Nebraska* (1982)
* *Born in the U.S.A.* (1984)
* *Tunnel of Love* (1987)
* *Human Touch* (1992)
* *Lucky Town* (1992)
* *The Ghost of Tom Joad* (1995)
* *The Rising* (2002)
* *Devils & Dust* (2005)
* *We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions* (2006)
* *Magic* (2007)
* *Working on a Dream* (2009)
* *Wrecking Ball* (2012)
* *High Hopes* (2014)
* *Western Stars* (2019)
* *Letter to You* (2020)

## Springsteen on Broadway

Springsteen on Broadway was a solo acoustic concert residency at the Walter Kerr Theatre and the St. James Theatre in New York City. Bruce Springsteen played songs from his iconic discography and told stories to the audience. The show ran approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes without an intermission.

Netflix released a 'rockumentary' of the concert in 2018.

## Bleachers

### Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night

Bruce Springsteen was featured on "Chinatown" and appeared in the music video with Jack Antonoff. This happened on account of Antonoff hanging out at Patti Scialfa and Bruce Springsteen's house. Antonoff and Springsteen ended up in the studio and Springsteen recorded himself singing on the "Chinatown" track after Antonoff showed him a demo of the song. According to a 2021 interview with NME, Jack listened to the tape a few days later and "I heard Bleachers and I heard Bruce, his band and his culture’s influence on me, even before he heard ‘Chinatown’, flowing through it. I heard myself hearing his music and feeling value in the place that I was from, and these emotions that come along with this place. Finding my version of it, but only because of the doors that he kicked down for people like me."

## On Bruce

* “Honestly, Bruce is just my guy, he’s my friend, he’s the best. And he’s kinda just as advertised,” he insists. “It’s not weird because [his influence on me] is an open dialogue. It’s easy to be disarmed by people who aren’t projecting the mythology of themselves but are just real. That’s true of all the artists I work with.” -Jack Antonoff, in an August 2021 interview with *DIY*

## References

1. ↑ https://www.netflix.com/title/80232329
2. ↑ https://www.nme.com/big-reads/bleachers-jack-antonoff-cover-interview-2021-take-the-sadness-out-of-saturday-night-3006942
3. ↑ Jersey Boy: Bleachers' Jack Antonoff https://diymag.com/2021/08/06/jack-antonoff-bleachers-take-the-sadness-out-of-saturday-night-august-2021-interview
Tegan and Sara

**Tegan and Sara** is a Canadian indie pop act made up of identical twin sisters Tegan Quin and Sara Quin. They released a memoir entitled "High School" in 2019.

## Discography

* *Under Feet Like Ours* (1999)
* *This Business of Art* (2000)
* *If It Was You* (2002)
* *So Jealous* (2004)
* *The Con* (2007)
* *Sainthood* (2009)
* *Heartthrob* (2013)
	+ Jack Antonoff and Sara Quin wrote "How Come You Don't Want Me" together.
* *Love You to Death* (2016)
* *Hey, I'm Just Like You* (2019)

## Steel Train

Steel Train -- and Holly Miranda -- were openers for Tegan and Sara's 2010 Sainthood tour.

Tegan and Sara covered Steel Train's song "Turnpike Ghost."

## fun.

Tegan and Sara opened for fun.'s Most Nights Summer Tour in 2013.

## Bleachers

Bleachers covered Burn Your Life Down for Tegan and Sara's 2017 compilation album, *Tegan And Sara Present The Con X: Covers.* *The Con X* featured covers of songs off their 2007 album, *The Con*, as well as the "Miami Still" demo.

## Trivia

* In 2012, Tegan and Sara covered the Rolling Stones' "Fool to Cry" for Lena Dunham's HBO series *Girls Soundtrack Vol. 1*.
* Tegan and Sara appeared as special guests on Taylor Swift's Red tour, singing "Closer" at the Staples Center in Los Angeles in 2013.
* Tegan and Sara both appear in Sara Bareilles' music video for her 2011 song "Uncharted," from her album *Kaleidoscope Heart*.
* Sara Quin co-wrote "Sweetie" which was included in the deluxe edition of Carly Rae Jepsen's album *Kiss*.
* In 2014, they sang "Everything Is Awesome", the theme song for *The Lego Movie*, with the Lonely Island. The song was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
* In 2020, they collaborated with Alex Hope to create a song for the film *Happiest Season,* starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis, titled "Make You Mine This Season".

## Gallery

1. ↑ https://www.antimusic.com/news/10/feb/22Steel\_Train\_Announce\_Album\_and\_Tegan\_and\_Sara\_Tour.shtml
London Boy

**London Boy** is the 11th track on Lover. The London Boy in question is speculated to be Swift's partner Joe Alwyn.

## Lyrics

[Intro: Idris Elba & *James Corden*]

We can go driving in, on my scooter

Uh, you know, just 'round London

*Oh, I'd...*

[Verse 1]

I love my hometown as much as Motown, I love SoCal

And you know I love Springsteen, faded blue jeans, Tennessee whiskey

But something happened, I heard him laughing

I saw the dimples first and then I heard the accent

They say home is where the heart is

But that's not where mine lives

[Chorus]

You know I love a London boy

I enjoy walking Camden Market in the afternoon

He likes my American smile, like a child when our eyes meet

Darling, I fancy you

Took me back to Highgate, met all of his best mates

So I guess all the rumors are true

You know I love a London boy

Boy, I fancy you (Ooh)

[Verse 2]

And now I love high tea, stories from Uni, and the West End

You can find me in the pub, we are watching rugby with his school friends

Show me a gray sky, a rainy cab ride

Babes, don't threaten me with a good time

They say home is where the heart is

But God, I love the English

[Chorus]

You know I love a London boy, I enjoy nights in Brixton

Shoreditch in the afternoon

He likes my American smile, like a child when our eyes meet

Darling, I fancy you

Took me back to Highgate, met all of his best mates

So I guess all the rumors are true

You know I love a London boy

Boy, I fancy you

[Bridge]

So please show me Hackney

Doesn't have to be Louis V up on Bond Street

Just wanna be with you

Wanna be with you

Stick with me, I'm your queen

Like a Tennessee Stella McCartney on the Heath

Just wanna be with you (Wanna be with you)

Wanna be with you (Oh)

[Chorus]

You know I love a London boy, I enjoy walking Soho

Drinking in the afternoon (Yeah)

He likes my American smile, like a child when our eyes meet

Darling, I fancy you (You)

Took me back to Highgate, met all of his best mates

So I guess all the rumors are true (Yeah)

You know I love a London boy (Oh)

Boy (Oh), I fancy you (I fancy you, ooh)

[Outro]

So please show me Hackney

Doesn't have to be Louis V up on Bond Street

Just wanna be with you

I, I, I fancy you

Oh whoa, oh, I

Stick with me, I'm your queen

Like a Tennessee Stella McCartney on the Heath

Just wanna be with you (Ooh)

Wanna be with you

I fancy you (Yeah), I fancy you

Oh whoa, ah

## Notes

* "London Boy" interpolates Cautious Clay's "Cold War." This is the second song by Taylor Swift to use an interpolation, the first being "Look What You Made Me Do."
Zem Audu

**Zem Audu** is saxophonist, composer, and producer as well as a touring member of Bleachers.

## Bio

Nigerian-born, London-raised, and Brooklyn-based Zem Audu is a Grammy award nominated saxophonist, vocalist and producer with a sound that blends Reggae, Ska, Afrobeat and Jazz.

Zem was a member of The Skatalites for 10 years, and toured extensively with UK Reggae legends Steel Pulse, with whom Zem received a Grammy nomination in 2020 for the critically acclaimed Mass Manipulation album. Zem has toured and recorded with an eclectic range of musicians, including: Bleachers, Miss Lauryn Hill, Hugh Masekela, Plan B, Paloma Faith, and Julian Marley. Zem’s 2017 studio jazz album *SPIRITS* features fusion guitar legend Mike Stern.

## Bleachers

Audu played saxophone alongside Evan Smith on the Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night tour in 2021. He has saxophone credits on Stop Making This Hurt and How Dare You Want More.
02/2022

Bleachers did not do any tour dates in February 2022.

## February 4

1/5
## February 5

1/2
## February 6

1/1
## February 12

Jack received his copy of Jason Isbell's cover of 45 and the Bleachers cover of Dreamsicle.

* 2022-02-12 Bleachers IG story 1.jpg
* 2022-02-12 Bleachers IG story 2.jpg
1/5

## February 19

Mikey had a birthday party with a pinata, which fell on the ground when he hit it. He popped a confetti cannon after blowing out the cake. He wore a black Roland hat, a black t-shirt, blue jeans, and brown boots. Zem Audu, Bryndon Cook (@thisisstarchild), Eva Tolkin (@evathaeva), Jesse (@jeezze), Flora Manon (@floramignon\_), and Olivier Green were in attendance.

1/1
## February 22

1/1
## February 23

1/11
## February 24

1/2

## February 25

1/2
## February 28

1/4

```

```
09/2021

# September 2021

September saw Bleachers kicking off the Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night tour.

## September 11th

The long-awaited Shadow of the City show took place after being delayed due to COVID restrictions.

## September 12th

Claud and Bleachers performed at Pier 17. This was the second stop on the Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night tour.

1/2

## September 15th

Bleachers performed at EXPRESS LIVE! in Columbus, Ohio.

## September 17th

Bleachers performed at Summerfest in Milwaukee.

## September 18th

Bleachers performed in Newport, Kentucky.

1/2
## September 19th

Bleachers went to Atlanta, GA to play at Music Midtown 2021.

## September 23rd

2021-09-23 - Skyline Stage at the Mann - Philadelphia, PA

## September 25th

2021-09-25 - The Governors Ball - New York, NY

## September 28th

2021-09-28 - Avondale Brewing Company - Birmingham, AL

* Jack posted a photo from the Newport, KY show a few days before.
1/2
## September 29th

It was announced that a member of the Bleachers touring crew was in contact with COVID-19 and they had to cancel some shows on the Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night tour. This included the Jannus Live show that they were scheduled to do in Tampa, Florida that night.

1/1
2021-09-19 - Music Midtown 2021 - Atlanta, GA

This Bleachers show at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia took place on September 19 as part of the Music Midtown 2021 festival. It was the seventh stop on the Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night tour.

The Music Midtown festival took place on September 18 and 19th. The festival line-up included Maroon 5, Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Marshmello, 21 Savage, Megan Thee Stallion, Machine Gun Kelly, Black Pumas, Jack Harlow, AJR, Yungblud, Bleachers, Lauv, Dashboard Confessional, Surfaces, 24KGOLDN, Latto, Oliver Tree, Tierra Whack, Mariah the Scientist, girlinred, Ashnikko, Tate Mcrae, Eric Nam, Remi Wolf, Gus Dapperton, 070 Shake, Teddy Swims, Masked Wolf, Kenny Mason, Ant Clemons, Sophie Messa, Saleka, Unusual Demont, Claud, Mom Rock, and Morgan Vinson.

## Notes

* Jack wore the Electric Lady Studios shirt.

## References

1. ↑ @bleacherstour https://www.instagram.com/p/CUDUfHIp7Z0/
Wolf Alice

**Wolf Alice** is an English alt rock band from London, England. It's named after a short story by Angela Carter about a feral girl who is raised by wolves.

They opened for Bleachers at their first Red Rocks show in 2022.

## Discography

* My Love is Cool
* Visions of a Life
* Blue Weekend

## Awards

* 2014 - UK Festival Awards - Best Breakthrough Artist
* 2015 - iTunes Store - Best New Artist/Band
* 2016 - NME Awards - Best Live Band
* 2016 - NME Awards - Best Track - "Giant Peach"
* 2018 - Mercury Prize - Album of the Year
* 2022 - Brit Awards - British Group
* 2022 - NME Awards - Best Festival Headliner

## On Wolf Alice

* "[M]y favourite band is Wolf Alice. That doesn’t even mean I’d be good at working with them. It just means I love them and I’m happy they’re making music" .

## References

1. ↑ Jersey Boy: Bleachers' Jack Antonoff https://diymag.com/2021/08/06/jack-antonoff-bleachers-take-the-sadness-out-of-saturday-night-august-2021-interview
Serban Ghenea

**Serban Ghenea** is a Romanian-Canadian audio engineer and mixer who has won 14 Grammy Awards and 3 Latin Grammy Awards.

Ghenea is known for his work with artists such as Justin Timberlake, Imagine Dragons, Bruno Mars, Adele, The Weeknd, Ariana Grande, Carrie Underwood, Kacey Musgraves, Halsey, Katy Perry, BTS, and more.

## Discography

### Taylor Swift

Ghenea worked on Taylor Swift's number one hit albums Reputation , Lover and folklore. He also has mixing credits on "Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version)."

### Sia

Music (Songs From and Inspired By the Motion Picture)

## Notes

* He has been nominated for Grammy Awards 25 times.
* *Taylor Swift’s Lover, mixed by Ghenea in its entirety, was the best-selling album of 2019 in the United States and globally.*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://aaminc.com/client/serban-ghenea/
Evermore

***evermore*** is the ninth studio album by Taylor Swift, and the sister album to 2020's *folklore.*

## Tracklist

1. willow
2. champagne problems
3. gold rush
4. 'tis the damn season
5. tolerate it
6. no body, no crime
7. happiness
8. dorothea
9. coney island
10. ivy
11. cowboy like me
12. long story short
13. marjorie
14. closure
15. evermore
16. right where you left me
17. it's time to go
Grammys 2022

The 64th Annual Grammy Awards was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 3, 2022

## Awards

### Record of the Year

Silk Sonic won Record of the Year with "Leave The Door Open." Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II, Bruno Mars, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, & Charles Moniz, and Randy Merrill also received Grammys due to their involvement.

Jon Batiste's "Freedom," Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga's "I Get A Kick Out Of You," Justin Bieber's "Peaches," Brandi Carlile's "Right on Time," Doja Cat's "Kiss Me More," Billie Eilish's "Happier Than Ever," Lil Nas X's "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)," and Olivia Rodrigo's "driver's license" were nominated.

### Album of the Year

We Are by Jon Batiste

Craig Adams, David Gauthier, Braedon Gautier, Brennon Gautier, Gospel Soul Children Choir, Hot 8 Brass Band, PJ Morton, Autumn Rowe, Zadie Smith, St. Augustine High School Marching 100 & Trombone Shorty, featured artists; Jon Batiste, Mikey Freedom Hart, DJ Khalil, King Garbage, Kizzo, Sunny Levine, Nate Mercereau, David Pimentel, Ricky Reed, Autumn Rowe, Jahaan Sweet & Nick Waterhouse, producers; Jon Batiste, Russ Elevado, Mischa Kachkachishvili, Kizzo, Joseph Lorge, Manny Marroquin, Ken Oriole, David Pimentel, Ricky Reed, Jaclyn Sanchez, Matt Vertere, Marc Whitmore & Alex Williams, engineers/mixers; Andrae Alexander, Troy Andrews, Jon Batiste, Zach Cooper, Vic Dimotsis, Eric Frederic, Kizzo, Sunny Levine, Steve McEwan, PJ Morton, Autumn Rowe & Mavis Staples, songwriters; Michelle Mancini, mastering engineer

Taylor Swift's album "evermore" and Olivia Rodrigo's "SOUR" were nominated for this category.

### Best New Artist

Arooj Aftab, Jimmie Allen, Baby Keem, FINNEAS, Glass Animals, Japanese Breakfast, The Kid LAROI, Arlo Parks, and Saweetie were all nominated, but lost the category to Olivia Rodrigo.

### Best Alternative Music Album

Shore by Fleet Foxes; If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power by Halsey; Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast; and Collapsed In Sunbeams by Arlo Parks lost the category to St. Vincent's Daddy's Home.

### Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Jack Antonoff won this category for his work on Chemtrails Over The Country Club; Daddy’s Home; "Gold Rush;" Solar Power; and Take The Sadness Out Of Saturday Night.

## Relevant Attendees

Jack attended with his fiancee Margaret Qualley, Riddles attended with Olivier Green, Mikey and Hutch came with their partners, and Zem was in attendance as well. St. Vincent and Laura Sisk made sure to get some photos in.
10/2021

# October 2021

## October 7th

2021-10-07 - Austin City Limits - Austin, TX

## October 8th

October 8th is Evan Smith's birthday.

1/9

## October 13th

2021-10-13 - Humphrey's - San Diego, CA

1/1
## October 14th

1/1
## October 15th

2021-10-15 - Hollywood Palladium - Los Angeles, CA

1/2
## October 16th

2021-10-16 - The Masonic - San Francisco, CA

Jack made more patches.

1/6
## October 17th

1/4
## October 18th

1/8

## October 20th

2021-10-20 - Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR

1/1
## October 22nd

2021-10-22 - The Union Event Center - Salt Lake City, UT

## October 23rd

2021-10-23 - The Mission Ballroom - Denver, CO

## October 24th

2021-10-24 - Uptown Theater - Kansas City, MO

## October 26th

2021-10-26 - The Fillmore - Minneapolis, MN

## October 28th

2021-10-28 - Aragon Ballroom - Chicago, IL

## October 29th

1/3
## October 30th

2021-10-30 - Egyptian Ballroom - Indianapolis, IN

1/3
## October 31st

2021-10-31 - The Fillmore - Detroit, MI
Bleachers wore tomato costumes onstage for the opening song, before throwing the two piece costumes into the crowd.

1/5
2021-09-23 - Skyline Stage at the Mann - Philadelphia, PA

Poster by @agallegosphoto, photo by Shane Timm

This Bleachers show was part of the Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night tour.

## MUNA

* Number One Fan
* Stayaway
* Crying on the Bathroom Floor
* Navy Blue
* Everything
* Silk Chiffon

## Setlist

1. 91
2. Let's Get Married
3. Wild Heart
4. Shadow
5. How Dare You Want More
6. I Miss Those Days
7. Everybody Lost Somebody
8. All My Heroes
9. Secret Life (with Claud)
10. Jersey Girl (Tom Waits cover)
	* snippet preceded by "Fly Eagles Fly" crowd chant
11. Chinatown
12. Don't Go Dark
13. Rollercoaster
14. 45, solo acoustic
15. Foreign Girls
16. Goodmorning
17. You're Still a Mystery, with "How Dare You Want More" snippet
18. I Wanna Get Better
19. Don't Take the Money
20. Stop Making This Hurt

## Notes

* The event moved the show from the Skyline Stage to the TD Pavilion for comfort reasons.
* Jack wore the Jail Dinner shirt and the Washington FFA jacket.
* Claud is signed to Phoebe Bridgers' label, and MUNA has a song with Phoebe Bridgers, "Silk Chiffon."

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/MannCenter/status/1440708736201347074
2. ↑ https://ascribemagazine.com/show-review-bleachers-philadelphia-9-23-the-mann/
3. ↑ @bleacherstour https://www.instagram.com/p/CUMWP6CL7Q\_/
4. ↑ Setlist https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bleachers/2021/td-pavilion-at-the-mann-philadelphia-pa-638da61b.html
5. ↑ https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/muna/2021/td-pavilion-at-the-mann-philadelphia-pa-38d9d8b.html