Taylor Swift curled her hands into the shape of a heart. With a sweet smile, the 21-year-old country-pop superstar hoisted the symbol above her head, letting it float above a sold-out crowd at Rogers Arena Saturday night.
It was unlike the usual obnoxious expressions of gratitude, where touring acts scream, "What up Vancouver!!!" into the mic.
The audience quickly returned Swift's love, showering the petite blonde with one of the loudest displays of devotion heard in the arena for a very long time. It was a moment that gave you goosebumps all over.
Taylor Swift creates a world of meaning with very few words. And, sometimes, the Grammy Award-winning artist with three flawless studio albums under her belt doesn't even need syllables to convey her simple yet cogent messages, as she demonstrated at the first of two Vancouver shows on her Speak Now tour
That's what makes T-Swift one of country's - and the world's - most successful artists. She speaks to a single moment, a single time and a single feeling. She isn't wordy. She's not complicated. Rather, her youthful perspective allows her to tell elemental stories that cut to the chase.
Swift's lyrics are stripped down and accessible rather than abstract. Mine, Mean, Sparks Fly, Enchanted, Speak Now are all songs that focus on primary emotions or experiences. And such simplicity, even when it's tinged with a bit of childish fantasy, rings louder than any gabby rhetoric could.
Swift emerged from below the stage draped in a sparkly gold dress and smiling from ear to ear, singing Sparks Fly, dancing to all corners of the stage and eliciting deafening roars from each side.
Little girls in Taylor tees hopped up and down with their signs, teenage girls whistled and danced arm-in-arm with their best friends, women in their late twenties grinned and guys wearing "Real men heart Swift," T-shirts sang along.
For Mine, the singer picked up a bright red guitar and pranced around the stage, which was adorned with a gold Victorian staircase set in front of a red velvet curtain.
On more than one occasion, Swift's delicate voice was drowned out by the screams and the backing band, but that's all right - she's only 21 and has got plenty of time to work on her belting capabilities.
Swift is a tall, bashful, gangly girl with big dreams and a young, innocent heart scarred with the pains of love. With all her awkward glances and cutesy smiles, you could tell she hasn't become one of the industry's robots. It was an endearing to know she wasn't selling an act.
T-Swift's honesty and charm left fans of all ages and genders gazing starry-eyed at the charttopping blonde.
When it started snowing, everyone knew it was time for Back To December. Swift came out wearing a baby blue ball gown and played piano.
Swift also offered up an appropriate Vancouver-related cover song choosing a beautiful acoustic version of Bryan Adams' Summer of '69, and, to top it off, followed with a cover of Tal Bachman's She's So High, with the rocker jumping on stage to sing alongside her. Amazing.
Swift's performance was less of a show and more of a hashing-out of hopes and dreams between close friends.
Unlike her contemporary Ke$ha, who wreaked havoc on the venue with glitter and sleaze f-bombs the night before, Swift wasn't a cheap thrills kind of gal. She worked her talents and her charm, and that was enough to create two hours of heaven.
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