‘SNL’: Taylor Swift shows off her voice with performances of ‘Lover’ and ‘False God’ – USA TODAY

Taylor Swift feeble her performances on “Saturday Night time Are living” to showcase her negate. And her a amount of green articles of clothing.

The pop well-known person served as musical visitor for the 2nd episode of the season, which intended she obtained to play two songs.

First up: “Lover.” After she had a much flashier rendition of the title discover of her new album on the VMAs, Swift sat solo on the piano for the tune on Saturday. The singer became once decked out in a green turtleneck, green pants, green earrings, green nail polish and at a green piano with a green floor and green partitions to undercover agent esteem a scene out of her kaleidoscopic “Lover” music video. Sheet music seemed as if it were frozen midair whereas Swift joyful the ivories and sang her romantic tune, smiling whereas cooing strains esteem “I catch this magnetic pressure to be mine, lover.”

She ended the tune with a nice grin and a minute bit, celebratory shimmy from her (green) piano bench.

Song No. 2: “False God.” Swift’s are living debut of the tune became once vibey, with a saxophonist, drummer and background singers. Swift and her negate were entrance and heart, though, as she sang and snaked her mic-free arm whereas sporting sunless sequined pants and an outsized sunless blazer. All spherical her, bare lightbulbs shone and smoke rose from the floor.

The stripped-down songs had Twitter buzzing: The hashtag #TaylorOnSNL persisted to pattern even after “SNL” ended.