Where does Stevie go from here?

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Originally Posted by mike_nh

I'm not so sure anyone will be hurt by this because taylor is such the ''it'' girl right now i don't think
anything can touch her..not even a bad performance. As far as stevie goes..i'm not sure why she was there other than to make taylor look better. If anything at all comes out of this it just might be
that both artists will have new fans. Stevie could definitly widen her fan base and taylor might gain
some crossover fans who normally would not give her a second look. either way it was a great night
and looking forward to see what happens next.

There is no way that Stevie made new fans last night based on that performance. Yes, we all know that Stevie was forced to "manage the damage" throughout the performance due to Taylor's off-key bellowing. And, yes, Stevie had to sing the low harmonies, which sounded Poltergeist-ish at times. But it just seemed like, amidst a roster of highly-produced, big spectacle performances, their performance was just too low-key and lacking inspiration, which is rather inexcusable coming from the winner of the album of the year trophy. To make matters worse, Taylor was bathed in the most exquisite lighting, whereas Stevie was shot from a most unflattering angle while her face was cast in harsh shadows, making her look a bit rough and, um... old . If anything, I think that people who have not seen/heard from Stevie in a long time will have probably thought "WTF was that?"

It's hard to fathom what made Stevie do this. Did Taylor initiate this? Do they have managers/agents in common? Did Stevie insist on performing with TS? Did her management insist on it? Did she do this to get her name in the papers? Did Mick twist her arm? Is Stevie orchestrating a solo comeback? Nothing about this makes any sense at all.