Lover (Live from Paris) is the third
live album by the American singer-songwriter
Taylor Swift, released on May 19, 2020, via
Republic Records. A
Valentine's Day reissue, it was released on February 14, 2023, as a limited-edition
vinyl record sold via Swift's webstore exclusively. It consists of two heart-shaped
LPs containing the live recordings of the eight songs from Swift's seventh studio album, Lover (2019), that she performed at
City of Lover, her one-day concert at the
Olympia theater, Paris, on September 9, 2019. It charted in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and topped the US BillboardVinyl Albums chart.
Background and release
Swift released her seventh studio album, Lover, on August 23, 2019, via
Republic Records.[1] She described Lover as a record exploring all forms of love, acting as a "
love letter to love".[2] It received positive reviews from music critics,[3] and enjoyed wide commercial success.[4] To celebrate the album's release, Swift held the
City of Lover, a one-off concert, at the
Olympia theater in Paris, France, on September 9, 2019.[5] It would become Swift's only concert to support Lover,[5] as her planned sixth concert tour,
Lover Fest, was canceled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
On May 17, 2020, the concert was aired as a one-hour special, titled Taylor Swift: City of Lover, on
ABC, and was eventually made available for
on-demand streaming on
Hulu and
Disney+.[7][8] Media outlets opined that the TV special was an alternative to the canceled tour.[9] The TV special only included the eight songs from Lover that were performed at the concert, and excluded the songs she had performed from her other albums.[10] Following the special's premiere, the live versions were released as singles on digital music and streaming platforms,[11] except "
The Man", which had been previously available for streaming since February 18, 2020.[12] The songs were available together as a streaming album only through
SoundCloud.[13]
Lover (Live from Paris) was the best-selling vinyl album in the United States for the chart week dated March 4, 2023. It topped the BillboardVinyl Albums chart as Swift's ninth number-one album on the chart,[17] landed at number five on the
Top Album Sales chart by selling out all of its 13,000 available copies,[16] and debuted at number 58 on the overall
Billboard 200.[18] Alongside the live album's entry on the Billboard 200 chart dated March 4, 2023, Swift charted nine other albums,[note 1] becoming the first artist in history to place at least 10 albums on the Billboard 200 simultaneously since American musician
Prince in 2016; Swift is the first living soloist to chart 10 albums in a single week since 1963.[16]
Track listing
All tracks are produced by Taylor Swift and subtitled "(Live from Paris)".[14]