Taylor Swift joined Haim last year on a remix of the latter group’s song “Gasoline,” but few fans probably thought they’d ever hear them team up to do it live. The two artists hadn’t appeared together on the same bill since the rocking sister trio was an opening act for Swift on her “1989” tour. But Haim was playing London’s O2 Arena, and the “London Boy” singer has been known to fancy that city these last few years, so perhaps their on-stage collaboration Thursday night shouldn’t have been so surprising after all.
The cherry on top? Haim’s “Gasoline” was mashed up for the occasion with Swift’s “Love Story.” The very sultry former song would seem to have little in common with the innocent Romeo-and-Juliet scenario of the early Swift hit, but that didn’t stand in the way of an audience-thrilling medley. “Love Story” was given much more of a syncopated rhythm to make for a smooth segue, as fan-shot video captured at the O2 indicates.
