Phoebe Bridgers - I Know The End (Seth Meyers Live Performance)

[@chloedhamdhere9800]

this is the one song i wish I could hear for the first time again

[@MrThecat1000]

Me too

[@reginaphalange4182]

You put this into words so beautifully. I was so excited near the end of the song and I didn't want it to end. But then I felt this sadness after is was over and I didn't know why. I think it's absolutely what you said. So I'm going to do the next best thing and listen to it again.

[@derrickbaruga4761]

facs... i remember it like it was yesterday. I was skipping through the "Ultimate Indie" playlist and BAMMM... it just gets better and better... and at that time I was a ghost in a haunted house so it won my heart

[@pascalperron7629]

couldn't have said it better. That transition at the end made me stop everything I was doing, I had no choice but to give it my full attention. I just mentally noted: ''yeah ok, I'm sold''

[@pettern96]

I just did, and it was exactly as you imagined.

[@eerienah]

this is so dystopian. the fact that a song about the end of the world is performed in an empty theatre during a global pandemic 🤧

[@waterpants9590]

Yes queen 👑 slayy 🙄🙏

[@GOODYFORYOUGUDI4ME]

Listen to ‘ White Discussion’ by Live. Similar context.

[@digitramch]

Yeah i guess the end is here

[@archer1949]

This is the song that will be playing when the janitor finishes stacking the chairs, turns out the lights and locks up at closing time of the universe.

[@maggiedunn8581]

this was the most beautiful comment and i’m crying now :,)

[@jmanz79]

I will think about this comment for the rest of my days.

[@rubyrayne8]

Why did that make me cry a bit?

[@shellysanders8418]

God damn that was a beautiful thing to say 😢

[@CherieTalksTunes]

Best comment

[@orchardnight]

one of the best quarantine performances ive seen

[@tavikanen]

It’s so funny that “quarantine performance” is now a category. You’re absolutely right though.

[@fopeabah8962]

Sound similar to Taylor swift new album. Phoebe bridges deserve her Grammy nominations

[@skye1989]

@@fopeabah8962 yes, but this song came out before Taylor’s. Therefore folklore sounds like punisher

[@Kingfisher1215]

MGK takes that challenge and offered a big raise to the ante.

[@seanflynncontact]

@@fopeabah8962 Taylor has been a fan of Phoebe for a while. When Folklore came out a number of songs on the album were credited for their Phoebe Bridgers influence. This was not Phoebe's first album.

[@AdamLowndesPhotography]

That blue Phoebe against the gold theatre is so striking. To be honest the colours in this video are just insane.

[@Queeentrasputo]

i know right? the very first time i watched this version i had my attention on that, and then she turn golden too.

[@AdamLowndesPhotography]

@@Queeentrasputo It's not often you get the synergy of camera work and colour. Just love it.

[@montysano]

The whole thing is stunning: the colors, the lighting, the camera work, the way it moves through the theater. It's really perfect.

[@pikasfed]

@@montysano yup passing by the pillars in time with the music, this is so sick and well done

[@littIemotel]

cried some real tears watching her sing so earnestly to the empty seats

[@brandonshaw7619]

Her voice

[@ambiquad]

This will be the song that plays whenever a movie flashes back to 2020.

[@krafty1708]

2020 is the movie.

[@violetsnow720]

Witchy, macabre Phoebe is the only reason to keep existing.

[@kylier1973]

honestly same tho

[@Kingfisher1215]

Way to set the bar low

[@rachelbaker-holt5088]

phoebe has the most GORGEOUS VOICE i swear to god

[@fajarzakri4936]

Agreed. A gorgeous instrument in its own right.

[@TrippedGian1]

And then...that SCREAM

[@andrewholmes3116]

Felt like the world was about to end when I watched this the first time. I never wanted to feel that again but I fear we will.

[@kikoonthemove]

God this performance is so beautiful. The lighting, the way it’s shot, the vocals EVERYTHING

[@faigler]

I'm weirdly obsessed with the line after being on a swingset being "i keep pushing you away from me / but you come back with gravity" -- it's so literally about swings while being so easily applicable to a relationship

[@EVILKIMMELSSP]

The best songwriter in the world right now. Just beware, when her and Taylor do a duet the world will implode a few minutes after it is released.

[@agussaefulloh8388]

for real!

[@casblue18]

been waiting for them to collab since so long

[@sav9871]

it was just released today that they are doing a duet on taylor’s re-recording of red!

[@casblue18]

@@sav9871 AND I HAVE BEEN SCREAMING ABOUT IT ON TWITTER SINCE THREE HOURS BESTIE WE WON

[@kasparasmaniokas1260]

Well the world will implode on november 19th then…

[@QuinnBrabender]

she started singing to an empty theater and i started crying. god i miss my job.

[@thefaulkness]

Me too. Stay strong friend.

[@TheGuyOfWisdom]

This is a big same

[@alexandernay5631]

We'll beat it one day.

[@seanomatopoeia]

Going to a show tonight in Sydney, AUS, and Hamilton on Wednesday. Theatre is coming back: stay strong.

[@TheGuyOfWisdom]

@@seanomatopoeia I'm so happy for you bro ♥️ the end is in sight

[@stennes_2105]

This is honestly just as good if not better than the music video for me. It fits the lyrics and their parallel to covid and everything much better.

[@brett_norris]

This makes a great alternative music video. If there's one good thing that quarantine has brought, it's this.

[@hannahallen6748]

someone give the camera man a raise

[@alex0589]

Yes. (from the description) Cinematography by Powell Robinson Steadicam Operator: Quaid Cde Baca 1st AC: Owen Patry Lighting Designer: Nick “Spike” Inglis

[@aspiringtentacle]

@@alex0589 oh I thought they used rails for this

[@joelwilcox5424]

@tyvek05 So is Phoebe. A lot of work goes into blocking and shooting something like this and they did it well, what wrong with a bit of positivity?

[@matthewhack7587]

@tyvek05 That is a stupid and ignorant comment. If someone does there job to high standard why should they not get any praise or recognition for it. Everyone involved in this has done a fantastic job and they deserve praise for creating something so beutifull

[@ericladino9213]

@tyvek05 it’s a shame people like you pollute our planet.

[@justinleano5892]

The longest microphone cord I’ve ever seen

[@monke5052]

It actually has a wireless system strapped to her ass, she posted about it on instagram lmao

[@averybelle1301]

@@monke5052 LMFAO

[@Christian_Luczejko]

Hahaha that was my first though as she rose from the elevator floor. Then I found my self struggling to believe this wasn’t lip-synced.

[@markosmic7018]

@@monke5052 “to her ass” 😭😭😭

[@jamesbond007648]

My god, this smile when she gets to the empty stage. It's hauntingly beautiful!

[@MrTeeCooper]

this for a live performance for a late night show is ground breakingly brilliant. I loved it.

[@aidand6638]

I just keep coming back to this, everything about it just strikes a chord. Phoebe’s talent shining so bright it’s glaring, the videography, the outfit and the whole look, the song and it’s lyrics being just perfectly represented in the empty theatre. I think we will look back in however many years and this will be a defining performance of excellence from Phoebe, this will be forever the video I show someone when they say ‘I don’t know her’

[@clare6272]

i can’t get over it either.

[@sailornamaste997]

My sexual orientation is: the scream at the end of this song.

[@seda-209]

i have never related to a comment this much before

[@Tinaaa_936]

@tyvek05 you must be fun at party's

[@sailornamaste997]

@@Tinaaa_936 I reported that person for hate speech. We don’t police people’s sexuality or gender around here!

[@o0lama0o]

yesss wish the screaming part was longer, could have used a couple more good screams

[@Sitbear]

@tyvek05 Fuck off. Intersex people exist, for one. Nonbinary gender orientations shouldn't be surprising.

[@chrisdrown5866]

This was the single best performance encapsulating the experience of this pandemic, the government, and our own personal feelings in this trying time. And the fact that this dropped on election night? Wow, I could right an essay about the implications. Her performing to an empty theater while hundred of political gatherings occurred with or without masks, while everyone else was glued to the TV or their phones while uncertainty loomed. I could go on and on. Stunning.

[@jonathanoneill8011]

I think it aired on the night of the first debate, but yes, everything you said applies here! It was the right song for the moment.

[@christineschilde5055]

I really liked how she connected to the audience

[@lucasvwick]

I missed the longer ending, it's so emotional, I feel like I forgot how to feel excited about life for quite a while, this song gave me that feeling back

[@0malleys]

yes phoebe, this is the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina endorsement Netflix needed

[@wheremermaidsdrown]

Sabrina do not deserve Phoebe :D

[@pinguu59]

And Netflix does not deserve Phoebe :D

[@PrinceOfPersia8888]

This is art, and it takes you on an inner journey.

[@kylew1761]

My god. I don't know how sounds can make me feel such strong emotions. This was one of the best live performances I've ever seen. Absolutely amazing. I love her so much

[@pascusrex4152]

listening to this somewhere in Germany right now

[@whimshroud]

but can you place it? lol. have a good day

[@samuelrheaume3326]

I hate this part of Texas.

[@simaogomes6478]

Listening to this somewhere

[@sethseth2534]

i feel like I’m going to hear 2:08 when I die, this song makes me so gut-wrenchingly sick to my stomach in the most beautiful way

[@CoyoteLofi]

I feel like I'm always going to remember the first time I saw this. It felt like sitting in a room and having a discussion with my own lingering melancholy. It's the same feeling I got watching "Inside" for the first time.

[@montysano]

It's a gorgeous song and a wonderful performance. Add in the camera work (a single, unbroken shot!), the lighting, the direction. This one has it all.

[@devontroester5035]

The scream was so good! That must be really difficult to do live.

[@tearlaments-merli]

"Well... you just scream" - Oberst, probably

[@psychoticbreaks167justletm4]

Maybe. Depends on the person, honestly. What she does, to me, is kinda this "falsetto" scream. Like, take a growl, but push it allllll the way up into your head. Think of screamo and post punk bands doing the cry/scream-talk thing. I found it by accident myself. I saw a raccoon and started doing growls at it. I was just belting out "Raccoooooooooooooooon" over and over. And then I decided to take the oooos as far towards the back of my mouth and towards my braincase, above the dangly thing I cant spell. It sounded a lot like what she did here, and Ive been doing it since with no pain. Its a SUPER low resistance scream. In fact, you can feel that if you were to put any tension on it, you might swallow a rock. I think shes doing something similar. My experience at least lets me think you can do what she did, keep performance poise, and not injure yourself. The question is if you can find the right muscles to move, or if your vocal system has the right geometry.

[@dee-zd9we]

...so as it turns out, you *can* have feelings for strangers

[@Kingfisher1215]

Yes. And they aren't always positive.

[@brickalmonds]

woah thats what the song punisher is about

[@garrickdion8629]

I cannot stop humming/singing/thinking about this song, and repeatedly watching this performance. Gotta love a song that starts w the feeling of lying in bed on a gray rainy day, and ends w the feeling of driving into a sun-kissed infinite horizon. Stunning

[@veronicagiannetti266]

I love how her sweet and pure voice fits so well with the darkness of her songs

[@Apostateoftheunion]

This album has been on repeat for three days now. Ever since the SNL performance I've been hooked!

[@studioMYTH]

performing to no one is so 2020... Keep it up, all the amazing people that contributed and of course Pheobe. You are an inspiration to aspiring musicians everywhere.

[@larryford6355]

The lighting changes so powerfully affect the overall mood and makeup so well - worth a watch for the lighting alone! Plus the amazing song!!

[@TheVampireSalem]

This song saved me on the darkest days of my life and I can’t thank phoebe enough

[@riyapatadia4166]

phoebe spinning and singing is a mood

[@leveticus5721]

Definitely the best version of the song, love the cinematography and the whole sing alone complex vibe.

[@emmam5341]

It’s so eerie how there’s no one in the audience

[@megclark7893]

it's like she's a ghost haunting the theater

[@averybelle1301]

@@megclark7893 YES

[@bonkodeeter]

@@megclark7893 YES

[@candacesmusic]

I am a musician and have fallen out of love with guitar and music in general for the past year.Phoebe Bridgers and Billie Eilish have absolutely brought back that love for me. SO grateful for genuine artists like this.

[@peterthefish97]

That scream at the end and cut out has big twin peaks 2017 ending vibes

[@alicelemieux531]

The fact she posted a song about the end of the world on election night

[@rickyscott9719]

Lmao...like it will be the end of the world. Nothing will change no matter who wins.

[@mors_4769]

The fact that there are more than 100 countries in the world except USA. Yeah, truly "the end" of the world, not just election night.

[@problemchild799]

Every end is a new beginning.

[@themadelinegrey]

This song actually came out four months ago.

[@alicelemieux531]

@@themadelinegrey yeah I know I’m a huge phoebe fan! I was talking about the performance

[@themonkeandthesnek9997]

When I tell I cried when I heard this live….an absolutely surreal experience. A painfully beautiful song.

[@aurares]

i have watched this an unhealthy amount of times

[@gtwiford]

Beautiful video while also being probably the most "2020" video I've watched. I knew that scream was coming, and it still punched me in the gut.

[@ExplodingPelicans]

each time i rewatch this, i can feel chills running from my hands all the way up my arms, crawling slowly up my spine, until it builds to a full body shiver at the end. it's absolutely magical, and i can't believe it gets me every single time.

[@Peat_42]

This song gets better each time I listen to it. So good and so on point.

[@HeadspaceOdyssey]

I love the way her music makes me miss places i have never been before ❤️

[@e34eric]

Every time. Shivers over this version. Thank you.

[@Cupofgo]

Phoebe, you're a fucking gem! You're scream at the end KILLS ME!

[@afifaahmed4541]

Somewhere in Germany but I can't place it Man, I hate this part of Texas Close my eyes, fantasize Three clicks and I'm home When I get back I'll lay around And I'll get up and lay back down Romanticize the quiet life There's no place like my room But you had to go I know, I know, I know Like a wave that crashed and melted on the shore Not even the burnouts are out here anymore And you had to go I know, I know, I know Out in the park we watch the sunset Talking on a rusty swing set After a while you went quiet and I got mean Always pushing you away from me But you come back with gravity And when I call you come home A bird in your teeth So I gotta go I know, I know, I know When the sirens sound you'll hide under the floor But I'm not gonna go down with my hometown in a tornado I'm gonna chase it I know, I know, I know I gotta go now I know, I know, I know Driving out into the sun Let the ultraviolet cover me up Went looking for a creation myth Ended up with a pair of cracked lips Windows down, scream along To some America first rap country song A slaughterhouse, an outlet mall Slot machines, fear of God Windows down, heater on Big bolts of lightning hanging low Over the coast, everyone's convinced It's a government drone or alien spaceship Either way, we're not alone I'll find a new place to be from A haunted house with a picket fence To float around and ghost my friends No, I'm not afraid to disappear The billboard said the end is near I turned around, there was nothing there Yeah, I guess the end is here

[@mayankbansal8479]

Very rare ,very under appreciated, very hauntingly beautiful. I wish i could Sit down on wooden floor with my eyes closed in a house full of windows in middle of nowhere with winds blowing moving the curtains..and phoebe singing this softly just like this…and i pass away slowly.

[@JennaLoomar]

This may be my favorite performance on a late night show ever

[@khloeg1649]

this is the most dystopian music video I have ever seen and it's so perfect for this song. just the way she so earnestly sang to empty seats in an abandoned theater... god it's like she's a ghost haunting the theater and she died during a performance somehow so performing is all she remembers and knows how to do

[@HaselnussWaffel]

I don't know how many times I listened to this song by now. Just amazing, Phoebe. Piece of art

[@MikeBoruta]

I watch this over and over and over and over and love it every single time.

[@waverunner9849]

Anyone else discover this song on SNL and been binging phoebe ever since ? What has my life been before this lol

[@RobinDingwell]

This whole performance is perfect art. Pure and simple.

[@unclemikeyplays]

Third year in a row I cued this up to play so the scream hit at midnight...Happy new year!

[@quinnrafferty4635]

I need “man I hate this part of Texas” on a t shirt

[@geenatron]

Same. Also. This aged well.

[@quinnrafferty4635]

@@geenatron honestly

[@greenlong1987]

I live in Texas and I’d wear the shit out of that shirt!

[@kevinjohnston4923]

Pretending you’re above a place instead of making it better is so lame

[@quinnrafferty4635]

@@kevinjohnston4923 you’re missing so much context haha. She put that line in the song because her gig manager would say it no matter where they arrived.

[@eugenia1263]

her little eyebrow raise at 3:30 makes me smile so hard plas i love he

[@ananyadutta1154]

Her words "when the siren sounds, you're gonna hide under the floor" hit so badly.

[@holly-qw9bo]

One of my favorite songs ever and this performance is INCREDIBLE. Phoebe is so underrated 💖

[@rayna463]

This is probably my favorite song on the album

[@t3ss]

this is one song i don't remember learning the words to, I just know them. My absolute favourite

[@davidwoods2670]

Best version of this song! Amazing cinematography, very raw performance...moves me every time!

[@soulwaterrr]

Coming back to this on a daily basis.

[@joeyboyjoeyboy2]

this can be its own music video! my favorite song of 2020. you deserve all the success phoebe.

[@emma-cy7yo]

how can someone be so beautiful and talented at the same time

[@ZartmoBThoughtForms]

I've listened to her entire body of work, and this stands out. Most of the rest of her work sounds like the same song over and over, and I get very sad listening to them. I don't know if it's her lovely sad voice or the songs, but I get really sad. This song doesn't make me sad.

[@Sydnxt]

She's so beautiful and so so talented.

[@crushy44]

Holy shit honestly Phoebe's' melting-ray is getting stronger and stronger each time I see her perform

[@Scratchync]

Love this!!!! Soooooo 90's grunge!! ( at least to me❤). Besutiful, just beautiful!!❤

[@qriminal1648]

Wow! What a beautifully talented gift Phoebe is!

[@luvjudy]

Such a perfect time in history for this song.

[@stefanocaiazzakindergartenchef]

stunning,majestic,divine🧚‍♀️

[@ikariiprince]

I think this is the best live performance of this song there will ever be

[@JPaul287]

This song gives me goosebumps. I love all of phoebe's music

[@kallenuppunen2059]

Oh dear. Perfect.

[@melfels1247]

This performance looks so cool - and I already love the song!

[@Cobralalalala]

It's been really cool what artists have done with the situation. This performance is indeed one of the best.

[@Maxxds333]

This song… is what home feels like

[@Lo444fae]

i love you miss bridgers,, thank you for sharing your music with us

[@ellaboehme6748]

I get full body chills every time I hear this song

[@elliewtrs]

I have chills I want to cry

[@secrinus7392]

this is the best ikte performance and i will die by that.

[@jmanz79]

At some point, I’ll make it through her performance without crying.

[@tendayforecast]

On the morning tickets to her 2021 tour went up I was shooting a film in the same theater. Didn’t end up getting tickets but it absolutely threw me for a loop once I realized

[@maddiezayicek3369]

Greatest performance ever omg

[@Haydnlwa12]

I must have watched this 10,000 times. Amazing

[@BatteryHeart13]

I think this is the most stunning performance I've seen in a while. Amazing.

[@Batmanmg]

This performance and cinematography was legendary.

[@widger9227]

this is one of the most beautiful songs i've ever heard 🤧

[@adelemarie3296]

her control is so good if you listen to this slowed down it literally still sounds good

[@laceymarcucci8990]

You are a beautiful soul phoebe bridgers!

[@MarcyKing]

I love you literally I've listened to all of Punisher like 5 times today and all of Stranger in the alps like 4 LMAO

[@kallenuppunen2059]

So beautiful. I know I know🎹🎸🎹