Taylor Swift Lit Up The AMAs With Red-Hot 'I Did Something Bad' Performance

Just two days immediately after lighting up the world wide web with a rare, impassioned political statement, Taylor Swift continued fanning flames — literally! — At the American Music Awards on Tuesday night (October 9).


Swift — trading in her metallic red carpet dress for a sparkly black leotard — kicked off the awards show with an appropriately over-the-top rendition of her Reputation banger "I Did Something Bad." On tour, she performs the song with a prolonged introduction, and Swift decided on that same arrangement on the AMA stage, even pausing for dramatic effect immediately following the venomous lyric "if a gentleman talks shit then I owe him nothing." You can practically visualize those flames on her skin.


The efficiency climaxed with the witch-burning finale, as Swift riled up the crowd with her "light me up" chant. Flames shot up around her, lightning struck on the screens in back of her, and a huge snake reared its ugly head in the center of the stage. This was Swift's first awards show efficiency in almost three years — and the initial of her Reputation era — and she certainly came back with a bang.


Shortly immediately after her explosive efficiency, Swift won the AMA for Best Tour. She's up for added three awards at the show, including Pop/Rock Female Artist and Artist of the Year.