Nelly Furtado鈥檚 career has spanned a quarter-century, not to mention tens of millions of records sold, so it鈥檚 tough to fit all the highlights into a single Tiny Desk concert. But damned if Furtado didn鈥檛 at least try: Her set featured a bunch of her biggest hits (鈥淧romiscuous,鈥� 鈥淪ay It Right,鈥� 鈥淚鈥檓 Like A Bird,鈥� 鈥淢补苍别补迟别谤鈥�), her remix of Missy Elliott鈥檚 鈥淕et Ur Freak On鈥� and, yes, a brand-new single called 鈥淟ove Bites.鈥� In all, 11 tracks 鈥� some of them complete, some of them truncated into medleys 鈥� made the cut.
For this set, Furtado assembled eight of her favorite veteran collaborators, who joined her in organically re-creating her busy, glitchy pop sound without relying on backing tracks. That meant incorporating everything from a violin to cowbell to beatboxing to scratching courtesy of DJ Lil Jaz 鈥� Furtado and Lil Jaz have a daughter together, Nevis, who served as the set鈥檚 creative director 鈥� in a performance that felt like a victory lap, a greatest-hits reel and a homecoming all at once.
SET LIST
- 鈥淪ay It Right鈥�
- 鈥淓虫辫濒辞诲别鈥�
- 鈥淧owerless (Say What You Want)鈥�
- 鈥淧谤辞尘颈蝉肠耻辞耻蝉鈥�
- 鈥淎ll Good Things (Come To An End)鈥�
- 鈥淚'm Like A Bird鈥�
- 鈥淕et Ur Freak On (Remix)鈥�
- 鈥淟ove Bites鈥�
- 鈥淓at Your Man鈥�
- 鈥淕ive It To Me鈥�
- 鈥淢补苍别补迟别谤鈥�
MUSICIANS
- Nelly Furtado: lead vocals
- Hrag Sanbalian: keys, musical direction
- Daniel Stone: percussion
- William Lamoureux: violin
- Brian West: guitar
- Lionel Jarvis: bass
- Jim Beanz: vocals
- Anjulie Persaud: vocals
- DJ Lil鈥� Jaz: DJ
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Bobby Carter
- Director/Editor: Kara Frame
- Audio Technical Director: Neil Tevault
- Videographers: Kara Frame, Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Alant茅 Serene
- Audio Engineer: Carleigh Strange
- Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer
- Photographer: Michael Zamora
- Tiny Desk Copy Editor: Hazel Cills
- Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
- VP, Visuals and 老夫子传媒: Keith Jenkins
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