We Can Survive packed more pop talent into one night than we thought was humanly possible for a non-awards show.
Performers included Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Pharrell Williams, Iggy Azalea, Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, Gwen Stefani, Sia, and more. It was all for a good cause: money from the event benefitted Living Beyond Breast Cancer and the Young Survival Coalition.
Hosted by Carson Daly, We Can Survive had plenty of highlights, according to Radio.com, Here are a few:
- During Pharrell's performance of "Come Get It Bae," he "tipped his hat" to the women honored at the event. "We are here to celebrate women tonight and their survival," he said before helping Stefani with her '00s banger "Hollaback Girl."
- Swift's setlist included "We Are Never Getting Back Together," "I Knew You Were Trouble" and new tunes "Out of the Woods" and "Shake It Off."
- Sia performed with her back to the crowd while 11-year-old dancer Maddie Ziegler wowed the audience.
Here are some photos from the night:
Swift recently talked about her switch from country artist to pop star.
"It wasn't until about a year in that I admitted to myself and my team that this is a pop album," she said. "We can't call it country; that would be the most disingenuous thing we can do, and out of respect for a [genre] and a music town that I adore, I have to be honest. I think being upfront with people that you care about is the most honest way of going about your life and your decisions."
What's so alluring about pop music?
"You can shout, speak, whisper — if it's clever enough, it can be a hook," she said. "Playing around with different sounds has been exciting as well — sounds from the '80s I was obsessed with, like, synth pop. I love the production of Peter Gabriel and Madonna in the late '80s, and Annie Lennox and Sinéad O'Connor as far as vocal styling."
