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Frances Whitney Song of the Summer

Frances Whitney Nation!

Frances Whitney is a brand-new, stunningly talented indie singer-songwriter who I firmly believe is destined for stardom. ✨ I’ve basically become the unofficial president of her fan club. 😊 Some links:

  • Join my Discord with the Frances Whitney Nation role.
  • Frances Whitney playlists on Spotify & Apple Music, including her 3 current + 6 older songs (“daisythedog” on Spotify, “Frances Lee” on Apple).
  • Follow Frances on TikTok & Instagram (@unwe11_princess on TT, @frannybanany on IG).
  • More links & videos to come soon.

Although I’m unofficially “Frances Whitney Nation” now, I had never heard of Frances until April 5, when my mindless scrolling on TikTok while getting a late-night snack landed me on her TikTok Live. When she sang this original song, I was instantly hooked:

I was stunned. Often on TikTok Live, you’ll find women playing guitar, singing Taylor Swift covers & such, and although they often have lovely voices, they rarely jump off the screen as special. But Frances was different. Her singing voice was gorgeous, her vocal control insane, and her songwriting off-the-charts great.

It felt sort of like wandering into a Seattle coffee shop in 2002, or a rural Vermont town house in 2017, to find a young Brandi Carlile or Noah Kahan performing to a small audience, and immediately clocking them as future stars.

How could could someone this talented still be relatively undiscovered? (I have twice as many TikTok followers, which is nuts. I’m just some guy. She’s the next big thing.) And how lucky was I to have found her so early in what I genuinely believe will be a meteoric rise?

I don’t think I’ve ever said this about such a brand-new aspiring artist before, but I’m saying it now: Frances absolutely has the raw talent to be a star. A superstar, even. You know how Chappell Roan has gone from playing small festivals to commanding giant crowds in just 3 years? Or how Noah Kahan burst onto the scene with similar suddenness? That can totally happen for Frances too.

Her voice is just stunning, and her songwriting has an emotional depth & rawness that reminds me of the great singer-songwriters who annually populate my Spotify Wrapped list: Noah, Brandi, Taylor Swift, Stephen Kellogg, Olivia Rodrigo, Dar Williams, Indigo Girls, etc.

I say “brand-new” and “relatively undiscovered,” but that’s already starting to change. On May 15, Frances opened for Wasia Project at the prestigious Troubadour in West Hollywood, and by all accounts, she ate and left no crumbs, as Gen Z would say. In other words, she killed it.

Then on June 5 and 6, she opened for Katie Tupper at The Drake Underground in Toronto, as part of Canadian Music Week. (Frances isn’t Canadian – she’s from the Bay Area – but her record label is based out of Vancouver & Toronto.) The performances were incredible; stay tuned for videos.

Then, on June 11, she headlined at Winston House in Venice, California — her first proper headliner gig, at a venue with a history of showcasing talented musicians when they’re on the precipice of skyrocketing to fame. E.g., Noah Kahan in 2016, Billie Eilish in 2017, Janelle Monáe in 2018.

Mark my words, Frances is going to end up on that list. I’m flying out to L.A. (from Denver) for the Winston House show, and I fully expect to wow people someday with the fact that I once saw Frances Whitney in concert for just $17. When she’s headlining Red Rocks and selling out stadiums, that will seem CRAZY.

(Not to mention, I got a whole-ass song dedicated to me, basically! Incredible bragging rights someday, LOL.)

Here’s the full concert video. More to come soon from the Winston House show.

Anyway, here’s my edit of another unreleased song, “Biggest Fan”:

Here’s a six-song set by Frances in NYC in March 2023:

Here’s part of another beautiful unreleased original song, “Old Friends”:

And yet another unreleased original, “20-Something”:

Here’s a video compilation that I made from several of her TikTok Lives:

And here are a couple of compilations of just covers:

Are you on the Frances hype train yet? If so, here are those links again:

P.S. From my Discord, some examples of France’s insanely good lyricism:

“I’m getting out of the business of missing what’s weighin’ me down”

“No good love tastes like pain, and losing yourself’s not a price worth paying”

“A little bored, a little blue when I’m untethered / The road is lonely but it goes on forever”

Something I Wanted

“You were a socialist at this time last year
Now you’re a socialite sipping craft beer”

“God, it’s such a rush; please just try it
Bathroom acoustics, Lana’s ‘Ultraviolence’
I’m spillin’ my secrets, you spilled your fries
I would die happy under tonight’s sky”

Stay Up With Me

“I’m staring at the back of your head
Your neck lit up red by an eastside sunset
That’s warning me today will end
And I’m wantin’ you to touch me
While knowing that’s just a losing bet
I’ve got a history of ruining what’s innocent
When I’m caught in between Desperate and genuine
I’ve crossed so many lines
But for you I’ll stay behind
And hope that I had you in a past life

Past Life

“Some meditation teacher said
‘Close your eyes and send some light’
So I sent you what’s left of mine
Inside my mind”

Easy Street

“Is it your turn or mine
To overromanticize
What’s average at best in the perfect light
You’re my little evil twin
I will never love again
You say ‘come back to me, I need you under my skin’
Is it your turn or mine
To kneel by the bedside
And beg forgiveness for sins we didn′t commit
‘Sorry’ is our sacred prayer
We are going nowhere
Over and over and over and over again”

Easy Street (bridge)

“Holding you is easy, but
Holding on’s trying to fall back asleep
into a dream that slipped away”

Holding On

My eyes don’t look like mine tonight
The bathroom mirror wakes me up
By shouting loud
That I told my mom I’d be careful
and I’ve been anything but.
For an anxious girl,
you’ve sure got a lot of nerve”

Hollow
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Frances Whitney Song of the Summer

“Still Have July”! 🔥

New 🔥song of the summer🔥 just dropped!!

Stream it — and Frances Whitney’s other 8 (yes, 8!) released songs — on:

Try hard, STAY COY! Laurel Canyon Fanboy!
9 songs total: 3 new Frances Whitney songs + 6 older songs listed under “daisythedog” (Spotify) or “Frances Lee” (Apple Music)
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My Concert Edits

exile (feat. the crowd)

UPDATE: I’ve published an updated, new & improved version of my exile edit! Enjoy:

@milehighbrendan

In honor of #exile 2.0 in sydney, my revised mega-edit of #exile (feat. the crowd) (✨vocals✨ version) on L.A. N4 at #sofistadium — one of @Taylor Swift’s best performances, and an all-time epic moment on tstheerastour. Thanks to @Oscar C, @b, and @Lauren, who are newly featured in this version of the edit. And thanks also to: @Hannah Michelle @💥Alex / swifttok 💥 @avathearcher13 @Bren @disco queen bopmgzn @Carolina Chase @Chloe @Caleb @Crystal @Danielle @des @isabella @lucy ☆ @J.D.Lazo @K e a c h a i n s @kristen @lifebymichael @Lisa Hiser (@Shine On Media) @✨ Myia Lynn ✨ @Maf. @Matthew (Taybrina’s version) @Meg @Mik @Mikayla McLean @M @rollirobi @Savannah @Shira @avery @viv #taylorswift #swiftie #swifttok #latstheerastour #losangeles #inglewood #erastour #sofi @Taylor Nation cc: @Steven Sullivan, @Ty Wilson, @13: A Taylor Swift Fan Podcast, @Katherine Blanton, @Kimberly & Sawyer 💋, @Alex Day 🐍, @folkleric, @Jojo in KC, @Nikki, @Renee Roaming, @The Folklore Theorist, @Kenzie, @Jake Deyton, and #lanight4 girlie @tess!

♬ exile feat. the crowd L.A. N4 – PedroTheNonbinosaur

This version is 25 seconds longer than the original, thanks to some new footage from just before & just after the song. It also features: (1) more closeup Taylor footage (thanks, Oscar!); (2) more full-frame shots (inspired by my New Year’s Day edit); (3) better audio (I think); and (4) Lauren‘s memorable livestreamed sobs — which felt important to include, as they were an indelible part of the moment for tens of thousands of Swifties who were watching the surprise songs live on a grainy livestream that night.

(You can hear the sobs starting around 3m45s, right at the point where Taylor absolutely goes ham with the ✨VOCALS✨: “So step RIIIGHT OUUUT!! There is NO! AMOOOOUUUUNT!! of CRYYYY-YYYY-YYYY-ING…”)

ORIGINAL POST (posted 11/20/2023):

L.A. Night 4 truly won:

@milehighbrendan

#exile (✨vocals✨ version) (ft. the crowd) 🩶🩵🔥 Here’s my latest #erastour videoedit, syncing 31 different videos and compiling them into a multi-angle compilation of @Taylor Swift’s best #surprisesong performance of #theerastour to date. lanight4, you truly won. 🥰 🫶 Thanks to the following #sofi swifties, whose videos/audio are included (with permission) in my edit: @Lisa Hiser (@Shine On Media), @💥Alex 🏳️‍🌈, @Hannah Michelle, @avathearcher13, @Bren, @disco queen, @Carolina Chase, @Chloe, @Caleb, @Crystal, @Danielle, @des, @isabella, @lucy ☆, @J.D.Lazo, @kristen, @K e a c h a i n s, @lifebymichael, @✨ Myia Lynn ✨, @Maf., @Meg, @Mik, @Mikayla McLean, @M, @robi, @Savannah, @Shira, @avery, @viv, and @bopmgzn. 🫶 My other #concertedit videos: ➡️ @MHB (#yoyok in Tampa) ➡️ @MHB (#speaknowtv reveal + #sparksfly in Nashville) (full video) ➡️ @MHB (#brandicarlile #bramily #rainbow at redrocks) ➡️ More in the #concertedits playlist 🙂 #taylorswift #swiftie #swifttok #tstheerastour #latstheerastour #sofistadium #sofinight4 #lan4 #exileftthecrowd #folklore #taylorswiftexile #exiletaylorswift #boniver #losangeles #inglewood #inglewoodtstheerastour #exileedit #videoedits #fyp #davinciresolve #erastouredit #erastouredits #taylorswiftedit #taylorswiftedits #syncedvideo #taylornation @Taylor Nation

♬ original sound – MHB
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Bramily🌈

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My Concert Edits

Ring in the New Year with Taylor Alison Swift!

If you start my Eras Tour mega-edit at exactly 11:54 PM, the countdown clock will strike zero at midnight.

The schedule goes like this:

  • 11:54:00 Start the video
  • 11:54:10Applause (Lady Gaga)
  • 11:57:32You Don’t Own Me (Lesley Gore)
  • 11:57:37 — Countdown clock appears
  • 12:00:00 — Clock hits zero; Happy New Year!
  • 12:00:55 — Dancers emerge on stage
  • 12:02:10 — Taylor appears; Miss Americana starts
  • 12:02:58 — “Oh, hello there! … Oh, hi!”*
  • 12:03:04Cruel Summer
  • 12:04:40Cruel Summer bridge
  • 12:06:52New Year’s Day (Los Angeles N6)
  • 12:12:21 — end of video

*overlapping audio from Glendale N2 & Denver N1

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DBMFWYMMD 🐍

Don’t Blame Me For What You Made Me Do:

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Bramily Rainbow at Red Rocks

Brandi Carlile was stunned by the secretly organized fan rainbow at her Friday Red Rocks show.

Horizontal version (also on TikTok):

Vertical version:

@milehighbrendan

Replying to @Sydney 🫶🏻 Social GoodTok CEO Full video of the #bramily #rainbow at @Brandi Carlile’s 9/8 @Red Rocks Amphitheatre #concert during overtherainbow. 🥹🌈🥰 #brandicarlile #bramilylove #bramilyrainbow #redrocks #swiftie #swifttok #branditok #videoedit #concertvideo #davinciresolve Thanks to @Liz, Tracy Heller Clark, Kaylan Dirkx, Meghan Fry, @EricaGuilfoyle, Meagen Bratton Heenan, @Mary Beth Leistad, Jen Mathy, Jenn Nimmo, Meredith Henderson Rainey, Christine Bainbridge Ritland, and Lauren Stark for letting me use their videos! 🫶🫶🫶 #bramilyrainbow #somewhereovertheraindow #somewhereovertherainbow🌈

♬ original sound – MHB
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My Concert Edits

Speak Now TV Announcement (Nashville N1)

3½ minute version (also on Instagram):

@milehighbrendan

38 videos (at home, at the stadium & just outside it) of @Taylor Swift announcing #speaknowtv on May 5, 2023 at #nashvilletstheerastour nashvillenight1. 💜 #speaknow #taylorsversion #sparksfly #speaknowtaylorsversion #speaknowedit #erastouredit #taylorswift #swiftie #swifttok #swifties @Taylor Nation 💜💜💜 #videoedit #davinciresolve Thanks, @aliyah b @Alison @Aimee @alexmbrandt @alexandria @ashelynn (taylor’s version) @brett hall @brinkley rackstraw @cadehottyjames @cass🪩 @Car @Doogs @caroline @Dgzz02 @madison @emma kate @hannah @Karleena Squires @maddie @Riley Fudge @Kendra Rambo @sarahneda @Scott Higgins @senpiprincess @liv @stephanie! @Steven Sullivan @bella (taylor’s version) @sydney (taylor’s version) @alison @Tiff @tasha @Yessi

♬ original sound – MHB

8-minute full version:

@milehighbrendan

Replying to @bella (taylor’s version) Here it is: my FULL #speaknowtv announcement edit (8-minute version), now with *44* different, synced-up, simultaneous video perspectives on @Taylor Swift’s big 5/5 surprise — and showing the entire 8+ minutes of insanity, from @Taylor Nation going live, to early #sntv revelations online, to Taylor’s #nissanstadium announcement, to the euphoric & unhinged #swiftie reactions, to entirety of sparksfly. As seen from inside the stadium, just outside the stadium, AND around the world watching livestreams, courtesy of: @Alison @Aimee @brett hall @caroline @Dgzz02 @madison @emma kate @Scott Higgins @senpiprincess @sydney (taylor’s version) @alexmbrandt @cadehottyjames @maddie @Kendra McDaniel @Tiff @alexandria @aliyah b @ashelynn (taylor’s version) @brinkley rackstraw @cass🪩 @Doogs @✨Chrissy @diana @hannah @jenhere @Car @Karleena Squires @nicoledawnmusic @Riley Fudge @Riley Hammett @sarahneda @Sophie Jackson @liv @stephanie! @Steven Sullivan @bella (taylor’s version) @alison @Yessi @tasha #taylorswift #swifttok #swifties #speaknow #taylorsversion #speaknowtaylorsversion #speaknowtvannouncment #speaknowannouncement #nashvilletstheerastour #nashvilletstheerastourn1 #erastournashvillenight1 #erastournashville #nashville #may5 #sparksflytv #sparksflytaylorsversion

♬ original sound – MHB
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Cruel Summer (Denver N1)

@milehighbrendan

#cruelsummer at #denvernight1 last Friday! Thanks to @Madz, @Shelley G., @kristin.kay, @Jenna & @Meg D Spilman for letting me use their videos!! @Taylor Swift @Taylor Nation #denvertstheerastour #erastourdenver #denver #denvern1 #taylorswift #swiftie #swifttok #swifties #tstheerastour #erastourdenvernight1 #videoedit #erastouredit #davinciresolve #cruelsummerbridge

♬ original sound – MHB
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You’re on Your Own, Kid (Tampa N2)

@milehighbrendan

This full song edit, syncing 20 TikToks of #youreonyourownkid live in #tampa last Friday, is a love letter to yoyok, to @taylorswift, and to #tampanight2 — who I’ll forever be jealous of, but also *so* happy for. 🥰 I count at least 20 TikToks with at least some video or audio in this compilation. Thanks to everyone who gave me permission to use their videos!! 🫶 Credit: @concertcrazedcaroline, @tpwkjilly, @gloriiagreenfield, @_betterthanrevenge_, @gianestico, @hannahgabriellav, @loloisbored, @christina_capria, @drsnook, @mercurialhighs, @bethany_pendleton13, @therastour13, @julzthejewel13, @heysarasmiles, @santiagostiktok, @fl0ridakilos, @hanmccoll13, @yessiwankenobi & @rebekahmarie8. #taylorswift #swiftie #swifttok #swifties #tampatstheerastour #tampatstheerastournight2 #tstheerastour #erastour #theerastour #kinemaster #kinemaster_edit #tampatheerastour #videoedit @taylornation #taylornation

♬ yoyok live in tampa taylor swift eras tour – MHB
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