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"Link, go ahead. I haven't seen your concert. Let's see how you perform."

Ms. Faith Hill laughed.

"I haven't seen Link's concert either, but I've seen his concert at Lady Gaga's Miami concert. The one where Link took off his suit looked really cool."

Carrie Underwood said, shaking the bottle.

Link also remembered the concert in Miami. He originally wanted to wear a suit and sing a song honestly, but Lady Gaga thought that stage style was too ordinary and not eye-catching enough.

She asked him to sing the first song in a suit, and the second song "Despacito" with his upper body bare, and dance while singing.

I didn't feel anything at the time, but after watching the broadcast, I just felt my scalp tingling and a little embarrassed.

"Okay, I'll go up and try."

Seeing that everyone wanted to hear him sing, Link didn't hesitate. He took Taylor's guitar, went backstage to sign up and line up, and then went on stage to sing John Denver's "Take me home country roads".

He had trained in the studio for several months, so his voice was very mature. After several performances, he was not afraid to sing on stage.

It was about five o'clock in the afternoon. There were fewer people in the audience, only about 20,000 people, and it was still a dense crowd.

Because he was wearing a hat and did not introduce himself, no one recognized him. They just felt that he sang well and could cover a classic old song in a new way, which was considered very talented.

When he finished singing and was about to leave the stage, many audiences shouted "One more song".

Generally, at music festivals, the audience shouting "One more song" means that they approve of him and want to hear him continue singing. For those who don't sing well, everyone will just let him go down early.

"Link, one more song!"

Taylor stood on the grass and shouted with his hands on the speaker.

"Link's voice is very clean and penetrating. It feels even better to listen to it live."

Faith Hill clapped his hands.

"He is a very talented young man."

Tim McGraw said, wearing a cowboy hat, looking at Link on the stage.

Link was a bit embarrassed on stage. He just covered a familiar country song. Should he continue to cover an old song next?

It’s easy to sing old songs, but it’s too difficult to sing them with new ideas. If you’re not careful, you’ll fail.

He saw a piano on the edge of the stage and immediately had an idea.

The main instruments of country music are guitar, drums, violin, banjo and piano. He put down his guitar, sat in front of the piano, and said to the microphone: "Now I’ll bring you a new song "All of me", dedicated to Miss Taylor Swift."

As he was speaking, suddenly someone in the audience shouted "Link! He is Link!", and then more people shouted "Link! Link!", mainly some young girls, who screamed excitedly and rushed to the stage before he started singing.

Link simply took off his hat and waved to the audience, and the screams from the audience became louder.

After Link comforted the fans several times, the fans gradually calmed down. He put his hands on the black and white keys, took a deep breath, and played the prelude of the song.

What would I do without your smart mouth

What would I do without your sweet words

Drawing me in，and you kicking me out

You are sometimes passionate and sometimes cold

Got my head spinning，no kidding，I can't pin you down

It makes me fascinated and powerless

"Wow! It sounds so good!"

Singers such as Carrie Underwood couldn't help but exclaimed.

They had heard Link's inspirational songs and the explosive Give me reason, and thought Link was a hard rock singer. They didn't expect that when he sang love songs, his voice was so gentle and delicate, with a little hoarse magnetism, which was very tickling.

Taylor also covered her lips and looked at Link on the stage in surprise, who was playing and singing. She had no idea when Link wrote this song, and it sounded so good.

Cause all of me

Loves all of you

Love your curves and all your edges

All your perfect imperfections

"Very good, although not country music style, but it is indeed a good song."

Tim McGraw said while drinking beer.

"If I can write such a song, no one can resist my charm when I go to the bar to pick up girls."

Josh Turner, a young singer from South Carolina, said enviously.

Everyone rolled their eyes.

"The accompaniment seems to have some problems. If the accompaniment is better, the performance will be better."

Faith Hill asked.

Taylor smiled and said, "It's Link's problem. He has only practiced piano for half a year and is not proficient enough."

"Only practiced for half a year? That's also amazing."

Everyone exclaimed.

On the stage, Link played the piano and sang the classic love song "All Of Me". This song was originally supposed to appear in the "Love" album, but now he performed it in advance, which was also a warm-up for the album.

This song is not difficult to sing, but the emotional processing needs to be more delicate to be infectious. Link practiced many times under Graeme's guidance. With his unique voice, his singing level is not inferior to the original singer.

"Cause all of me, Loves all of you"

When singing the second chorus, many audiences sang along, like Link's personal concert.

"He shouldn't have been allowed to go up. He's ruining our place."

Ms. Faith Hill laughed.

"He's showing off his love in public. I'm so jealous."

Carrie Underwood glanced at Taylor with a sour tone.

Taylor laughed, hugged his knees and sat on the grass, blinking at Link on the stage, with crystal light in his blue eyes.

Pah pah pah!

The singing on the stage ended, and the audience shouted for another song. Link sang again, and walked off the stage amid the shouts of the fans, leaving time for other singers.

After the evening performance, Link followed Taylor and Mrs. Andrea to their home in the western suburbs of Nashville, a single-family villa with a red roof and a large garden around it.

When he saw the flowers in the garden, he suddenly understood why Mrs. Andrea looked strange when she saw him holding irises in his hands.

Because there were such flowers everywhere around the villa, April was the flowering season, with large patches of purple, white and pink, and the air was also filled with fragrance.

At night, Link lived in the bedroom on the east side of the second floor. According to Mrs. Andrea's instructions, the two could not sleep together at night, saying that this was also the rule in the countryside of Nashville.

But Taylor still sneaked over, and the two sat on the windowsill facing the garden to chat and kiss.

The countryside of Nashville is beautiful, especially in April and May, with wild flowers and grass everywhere, green trees, butterflies and birds flying everywhere, quaint windmills by the river, and occasionally a few free-range horses grazing leisurely on the plains when passing by the farm.

It looks like the country cottages painted by the impressionist painter Monet, and the irises seem to have been painted by Van Gogh.

It is hard to believe that this place is in the same world as New York with its high-rise buildings.

Link stayed in Nashville for two days, walking with Taylor, writing songs, and participating in music festival activities every day.

Until he received a call from Ms. Mandy, MJ's concert rehearsal began, and he needed to go there to participate in the show rehearsal, and Taylor's activities were about to end, and he had to return to Los Angeles to continue promoting the album.

Link could only bid farewell to the pastoral life temporarily and plunge into the steel forest again.