Taylor Swift Sings Solo Acoustic ‘Betty’ on ACM Awards (Watch)

Taylor Swift made her first performing appearance on a country awards show since 2013 with an appearance on Wednesday night’s Academy of Country Music Awards, singing “Betty,” a song from her recent “Folklore” album.

CBS posted a clip of the performance on social media (below), although the full song probably won’t be officially posted until after the show has aired with a three-hour tape delay on the west coast.

The performance had Swift returning to her roots by performing alone on a stool with an acoustic guitar, accompanied only by a harmonica player.

It was billed as coming live from the stage of the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, but at first, with Swift being lit by simple front and rear spotlights, the location of the performance was unclear; at the end, the stage lights did come up to reveal she was on the Opry stage. Like most of the performances during the telecast, however, it appeared to have been recorded earlier, as presenter Darius Rucker immediately appeared at center stage at the conclusion of the song.

“Betty” is the one song on “Folklore” that harks back in style to early Swift country hits like “Love Story,” complete with a teen romance, now painted as a nostalgic multi-character narrative instead of first-person experience.