Nelly Furtado’s career has spanned a quarter-century, not to mention tens of millions of records sold, so it’s tough to fit all the highlights into a single Tiny Desk concert. But damned if Furtado didn’t at least try: Her set featured a bunch of her biggest hits (“Promiscuous,” “Say It Right,” “I’m Like A Bird,” “Maneater”), her remix of Missy Elliott’s “Get Ur Freak On” and, yes, a brand-new single called “Love Bites.” In all, 11 tracks — some of them complete, some of them truncated into medleys — made the cut.<br /><br />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 — Furtado and Lil Jaz have a daughter together, Nevis, who served as the set’s creative director — in a performance that felt like a victory lap, a greatest-hits reel and a homecoming all at once.<br /><br />SET LIST<br />“Say It Right”<br />“Explode”<br />“Powerless (Say What You Want)”<br />“Promiscuous”<br />“All Good Things (Come To An End)”<br />“I'm Like A Bird”<br />“Get Ur Freak On (Remix)”<br />“Love Bites”<br />“Eat Your Man”<br />“Give It To Me”<br />“Maneater”<br /><br />MUSICIANS<br />Nelly Furtado: lead vocals<br />Hrag Sanbalian: keys, musical direction<br />Daniel Stone: percussion<br />William Lamoureux: violin<br />Brian West: guitar<br />Lionel Jarvis: bass<br />Jim Beanz: vocals<br />Anjulie Persaud: vocals<br />DJ Lil’ Jaz: DJ<br /><br />TINY DESK TEAM<br />Producer: Bobby Carter<br />Director/Editor: Kara Frame<br />Audio Technical Director: Neil Tevault<br />Videographers: Kara Frame, Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Alanté Serene<br />Audio Engineer: Carleigh Strange<br />Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer<br />Photographer: Michael Zamora<br />Tiny Desk Copy Editor: Hazel Cills<br />Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed<br />Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson<br />VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins<br /><br />#tinydesk #nprmusic #nellyfurtado
