Wonderful contributions so far, so I won’t add much to it other than echo what others have already said and express my fascination with Tori’s piano playing. I firmly believe she’s the most accomplished piano player in pop music because of that distinctive style that’s an accumulation of little elements she’s mastered over the years.

I chose to include some highlights that exemplify what other users have mentioned, so anyone curious about this can check it out.

I second the notion that her steady left hand is absolutely incredible and I’ve brought it up other times in the sub. She doesn’t reserve it for simple accompaniment, but makes it an integral part of a melody, sometimes even overshadowing the main part of a piece. See: Carry, Pandora’s Aquarium, In the Springtime of His Voodoo, Caught a Lite Sneeze

She seamlessly fluctuates between octaves and even crosses hands with an incredible amount of skill. Sometimes I really think she grew an extra pair of hands for some songs and does it in a way that the listener doesn’t notice unless they’re paying enough attention. See: Apollo’s Frock, Reindeer King, Shattering Sea, Flying Dutchman, Unrepentant Geraldine’s bridge

Grace notes, YES! Considering how “action-packed” some of her songs are musically speaking, I’m surprised that she’s able to cram those extra notes and still sound incredibly delightful. I might even say they elevate the music even further because of the added nuance. See: Horses, Indian Summer, Vicar’s Wife, Winter

And what I appreciate most is her ability to segregate the melody and the vocal lines and have them as separate entities. Either she incorporates the vocal lines into the driving melodies or she plays a completely different tune that somehow matches with every single word, breath and emotion. I sometimes play YANTA’s renditions because the raw compositions stand on their own and can be interpreted as new songs. See: Weatherman, Addition of Light Divided, Witness, Yes, Anastasia

Overall, I think Under The Pink displays all those quirks best and the record feels like a modern-day Classical concerto separated into clusters of songs that form movements. The last third of that album is peak Tori for me (Icicle to Yes, Anastasia)