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First Review for Ariana arrives, they dragged.
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Saturday at the BMO Harris Bradley Center, Grande faced one of the bigger tests of her career. The 21-year-old headlined an arena for only the second time on her first-ever tour.
And it showed. The Bradley Center may have been filled to near-capacity with automatically adoring teen and preteen "Arianators." But the Milwaukee stop on Grande's "Honeymoon Tour" didn't signify the birth of the next superstar. Most of the time, it felt like a dress rehearsal.
Uninspired, misguided direction was a problem. Grande floated in on a cloud for "Best Mistake," uncomfortably cooing while her boyfriend delivered a guest verse on the video screen behind her. Two songs later, she floated in again — this time on a chandelier, for a not-so-great "Gatsby"-style set piece with a Mac Miller video cameo that looked like it was shot in a closet.
And one of the show's few novel twists — the use of vocal-distorting gloves for "Why Try," introduced via video by rambling celebrity endorser Imogen Heap — was underwhelming and ill-conceived. Who honestly thought chopping up and electronically manipulating Grande's pretty voice was a good idea?
Even the "sure things" weren't Saturday. "Bang Bang" should have been an explosive start. There were fireworks and a DJ and a rock band and a string section and 12 backing dancers. But vocally, Grande played it safe, falling short of the recording's massive money notes. She still hit all her choreography marks Saturday, her voice never actually faltering, although her stage presence was mechanical, her voice emotionally stilted — odd for a former Nickelodeon actress.
But her primary problem was evident in the banter. Grande seemed confused, uncertain about what to say, insecure. And if you're going to be a pop star, confidence needs to be at the top of that to-do list.
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Not so shocking tbh. This is how I basically feel about her everytime I see her perform.
She even can't interact with the audience, all she does is literally just say "LET'S GO" the DJ doing all her work and don't get me started on the vines floating around where you can see her "fans" looking uninterested.
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