"As a stage performer you exude confidence in front of the crowd, but considering she may have had the highest attended show of the weekend, her poise that is rare. She also doesn't need to tease her audience with flesh; she does it with her mind. By the time she performed the album opener (and current single) "Tennis Court", the crowd was in the palm of her hand.
The crowd knows ever lyric and nuanced vocal but it's more than that- they feel like they live it. I can't imagine another artist over these three nights that the audience has clutched onto. Artists often distance themselves from their early material as they evolve and mature. They often come into their own and really learn the craft of making music. Whatever path Lorde heads down, I will follow her but she should never look back on this period because she is as invigorating of a performer as we have in 2014.
Lorde was accompanied by only two auxiliary musicians, a drummer and keyboardist who add color to her lyrics with vitalizing arrangements. She sincerely appeared speechless by the size of the crowd that turned up for her. This was the type of performer I walk through the door of my house and tell my wife about. It electrifies me that artists like Lorde exist. She sold out the Aragon Ballroom this past winter, but this type of performance could only have taken place at Lollapalooza. This is the essence and elation of a festival performance. She possibly played to more people than anyone who played Soldier Field in the last few years. "Ribs", "Royals" and "Team" took the audience over-the-top, as they latched onto the songs and gave back unfiltered enthusiasm. By the end of "Team" and the start of album and set closer "A World Alone", the crowd had officially lost their mind. Lorde's hour long performance would be the one everyone else would try and live up to for the remainder of the weekend."
I saw Lorde last night, she was amazing. Someone in the crowd literally burned a picture of Lana Del Rey
Oh you saw ha at Osheaga?
Lemme find a review......:
"Everyone knew New Zealand sensation Lorde had the potential to totally upstage headliners Arctic Monkeys, and when she took the stage to the murky, brooding “Glory and Gore,” the screams from the girls that made up the huge majority of the monstrous crowd, were rapturous. And young Ms. Yelich-O’Connor turned in one hell of a powerhouse performance, selling her introspective art pop with total conviction, dancing, flailing, flopping her long mane of hair with intensity, belting out her lyrics with delightful pretension. Of course, “Tennis Court,” “Team,” and “Royals” went over huge, but the real jaw-dropping moment was when she not only expressed her admiration for the Replacements, but performed a somber rendition of “Swingin’ Party,” much to the adorable confusion of her audience. There were moments during the hour-long set that you could sense you were in the presence of budding greatness.
She played Montreal this weekend and just killed it, I don't think I saw anyone else at any festival this year that was better. Maybe St. Vincent, but honestly Lorde was electric.
