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At just 25 years old, Reneé Rapp has a box office film (Wicked girls), a successful television show (HBO The sex life of college students) And an album n ° 1 (2025 To bite made his debut at the top of album sales). Monday evening (September 29), the vocal power station added another notch to its belt: its first show at the head of the bill at the Madison Square Garden in New York.
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Launched in support of To biteWho reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and housed popular tracks like the main single “Leave Me Alone” and “I think I love you when you left”, the latest Trek of Rapp launched on September 23 at the Red Rocks amphitheater in Colorado. Over two hours of livestock vocal performance, Rapp treated the garden with the entirety To bite And a few songs from his first album, Snow angelas well as his previous EP, Everything to everyone.
The title of this last project served as an intro of Rapp on Monday evening. After a video interlude in which Rapp played several different versions of herself (Masc Renéé, Renuée de la Pop Star, Renéé of everyday, etc.) to highlight the different roles that she expected to play in her personal and professional life, she slowly sung “everything to everyone” before properly launching the show with the delicious Ridoul “Let me Alone”.
Without singers or rescue dancers, Rapp made an excellent use of its scene, which consisted of a black and white checkered floor, a platform in the shape of a illuminated star of pink lights and an elevator that it has mounted twice. From his dramatic smoked eyes makeup and her silver and black outfit to his accent on his live group, Rapp has nailed his singular amalgamation of glam rock and aesthetic punk pop. Interestingly, she also tempered this style with leading heads with her theater history, red curtains that framed the scene with her penchant for video interludes that use her actor chops to advance the story of the show to look into her pop card. Part of this tension even made its way to the setlist, with Rapp cutting short “not my fault”, it Wicked girls Soundtrack Single, in favor of “Ain less I am hot”, an equally deceased number of To bite.
From Beyoncé, to an incredibly emotional performance of her first single “In the Kitchen”, Rapp has known several moments off competition during her MSG show. Nevertheless, few moments compared to her giving each member of her formidable group – Tim Ramsey (bass), Josh Porter (guitar), Terrence Vaughn (Keys), Ari O’Neal (guitar) and Josh Foster (drums) – time for their individual arcs, with their names lighting the big screen.
Here are the best moments of Reneé Rapp’s Cock Tour at Madison Square Garden in New York.
SYD FLAUNTS RANGES During the opening set
Only a few days after revealing that the new internet music is on the way, the main singer Syd honored the garden scene to open up for Reneé Rapp. With a fluid and tender tone and an adorably shy presence on stage, Syd has torn a collection of songs that showed its range as an artist, composer and producer. Not only did she play her new attractive single, “Die for this”, but Syd also carried out the Internet Hit Signature (“Girl”) and her contagious collaboration of Kaytranada 2016 (“You are the One”).
Of course, Syd has intelligently took the opportunity to interpret “Plastic Off The Sofa”, a piece of Beyoncé Renaissance, that she co-written. Optifying for a more lo -fi and jazz arrangement, the Syd rendering of the attractive song, the rendering of Syd was undoubtedly its own – a key feat for a song that already has such a recognizable version and winner of a Grammy (Bey’s Recording won the best traditional R&B performance in 2023).
“Welcome to my accident!”
After having torn “everything to everyone” and a particularly ardent interpretation of “Leave Me Alone”, Rapp took a brief minute to address the crowd. “My name is Renée Rapp,” she proclaimed. “And welcome to my accident!”
Obviously, an ironic welcome message, Rapp’s joke also felt resolutely appropriate. One of the main attractions of To bite This is how it revels in the outspokenness and the flawless confrontation – therefore, in simpler terms, the album is a musical “crash out”. If we go according to the definition of Tiktok of the term, that is to say.
Alyah Chanelle Scott and Alexander 23 Cames
In “Ain Less d Hot”, the last song of the night, the second verse is a call and an answer between Rapp and his girlfriend, another recording artist acclaimed Towa Bird: “How are you, right?/ I made real bad / Shit, but you look so in good shape/ Willll, I can guarantee it.
Monday evening, Alyah Chanelle Scott, the former winner of Rapp Sex life The co-star, and Alexander 23, the co-author of the track, helped to finish the call and the answer. To create a moment of intimacy, no matter how much you, between you and two longtime collaborators and friends, in the middle of a closed window show is not an easy task – but in a way, Rapp has succeeded.
Reneé proudly displays the beyhive badge
There are two things that everyone should know about Renée Rapp: she is a proud lesbian and member of Beyhive, card carriers. She underlined the two parts of her identity throughout the show, but the tribute of Queen Bey was one of the most impressive moments of the night.
After killing the “papa lessons” during the soundcheck, Rapp interpreted a complete coverage of “ego” by Queen Bey, a piece of his 2008 I am… Sasha Feroce LP, in the middle of the show. Sitting at the top of a tail piano, Rapp delivered a perfect interpretation of the track loaded with Snap, including the complex riffs in the bridge, which generated their own Tiktok challenge. “If you do not know this song, you are too young,” she joked after destroying the delighted applause. “I love Beyoncé!”
In an interview last year, Rapp spoke of receiving a bouquet of Beyoncé flowers, quoting it as “the reason why I know how to sing. I sat down and listened to his different tones and phonetics and phrase and I would be like, please, Jesus, let me do this. ” “Later this year, Queen named Rapp as one of his” Favorite Female Slides “checks. It seems that there is no end in sight for this love feast, and that’s how it should be!
“In the kitchen”
Of course, “Leave Me Alone” was the explosive opener and “Ain less I’m hot” brought everything home, but the real vocal performance of the night belonged to two noTo bite Tracks: “in the kitchen” and “snow angel”.
When Rapp made its debut with “In the Kitchen” in 2022, the song arrived with a cargo of traditions, but none of this was important when it became behind the microphone on Sunday evening. Beyond the voices of another world – seriously, to interpret such a demanding song with such precision and conviction much more than an hour in the show is nothing to make fun of – Rapp has told the whole story.
Now, three years and two studio albums withdrawn from its release, “In the Kitchen” is the song that properly launched the pop star known as Reneé Rapp. Not only is it the musical incarnation of his decision to deviate from the world of actor, but “in the kitchen” also remains a ballad that goes bankrupt and heartbreaking that the moment “i made it” by Rapp. While she scored the arena full of coaches near the end of the song, even her smoky eyeshadow could not hide the tears to bed in her eyes – and this emotion resonated with all the fan of the building, old and new.
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