GLAIVE AND TIFFANY DAY AT BROOKLYN BOWL

Hyperpop is so in. On Oct.28, glaive and his opener Tiffany Day turned the Brooklyn Bowl from a concert venue into a rager. The place was packed to the brim, the crowd full of stylish concert goers in leather, fishnets and silver jewelry. The night started with opener Tiffany Day, who brought electric energy to the stage with her confidence and powerful vocals. The crowd went wild as she introduced herself by saying, “if you don’t know me I’m Tiff…also known as Tiffany Motherfucking day!” They clearly knew her songs well, screaming her lyrics and jumping to the beat of her music as she danced and whipped her hair around. What made Day’s set so memorable was her truly unique sound. While a lot of her songs featured flashing pink stage lights and fast paced electronic beats, she also had slower songs that still stayed true to the hyperpop genre. Time almost stilled during her closing song “Everything I’ve Ever Wanted.” The room went silent, and there was a palpable heaviness as she sang lyrics about the hardships of getting everything you’ve ever wanted and living out your dreams but still feeling sad. 

Then glaive came on, who definitely didn’t disappoint. Yellow lights flooded the stage as he stepped out, sat in a chair and sang his first song, “Spinning Around” which had a melancholy vibe and showcased his airy vocals. While this tour was for his most recent album, God Save the Three, a collaborative album with Kurtains, he made sure to perform songs off of his older albums and EPs for his diehard fans. glaive’s discography is very stylized, in a way that when you listen to something by him, you wouldn’t mistake it for anyone else's song. Songs like “Yaya Touré” and “Lets Link up and Die” intertwine together the slowness of sad boy music and the glitchy, electronic sounds of hyperpop. In a way his music perfectly counterparts Tiffany Days, making them meant to be when it came to touring together. And speaking of fans, the people at this show were a large part of its magic. There was an unspoken sense of friendship between everyone there, as dance circles formed with people moshing in the center. The room practically shook with their movement. And, it was obvious glaive loved his fans as much as they loved him. Before giving fans three encore songs, he sang praises of how much he enjoyed Nashville’s crowd. “I’ve almost been to every city in the country…but no place has made me miss home more,” he said, with a genuine look of appreciation appearing on his face.

- Ava Gorney

Photos Courtesy of Drew Noble (For Bell Music Magazine)