Summer Carnival / Trustfall Tour [With Spoilers]

This is so annoying and it 100% connected to social media. There were two guys who LITERALLY started to rewatch the videos they took while the recorded song was still going, trying to listen to how good the audio is putting the phone speakers to their ears. And of course in any moment she came to the end of the catwalk, all the phones were up in the air, specially when an explosive chorus hit. She usually scans the crowd and it felt like there were two bunch of people who were partying instead of recording, and she definitely connected with us more. I managed to have her eye contact like 4-5 times which was beautiful, but it definitely felt like she was struggling to find people paying attention. There's no way the artists enjoy the lact of collective sweating and energy.

If I remember well she did... Sorry I'm a mess today, it was so overwhelming to be so close to her for the first time that I still have to recover from this. 😀

Every time I think “ah, maybe I’m too old for this” or “i don’t think i’ll be able to enjoy her music as much as I did when I was younger”, I cave in and go to one of her concerts and…

Vienna was fucking spectacular! The pacing was insane.

I love her so much. I’m so honored to have been a part of her fandom for so long.

Who was the person at the front who gave her a book she was talking about? She also said that they’ve been going to her shows for twenty years now, so they naturally must be a part of this board.

well it’s a pity that you were hiding from us would have been really nice to see you (if it was the saturday gig you did)

could that be Ivan (50P!nk was his username on the old pp but he’s not registered here as far as i know)?

Okay here is my big review. Disclaimer: I had only seen a couple of photos of So What, the long glittery dress and her standing up in those the lips. Nothing else.

So we queued in around 1PM, there were a good bunch of people but really scattered. It was chill like Vienna always is. The suddenly the flock moved and everybody got in line at 3PM when there were still 2 hours to go. Did not make sense at all but alright. Managed to run fast and get a decent spot at the end of the catwalk, middle, behind two lovely guys from Peru. And I gotta say, your surroundings are getting way too important as you get old: we left enough space, everybody was kind of dance, one girl was singing with me through the whole 2 hours, and our bunch had a nice time too. But my one friend tried their way at the runway, and the vibes were much more agressive there. So I tend to be choosing people over spots in any concerts in the couple of years and it seems to be working. This girl had the most beautiful makeup, the other two had these NGNDA hoodies with actual teddy bear toys on it, they looked amazeballs.

This was my little sister's first time and gosh she loved it so much. I knew she would, but when you are in brother mode, you tend to be a bit worried if everything would go smoothly. But it did. She said the her favorite one was What About Us and I Am Here, the latter was nowhere close to the studio version she said and she kept replaying it on the way home. <3 There were old friends and new friends there and we had such a blast. My favorite moments were I Am Here (DUH!) and when we collectively dropped our jaws to the JLF/Heartbreaker mashup and the little "ummm...bartender?" but during Last Call. I love you all to pieces. 

Then my thoughts on the tour: 

I am so happy I did it spoiler-free. I would have been majorly disappointed watching the videos, but seeing it live took away the edge. I kind of read this thread back and there were different opinions, but this tour is definitely recycled from previous gigs, you can't argue with that. The bunjee, Sweet Dreams, TTALT intro, the aerials, No Ordinary Love, most of the song placements in the setlist, or So What. Your can view it in various ways:1. perfect to show my sister and my friends who did not see her ever/for ages 2. nostalgic for all of us to check back on old tours 3. catered to the masses to show the best she got. It feels like a massive festival gig, what probably happened is that it got mixed together with the Trustfall Tour, so it became more than just a festival tour, but kind of less than a proper album tour, so we got this weird child. Europe might got this version so that she doesn't have to come back, the US and AUS will have the Trustfall Tour. Who knows, really. But for a summer carnival, it was just like the 2017 tour.

But oh my was it a ride? Yes. She was in PERFECT form. She sang way more than she did in the past couple of years, less skipping lines, more singing, more joyfulness. The gig was like 10 minutes longer than usual, and it was only her talking. The second night in Vienna apparently was shorter due to her not joking/chatting that much. She was so funny and talkative, and spent so many time at the end of the catwalk talking to us. I loved her energy, maybe she was happy that Carey and the kids are gone so she can sit back a bit  Anyways, her voice and shape were phenomenal. What a woman, still, at 43. So glad we get to see it this much.

The setlist was a bit hectic tho, the placement of JLF/Heartbreaker and No Ordinary Love was so random, totally threw me off. But the JLF/Heartbreaker mashup was fucking nuts, I LOOOOVED it. My favorites were I Am Here (duh, why was it not a single dammit?!), Kids In Love (I love that song and was so happy that she sang it), Turbulence (I actually thought the choreo was beautifully tender and fit the song so well, much better than Secrets), Never Gonna Not Dance Again (I just knew it would be a blast live and hell it was) and then...*drumroll*

Last Call. Last Call could have been the perfect encore, with NGNDA being performed on skates, then her going to the air flying, then coming back down and ending the night with Last Call. It could have been like how you feel after partying all night, then sitting in a random bar after closing hours and talking with a friend about life. Such a wasted opportunity! Another wasted opportunity is the intro: when I saw that box I literally thought she would be DJing for the intro, I could already hear her mixing Humble Neighborhoods, Feel Good Time, God Is A DJ and GTPS, then blasting from the DJ booth to the stage where there's a huge vinyl going around like that GIAD performance at the BBMAs. It would have been sooooooooooo gooooooooooooooood. Alecia, can you do it for the Trustfall Tour, please?   I really loved the random song selection bit with Jason on the piano. But We Lost It was beautiful.

Can't wait to see it in Warsaw knowing what I'm up for.

 

❤️