Hello, welcome back to another episode of Broken Record. My name is Ellie, I'm your host. And for this week, we are going to be talking about Leve. I was able to go to a Leve concert this past Wednesday.
No, this past Tuesday, I apologize. We were on spring break, and it just so happened that we were in Seattle, like in a brief 24-hour period. And within that period, Leve had a concert. And so I was able to go, and I am so glad I did.
It was so amazing and so cool. And I'm excited to talk about it. So Leve played at the Paramount Theater, and it was so magical, so special. She had an opener, her name was Grace Anger.
And Grace was just so good too. It was so fun to hear her perform. It was really special. So I'll play a clip from Grace's set now.
So that was just Grace Anger singing a neighborhood. I really liked that song. That was the first time I heard it. And it was immediately added to my playlist.
It's just so good. And Grace is so cute. It was very cute. She was saying, I promise, I'm having fun.
If I go from a very fun smiley look to it, like a very serious look, it's because of the songs I'm singing. But I promise, I'm having a good time. I'm enjoying this. And she's just so cute.
And it seems so sweet. I loved her set. And I was very sad because I didn't get to see the whole thing. It was a really long line to get into the Paramount, which is I feel like unlike them.
So where the Paramount is located, they're on the corner of a city block. And usually, usually before doors open, there's a line down the block and around the corner. And that's understandable for a concert. And people wanting to have a good spot in line.
But one thing that I thought was interesting was that they were still in line, even though it was a seated concert, like instead of having a GA floor where there's no assigned seats and everyone's like, it's just standing and like sharing the floor. And you could have a chance to get barricade and stuff. Then I understand like lining up before the doors open. But this one, everyone had an assigned seat.
So I thought it was very interesting that people still lined up before doors open. And so usually with the Paramount Theater, how it goes, is they, people are lining up around the corner. But usually like 10, 15, 20 minutes in like after doors open, there won't be a line anymore. Like it usually goes really quick, which is super nice.
But it did not go quick. It did not go quick for the Levi concert. Like it took a good hour for the line to die, like for the for the other to be no line. And it was really cold outside too.
So I actually went inside a doe zone, which is right next to the Paramount. And I got myself a little, some dumplings and had a nice dinner before, which is nice. It was a nice surprise because I wasn't expecting to eat before the concert. But I was able to get some food, which was nice.
And I was able to cut down my time of waiting in the cold. But yeah, it was very interesting. So that being said, like tying this into a nice pretty bow, I wasn't able to make the majority of Grace's set because I was waiting for the line to die down to go into the venue because I didn't want to wait in the cold. And it was this whole thing.
So I said that I didn't get to see her full set. If she comes back to Seattle, I will definitely go see her. But yeah, I'll play one more Grace song just because I loved her set. And I recommend listening to her.
So. That was just Bad Guy by Grace Anger. And that's all you saw. Oh, good.
It was so cool to hear live because again, I didn't really know her music before. So I was hearing everything live for the first time. And it was so cool to hear. Because I heard she said she introduced the song was like, this is Bad Guy.
And I was like, oh, the Billy Eilish song. Is she going to do a slow acoustic version of it? And then she started singing. I was like, dang, this is good.
And I loved it. And I love when I love the part of the chorus where she sings. I'm sorry to tell you the way she sings it is so cool. Just like her voice is just so cool, especially in that part.
And it was so cool to hear. So yeah, great set by Grace Anger. And I really hope she comes back to Seattle so I can see her full set instead of just a couple songs. But yeah, I had so much fun.
And so after Grace is set and before Leves set, I went into the lobby of the theater and got a tour poster. Because I love collecting posters from concerts and festivals and stuff. And I have a wall in my room that's just a bunch of concert posters. And it's so cool and so fun.
And it gets to remind me who I've seen. And it's just so cool. So yeah, I was lucky and happy that I got to get a Leves poster and add it to my collection. I'm very excited to get a frame for it and put it up.
But yeah, and after that, I went back in. Leves set started and she sang really good songs. Or really good songs, I will tell you. I'm going to play one of my favorite songs of hers first.
It is called Promise. And I'm going to go out of order based off of her set list. So it's not going to be like, I'm going to play the first song she played first. Like, I'm just going to kind of jump around.
But she played Promise and it was really good. And I'm going to play for you right now. Here's Leves with Promise, alive from the Paramount Theater. That was Promise by Leves.
And I love her. I love her voice. I love the genre that she sings. I just love everything about her.
Leves is so special and magical and smiley. And she's so cute. And I'm just the biggest fan of hers. And I just want to hug her.
Like, I just feel like she's just like one of those people that you just know it would be a good hug. I just can't. Leves, her concert was so good. It was so good.
Just everything about it was beautiful and amazing. Her set. Oh my gosh. The set design was so cool.
It was so cool. So she had basically, there's this U-shape, U-shape platform in the back of the stage where her band was playing. She had like drums, a keyboardist, guitarist, bassist. And then she also had a string quartet.
And that was really cool. So they were all sitting along the U, with their instruments and stuff on the U. And then in the middle of the U, was a circular platform that had three levels to it. And on top of the platform was a grand piano, which I think we just need to take a moment to appreciate because touring with a grand piano is no easy feat.
And that was absolutely beautiful. There was like LED lights around the steps of the platform. So like, it looked very magical. It was so cool.
It was so cool. Her set design is so pretty. It was one of my favorite set designs. And then along the edge of the theater, like on the walls, there was it would switch between, like, I believe the color was like orangey, like yellow, like a burnt orange, but a little yellow burnt orange curtain.
And it would switch between a clump of curtain. And then it would be a black mesh curtain that had lights in it. So it looked like stars. And it would just switch between the two.
It was so pretty. It was actually the prettiest thing. And it was so magical. It fit the theme of the jazz concert.
Like, it was just perfect. It was perfect. It was such a good set design. And I commend whoever designed it because it is so, it was so pretty.
Like, I took so many pictures of the set. It was so, it was so good. It was so good. I think about it all the time.
Like, this concert was a week ago. And I really, really, I think about it too much. But it's such a cool set design. But anyway, so promise, lay the performance at the piano.
And it was so cool, so special. The lighting was so pretty. And then she also sang a song called Beautiful Stranger, which I think is so, such a cool song, such a good song. It's about seeing someone on the tube that you think is cute.
And you think there could be a connection. But you're on the tube. You're on different stops. But you're never going to talk to each other.
But you still are like, dang. That person was really attractive. I really think we could have been friends. We could have been friends.
So she wrote a song about it. And it's such a good song. So I'm going to play it here is Beautiful Stranger. That song is so good.
I love that song so much. The next song I'm going to play from her concert is called Falling Behind. And it was so fun to hear the song, because this was the song that introduced me to Live A. And I really love it so much.
And it's just such a fun song. It's a little bit of sad lyrics. But it's such a pretty song. So I've got to play it because it's just magical.
So here is Falling Behind. Absolutely adore that song. I think it's so fun. I love just the vibe to it.
It feels like elevator music in the best possible way, in the best possible way. It's just so vibey and fun. And it's just so amazing. I love that song so much.
It makes me so happy to listen to it. It's just magical. I need to have a jazz party. I need to have an event where we only play jazz music and we just dance and sing and have the ton of our lives.
I've decided that needs to happen in my life. And so I'm hopefully going to make it happen, because I love Levi's music so much. But I also love other jazz musicians. And I just need to celebrate that.
I need to celebrate that. OK, so that was just Falling Behind. I love that song by Live A. Another song I love by Live A.
It is called Dreamer. This song is so good. It's actually one of my favorites of hers. The beginning of it is so beautiful.
And the lyrics are so amazing. And my favorite lyric of the song, which is in the chorus, so it's said a lot, is no one's going to kill the Dreamer in me. And I think that's such a good message. Like, yeah, of course, I'm going to keep dreaming.
I just love it. Levi's just very special. I love her music so much. And I love this song I'm about to play.
So let's get into it. Here's Dreamer. I was just Dreamer. I absolutely adored.
That was the first couple of seconds of it. And I really recommend listening to the rest of the song because it is so beautiful and magical. In the beginning, like, a cappella part, where it's just her and a couple other voices is so magical. It was so cool to be five.
It was such like a magical spiritual experience. It was so cool. It was so cool. Levi just makes me so happy.
And I'm so glad I got to go to her concert. It was so cool. Yeah, I just love Levi. She's pretty cool.
OK, I have one more song to play. And it is the last song that Levi played at her concert. And it is such a beautiful, sad, but like releasing song. And it is so pretty and beautiful.
And I love, love, love listening to it. So here is a letter to my 13-year-old self. That was a letter to my 13-year-old self. And I love that song.
I think that was such a good song to end on. It's very positive, very optimistic. And it was really pretty to hear live. It was very serene and just like a very intimate environment for the concert, which I think is really cool because I've been to a lot of concerts at the Paramount Theater.
And seeing it be experienced in this way is a lot different than the other concerts I've been to, where it's more upbeat music and a lot more production. And just a lot more energy. But this was such a calming, serene, nice environment to experience a concert. And it was so magical.
The venue was so pretty. And having a jazz concert there was just so special. And I'm so glad and lucky I was able to go see Levi and experience her concert. So yeah, thank you so much for tuning into this week's episode of Broken Record.
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