Concert review|At Korjaamo, Bambie Thug performed an hour of medley and clumsy dance numbers leaning on background tapes, which were far from the polished flightiness of Eurovision.
Bambie Thug at Korjaamo on Saturday 28.9.
It was Halloween arrived a month early?
The impression was made at Korjaamo on Saturday evening, when Vaunusali swelled the female-dominated audience dressed in black and with their faces painted in the spirit of horror.
The Irishman, who finished sixth in the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, with a witch-themed gloom By Bambie Thug the sold-out concert had clearly aroused the interest of Finns. It didn’t surprise me.
Thug, properly named Bambie Ray Robinsoninitially studied to become a ballet dancer. An arm injury led to musical theater and making music.
The hour-long performance of the thirty-year-old musician referred to as the “Gothic Lady Gaga” was either a ridiculously clumsy and clichéd picture or a sympathetic home-made effort, depending on the point of view.
Due to the lack of a band and instruments, the music of the show relied on background tapes and also partially recorded vocals. The show came out on top, which was admired like a clumsy s&m performance at an erotica fair or an unnecessarily naughty Linnanmäki horror carnival.
Thug, who describes himself as non-binary, performed wearing nothing but tape over his nipples in front of a throne and a “crown the witch” backdrop. Two dancers wriggled with their upper bodies bare and their faces covered with hats.
Bambie Thug has been dubbed the “Lady Gaga of Goth”.
Already Thug, who questioned Israel’s visa participation in Malmö, wrapped himself in the Palestinian flag in the ballad section and also remembered the Lebanese. The public reacts with cautious politeness.
The promotion of horror and masquerade spirit to the main part was justified, because the musical repertoire of an artist who has released one album is stereotypically thin and obvious, despite the eclecticism.
In the jamming that combines electropop and industrial rock, the disturbed club aesthetics of Die Antwoord and Crystal Castles come to the fore, as well as Marilyn Manson heavier shocking. In their vacation, there are glimpses of lighter pop tones.
Necromancy resembled nu metal karaoke with gestures of worship, Kawasaki flirted in the direction of East Asian pop. Combined with trap and trance Careless sounded like From Grimesmother spirit Egregore in the chorus from Paramore. Leaning on gabber, a subgenre of hardcore techno Tsunami during Thug drenched the crowd with water guns.
Before after the concert ended Doomsday Blue -Eurovision Thug taught the audience dance moves. The result reminded me of waking from hell of Chappell Roan Hot to Go! – song.
This might seem a little similar Wrapper at foreign gigs?
The question that came to mind is timely, because the Euro tour of Finnish pop-Hulk starts a week from now on Sunday in Berlin.
Bambie Thug’s show resembled a clumsy s&m performance at an erotic fair.
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