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“I got drive, I don’t need a car.”
That line from the second verse of Doja Cat’s No. 1 single “Paint the Town Red” succinctly captures how decided she was to rev up the viewers in the course of the second cease on her first-ever headlining area tour.
Kicking off with a sold-out night at San Francisco’s Chase Center on Halloween (Oct. 31), Doja Cat’s The Scarlet Tour touched down at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on Thursday night time with opening act Doechii. The venue was packed from the ground all the best way as much as the rafters due to a fervently loyal fanbase whose colourful apparel additionally spoke volumes about their emotions for the singer-songwriter.
Doechii performs onstage as Doja Cat Kicks Off The Scarlet Tour on Oct. 31, 2023 in San Francisco, Calif.
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Red, in fact, was the colour of the night. The apparel ranged from two gents sporting matching long-fringed vests to a lady strutting round in a placing crimson sequined V-necked mini-dress. There had been additionally longtime loyalists sporting cow-print clothes in honor of Doja’s 2018 breakthrough single “Mooo!” — and even reciting the lyrics as they walked by each other. There had been additionally loads of followers sporting cat ears.
As the venue darkened, fan anticipation instantly remodeled right into a deafening roar as Doja Cat took the stage in a crimson, form-fitting bodysuit to belt out “WYM Freestyle.” And for the following 90 minutes, an brisk Doja Cat gave pretty much as good as she bought in return from an enthusiastic, cell-filming viewers that unflaggingly sang and rapped alongside along with her each step of the best way.
Divided into 5 acts, the 24-song setlist is primarily centered round Scarlet. In addition to “Paint the Town Red,” which acquired a rollicking response from the gang, among the many different album tracks that had followers in a frenzy had been “Demons” (accompanied by an enormous black spider hovering over her), “Shutcho,” “Ouchies,” and present nearer “Wet Vagina.” But Doja Cat additionally reached again to 2021’s Planet Her to carry out tracks together with “Kiss Me More,” “Woman,” “Ain’t Shit” and “Need to Know” in addition to “Say So” from 2019’s Hot Pink album.
Doja Cat kicks off The Scarlet Tour on Oct. 31, 2023 in San Francisco, Calif.
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Vocally sturdy all through, Doja Cat agilely traversed between singing and rapping whereas effortlessly shifting from as much as midtempo and ballad then again up once more. Getting her dance on as effectively, together with slightly twerking, you could possibly see {that a} assured Doja Cat was having enjoyable — and keen to verify her followers had been too. Also complicit in preserving the viewers on its toes and igniting a gradual stream of screams and shout-outs (“Yes, girl!”; “You’re soooo good!”) had been Doja Cat’s supple and sensuous dance crew, hearth bursts and different particular results plus video display graphics depicting such pictures as shattered glass and a feminine silhouette adorned with wings.
The Scarlet Tour’s subsequent cease is Friday night time (Nov. 3) in Las Vegas at T-Mobile Arena. Additional stops on the 24-city tour embrace Phoenix (Nov. 8), Dallas (Nov. 16), Atlanta (Nov. 19) and Brooklyn, New York (Nov. 29) earlier than wrapping in Chicago (Dec. 13). Opening for Doja Cat on the later exhibits will likely be Ice Spice.
