Robyn
At The Hollywood Bowl 22 October 2011
I am taking a step aside from the usual KTG Fashion posts to highlight a true Dancehall Queen.
Robyn.
I attended her concert performance this year at The Hollywood Bowl Saturday Night 22 October 2011
where she gave a performance that induced an out of experience.
She opened with "We dance to the beat", an controversial hit, that highlights many of the issues we as a global
community are facing today. Delivering lines like "we dance to the beat of false math and unrecognized genius"
meant to ignite our inner flames as citizens of the world to challenge and change; not to continue to accept.
The three part album featured many singles with the same nature like "Dont Fucking Tell Me What To Do"
The entire performance was stellar, she and her incredible band gave us all they had.
The Hollywood Bowl performance was in fact their last performance from the 3 Part Album Body Talk!
Every musician was in tune including Robyn's crystal clear voice. Her combo with Röyksopp on their track
"The Girl and The Robot" transported us into outer space, with Svein Berge dressed as "The" robot. Pure
magic.
Robyn's dance moves were sharp with funk appeal.
To plainly state: Robyn is the truth! She didn't need parlor tricks, nor did she need extravagant side show antics.
The Robyn show did not have any crazy special effects, there weren't a thousand dancers on stage either.
The Hollywood Bowl was set with impeccable lighting, flawless lighting crowned with the brilliance of Robyn.
Her fashion was not over the top, she remained understated, moderately minimal.
However, in no way was she without style. She had three costume changes:
She opened wearing a short-cut sharply tailored mid-riffed white jacket paired with what appeared to be
Versace printed leggings. The leggings had a sheen to them, reminiscent of a seal fresh from a dip in the ocean.
Finally, her shoes sent me back in time to the mid-late night nineties club kid phenomenon. She wore platform boots.
Which made me want search for my old pairs on Ebay! The platform had a white sole with a medium-brown suede vamp.
Her next change kept in with the simplicity if the first look, except the leggings where hues of blue, with a thick white elastic waste band connecting in the front with the illusion of a belt designed by Calvin Klein.
Her jacket for the second change was a throwback to the "amateur sports team" jackets. It was a fantastic over-sized iridescent vinyl jacket.
Her last change was into another look that sent me back in time; this time to the early nineties during the rap inspired Cross Colours fashions.
Robyns hat was soft leather, baseball cap-shaped, with splatters of red paint around the sides. Her dress was
a simple block cut in black, however the details of this dress were the most interesting. Her breasts were highlighted with two neon green KOOSH BALLS! The mid front and mid back were also decorated with KOOSH BALLS.
Simplicity always wins.
She returned with not one, but two encores completing the night with the song that she warmed our hearts with
from the very start; "Show me love".
The concert was something that had to be experienced, live and in person. A true Goddess, Performer
and Angel of Light.
Thank you so much Robyn for sharing your talented delightful spirit with the world
Thank you for Taking the time to touch our hearts at The Hollywood Bowl Saturday 22 October 2011.
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