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At an Olivia Rodrigo concert, the screams are existential | On her “Guts” tour, one of pop’s sharpest stars is tapping into something angry, cathartic & unforgettably loud.

Olivia Rodrigo’s “Guts” tour is giving fans plenty to scream about. It’s a high-decibel show where audiences are singing the quiet parts loud.

It wasn’t a singalong so much as a shout-behind, which felt almost shocking during the show’s more delicate moments — “ Traitor,” “ Making the Bed,” “ Favorite Crime ” — withRodrigo’s voice melting into a syrupy pout while her devout Greek chorus amplified whatever emotional pain their hero had chosen to steep in. She gave a shout-out to the Baltimore Abortion Fund, having invited the organization to set up an info table on the arena concourse, and when it came time to funnel her feminism directly into song, she delivered “ All-American Bitch,” a dynamite stick concealed in a bubble gum wrapper that rejects the roles young women are expected to play in this patriarchal, fascism-curious country we all share. It came from a crowd that skewed young, but spanned generations, which means it contained contempt for school bus bullies, and national election agita, and countless fears over the future of our species, plus every variant of private hurt otherwise sealed inside the hearts of the assembled.

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