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Girl in Red review – buoyant arena show marks a new chapter
Charismatic, scatty and ever fan-friendly, Norwegian pop-punk queen Marie Ulven turns a corner with her mainstream-facing second album
A track called Doing It Again Baby opens this exuberant arena gig on a strange note that sounds unlike any music she has made before – an awkward attempt at art-funk that climaxes in a banjo breakdown. Not to pit women against one another but to flesh out the scene: Olivia Rodrigo(pop-punk, relationship angst) and Chappell Roan(queer girl bops) are two not-dissimilar artists who have blossomed in Ulven’s absence. As well as taking time out to tend to her mental health, Ulven fell in love, got a dog and said “yes” to invitations more often, a habit that climaxed in opening for Taylor Swift on last year’s North American leg of the Eras tour.
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