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Yeat review – US rapper brings exploding, sweat-drenched pandemonium


Filled with chaotic sounds and infectious melodies, there’s a ferocious pace to the mysterious figure’s first European headline – a ribcage-reverberating success

He’s only two songs into his first ever solo headline show in Europe but Yeat, the hugely successful 24-year-old US rapper, who is racking up streams in the billions, has already turned the crowd into a frenzy. Tracks such as Talk and Out thë Way display his ability to expel agitated beats alongside unpredictable bars, while also allowing space for the song’s buried hooks to pop out. ILUV plays out via a slow, grinding, dark yet squelchy bounce, almost touching on industrial rock, while the twisting, droning synth line that underpins Breathe feels utterly euphoric.

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