Brat summer has officially become brat fall after Charli XCX and Troye Sivan left everything on stage Sept. 28 at TD Garden.
The summer craze of Charli XCX’s latest album “Brat” brought fans in full bright green, flooding Causeway Street and creating one of the best concert environments I have ever been in.
Not only did the performers bring the energy, but the crowd delivered as well. Whether it was yelling along to the songs or jumping up and down throughout the entire two-hour show, the fans were there to party.
Charli XCX brought an amazing setlist to Boston, singing nearly her entire album that currently tops the charts with over 400 million streams on Spotify. However, she also sparked nostalgia with her iconic 2012 hit “I Love It,” leaving everyone without a voice Sunday morning.
Though Charli mainly goes solo on stage without backup dancers or musicians because of her music style, she makes complete use of the space, running from end to end and bringing the energy her music requires.
On top of the light show that brought the club scene to TD, the concert’s set had a caged walkway through the pit that ended with a smaller square stage in the middle of the general admission section. Later in the show, that stage would lift the two artists onto a raised platform as they came together for the first time during the show singing their collaborative piece “1999” which was released back in 2018.
The other half of the “Sweat Tour” was performed by 29-year-old Australian singer-songwriter Troye Sivan, who undoubtedly gave the crowd the “Rush” they were looking for.
Not only is Sivan an incredible vocalist and unbelievably confident on stage, but also a hell of a dancer. The choreography performed by him and his amazing string of dancers stole the show and brought the performance from a concert to a full-on production.
As someone going into the show having adored “Brat” all summer and associated anything lime green automatically with the album, I was not expecting to prefer watching Sivan and his dance crew move in unison on stage to Charli XCX’s chaotic and infectious energy. But I could not deny the dancers the attention they deserved and couldn’t help but want even more after the show had closed.
I never understood the idea of recording and publishing film versions of concerts like the “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” documentary: Why rewatch a concert you’ve already been to live?
But after the lights came up in TD Garden around 10:30 pm, roughly two hours after the two artists started off the night, I sat there thinking I could have stood another six hours jumping and screaming to the club-style music no matter if I had work in the morning.
I then understood why tours are transitioning to the era of movies and wished “Sweat” joined the movement.
The show as a whole not only met my expectations but exceeded them.
Charli and Sivan brought the energy with “365,” “Guess,” “Rager Teenager” and “One of your Girls” with the audience yelling every lyric right back at them.
I’ve been to at least a dozen concerts and never have I felt so meant to be in a crowd. Everyone was dressed on theme, everyone was there for a good time and no one wanted it to end.
As fall descends on Boston and the leaves turn brown, Charli XCX fans will continue to wear their bright green because brat summer was just the start of what is now officially brat fall.
