Concert Review: Kat Cunning Is A Pride Princess At Mercury Lounge

They say that what an artist plays before they come on is telling of who they are. Between circus suites and Edith Piaf, I was ready for a Disney Princess to walk out in the form of Kat Cunning. Yes, I know that many, now, find Disney Princesses negative towards the rising notion of a strong, independent woman. Yet, Kat Cunning showed you could be both in this modern era because, now, we have enough wisdom to know you can only save yourself.

We may help others. Heck, we may even fall in love with other people, but salvation is strictly individual and personal. This idea lyrically played as she sung to exes and future loves. Transforming Mercury Lounge into her own Moulin Rouge, Cunning felt like a burlesque, Disney princess; colorful, but comfortable with her sultriness and sexuality. Form “Phone Sex” to “Make U Say”, Kat Cunning is an epic star of Pride Month because not only does she own her love for women, but she also owns her desire to be sexually pleased and pleasing to them. Believe it or not, sex in 2018 can still be treated as taboo, but Kat Cunning shows it is a splendid part of love that, when done right, is irresistible.

Thanks to her “handy-dandy” projector behind her, she was able to dance amongst changing images of flowers and smokes and you name it. This made her feel like a “old movie star” dancing on the moon and singing to to the bodily pleasures of spiritual connections. She is so clear in her image and her movements that she feels surreal. It is only in her goofy humor, like giddily demanding applause for her first time wearing acrylic nails, that you are warped back into reality: she is human. She is not some goddess perfectly pitching her voice like a tent on Planet Love. She is simply a young woman that is talented enough to make love feel cosmic.

From bringing up dancers to introducing a new track, “So Nice”, that shows her music future will be more tropical-dance in vibe, I realized Kat Cunning’s secret appeal: she feels alternative while being mainstream. All her hits could be blasted on a radio, but her shows feels like a hidden, sparkling gem that belongs in an illicit, but fabulous speakeasy. For More Information On Kat Cunning Click Here.