Concert Review: K.Flay Is A Punk Cheerleader At Brooklyn Steel
In concert, K. Flay felt like a punk cheerleader. Her songs appearing like the chants for the benevolent rebel. Note I used the word “benevolent.” Before counter-cultures are made cool, they are usually seen as threats or endangerments. Yet, like Supreme or Jordans, K. Flay has managed to give underground feelings and images a limelight production.
With a stage that looked like a bunch of lit up, gift boxes, it was hard not to feel like K. Flay is having her time. She is in love, with the incredibly talented Miya Folick, and writing songs of joy and how we, by all means, fear it. From “Nervous” to “High Enough,” K. Flay brings a whole new nuance to not feeling comfortable in your skin. For some, it is not about insecurity over whether it gets better as much as whether good can last. While her arrangements feel exuberant and reviving with thumping chords and basslines, such as “Champagne” and “Bad Vibes,” her lyrics approach the uneasiness of “being” present in a moment that, literally, leaves as you land in it.
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Isn’t time a funny thing?! It is like that old, bitter uncle saying, “From the minute you are born, you are, technically, dying!” I know it is a grim thought, and absolutely NOTHING of K. Flay’s performance style exudes that. She was moving up big stairs and diving across the stage as if her songs were furniture she had to rearrange. She was in constant motion; giving her “feel good” songs an undercurrent of urgency that could be felt in her verses like, “I Like Myself (Most of the Time),”Only The Dark,” and “Can’t Sleep.” Hence, it was HER that represented the edginess and “punk style” by displaying the boldness and anxiety of feeling like an outcast in your life, even when it is good!
It is a strange thing to be blessed and sad; to have things that you could celebrate but feeling more like a parade has run you over. K. Flay makes her crowd feel unashamed and brave as they figure out what it is to “figure yourself out.” She, literally, made them sing her verses “I Want it!” and “I Need It!’ as if to declare to the world I may not always feel happy or comfortable with myself but I am always daring and dignified. We need that message! For More Information On K. Flay Click Here.
