Lana Del Rey at the Target Center, Minneapolis (05 January 2018)
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Lana Del Rey Setlist
01/07/2018
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Lana Del Rey just kicked off her “LA to the Moon” Tour at the recently renovated Target Center in Minneapolis last night.
As typical of these arena shows, they start right on time, so we always arrive at least 30 minutes before the show start time. The main reason for this is with the extra security and metal detectors, it can take a long time for you to actually enter and find your seat.
The show started with a 15-min DJ set. There were no introduction or announcements, so we’re not actually sure who the DJ was. He played two songs, before pop/R&B singer Jhené Aiko took the pine trees-decorated stage with her keyboardist and harpist (!)
Her brief 30-minute set started with the tree-themed ‘Jukai’. Before ‘Spotless Mind’, she asked if there were any “wanderers” in the audience, as the song’s main chorus repeat the lines “I’m a wanderer”.
Most of her songs were taken from her sophomore record Trip, which is available now on Def Jam Records.
Aiko seemed excited to be on the first leg of the tour, not to mention the very first show of the tour. They were well rehearsed and managed to squeeze in eight songs in 30 minutes without going one second over is no small feat. Although, I thought Aiko wanted to say one last thing before her time was up and she quickly said, “Sorry, I guess my time’s up!”
There were a couple of things that made this Lana Del Rey show special. First off, this was the American singer’s first time performing in the area. We would later find out that her young brother (Charlie) lives out here, and so there were a lot of friends and family out at this show.
The other thing is that, with a start of a brand-new tour, we were the first to witness her new setlist and stage setting.
Last, is the Target Center just finished their two-year $140 million project. It’s supposed to add more natural light in, but what we’ve noticed is that entering and exiting the building is much easier in this 27-year-old-building.
As for Lana Del Rey’s show, this was the best set design we’ve ever seen! It contains two beach folding chairs, a raised platform covered with rocks, surrounded by plants, trees, and palm trees. The floor is transformed into a body of water when the special effect lights are projected onto the surface. Plus, that’s not all: two hidden swings for the two dancers. It was unbelievable.
As we’ve mentioned before, we’re big fans of Lana Del Rey since her album Born to Die, writing in January 2012: “But on a basic level, Del Rey embodies a sound that should be quite popular on the current indie scene: sexy vocals that travel the sexy spectrum from “sad and sexy” to “whispery sexy” to “nasally sexy,” set against a lush, orchestral backdrop with sparse beats and some violins. The minimal tear-jerker “Video Games” was grudgingly included on a handful of Best of 2011 lists, but I prefer “Born to Die” for its haunting, controlled tone and also for this line: “Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain, you like your girls insane.” She’s no Dylan, but her lyrics feel authentic coming from the given source, regardless of whether or not her look is contrived. Would it be better or worse if she wrote about geeky boys in vests and made cryptic references to high-brow literature whilst strumming a Chinese erhu? What’s more, the production quality is pretty brilliant; Del Rey and co. have managed to hit a sweet spot—the axis of edginess and approachability, vintage pop and contemporary relevance, sexy bombshell and deadpan bad girl. She sounds good, the song craft is sharp, and even Pitchfork is “intrigued”.”
Of course, the sad and sexy thing absolutely won over her millions of fans, who you can hear singing along to Del Rey’s popular songs like ‘Born to Die’ and, of course, ‘Video Games’.
After ‘Blue Jeans’, Del Rey took a few minutes to just autograph, hug, accept gifts, and took selfies with her fans. While this is amazing for all those fans in the front of the stage, the rest of us were just sitting there wondering what happened to the show?
I wonder if this was just a tactic for her band to get the right equipment or for the technicians to load up the video for ‘Happy Birthday Mr. President’?
Despite the gap in music during Del Rey’s fan session, the actual show was pretty entertaining. Judging from the massive audience cheering, the fans here definitely were more than happy to welcome Lana Del Rey to her first Minneapolis show. We’re pretty sure she will be returning here in the future… let’s just hope it’s in the summer and not in the middle of another -12° winter.
As typical of these arena shows, they start right on time, so we always arrive at least 30 minutes before the show start time. The main reason for this is with the extra security and metal detectors, it can take a long time for you to actually enter and find your seat.
The show started with a 15-min DJ set. There were no introduction or announcements, so we’re not actually sure who the DJ was. He played two songs, before pop/R&B singer Jhené Aiko took the pine trees-decorated stage with her keyboardist and harpist (!)
Her brief 30-minute set started with the tree-themed ‘Jukai’. Before ‘Spotless Mind’, she asked if there were any “wanderers” in the audience, as the song’s main chorus repeat the lines “I’m a wanderer”.
Most of her songs were taken from her sophomore record Trip, which is available now on Def Jam Records.
Aiko seemed excited to be on the first leg of the tour, not to mention the very first show of the tour. They were well rehearsed and managed to squeeze in eight songs in 30 minutes without going one second over is no small feat. Although, I thought Aiko wanted to say one last thing before her time was up and she quickly said, “Sorry, I guess my time’s up!”
There were a couple of things that made this Lana Del Rey show special. First off, this was the American singer’s first time performing in the area. We would later find out that her young brother (Charlie) lives out here, and so there were a lot of friends and family out at this show.
The other thing is that, with a start of a brand-new tour, we were the first to witness her new setlist and stage setting.
Last, is the Target Center just finished their two-year $140 million project. It’s supposed to add more natural light in, but what we’ve noticed is that entering and exiting the building is much easier in this 27-year-old-building.
As for Lana Del Rey’s show, this was the best set design we’ve ever seen! It contains two beach folding chairs, a raised platform covered with rocks, surrounded by plants, trees, and palm trees. The floor is transformed into a body of water when the special effect lights are projected onto the surface. Plus, that’s not all: two hidden swings for the two dancers. It was unbelievable.
As we’ve mentioned before, we’re big fans of Lana Del Rey since her album Born to Die, writing in January 2012: “But on a basic level, Del Rey embodies a sound that should be quite popular on the current indie scene: sexy vocals that travel the sexy spectrum from “sad and sexy” to “whispery sexy” to “nasally sexy,” set against a lush, orchestral backdrop with sparse beats and some violins. The minimal tear-jerker “Video Games” was grudgingly included on a handful of Best of 2011 lists, but I prefer “Born to Die” for its haunting, controlled tone and also for this line: “Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain, you like your girls insane.” She’s no Dylan, but her lyrics feel authentic coming from the given source, regardless of whether or not her look is contrived. Would it be better or worse if she wrote about geeky boys in vests and made cryptic references to high-brow literature whilst strumming a Chinese erhu? What’s more, the production quality is pretty brilliant; Del Rey and co. have managed to hit a sweet spot—the axis of edginess and approachability, vintage pop and contemporary relevance, sexy bombshell and deadpan bad girl. She sounds good, the song craft is sharp, and even Pitchfork is “intrigued”.”
Of course, the sad and sexy thing absolutely won over her millions of fans, who you can hear singing along to Del Rey’s popular songs like ‘Born to Die’ and, of course, ‘Video Games’.
After ‘Blue Jeans’, Del Rey took a few minutes to just autograph, hug, accept gifts, and took selfies with her fans. While this is amazing for all those fans in the front of the stage, the rest of us were just sitting there wondering what happened to the show?
I wonder if this was just a tactic for her band to get the right equipment or for the technicians to load up the video for ‘Happy Birthday Mr. President’?
Despite the gap in music during Del Rey’s fan session, the actual show was pretty entertaining. Judging from the massive audience cheering, the fans here definitely were more than happy to welcome Lana Del Rey to her first Minneapolis show. We’re pretty sure she will be returning here in the future… let’s just hope it’s in the summer and not in the middle of another -12° winter.
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