Beabadoobee took to the stage on the night of Wednesday, April 9, with a rollicking performance at the Moda Center, welcomed by openers Pretty Sick (composed of Sabrina Fuentes, Eva Kaufman, and Benjamin Arauz) and Keni Titus.

Beabadoobee’s popularity has had a steady growth since her earliest of song releases, such as “Coffee” and “The Moon Song,” on YouTube in 2017. While she gained attention from her earlier songs, she has since experienced a large outpour in popularity, particularly after a viral TikTok moment in 2020, which eventually led to her first chart success.

Fans have loyally followed along behind beabadoobee from start to finish, beginning with her early songs like “Coffee” and “Tired” to her recently released studio album, “This is How Tomorrow Moves,” which received a generally positive response and strong reaction from the public. She also performs it for her 2025 Tour “The Space in Between.”

The album connected with fans, while exploring phases of beabadoobee’s life over the past years — such as adulthood, self-discovery, self-love, and acceptance — laying her personal struggles bare.

Jumping straight into the concert with lightning-quick flashes of white light, dazzling to the eye, beabadoobee began with her song, “California” attracting all eyes to herself — and her prominent guitar — with this great piece from her latest album.

The live beat could be felt up into your very chest, and nearby fans were compelled into screams, which only heightened the energy thrumming through the venue, as some neighboring audience members leaped to their feet.

Following “California” was “Talk” with beabadoobee expertly leading the audience into each piece, and in between, a stage-hand rushed onto stage to switch out the guitars of the band members depending on the song. 

“Take A Bite” was an instant hit, and as soon as beabadoobee began singing, the audience screamed along at the song’s namesake lyrics, “Take a bite!”

Her technique with connecting to her audience, and getting fans to sing — more likely to be described as screaming along — threw everyone into movement, helping to make the concert feel more lively, particularly at times when beabadoobee talked directly to the audience in a way that felt like two friends confiding with each other.

During the concert, it should be noted the shocking amount of guitar changes — from acoustic to electric and back — seeming as though each song required a different guitar, even sometimes halfway through a song.

It was notable to see how the crowd at the concert seemed to be made up of younger people from middle schoolers to young adults — further illustrating how beabadoobee provides a cool, female role model — and is particularly easy to connect with because of her genre of music differs from indie-pop to potentially falling under rock.

There was a similar reaction to “Glue Song” as “Take A Bite,” where it was easy to hear and visibly see fans leaning forward in seats and on their feet to sing along even softly in parts where there was silence. It’s easy for people to get lost in her music, and it was clear that the audience was visibly moved.

Hearing beabadoobee’s song “Coffee” come on brought me back to 2017, when it was first released, and was a common first song for many fans — a nostalgia of sorts — reminding some of Canadian rapper Powfu, who was present in the recording of the song, but not at the concert tour.

The song was a wonderful segway into “Girl Song” where the audience fell near silent, as the spotlight shone onto beabadoobee and a pianist — who paired together to lead the audience through the song about self-doubt and insecurity — as most of everyone raised their phone flashlights in a swaying tribute. A great song for all the young listeners, and providing quite the bonding experience too.

Towards the end of beabadoobee’s concert, she stepped up to the mic, and asked everyone to put down their phones, mentioning how she noticed that when people didn’t have their phones in their hands, they moved more.

Audience members immediately obliged — lowering their bright phones and raising their arms to wave along — the connection was instant. It’s clear just how much fans respect and care for beabadoobee, especially in a society where we’re constantly glued to screens.

Beabadoobee’s concert was a moment of connection for me allowing myself to step away from our screens and just be there in the moment with other people belting out lyrics. Through her music, beabadoobee shows us what self reflection and self-love can look like if we just let ourselves try.