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If there\u2019s a through line between Beatlemania and the Eras Tour, it resides in the throats of the young, who, after spending so much of their days practicing obedient silence, are suddenly given a chance to see if God can hear them. At a screamy pop concert, that sense of possibility is literally in the air \u2014 an opportunity to add your own decibels to the sound-space you\u2019re now sharing with your favorite singer, a potentiality that doesn\u2019t exist behind the vacuum seal of digital streaming or social media fandom. Dismiss it as kid stuff at your own risk. It is absolutely holy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Olivia Rodrigo fans know all about this, either explicitly or intuitively, probably because Rodrigo\u2019s sharpest pop songs feel mutually instinctive and self-aware, visceral and alert, and when she sang them on the latest stop of her \u201cGuts\u201d tour at Capital One Arena in Washington on Saturday, thousands of voices knew exactly how to join in. It wasn\u2019t a singalong so much as a shout-behind, which felt almost shocking during the show\u2019s more delicate moments \u2014 \u201cTraitor<\/a>,\u201d \u201cMaking the Bed<\/a>,\u201d \u201cFavorite Crime<\/a>\u201d \u2014 with <\/b>Rodrigo\u2019s voice melting into a syrupy pout while her devout Greek chorus amplified whatever emotional pain their hero had chosen to steep in. Over and over, Rodrigo seemed to be smothering a blaring hurt inside her head, transposing it into mumbly melody. If you wanted to sing along in real life, you had to voice the blare.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The entire show toggled between those wounded ballads and much punkier<\/a> punches \u2014 and without whiplash. She was a natural in both modes, drawing on an anger that felt sincere, then sincerely blowing it off, skipping across the stage in sequins and combat boots, occasionally widening her eyes before a big refrain, as if she\u2019d just spotted an apocalyptic meteor falling out of the sky. At 21, Rodrigo contains multitudes, and she isn\u2019t shy about her politics. She gave a shout-out to the Baltimore Abortion Fund<\/a>, having invited the organization to set up an info table on the arena concourse, and when it came time to funnel her feminism directly into song, she delivered \u201cAll-American Bitch<\/a>,\u201d a dynamite stick concealed in a bubble gum wrapper that rejects the roles young women are expected to play in this patriarchal, fascism-curious country we all share. \u201cAll the time, I\u2019m grateful all the time,\u201d Rodrigo sang, her voice turned sticky with mock-sweetness. \u201cI\u2019m sexy and I\u2019m kind, I\u2019m pretty when I cry.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Somehow, that moment paled in comparison to another lyric from the song \u2014 \u201cI scream inside to deal with it\u201d \u2014 being turned inside out. During a breakdown, Rodrigo issued instructions to everyone in the room: Think about something that makes you angry, and then, when the lights go down, scream it out. After a four count, her band went silent, the room went black, and the air filled with something deafening and mysterious.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Please understand that this was not a festive Saturday night huzzah, or a big roller coaster whoop, or an intensified horror movie multiplex shriek, or even the wailing veneration of an entirely worthy pop star. This was an omni-scream with its own timbre, totally beautiful and half-terrifying. It came from a crowd that skewed young, but spanned generations, which means it contained contempt for school bus bullies, and national election agita, and countless fears over the future of our species, plus every variant of private hurt otherwise sealed inside the hearts of the assembled. It was hard to remember \u2014 or even imagine \u2014 a sound more cleansing, more total, more real.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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