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[ATTENDED: September 27, 2025] Clairo-–All Things Go [Day 2]

Clairo was up next.  She’s a big deal and it was almost surprising that she was so low on the bill.  But I can’t really see her headlining a big festival because she is pretty low key and doesn’t do a big show.  Although having said that, I do like that her set was designed with a theme in mind–something like lounge singer, I guess.

Clairo wore a dress that was split vertically into half balck and half white, so when she turned one way or the other she looked all in one color.

When he set started she and her band were all seated together off to the side with cocktails.  It was very funny–they toasted each other.

And the set had that vibe,  I genuinely don’t get the Clairo love by young people as she seems very old lady to me.  Or maybe they like her chill vibe.

I find most of her songs pretty boring–not a lot happens in them.   I mean how do you write a song called Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and have it be a slow song that’s 2 minutes long where nothing happens.

There was a bit more of an upbeat moment when she covered Shelly’s song Steeeam.

And yet.  When she gets a song right, it’s incredible.   The song Bags follows her same process–slow and low key.  But it has a great memorable keyboard melody that runs through it which is totally memorable.

And her most recent single Sexy to Someone is the best earworm of the year.  And I don’t really understand what makes it so much better.  Again, low key and slow but there’s just a little more oomph to it that makes it sound great.

And of course her big hit Sofia has the best infectious melody.  I can listen to it all day.

So, I enjoyed the second half of the set a lot more.  And, since this set was much shorter than when we saw her headline, I enjoyed the overall show more, too.

But after a long day, it was a little too slow for me.