On a frigid Wednesday evening during the week of Valentine's Day, Madame Lou's was bustling. As the doors opened, showgoers that were lined up early outside the venue began to pack into the cramped basement to see the Queer indie icon Jordana.
Jordana's music and artistic appeal brought in the late-night, mostly college-aged crowd, which also included twentysomething Lesbian couples and older indie fans, all of whom were eager to see this out and proud Queer artist shine on stage. One guy had already snagged and put on a Jordana T-shirt from the merch booth, having first seen her back in 2023 at the Showbox in SoDo. When asked whether he enjoyed that show, he shrugged and said, "Well, she was good enough for us to come back."
Rachel Bobbitt was the opening act. Her earnest performance with backing guitars and synths, sharing much in common with Jordana sonically, easily captivated the room. Based out of Canada, Bobbitt mentioned to the crowd that it was her first time visiting Seattle.
"We've been so excited for this Jordana tour, and her fans have been nicer than we could've ever expected," she said during the set.
The crowd reaffirmed this sentiment, with one audience member even shouting, "You did so good!" at the end of her last song.
Jordana impresses
Jordana, wearing a cottagecore dress, received a boisterous reception. Commenting on the show being sold out, she admitted teasingly to the crowd, "Guys, this is bonkers, this is cray-cray." She and her band then proceeded to play all the songs from her new album, Lively Premonition, in order.
The set started off rockily, with the drummer having technical difficulties, which were quickly resolved, and it was then redeemed by the band's first song, "We Get By," which felt glamorous and pristine, very much aided by Jordana's talented violin playing.
Jordana kept the audience loose and on its toes with silly one-liners as she became more comfortable on stage. At one point, she slipped into a Trump impersonation. Acknowledging the vague trad-wife resemblance of her outfit, she said, "Even though I'm dressed like I voted for him, I hate the guy — trust me!" The impression ended up being a crowd favorite, evoking lots of laughter throughout the night.
The set finished with a few tracks from Summer's Over, Jordana's most well-known collaboration album with TV Girl. A woman in the audience audibly gasped in excitement when Jordana announced the second to last song, "Sweet to Me." After the show, Jordana came out to greet fans at the merch booth, capping a night of stellar performances.
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