{"id":42617,"date":"2024-09-14T17:10:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T21:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=42617"},"modified":"2025-06-12T08:28:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:28:47","slug":"the-dare-sonia-9-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2024\/09\/14\/the-dare-sonia-9-10\/","title":{"rendered":"THE DARE @ SONIA 9\/10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photography by Gwyneth Moe<\/p>\n

Review by Kendal Evans<\/p>\n

Tuesday night, donning his iconic suit, tie, and sunglasses, Harrison Patrick Smith, aka The Dare, brought Sonia in Cambridge to life. The performance followed The Dare\u2019s seemingly overnight virality. My anticipation for this show met every expectation. At his core, The Dare was made to perform. His own words say it better than I ever could: \u201cWhat\u2019s a rocker to The Dare?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Following his production of the song \u201cGuess\u201d from the deluxe album \u201cBrat and it\u2019s the same but there\u2019s three more songs so it\u2019s not\u201d by Charli XCX, The Dare skyrocketed in popularity along with the moniker \u201cBrat summer.\u201d His song \u201cGirls\u201d gained traction on TikTok, which in turn brought attention to his premiere album \u201cWhat\u2019s Wrong With New York?\u201d The album was released on September 6th. This show in Cambridge was part of his United States tour, \u201cThe Dare Does the US.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The show began with a DJ set from Avalon. She created a fluid mix of well-known club hits, such as \u201cOKAY\u201d by JT and \u201cGo Hard (La. La. La.)\u201d by Kreaysahwn, and bangers lesser known on this side of the Atlantic, such as \u201c\u0411\u043e\u0456 \u0421\u0442\u0443\u043b\u0438 \u041f\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043a\u0443 (Remix)\u201d by Badwor7h. As a shoutout to her successor\u2019s collaboration with Charli XCX, she also included a remix of Vroom Vroom and My Humps by DJ G2G. As soon as Charli XCX\u2019s voice came through the loudspeakers, the crowd went wild. The room was washed in red light and buzzing as the crowd sang along to every word, bouncing up and down to the beat that oozed fun.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Avalon\u2019s energy was effortlessly chic as she danced along with the crowd in her white dress, black scarf, and black sunglasses, akin to The Dare\u2019s iconic look. She closed out her DJ set with \u201cPerfect (Exceeder)\u201d by Mason and Princess Superstar \u2013 a perfect end in my book. The crowd was electric; they shouted along, \u201cOne, Two, Three, Four, let me hear you scream if you want some more,\u201d with the anticipation in the air for The Dare\u2019s upcoming performance being palpable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Avalon will continue to support The Dare throughout the first half of his United States tour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At 8:30 p.m., all of the strobe lights that made up the stage set began flashing, and rhythmic humming encapsulated the room. The lights and beat grew intensely as The Dare approached the microphone. With the drop of the beat, the first song of the set, \u201cOpen Up,\u201d began. The high-energy opener set the tone for the rest of the show. The Dare\u2019s performance created an incredible emotional contagion that somehow broke the intense energy barrier in the room. \"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

The fun continued as The Dare moved through hit after hit. Following \u201cOpen Up,\u201d The Dare performed \u201cGood Time,\u201d \u201cSex,\u201d \u201cPerfume,\u201d \u201cI Destroyed Disco,\u201d and \u201cYou\u2019re Invited,\u201d which made for a near-perfect run. Someone in the crowd had been blowing bubbles, which only intensified the vibrant ambiance in the venue. In this run, \u201cPerfume\u201d stood out especially. During the outro, The Dare materialized on center stage, holding a massive cymbal, which he paraded around and hit repeatedly as he shouted the final adlibs in the song.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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After this run of songs, the set took a short but needed break from the intense energy. During this time, The Dare delivered an excellent cover of \u201cI Can\u2019t Escape Myself\u201d by The Sound.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The energy picked right back up as the set transitioned into a short section of unreleased songs titled \u201cLights, Camera, Action\u201d and \u201cFreaky \/\/ Right.\u201d These unreleased tracks were very impressive and would make great candidates for a potential deluxe version of \u201cWhat\u2019s Wrong With New York?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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After the unreleased section, The Dare took a break from the vocals in order to showcase his DJing ability. The instrumental track \u201cBloodwork\u201d sent pulses of energy through the room as the lights washed red. Then, he unexpectedly mixed it with snippets of \u201cGuess\u201d by Charli XCX. The audience went wild as samples of Charli\u2019s iconic line, \u201cSend it to The Dare, yeah, I think he\u2019s with it,\u201d echoed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, the bittersweet final section of the show began. The main set closed out with \u201cElevation\u201d and \u201cYou Can Never Go Home,\u201d after which he took some time to interact with the audience before the encore. After someone in the audience shouted, \u201cBoston is miserable,\u201d The Dare took a moment to share his infatuation with the city. He said that sometimes he wished he lived here, as there are so many good bands from here. Then, an audience member suggested Duster as one of these good bands, and he said, \u201cDuster, what the f\u2013ck? Duster sucks!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The ensuing encore consisted of \u201cMovement,\u201d \u201cAll Night\u201d (during which the iconic cymbal made its return), and the most anticipated track of the night, \u201cGirls.\u201d The energy of \u201cGirls\u201d in a venue as small as Sonia is something that, in my opinion, is simply irreplicable. I truly wish I could live those two minutes over and over again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With The Dare on the brink of exponentially exploding in popularity, now is the time to go catch a concert. While there are no more East Coast dates on the tour until his New Year\u2019s Eve show in New York, shows can be caught in the Midwest and West Coast through September.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photography by Gwyneth Moe Review by Kendal Evans Tuesday night, donning his iconic suit, tie, and sunglasses, Harrison Patrick Smith, aka The Dare, brought Sonia in Cambridge to life. The performance followed The Dare\u2019s seemingly overnight virality. My anticipation for this show met every expectation. At his core, The Dare was made to perform. His […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22960,"featured_media":42620,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1895,1525,1523,15,1530,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42617"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22960"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42617"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48898,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42617\/revisions\/48898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}