{"id":55004,"date":"2026-10-03T12:21:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T16:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=55004"},"modified":"2026-10-03T12:21:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T16:21:56","slug":"review-glaive-with-tiffany-day-paradise-rock-club-9-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2026\/10\/03\/review-glaive-with-tiffany-day-paradise-rock-club-9-30\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: glaive with Tiffany Day @ Paradise Rock Club 9\/30"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo Credit: Ken Kohlmeier<\/span><\/p>\n

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Review by Michelle Leung<\/span><\/p>\n

A glaive and Tiffany Day concert draws two distinct crowds: girls dressed in fur boots, lace skirts, and off-the-shoulder tops, and boys rocking jeans and simple tees. On Wednesday night, these college-aged crowds piled into Boston\u2019s Paradise Rock Club, weaving as far forward as they could.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As the venue lights dimmed and pink and white lasers began to flash, Day ran onstage, jumping and gesturing for the crowd to get hype. She didn\u2019t need to, because the entire audience was absolutely raucous with shrieks and cheers already, rocking the walls at her appearance. Launching into \u201cSTART OVER,\u201d then \u201cPRETTY4U,\u201d Day jumped in a circle and threw her head from side to side. The infectious excitement moved the crowd, who treated Day\u2019s set like a miniature rave as they frat-flicked and shouted the lyrics, exhilarated. Although Day barely smiled, embracing the tumultuous sentiments of her newest album, \u201cHALO,\u201d it was clear she had entered full performance mode, with a concentrated, endless energy radiating off her.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAMERICAN GIRL\u201d was arguably one of the biggest hits of the night, as the crowd screamed in a call-and-response: \u201cBecause I\u2019m all up in my head, I\u2019m an American Girl \/ Don\u2019t-don\u2019t-don\u2019t-don\u2019t look like you yet, wanna be part of your world!\u201d A quick transition led into another smash-hit, \u201cLOOK UP,\u201d with Day ad-libbing fervently in an almost anguished manner over the pulsing, addictive beat, even sinking to her knees onstage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBOSTONNNN!\u201d She yelled emphatically, and screams rose from the mass of jumping bodies thronging together. As she transitioned into the frantic, anxious \u201cEVERYTHING I\u2019VE EVER WANTED,\u201d Day returned to a kneeling position, the action imploring the audience to immerse themselves within the song\u2019s devastating emotional trajectory. Fans were enraptured, although she didn\u2019t leave the floor until the next song. The distress on Day\u2019s face was heartbreakingly evident, and she gripped her mic like a lifeline. Finishing off with \u201cDOIT4ME,\u201d the characteristic autotune altering her voice infused another electronic layer into the electropop tracks.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0When glaive took the stage, he began slowly with R&B-infused tracks \u201cSpinning Around\u201d and \u201cUNCA \/ Composure\u201d off his newest collaborative album with kurtains. Guitar-heavy backing tracks underscored his partial transition away from the hyperpop genre, highlighting glaive\u2019s raw vocals. The crowd buzzed when songs from the 2025 album, \u201cY\u2019all,\u201d initiated a fresh wave of jumping. \u201cWe Don\u2019t Leave the House\u201d flaunted the steadiness of glaive\u2019s singing even as he remained in constant motion, bouncing from one foot to the other.<\/span><\/p>\n

A content smile lit up glaive\u2019s face as he threw off his shirt, reinvigorated by the enthusiasm surrounding him during \u201cAppalachia.\u201d He continued to jump, and everyone followed, while blue stage lights flickered dizzyingly during \u201cAsheville.\u201d Even as glaive went further back into some 2024 hits, dedicated fans eagerly yelled out every single word, clearer than ever whenever the backing track quieted. Although lesser known, he also sprinkled in songs from his experimental side project under the artist name ovine hall, including the track \u201cpardon me.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Before wrapping up with \u201cLet\u2019s Link Up and Die\u201d from \u201cGod Save the Three,\u201d glaive giddily presented snippets of two unreleased songs that will be featured in his upcoming album.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really feeling the vibes,\u201d glaive announced, and the audience howled and danced in a frenzied commotion. The night ended on a high with encore tracks \u201cThe Troubles\u201d and \u201cThe Band\u201d as the undisputed crowd-pleasers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From the moment Tiffany Day took the stage, the air was absolutely electric. Although her set ran only 30 minutes, everyone in the venue partied like she was a headliner. The indie folk that made up much of glaive\u2019s setlist set a soothing atmosphere before ramping up with dance and garage-inspired elements. And although there seemed to be an initial disparity between their audiences, fans raved with Day and shouted glaive\u2019s lyrics in tandem, stepping away with a deeper connection to hyperpop and the budding genres slowly branching out from it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo Credit: Ken Kohlmeier   Review by Michelle Leung A glaive and Tiffany Day concert draws two distinct crowds: girls dressed in fur boots, lace skirts, and off-the-shoulder tops, and boys rocking jeans and simple tees. On Wednesday night, these college-aged crowds piled into Boston\u2019s Paradise Rock Club, weaving as far forward as they could.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26292,"featured_media":55005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1525,1523,15],"tags":[327,2781,117,2690],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55004"}],"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\/26292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55006,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55004\/revisions\/55006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}