Detroit loves Faye Webster
Article written and photos by Jordyn Ward
For the first time since 2021 Faye Webster brought her summer tour through Michigan making a stop in Royal Oak at the Royal Oak Music Theatre, it is an understatement to say that all of Michigan made their way over to this show. The surge in Faye’s popularity in the public eye since the last time she made an appearance in the Detroit area was exponential leading to a sold out and majorly packed house at this show. Along with the quantity of bodies, energy and heat in the room came the obvious health and safety issues and even in the midst of these problems arising props to Faye, the wonderful security team at the Royal Oak music theatre and supporting act Julie and the way they quickly assessed the situation and with poise handled it efficiently and with great love and care for concert goers.
On the topic of opening band Julie, this band along with handling the adversity thrown at them at this show from fans passing out and a literal amplifier catching on fire towards the end of their set with class and still managing to absolutely tear off the roof of this theatre with their heavy indie alt rock sound. This Grunge/NuGaze band from Orange County, California has made a swift rise in the past year in the alt rock community going on a european tour, new single “Clairborne practice” making waves and tagging along with Faye Webster on this recent tour. This band's vivacity and musical prowess truly shone at this show with their ability to get a young and tame crowd genuinely rocking out. Make sure you hop on this train because the next stop for this group is stardom.
As the light dims for the headline act we are greeted by a Minions led intro to “but not kiss” and out comes Atlanta bred artist Faye Webster and the crowd goes insane expressing their fandom in decibels. With an intricate and engaging set design incorporating elements adhering to the theme of her most recent album Underdressed at the symphony the stage setup included a giant set of washing machines and an assortment of other laundry related items alluding to the album art for this album. As the night continued concert goers were taken on a trip through Faye’s quaint but powerfully complex musical catalog with songs from her most recent album aforementioned like “lego ring” one of the singles released in the campaign leading up to the album release featuring lifelong friend and musical force in his own right Lil Yachty and older work such as “ a dream with a baseball player” from her album i know im funny haha and crowd favorite and hit song “johnny” along with “johnny (reprise)” a heart wrenching poem following the same musical backing as the song before it from her album atlanta millionaires club and from that same album “right side of my neck” which was accompanied by one of the most fun forms of pyrotechnics, bubbles. And capped the night off with the song that launched Faye into the mass public eye “Kingston”, blowing up on no other than the world's newest and quickest catalyst for the stars of this generation's swift rise to fame. With slight deviations from the record form of songs as expected from an artist of her musical stature and a band with decades of experience between them performing and putting on unforgettable shows for fans to witness. This show is an unforgettable experience that you won't want to miss.
