Reneé Rapp @ The Fillmore - Philadelphia
October 24th 2023: Renee Rapp, Alexander 23, Towa Bird @ The Fillmore - Philadelphia, PA
Reneé Rapp - Photos Courtesy of Carolyn Lederach
Reneé Rapp continued her debut tour through Philadelphia’s The Fillmore on October 24th, performing to a sold-out crowd. In support of her incredible debut album Snow Angel, it was also fitting to have a co-writer and producer of the album, Alexander 23 opening the show (along with the equally incredible Towa Bird). Rapp ran through the entirety of her album (broken up by season), giving a positively flawless and fun show. For this being her first tour, you really couldn’t tell. She came out commanding the stage and really forming a great rapport with her fans.
The special touch to this show for me was also having Alexander 23 open the show. On top of having his own catalog of bops, he’s also contributed to a lot of other great albums over the last few years (like Olivia Rodrigo, mxmtoon, Tate McRae to name a few)
Setlist
Talk Too Much
Poison Poison
Willow
Bruises
Colorado
Pretty Girls
23
Tummy Hurts (with Towa Bird)
I Hate Boston
So What Now
Tattoos
Too Well
Gemini Moon
The Wedding Song
I Wish (with Alexander 23)
In the Kitchen
Encore:
Snow Angel
Alexander23
Towa Bird
Alexander 23 @ The Foundry - Philadelphia, PA
Photos courtesy of Carolyn Lederach | October 9th
It’s been an interesting few years for Alexander 23. I for one was super excited to finally catch one of his live shows. If his internet presence is any indication of what his shows might be like, it’s bound to be a good time.
About this time last year, we saw the rise of his lockdown love song “IDK You Yet”, which is now up to about 300 million streams. He’s also been busy not only working on his own sad bops, but also working with artists like Olivia Rodrigo, Quinn XCII, and Jeremy Zucker.
You can tell from the joy on all the fans’ faces everyone else was also beyond excited to see Alexander live. With neon sign in tow the show in the small Foundry walls became a fun sing-a-long that makes me look forward to seeing Alexander live in larger rooms in the near future.