The Audio room in São Paulo has a polished and shiny wooden floor, so well cared for that it is legitimate to wonder how such a miracle happens, when it is a concert space, where people go to party and dance. Provoking this state is precisely the specialty of Roísín Murphy, queen of the dance floor for decades, as she demonstrated this Friday with one of her stunning shows in front of nearly 3,000 unconditional fans, including her own parents. A small mass bath that was part of Primavera Na Cidade and that served to taste what awaits the public on Sunday at Primavera Sound.
No one in the audience seemed to remember the inquisitorial controversies that arose days ago about some private statements by the Irish artist about hormone blockers. Last night there were only fans of Hit Parade, the latest album by Moloko's ex, who between changes of costumes seasoned with unorthodox dances put the audience in her pocket.
He didn't even need to go on stage to dominate it, it was enough for his image to appear on the large screen at the back of the stage while he was singing Simulation in the dressing room to elicit the first screams from an exultant audience. Also playing in the artist's favor was the backing band with keyboard, percussion, drums, bass and guitar, which provided a perfect rhythmic base at all times. And of course Murphy's own gifted voice, capable of withstanding everything, a gift that the Irishwoman takes advantage of to show off impossible models while she performs dances that sometimes border on the ridiculous. Because none of that matters when she puts her mouth close to the microphone and hypnotizes her audience again and again by performing songs from her extensive career.
Murphy appeared on stage dressed in a purple cape, under which she wore a green suit and a leonine mane hat. On the other side, everything was screams and cheers at every contortion, every gesture, every time the diva approached the edge of the stage and extended her hand to the audience, mostly LGBTI and the majority, immensely male, who last night enjoyed in community within a city that does not always receive them well. The São Paulo fans at times became the protagonists of the concert, either because of the camera that Murphy used to project them on the screen, or because he gave them his voice in many choruses, such as the timeless Sing It Back, which was played in a version starring the percussion that started with a drum solo.
Murphy's outfit changed to the rhythm of the music with changes of pants, skirt and hat while she wrapped herself in a boa or ended up lying on the floor hugging an inflatable doll. It was an hour and three-quarters show where the Irishwoman gave no quarter, without her voice or her energetic movements suffering for a moment while she showed off her stage dominance with explosive moments like the one she achieved in Can't replicate, dressed in a phosphorescent green suit adorned with triangular ruffles that multiplied her movements.
He did what he wanted with them, he let them kiss his bare feet and made them enjoy music that covers all the spectrums of the dance floor, from the minimalist Overpowered to the cabaret Ramalama or the seventies sound of Something more, seasoned by a powerful bass, and of course the songs from his new album, which he reviewed in depth performing Hurtz so bad, Free Will, Coocool or The Universe. After saying goodbye to the audience, she returned wrapped in gold to perform three more songs with the band in acoustic format, the last surprise of a night that ended with her signing autographs without stopping singing while they threw her a bouquet of roses from the dance floor that she took with her as a souvenir. of the symbiosis experienced between beats and contortions.
