We first started talking with about a Tiny Desk concert more than a year ago, back when she began releasing the three EPs that would make up her stunning debut album Twenty Something. By the time we finally got her in the office, she showed up ready to make it count, with a carefully arranged setlist she delivered in an impossible-to-miss, bright red, leather suit, backed by an incredible band.
Springsteen鈥檚 set featured multiple surprises, including a version of the Ti毛sto song 鈥淗ot Honey鈥� (a track she guested on when Ti毛sto released it last month). She also performed a brand new song we鈥檙e premiering called 鈥渇eels good,鈥� a twisted tale about flirting with death, going to extremes and self-sabotage.
Springsteen also included a slow-burning version of 鈥済host in my guitar,鈥� swapping the electric guitar performed by Chris Stapleton on her album for a cello, before closing with a stripped-down version of the title cut to Twenty Something, a deeply moving coming-of-age song that left a lot of us at the office in tears.
SET LIST
- 鈥済host in my guitar鈥�
- 鈥淗ot Honey鈥�
- 鈥渇eels good鈥�
- 鈥渢wenty something鈥�
MUSICIANS
- Alana Springsteen: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
- Alec Parrish: drums, vocals
- Josh Beatty: lead guitar, acoustic guitar
- Gideon Klein: steel guitar, cello
- Daniel Cooper: piano, guitar, vocals
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Robin Hilton
- Director/Editor: Kara Frame
- Audio Technical Director: Neil Tevault
- Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
- Videographers: Kara Frame, Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Grace Raver
- Audio Engineer: Valentina Rodriguez Sanchez
- Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer
- Photographer: Sofia Seidel
- Tiny Desk Copy Editor: Hazel Cills
- Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
- VP, Visuals and 老夫子传媒: Keith Jenkins
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