Sky Ferreira at The Queen in Wilmington DE
by Will on 9/21/23Rating: 5 out of 5When I had saw Sky announce her summer tour dates and a random notification alarming me, she would be in Wilmington, I was ecstatic. I became a fan of Sky during quarantine and learned more about this long-awaited sophomore album in the process. So, the unknowingness of when this next project gets released it would be good time to see her because when would this opportunity come again.
I arrived just a little after doors had opened and secured my spot on the floor, 2 rows of people away from barricade (which is really good). Now before I get into before Sky comes on and the show itself, I did attempt to get merchandise, which there being a long sleeve shirt and a short sleeve shirt with cool designs to promote Sky's next record, but sadly they had told me that they had received a suitcase full of merchandise that was left from the previous night. Which based on some sleuthing the sizes ranged from small to large. Obviously, Sky does not have the financial support to be popping out tons of merchandise, but the size could have ranged bigger.
Nonetheless the show, doors open at 7pm and Sky comes on around 9:30ish maybe even later, no opener. Which the previous show had a DJ set as an opener, so I didn't fully mind the lack of an opener at my show. Sky comes on and some technical difficulty happening before she even starts but gets solved in under a minute. Show runs smoothly with some hiccups like just needing to restart the song. The mixing sounded good at times there were some audio issues but overall, you could hear her throughout the whole set. The show is very minimal, some colored lighting is all at this venue in specific.
Some reviews of Sky's shows on Ticketmaster claim she seemed out of it and not much fan interaction, which I can gladly say that was not the case at my show. She interacted with us between almost every song. I made eye contact with her a good couple of times during the show which first I doubted, but someone I had befriended at the show said she was making eye contact with me. Then when she popped her sunglasses off once in a while it confirmed to me, she did make eye contact with me.
And I met her very briefly while she was leaving the venue, but her team was rushing her to get to the next city, New York, but it seemed she wanted to interact with fans that waited.
Sky's shows are very dependent on crowd energy for how Sky will interact. The audience in Wilmington seemed very there for Sky, not just because it was a cheap show. There were fans who have been long term and newer fans like me. Fans sang almost the entire set with the exception of unreleased Masochism tracks, her official released Masochism tracks, and the covers. Which was weird with the official released Masochism tracks, but nonetheless, it seemed like Sky didn't care too much about that and still enjoyed herself and warmed up over the course of the opening track of the tour, Boys.
I'm personally seeing her again on the winter tour in December, which I am so excited for and will be getting barricade this time! If you love Sky, flaws and all, you will love the show. Sky obviously has struggles like everyone else and it seems like it can get in the way of her performances, but we can hope she has a good support system around her and continue supporting her instead of just demanding for her to release things to boost her career when it's important she is in a good space to be creative and full of energy in her own way.