There are nights when you go to a concert and there are nights when you are embraced by a whole world. Emma Sehested Høeg's performance in the DR Koncerthuset was her last. A performance, a show, a concert — and something reminiscent of a conversation with someone who dares to say everything you think only in the shower.
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Disclaimer: Apropos Magazine received access or a review copy. As always, we share our own impressions — unfiltered.
Six stars
Emma enters the scene with the same mix of charm, heaviness and fragility that has made her unique in the Danish cultural landscape. Not just a singer. Not just a performer. A condition. A presence.
Featuring songs from her debut album “I know all the words, but I can't say goodbye.” she takes us on a trip through breakup ballads, existential crises and hopeful moments where the light hits a little crooked but still warm. She sings as if every phrase could be the last. And the audience listens as if it were the first time they understood themselves.
The music is jazzy, popped, cheesy -- but always rooted in something deeply human. When Emma Sings “I don't miss you, I miss you”, it is stuck in the body as an echo of something you yourself once felt, but never got articulated.
She talks between the numbers. Little monologues. Funny, quirky, serious. A kind of stand-up with heartbleed and kitchen-sink realism. The audience laughs. Some are crying. No one is looking away.
The light follows her like a dancer. The band -- precise and laid-back -- carries her as a soft backdrop, where it's clear who's at the center, without it becoming a solo circus. It's a collective feeling, as if we all, just for one night, agreed on something important.
Reflection
Emma Sehested Høeg is not embarking on a career. She's in the throes of a movement. A move away from the polished and towards the real. DR Koncerthuset was transformed for a while into a space where we all had to be present — without irony, without filter.
It wasn't just a concert. It was an emotion-political demonstration in moles. And we all wanted to sign.
5 out of 5 Apropos stars. For the music. For the courage. And to make us soft without calling it weakness.
