To say that I had the time of my life was basically an understatement. I had used my own money to buy myself front row seats for the first time ever. I’ve had second row before but it honestly doesn’t compare to first. It was definitely an experience I will never forget. Being that close and personal to an artist is like a dream come true for me and I love Alessia with all my heart so it was definitely one of the best nights of my life by far. And now I can check off being front row at a concert on my bucket list off since it has been on my bucket list for as long as I could remember.

Well, let’s start from the beginning, the day of. I’ve been waiting for this day ever since I had gotten these tickets and I spent a lot on them, honestly. ($275 each but who cares. It’s the fun the matters.) My Aunt and I had arrived at the venue earlier than they thought I would and we got there a little bit before six. The doors would be opening at six thirty since the show was starting an hour later at seven thirty. They told us to enter through the side entrance, which I thought was weird since that’s what they made my Mom and I do when we went to see Meghan Trainor. I don’t know what there reason behind it is but I guess it’s more space to lead people in since the front entrance is very small place for thousands of people to stand.

I wanted to get to my seats as soon as possible because I really wanted to see what front row seats were actually like in real life. The staff and people working at radio city are very nice and I’ve always liked going to radio city because of how the staff treats people there as nice as they could possibly be. When we got to the pit area by the front of the stage, I was freaking out and the lady that was escorting us to our seats told us the rules and regulations about being in the pit and how to use no flash on any cellphones or cameras, which I already knew of course.

Our view was incredible and it was so awesome to have a view where no one tall is standing in front of you (since I am incredibly short) and the only person to have standing in front of you is the artist. It was so awesome since I could actually touch the stage and be close to one of my favorite singers, Alessia Cara. Also, this is what being in front row is actually like:

Last minute also, Alessia added another opening act instead of their being two so it took her a little bit longer to get onto the stage. But the first opening act, which she added last minute was Sebastian Kole and I have to say I was really impressed with him even though he only had sung two or three songs and one of them being a cover. But he was a really soulful singer and you can see it in him when he performs. My Aunt really liked him and he almost reminded us of Marvin Gaye and he was really touched that we compared him to Marvin at the end of the show (which I’ll talk about later haha.)

The next artist that came on a little while after was Nathan Sykes and I was actually kind of excited to see him live for the first time. I was never really a fan of The Wanted, the previous band he was in before he went solo (with their rivalry with One Direction and all) but I was pretty impressed by him too, honestly! I was listening to some of his solo songs that were on Spotify while I was in the car on the way there and I only knew two and really liked one of the songs I knew of his. I was also really hoping he would be performing Over and Over (his duet with Ariana Grande) even though it was performed as a solo on piano, I really loved it because I just love that song so much. I also did like one of his newer songs, Give It Up and it’s good acoustic as well as it is with the studio version. And I honestly wasn’t expecting such a deepish/slightly soulful singing voice from coming out such a slim boy. He sang about fourish songs before he went off and they started setting up for the next artist.

The next artist to come on was Ruth B and I have never even heard of her until this tour. She definitely did sing a lot more songs than Sebastian and Nathan did. I think she sang at least 8. I didn’t mind though since she was really talented and wrote her own songs, played piano (like Nathan did) and she said she was a singer/songwriter. One of the songs I really liked from hers that everyone else seemed to know, not including me of course, the words to her song called Lost Boy.

Also, I posted a video of her that I took on instagram and it is my most liked and viewed instagram video I ever posted. Fact: It even has more views than my video of Rihanna performing at the VMA’s which is slightly insane to me.

Once she went off the stage, I was still freaking out over the fact that I was going to be so close to Alessia. Also, earlier during the day (or the day before, I don’t really remember), I had written a letter to Alessia and I had kept it in my shoulder bag that I was wearing and I was debating on when to actually be able to give it to her since I was so close I could actually hand it to her in person.

It wasn’t until 9:05 or so when the lights went out and Alessia was about to come on. The set up and lights were so awesome and the intro was just really freaking cool. Now being in front row, I could understand why artists always sweat on stage, besides dancing and moving around so much and it’s because those lights were so damn hot. Even I was sweating since the lights on stage were facing me a lot. There was also a spotlight on her constantly and I can actually see her sweating a few songs into her set.

I also loved Alessia’s outfit cause she is such a tomboy which I really like about her because I am somewhat tomboyish as well. I was never a girly girl myself so I know where she is coming from.

She opened up her set with one of my favorite songs by her which is called I’m Yours. it is also one of the top five most listened songs to her on her Spotify (fyi lol). Alessia came out wearing a long sleeved but rolled up jean jacket with black pants and sneakers. The jean jacket was designed of course but nothing to crazy.

One of my favorite songs live definitely had to be Four Pink Walls (cause she waved at me), Seventeen (cause she waved at me again), Here (because she added a new verse which was sick) and Scares To Your Beautiful and My Song (for a reason which I’ll talk about later.

One of my favorite parts of the show was when she played the drums during Wild Things (her third song on the set). The show itself was very entertaining and Alessia has an amazing voice. Then during one of her songs, Stone, she has a duet with a female singer but when she sang it live, she brought out Sebastian Kole, one of her opening acts and they were actually really good together. Sebastian’s new EP is out, I think so I definitely recommend checking it out. Below is the video I took of the both of them singing together. I didn’t really get much since I wanted to enjoy the song live but here’s what I got :).

Then after that song, she sang a cover of Troye Sivan’s song, Wild. For those of you who don’t know, she sang a duet with him after it was just his song originally. I honestly like both versions but just her singing the whole song by herself was so awesome. Below is the video I took of her cover of the song.

During one of her songs, Scars To Your Beautiful, they played a video of a girl who wrote a poem or something like that that she spoke about in a video about being brave and being confident about your body image. She had a contest on her website for people to submit videos and become a VIP at her show in New York. I think it was only for the New York show and then she started to sing Scars To Your Beautiful. It was pretty awesome and one of my favorite songs live of the night besides Overdose.

Another one of my favorite songs live was Here, which was the second to last song on the set. She had written a new verse for the song and added it to the live version of the song and it was sick. I hope by the end of the tour, she releases the song again but with the new verse because it just made the song even better.

Then when she went off the stage, we held up these sings that these girls handed out to people that we’re waiting online before they let us into the venue saying “Our Song Will Carry On” since the last song was called My Song. When she went back onto the stage, she started crying when she saw the signs.

A little bit near when she sang the last song, I said to myself “This is my last chance to give the letter to Alessia.” So at the last note of the song, I shouted her name and held my arm up with the letter in my hand. AND SHE ACTUALLY TOOK IT! Not many artist do that when your in front row and I was so happy that she did and I actually got it on video! I didn’t really get her grabbing my note but I have her holding my note until she went off the stage and it was one of the coolest moments I’ve ever experienced! Then at the very end of the show, she went from one side of the stage to the other and touched everybody’s hand, including mine! It was such an awesome concert that I will never forget, especially experiencing front row for the first time!

Also a video below, is a quick video of the project before she came on for the last song. 🙂

If you haven’t heard of Alessia before this post, definitely check her out because you won’t regret it! If Alessia is coming to a town near you, I definitely recommend going to one of her concerts, even if you don’t know her music that well. She is amazing and has one of the greatest voices of our generation. I might be over exaggerating but she’s so down to earth and is one of the nicest celebrities out there.

If you have heard of her, what is your favorite song/songs of hers? Have you ever met her? Then what was it like? Have you ever seen her live? Tell us in the comments below and let me know! 🙂

–Zoe ❤