"Tkay Maidza is one incredible young lady who has not even reached her peak yet."
Sydney three-piece Porsches entered the stage in matching Adidas outfits and launched into indie dance pop songs. The room felt like an awkward teen prom where no one wanted to start dancing, all hanging around the sides bumping their heads to the electro beats. They finished their set with Horses.
Unfortunately Command Q did not play a full set; however, Lou Harvey showed off his DJ skills during the intervals to keep the crowd going. He did a extraordinary cover of The Weeknd's Can't Feel My Face.
Willow Beats launched into Incantation, which had all in the room in a hypnotic trance with its techno rave sound. Kalyani Mumtaz has an incredible set of vocals, but sadly the set was let down by the music drowning the vocals out. Mumtaz's silhouette against the light was mesmerising to watch as she danced and sang to Blue, Chess, Alchemy and Merewif.
LK McKay got the crowd jumping and pumping with his remix of DJ Sammy's Heaven. He had mad DJ skills that kept the crowd happy with favourites Crank That by Soulja Boy, Spice Girls' Wannabe and Lorde's Royals.
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With Capitol full of rave-ready bodies, the anticipation grew until the lights went out and screams of excitement filled the room. Tkay Maidza graced the stage dressed head to toe in a white, with the word 'Rich' written across her jumper. Even before she dove into Swick & Lewis Cancut's Arm Up the crowd was going crazy.
U-Huh's catchy lyrics, "Chitty bang bang, chitty bang bang," got the crowd dancing to the hip hop beats. We grinded to Switch Lanes' tropical garage sound while Brontosaurus was stompin', sending the room into a rap-rave where everyone and everything was moving, even the floor. Then the techno took over in Imprint and They Say before the drum and bass hit in Finish Them. The only disappointment of the performance was the music being louder than Maidza's vocals, making it hard at times to hear her lyrics.
The 45-minute set came to a finish with crowd favourite M.O.B., the room erupting into a wave of jumping bodies and hands in the hair. Maidza thanked us before taking tour photos with the crowd; nobody wanted the set to end, and all cried for an encore. Tkay Maidza is one incredible young lady who has not even reached her peak yet.