On This Day-2018 Noah Cyrus Concert

 

I’ve often mentioned my thrills with the “first family of music,” the Cyrus family, namely Miley, Billy Ray and even Miley’s older Half-Brother Trace opening for her back in 2009.  Now, I’d like to touch on a stripped-down show on 10/22/2018 at the Neptune Theater in Seattle.  Miley’s youngest sister, Noah Lindsey Cyrus was on a tour celebrating her first EP and chose to perform a set of singles and various songs at the Neptune Theater in the U District in Seattle.  This location is special to my family, as my brother saw Iron Man there when it was a movie theater back in 2008, starting an over-10-year cinematic universe journey.

 

Something unusual right off the bat was that Noah wore sweat pants and a tasteful lacy top.  In these days, Pop stars often take flak for what they are/aren’t wearing and she looked ready to host a sleepover, so I wouldn’t imagine many parents would’ve balked at her wardrobe.  She delivers good acoustic pop music and soulful R&B music and has been through a lot for someone just over 20 at this point in time, one of her collaborators, XXXtentacion, was murdered and Hollywood seems to have given her symptoms of, if not full-blown, depression.  However, she counter balances this by releasing songs like “I’m Stuck” (an upbeat country-pop number), the soft and sweet ballad “Almost Famous” or a cover of Stevie Wonder’s “For Once In My Life.”

 

Nonetheless, she was adorable and confident on stage, she even looked a little like Ruby Rose of the hit web series RWBY (it was her haircut and the fact her hair was all black, mostly), and she sang songs like “Topanga” and “Punches” with confidence.  Another special thing was visiting the Japanese manga and anime store by the bus station the next day and seeing one of her first roles, Ponyo, on BluRay prominently displayed among the Miyazaki titles.  Sadly, on that evening, that day, 10/23, became famous for more bitter and difficult reasons, but that’s a story for tomorrow.