#FOMO Report: Amine’s ‘Tour For You’ Hits Los Angeles
Tonight. The long-awaited, highly-anticipated Aminé show at The NOVO in downtown LA. All too familiar territory, I couldn’t miss this one. Aminé is the definition of an artist who proved to the world he’s not a one-hit wonder. “Caroline” had everyone asking who this guy was. Homeboy hails from Portland, Oregon, which (to me) is so fitting to his personality. Read more…
I remember seeing him perform at The Echo just as he was popping off. I went into that show still fucking up his name (I could not stop calling him anime). He ended up bringing out Madeintyo and Kehlani that night. We were shocked. Fast forward to today, and he’s got Issa Rae in his “Spice Girl” music video. Too lit.
His 9:30pm set time soon turned into 10pm, which gave me anxiety because I had so much work to do. Today was one of those 14+ hours days. But luckily I was in good company. Shout out to Asha and Jarrett for the good vibes. Jarrett actually pointed out Issa Rae in the VIP section and I had to say hi. Don’t think there’s a single soul on earth that can discredit that woman. While she’s the star of Insecure, she’s just as amazing IRL.
We were all so ready for Aminé to come out. This tour is in light of his debut album Good For You, which I have nothing but praise for. Every single song is great. Aminé is great.
.@heyamine opening his show in LA with “Baba” 👏🏾👏🏾 pic.twitter.com/Ol9MxEz59L
— Power 106 (@Power106LA) November 17, 2017
The curtain finally draws back, revealing a super cute stage with the words “Good For You” in the backdrop. Shout out to the full band on stage also, killing it. The show is intro-ed by a voice in the speakers laying down the ground rules. I didn’t have the attention span to decipher each one, but I think they all translated to “have a great time” lmao. He starts the show off with an explosive “Baba,” which is his second single off Republic Records.
Speaking of, huge thanks to Matt for allowing me to cover. He’s the best. “Baba” means daddy in Amharic/Arabic. The crowd loved it.
.@heyamine covering TLC’s “No Scrubs” 🙌🏾 pic.twitter.com/hg0BP7xSpO
— Power 106 (@Power106LA) November 17, 2017
“Veggies” featuring Ty Dolla $ign was next, the intro track to Good For You. At this point, I look up at the balcony to see every single seat filled. Aminé successfully sold this bitch out. Always makes me so happy to see. No one was ready for him to cover TLC’s “No Scrubs” next. No one. And let’s not forget his outfit. Homeboy is a character, which was also reflected in the red face paint across his eyes. His extremely loud outfit included his tour pants, where he adds a patch for each city he’s in. LA was one of the last stops.
.@heyamine performing “heebiejeebies” ft. #kehlani ❤️ s/o @Jahaansweet pic.twitter.com/o2bv5rL7MM
— Shirley Ju (@shirju) November 17, 2017
Next was “Heebiejeebies” featuring Kehlani, the closing track on the album. Any feature with Kehlani catches my eye, so this is without a question became one of my favorites. He also shouted out the producer, Jahaan Sweet, in the building (Yay areaaaaa). Next, Aminé asked how many in the room couldn’t pronounce his name in the beginning, in which everybody’s hand shot up. I loved that. Loved that he could address the elephant in the room.
He then asks for respect, smoothly transitioning into “Hero.” This had everybody singing along. Next was “STFU,” which had everybody chanting “Shut the fuck up!”
.@heyamine performed “slide” & admit he used to be a fuckboy 😂 pic.twitter.com/cIey9FDyYq
— Power 106 (@Power106LA) November 17, 2017
“Yellow” featuring Nelly was the first full-length video I took, but had to delete due to my storage being full. SMH. Top 10 worst feelings in the world. Aminé slowed it down with “Sundays” and “Dakota.” In this moment, I couldn’t help but notice how theatrical he was. His stage presence was perfect and went hand in hand with his entire brand.
“Beach Boy” was next, in which he shouts out Cali and all the beautiful beaches that come with it. “Slide” was epic. He full-on admits he used to be a fuckboy. Was low key proud I caught that moment in the 15-second IG story.
REDMERCEDES 🔥🔥 @heyamine pic.twitter.com/2FRhZ5Q0Gg
— Power 106 (@Power106LA) November 17, 2017
“Turf,” “Blinds,” and “Money.” Every song somehow sounded better than the next. But this was the peak for me: “REDMERCEDES.” Banger alert! This beat slaps so hard.
bro @heyamine was going so hyphy on stage to “redmercedes” coulda sworn he was from the bay 👐🏾 pic.twitter.com/WWSTZT745c
— Shirley Ju (@shirju) November 17, 2017
I dead ass felt like Aminé was from the Bay in this moment. He was going stupid, dumb, hyphy. So epic. Next, he brought everyone’s attention to his tour pants, in which he asked one person from the crowd to come on stage and write on the patch for Los Angeles. This took a little bit of time, but it was extremely interactive with the fans. A kid in a Lonzo Ball Lakers jersey eventually hops up there to write “Fuck LA traffic,” although “Kobe” was a close call.
Things got a little controversial up there and I couldn’t keep up. But I also didn’t try too hard.
dancing to “spice girl” by @heyamine right next to @IssaRae tonight was low key everything ❤️ pic.twitter.com/RO846DDMSG
— Shirley Ju (@shirju) November 17, 2017
“Wedding Crashers” featuring Offset is probably everyone’s favorite. “Spice Girl” was a full-blown party. Do yourself a favor and peep the music video. It’s seriously unlike anything you’ve ever seen (almost at 10 million views). Dancing right in front of Issa Rae had us living life. Pure bliss.
.@heyamine literally played us Spice Girls tonight 😩🙌🏾 pic.twitter.com/9AKyL3IQsA
— Power 106 (@Power106LA) November 17, 2017
And then he takes it further by throwing it back with the real Spice Girls. I was done.
“Caroline” closed out the evening on the highest note. He had everyone take out their cell phones for this one. It was the definition of lit. So lit, he played it again for an encore.
After tonight @heyamine has to be added to my list “10 best performers I’ve seen this year” list. Too much sauce. S/o @shirju for the experience. 🙏🏽
— A y y é M o n é (@AshaMone) November 17, 2017
RT.
-Shirley Ju
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