All glitz and glamour: Lu Kala
Collage photo by me: Before the show, During, and
Special moment with Lene and Soren on stage
Continuing their Canadian Tour, it was a full out 90’s dance party with Danish-Norwegian euro-pop band Aqua at Caesars Windsor.
Opening up was a Congolese-Canadian singer artist I had never heard of before named Lu Kala. If I’m going to be honest, this was a strange choice when I had seen that 90’s bands like Bran Van 3000 and even singer Simone Denny from Love Inc were Aqua’s openers before, which really fit the vibe of the show and homage to the 90’s era. Still I was open to something new.
Stepping onto the stage, Lu Kala was anything but subtle showing off her glamour, complete with bright flowing orange hair. Kala’s voice at times throughout her perfomance reminded me a bit of Meghan Trainer and even Adele. She had a powerful voice and oozed feminine energy/empowerment with songs like Lottery Pretty Girl Era and Hotter Now. Those were definitely catchy and pop-ish. One song really struck me though called Nothing But Love. Kala poured her soul into it and I could just feel the chills. She won me over with that one.
With a short intermission, Aqua was up next. With non-stop energy, René Dif and Lene Nostrøm were bop bop bopping on and off the stage featuring so many of their chart-topping hits like Barbie Girl, Doctor Jones, Roses are Red and many more that filled my 90’s heart with nostalgic glee. One cannot forget musician, Søren Rasted’s with his multi-talents of singing and rockin’ out on the keyboards. The music overall stepped a bit away from the high-pitched sweet pop sounds to more edgier rock anthems and Lene’s vocals roared with passion in every note.
Highlights:
👉A beautifully simple version of Aquarius showing the raw and vulnerable side of Lene with Soren matching her tone on piano.
👉René's intermission dj-set and rapping skills – unbelievable performance.
👉Calling You – One of my favourites that I played all the time on my cd player back in the day! It sounded even better live.
👉Turn Back Time – stripped down to the very core with one of my favourite lines of lyrics: “If only I could say what I still hide”.
👉The lighting and stage visuals were really colourful and eye-catching, if not at times a little blinding.
👉René's energy was wild. He was completely enthralled with jumping out into the audience with every opportunity he could. It was also funny to see Lene climb up onto the shoulders of a security guy while continuing to sing to the crowd.
Overall, this was the most fun I’ve had with my husband at a concert in a while especially one that hit the 90’s vibe so heavily with nothing but happy boys and girls all around us.
💜Band's Official Site: Aqua
💜IG: Lu Kal
💜Check out all the great shows coming up at Caesars Windsor
*I received complimentary tickets to this show from Caesars Windsor - all opinions are my own!
