When the rest of Toronto was snowed in, eastside concert venue HISTORY was bustling with Mahalia fans last weekend.
The U.K. singer began her Mahalia in Real Life: North America Tour in February, touching down in Toronto as one of her last stops.
Mahalia and her opener Alicia Creti brought the same energy as if it was their opening night, bringing both tears of joy and healing amongst the crowd.
Torontonians were shimmying and nodding their heads when Mahalia performed hit songs “Simmer” featuring Burna Boy, “In My Bag”, and “What You Did” featuring Ella Mai.
Cret shared original piano tunes and a ranging vibrato, enchanting everyone in the crowd.
Twenty-five-year-old Mahalia plucked Creti from Montreal after moving to L.A. Creti spoke on stage about how hard it was for her to leave her family, especially her brother who has autism.
Mahalia swooped in for an hour-long set mixed with humble showmanship, classic R&B jams, and popular songs highlighted in Mahalia’s Complete Playlist on Spotify.
In between songs, Mahalia spoke directly to the crowd and invited her live guitarists and drum mates to join alongside her. “Acting is reacting,” she shared after saying her guitarist always gives great advice.
The singer songwriter has over two million monthly listeners on Spotify at the moment.
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During her set, Mahalia addressed that she’s now an “unproblematic girl” but wrote songs about her ex back when she was a “problematic girl.”
Shortly after, Mahalia pushed her microphone out to the audience, teaching them a little sing-along. Everyone roared out as she performed a call back and forth.
Both in her songs and on social media, Mahalia has been known to undeniably show up as her full self. She frequently promotes body neutrality and posts unedited photos.
