Yelle Live at Grappa's Cellar
It was a packed house at Grappa’s Cellar for Yelle’s first ever gig in Hong Kong. The crowd chanted her entry, prior to her arrival on stage, but were met instead with a robotic mop-like creature which was, of course, the pint-sized Gallic singer in disguise. She opened with S’eteint Le Soleil, off her latest album Safari Disco Club, and then shed the mop coat to reveal a fetching one-shouldered leopard print dress fit for the zoo.
Front woman Yelle, drummer Grand Marnier and keyboardist and DJ Tepr had the crowd’s heartstrings tightly pulled from the beginning, regularly interacting with the audience. Heart-shaped hands were in the air for Que Veux-Tu, and she tested the crowd’s memory during a call-and-response for Yelle’s first internet sensation Je Veux Te Voir.
After a costume change into a hot pink leopard-print and skin-tight body suit, the jam-packed audience was dancing and fist-pumping along to selections from both of Yelle’s albums. A Cause Des Garçons ended the encore, will have been a highlight for many with a crowd-crash of nearly 30-plus fans clambering up on stage. The band didn’t seem to mind though, as they each dove into the audience for a quick crowd surf before calling it a night.
A handful of fans stayed behind for a meet-and-greet with the artists, which graciously autographed album liners and posters despite being sweaty and exhausted from the fantastic performance just delivered.
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