Tei Shi grew up between Colombia and Canada. On stage alone, she dances and sings in both English and Spanish along to her preproduced tracks. Her last headlining show in Chicago was last year on April 16th.
Midway into the set, she sings “BAD PREMONITION” from this year’s new album, Valerie. “ It’s a bad premonition and it’s coming true / What to do? Can you just give me a sign? “ And for once can I be in the right place at the right time?” It’s a great pop song with a great groove and gets the audience dancing.
She ends the set with “When He’s Done”. “Cause when he’s done / He’ll have taken every little bit of my heart / That’s how it starts / And when he’s gone / He’ll take the words I wrote and throw them away / That’s what they say.” This track is such a great slow groove that truly showcases her excellent vocals.
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In the encore, she sings “OK crazy” from her 2020 album, Die 4 Ur Love. “All I ever wanted was to make u happy /All I ever really wanted was you under me / Though your feeling like your living in a nightmare / It might be a daydream.” She really belts this one out in a truly emotional performance.
Tei Shi ends the night with her biggest hit, “Bassically”, from her 2015 debut, Verde. It has over 21 million streams on Spotify. She dances all over the stage in this great finale.
See the full setlist here.
Cost of a ticket: $25
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