“This is so overwhelming and beautiful…” Two songs into her show at Brixton Academy, Lola Young took a moment to address the crowd. “There was a point when I was suffering… and I thought ‘There’s no way people are going to buy tickets again. I’ve let them down.’”
Young has certainly been through a lot in her short career. She was in rehab when her biggest hit took off and she’s only recently started to play live again after collapsing on stage in New York last year which led to her cancelling her 2025 tour to recover. But she needn’t have worried about being forgotten by her fans - this is the first of two sold out shows at a sweltering Brixton Academy and the worshipping crowd are vociferous in their adoration. She gets a hero’s welcome. They chant her name as she comes on the stage and sing back every word of these songs about owning your poor decisions and dealing with your struggles.
