{"id":38849,"date":"2019-10-07T15:05:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T20:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=38849"},"modified":"2019-10-07T15:05:18","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T20:05:18","slug":"win-a-pair-of-alessia-cara-tickets-for-the-pains-of-growing-tour-at-rosemont-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=38849","title":{"rendered":"Win A Pair Of Alessia Cara Tickets For ‘The Pains Of Growing Tour At Rosemont Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have two tickets to the upcoming Alessia Cara ‘The Pains Of Growing Tour At Rosemont Theatre on October 30th. Like, share and follow us to win. (Winner announced via social media on or before October 29th, 2019)<\/p>\n

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\u201cThree years before I performed on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, I visited NBC Studios with my high school drama club. We toured the Tonight Show set. I remember the guide not letting me touch Jimmy\u2019s desk. So I ran to his monologue mark \u2013the little X he stands on when he delivers the monologue\u2013 and told myself \u2018I\u2019m going to be here one day.\u2019 I shared this story with Jimmy when I first performed on his show. He walked me to the monologue mark and said, \u2018Alessia, you\u2019ve made it.\u2019 It proved to me that all of my dreams are valid.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For once, Alessia Cara\u2019s voice betrays her; it breaks in the anecdote\u2019s retelling. And why not? The unassuming 20-year-old from Brampton, Ontario has captured the hearts and minds of listeners worldwide: four JUNO [Canadian Music Award] nominations in 2016, including a win for Breakthrough Artist of the Year; a tour with Coldplay; a performance with Taylor Swift after which Taylor proclaimed herself an Alessia fan; the cover of Billboard Magazine\u2019s Grammy issue; a 2016 AMA nomination for New Artist of the Year.<\/p>\n

From drama club to the inner circle. From yearbooks to year-end Best Of lists. From wide-eyed high-schooler to blushing ing\u00e9nue to reimagined pop star.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s kind of ironic,\u201d Alessia waxes, hours before she takes the stage at New York\u2019s iconic Radio City Music Hall\u2014a stop on her Know-It-All: Part 2 tour. \u201cMy pride in not having a brand has become my brand.\u201d Indeed, Alessia has found the most precious of spaces, the thing many artists agitate for their entire careers: a niche. She is, by her own admission, \u201ca regular person who makes songs. There\u2019s nothing glamorous about me.\u201d Relatability has become her calling card, first imprinted by the improbable smash single, \u201cHere.\u201d<\/p>\n

The musings of a disenchanted teenage partygoer who longs not for popularity but for the couch and comfy clothes, \u201cHere\u201d struck a chord with fans delighted to see a kindred spirit elevated to star. On the song\u2019s genesis and the ethos of her debut album, Know-It-All: \u201cAs an unknown, I didn\u2019t know what to expect. All I had to go on was A) my gut instinct and B) how I wanted to be represented. \u2018Here\u2019 showed my perspective and personality and I was comfortable with the song speaking for me. I would rather completely fail and be myself than succeed and be someone I hate. The album title was tongue-in-cheek. Just my stubborn self speaking on what I presume to know about the world; that doesn\u2019t necessarily make it true. So I never thought so many different people, of all ages and backgrounds and situations, would relate to my music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Relate they have. Alessia recounts that a listener approached her at a radio station meet-and-greet and confided in her that she, the listener, would be coming out of the closet. Further, it was Alessia\u2019s music that had given her the courage to embrace her true self. This girl had yet to share the news even with her family; Alessia was the first to know. Alessia Cara is registering a lot of firsts.<\/p>\n

The fan had been moved by \u201cScars to Your Beautiful,\u201d Alessia\u2019s gut-wrenching take on female identity, on body image, on deleterious behaviors in the name of beauty. Alessia walks listeners through heartache but concludes with strains of promise: \u201cSo to all the girls that\u2019s hurting\/ Let me be your mirror, help you see a little bit clearer\u201d and the touching refrain: \u201cThere\u2019s a hope that\u2019s waiting for you in the dark \/ You should know you\u2019re beautiful just the way you are.\u201d<\/p>\n

The words arrive with a poise and poignancy that belie her years. And they soar over a rousing drum track, one which Alessia thumps out during her live show. In fact, the lyrics have transcended the liner notes to become manifesto. Alessia has partnered with I AM THAT GIRL, a national initiative to empower young women. \u201cScars to Your Beautiful\u201d serves as IATG\u2019s anthem and also underpins the organization\u2019s curriculum: five talking points, each culled from a song lyric, aim to bring women together in a community of self-love.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe timing is perfect to spearhead to such an important movement,\u201d Alessia states emphatically. \u201cI\u2019ve never set out to be a cause, but it\u2019s been a label applied to me because I\u2019m a girl who believes in a lot and has a lot to say. And IATG really hits close to home. Lately, I\u2019ve been getting flak for how I look and how I dress. What\u2019s most frustrating is that many of these comments come from other women. It speaks to how brainwashed we all are and just how much of a need there is for these kinds of conversations. I\u2019m pushing this idea of being yourself; who cares what shoes I have on? How does that affect how talented I am? Capable I am? Smart I am? The art I make? If you can listen to me and enjoy what I do without worrying about how I look, then maybe we all need to recalibrate our expectations. It\u2019s not about being easy on the eyes. It\u2019s about being smart and ambitious and thought-provoking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alessia Cara has certainly given us reason to think but also cause to rejoice. Having crisscrossed Europe, she\u2019s currently making America\u2019s stages her pulpit on the Know It All: Part 2 tour, her brainchild: \u201cI\u2019m so proud of this tour. I conceptualized everything down to the minute details. I didn\u2019t want to just give people the album. I wanted to challenge myself vocally and creatively. I wanted to give them an experience.\u201d It is very much an experience unlike any other\u2014disarming, endearing, wholly intimate. The quiet moments between songs are to be savored equally: Alessia interjects uplift, confessionals, life lessons, vignettes about navigating fame. She narrates a video loop celebrating a woman-centric message. All the while, she seems as wowed and grateful as the listeners staring back at her. \u201cI hope the fans know that I\u2019m figuring things out, too,\u201d she confesses. \u201cI think when you look up to someone, you expect them to do everything right. We\u2019re all people with feelings and I\u2019m trying to make sense of everyday things. I mean, I still get weirded out hearing my own music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alessia Cara manages to own the dichotomy of understated pop star. The big voice in the small frame. The small town charm gracing big city stages. Perfection in imperfection. The irrepressible smile and the timeless message that we all have something to offer. Alessia Cara has invited us all in. \u201cI\u2019ll be over here,\u201d she reminds us. And we\u2019re all rushing to meet her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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