The Lexicon: Chemistry is rare. So is the talent of Gigi Perez.

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By Alexis Schlesinger Editorial Staff Gigi Perez played a sold-out show at the House of Blues in Boston, on Oct. 15, as the fourth stop of her second headline tour. Perez’s tour, named the “At The Beach, In Every Life Tour,” started just a few days ago in Texas, and will hit a total of 10 cities across the United States. The tour is named after her debut album, “At The Beach, In Every Life.” The album was released on April 25. Perez followed the album with her tour announcement on June 2. Perez’s opener, Hannah Jadagu, is joining her for the entirety of the tour. Jadagu took the stage at 8 p.m. for her half-hour set. Roughly half of her set consisted of songs from her debut album "Aperture,” while the other half were tracks from her upcoming album, “Describe.” Jadagu was a fantastic choice of opener for Perez. Jadagu has lighter, airier vocals, which felt like the perfect warm up for Perez’s deeper sound. Jadagu played a great set, but her most memorable song was her last. In the track “My Love,” Jadagu asks the listener to tell her “when you’re coming to stay” because she's starting to miss “not waking up to your face.” In the chorus, she tells the listener she hopes they get all her time. The song captures the feeling of waiting for someone you want, knowing how you feel about each other, and expressing how badly you want to give your time to them. I hope you’ll consider giving her your time, and your streams, once “Describe” is released on Oct. 24. Perez came on shortly after 9 p.m. her set lasted until 10:45 p.m. This was one of the longest sets I’ve seen from a single artist. Perez’s set consisted mainly of tracks from “At The Beach, In Every Life,” but also included some older tracks, and a few covers. Her cover of “Instant Crush” by Daft Punk, which came toward the end of her set, was my favorite of the four covers she included. The namesake of the tour, and the album that preceded it, can’t be left unmentioned. “At The Beach, In Every Life” - both song, and album - are largely a tribute to Perez’s older sister Celene, who died in 2020. The raw vocals and lyrics of the track capture bittersweet emotions, as Perez sings, “How could you be no one when you’re everything to me?” This tear-inducing tribute ends with the heartbreaking voice message, “I just wanna say I love you one more time. I love you, goodbye.” Perez also surprised everyone that night by adding a song to her set that she normally wouldn’t play. Fans had been requesting for her to play “Glue,” a track off of her 2023 EP “How To Catch A Falling Knife.” Perez said she hadn’t played “Glue” in a long time, and before she started, she told fans she would have to see if she even remembered how to play it. Despite forgetting a few words to the first verse, the song was beautiful and clearly moved the audience. Perez is most well known for her queer love song, “Sailor Song.” The song covers the struggle of being in a same-sex relationship due to the harmful views of people who believe it’s “sinful.” Despite the struggles, the song describes a longing, loving, and triumphant relationship between two women. “Sailor song” quickly captured the hearts of those who identify with the queer community, and went viral in the summer of 2024. The song now has over 1.4 billion streams on Spotify. The relatability of the track, combined with stunning vocals from Perez, and the incredible live instrumentation of her band, made for a beautiful closer to the concert. The crowd sang along, the loudest it had been the entire night. I just want to say, I love Gigi Perez, and her music. Hearing Gigi Perez live is the kind of thing that would make you proud.