I danced my ass off merely two feet away from her, as she paced the stage back and forth with precision and finesse, electrifying her adoring fans with those fierce, attentive eyes. Lucia Cifarelli sang straight into our bodies and souls, because that’s totally just what she does.
Monday night was special at The Magic Stick in Detroit. Opening for Lords of Acid, Lucia delivered a set as intimate as it was impactful—to my knowledge, this is her first tour as a solo artist. I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.
Girls Like Her… Shine ☀️
From the infectious “Girls Like Me”—which pulsed through the venue with pure joy—to the spiritual thunder of “No God Here,” Lucia proved once again that she’s not only a singer. She’s a conduit. A spellbinding force.
“Believe” shimmered with its electronic bliss, and a hook that hits deeper to me in person. “To Be Alive,” my personal favorite from I Am Eye, always cracks a door open in me—with lyrics forged from the same type of longing I carry around in my own heart.
“Paper Tiger” and “Dark Horse” delivered story and shadow at peak voltage, each note resonating with spine-tingling expertise. And “Lights Out” had me dancing and crying at the same damn time.
The love in the air was palpable. The kind that reverberates between artist and crowd, a current you can feel. Us front row devotees screamed for Lucia, and she answered—not just with her voice, but with every focused glance, every slithering, rhythmic, mesmerizing move. When Lucia made eyes with some fresh-faced teenagers in KMFDM shirts, I knew (more like remembered) that they’d been irrevocably marked. Changed forever.
If you get a chance to see her on the Lords of Acid tour, don’t you dare hesitate. Lucia Cifarelli’s solo work deserves to be seen, felt, and absorbed. She’s not just performing songs—she commands the stage like someone born for it. She’s sharing her soul out there. And it’s a fuckin’ rad soul, indeed.
Go. You won’t regret it.
