In her first headlining show at AAC, Badu wrapped up her 25-date ‘Unfollow Me’ tour.
“Unfollow me, I’m lost too,” she said before covering “To Each His Own ,” a 1975 single by the trio Faith, Hope & Charity. “You can’t go where I’m going. I can’t give you all of my magic, but I can introduce you to yours.”
She gave plenty of magic over her set, blending album cuts into singles that had the arena singing along and introducing one surprise after another. The arrangements were filled with improvisation and unexpected twists, but she kept the show’s tone conversational and intimate — a joke about her children’s fathers invited the audience into her inner circle.
The only drawback to the show was that Badu’s artful projected backdrop took up all of the stage’s screen space. The singer-songwriter herself only appeared on the screens for a few moments at the end of the set, which may have made it more difficult for those sitting closer to the arena’s rafters to see the range of her expression.
Over the course of the concert, the audience got plenty of Dallas — from Frank Moka’s spoken homage to RL’s Blues Palace to Badu’s many shoutouts to South Dallas . Her mother, Queenie, was in attendance, and Badu nodded to her children.“I’m five generations Dallas,” Badu said, before talking about how important that legacy was to her. She did a roll call, asking those born in different decades to cheer by way of testament to her own reach.
The show’s conclusion was similarly cathartic. After leading joyous sing-alongs to “Bag Lady” and “Tyrone,” Badu exhorted everyone to participate in a collective, primal scream. “Whatever you brought in here tonight that you don’t want to take with you, leave it here,” she said. “You’re not gonna leave here feeling bad.”
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