Live Review: MO, Elliphant

31 July 2015 | 9:37 am | Melissa Borg

"She aptly ended the set with XXX 8 and Don't Wanna Dance."

Tonight's show was a Scandinavian affair, with Oxford Art Factory hosting Swedish rapper Elliphant and Danish singer Karen Marie Ørsted, better known by her stage name MØ, for their Splendour In The Grass sideshow.

Elliphant took charge of warming up the crowd, ploughing through her aggressive set with ease. The crowd lapped up every bit of energy she gave, as she spat her edgy, husky rhymes. It was apt that the show was in a small venue, as often Elliphant's set felt like a DJ set in an underground nightclub, even incorporating some deep bass in her later tracks. Set highlights included newbie Love Me Badder, Only Getting Younger and festival song, Live Till I Die.

 entered stage right to kick off her set, bringing with her a small, but mighty stage presence. From the moment she began singing there was no doubt in anyone's mind about the authenticity of her powerhouse vocals. Having such a great voice might excuse one from having to interact with the crowd, but not , who insisted that the crowd enjoy themselves as much as she evidently was, as she energetically bounced around the stage.

She powered through most tracks from her debut, No Mythologies To Follow, with crowd favourites Walk This Way and Maiden making an appearance early on in the set.  is not one to be afraid of the people, often getting off stage to sing into the faces of the front row. She aptly ended the set with XXX 88 and Don't Wanna Dance, encouraging everybody in the room to hip shake and groove to the tracks.

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An encore was called for, and the encore received was  and pop BFF Elliphant's collab hit, One More, before both artists literally stage-dived into smash hit, Lean OnOne hopes to see this Scandinavian pair on our shores again very soon.