Aurora, Queendom (live), San Francisco, May 17, 2022 (4K)

Aurora plays her song "Queendom" live in concert at The Warfield in San Francisco, California on May 17, 2022. Queendom was released as a single in April 2018 and appeared on Aurora's Infections Of A Different Kind EP (2018). Aurora has said this about the song: "Queendom is about celebrating all the differences in us. It’s about celebrating the women and the children and animals and the men also. The quiet ones and the introverts, where they can sing and be seen. It’s about the shy people and the lonely people and I hope it can be a place where we can come and be lonely together and then not be lonely anymore. Queendom is a place for all of us."
Aurora Aksnes is an award-winning Norwegian singer-songwriter who grew up in Os, Norway and now lives in Bergen. Joining her onstage were Fredrik Svabø (guitar), Magnus Skylstad (drums), Njål Paulsberg (keyboards), and Amalie Holt Kleive (backing vocals).
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Queendom lyrics:
The underdogs are my lions
The silent ones are my choir
The women will be my soldiers
With the weight of life on their shoulders
Drink until you've had enough
I'll drink from your hands
I will be your warrior
I will be your lamb
'Til queendom come
'Til queendom come
My queendom come
My queendom come
The sea waves are my evening gown
And the sun on my head is my crown
I made this queendom on my own
And all the mountains are my throne
Drink until you've had enough
I'll drink from your hands
I will be your warrior
I will be your lamb
'Til queendom come
'Til queendom come
My queendom come
My queendom come
I hunt the grounds for empathy
And hate the way it hides from me
With care and thirst I have become
You have a home in my queendom
You have a home in my queendom
You have a place in my queendom
You have a home
'Til queendom come
'Til queendom come
My queendom come
My queendom come
My queendom come
Written by Aurora Aksnes / Fiona Bevan / James Edward Jacob / Couros Shebani
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Aurora - The Gods We Can Touch live tour dates (2022):
May 15 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
May 17 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield Theatre
May 19 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
May 20 - San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
May 21 - Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl
May 23 - Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
May 25 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore
May 27 - Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
May 28 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
May 29 - Toronto, ON @ History
May 31 - Montreal, QC @ Mtelus
June 1 - Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
June 2 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
June 4 - New York, NY @ SummerStage in Central Park
June 5 - Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre
June 16 - Bergen, Norway @ Bergenfest
June 18 - Scheessel, Germany @ Hurricane Festival
June 19 - Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany @ Southside Festival
June 21 - Berlin, Germany @ Tempodrom
June 22 - Prague, Czech Republic @ Forum Karlin
June 24 - Wroclaw, Poland @ Centrum Koncertowe A2
June 25 - Bratislava, Slovakia @ Refinery Gallery
June 27 - Kraków, Poland @ Klub Studio
June 28 - Gdańsk, Poland @ Klub B90
June 29 - Warsaw, Poland @ Progresja
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Aurora official bio:
“Every time I make an album I feel like I know why I’m here,” smiles beloved-to-millions singer, songwriter, unexpected TikTok sensation and omnipresent pop enigma Aurora. “There are so many dark forces roaming around the earth but music can be such a beam of light, if you allow it to be.”
In a world so beautifully overrun by multifaceted pop artists, Aurora leads the pack. Admired by many of her peers - from Billie Eilish, Troye Sivan and Doja Cat to Katy Perry and Shawn Mendes - there’s a strong case to be made for Aurora being your favourite popstar’s favourite popstar. You know Aurora, even if you don’t know Aurora. So yes, that was Aurora’s face beaming out into the darkness during the Chemical Brothers’ 2019 Glastonbury headline slot, but yes that was also Aurora’s voice on 2015’s John Lewis Christmas ad. There she was at the 2020 Oscars, performing her contribution to Frozen 2’s pivotal track Into The Unknown, but there she also was at Coachella and at Lollapalooza, and across all those US talkshows, and that’s her music on millions of TikToks and, well, you get the idea. “I suppose I am a diverse human being,” she laughs. “But then, I think all people are, deep down. I just do what I want. I’m like an animal sometimes - to be honest most of the time I relate to the animals more than humans.”
Aurora’s success happened quite by accident. When a local performance was posted online Aurora, still just 15 years old, was tracked down by an impressed manager, who asked if she wanted to be an artist. Her response was instant: no. “I didn’t see any point in becoming an artist; that’s not that was driving me,” she remembers. But when she realised she could become an artist without jettisoning her individuality or her strength of spirit, that no turned into a yes. And since 2015 that yes has turned into platinum discs, a million album sales and a billion streams.