Alana Springsteen: Tiny Desk Concert

We first started talking with Alana Springsteen about a Tiny Desk concert more than a year ago, back when she began releasing the three EPs that would make up her stunning debut album Twenty Something . By the time we finally got her in the office, she showed up ready to make it count, with a carefully arranged setlist she delivered in an impossible-to-miss, bright red, leather suit, backed by an incredible band.

Springsteen’s set featured multiple surprises, including a version of the Tiësto song “Hot Honey” (a track she guested on when Tiësto released it last month). She also performed a brand new song we’re premiering called “feels good,” a twisted tale about flirting with death, going to extremes and self-sabotage.

Springsteen also included a slow-burning version of “ghost in my guitar,” swapping the electric guitar performed by Chris Stapleton on her album for a cello, before closing with a stripped-down version of the title cut to Twenty Something , a deeply moving coming-of-age song that left a lot of us at the office in tears.

SET LIST

• “ghost in my guitar”
• “Hot Honey”
• “feels good”
• “twenty something”

MUSICIANS

• Alana Springsteen: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
• Alec Parrish: drums, vocals
• Josh Beatty: lead guitar, acoustic guitar
• Gideon Klein: steel guitar, cello
• Daniel Cooper: piano, guitar, vocals

TINY DESK TEAM

• Producer: Robin Hilton
• Director/Editor: Kara Frame
• Audio Technical Director: Neil Tevault
• Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
• Videographers: Kara Frame, Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Grace Raver
• Audio Engineer: Valentina Rodriguez Sanchez
• Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer
• Photographer: Sofia Seidel
• Tiny Desk Copy Editor: Hazel Cills
• Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
• Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
• VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins

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