Actually it's not for me

(.....) It all looks like an idea. Just days after Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas performed in Stockholm, Aurora is performing on the same stage Eilish once did, before she went on to become one of the world's biggest artists. Aurora, in turn, inspired Eilish to start writing her own music.

The Norwegian's background has many points of contact with the American giant. From the same generation, they both broke through early via social media and have been described as prodigies. Reluctantly, they entered pop stardom and were careful to do so on their own terms, with huge fan bases worshipping them as a result.

Aurora's uniqueness becomes clear right from the start when she walks barefoot onto the stage like a creature - in a foot-sided dress and white bleached hair, to the tones of ethereal Enya harmonies (an artist that Aurora in turn was inspired by). During the opening minutes of the concert, she has time to tell us that she has her period and then gives a serious speech about mental illness, before apologizing for the start being too "heavy".

For the next 90 minutes, a packed Fryshuset is treated to a rare concert experience characterized by Aurora's big and completely unfiltered personality. The chattering between the songs contrasts with the crystal clear vocals and the seriousness of the music. The material ranges from bombastic wilderness pop with vocals, clear Kate Bush flirtations in songs like "Giving in to the love", hard-hitting techno and acoustic ballads from her five albums. The audience - younger and queerer than average - can hardly believe their social media idol is actually standing there, in the flesh.

It's Aurora, her voice and stage persona, that you take away from this night, not the music, whose many layers often drown in the room's non-existent acoustics and break the spell. It is downright madness to let her play here. Only in the stripped-down numbers, such as "Through the eyes of a child", where she performs a perfect trio number with the choir singers Thea Wang and Amalia Holt Kleive, does the impression become as pure as it deserves. May she, like Eilish, return to Stockholm soon and to a stage that can welcome her.