I think she’s beautiful.

Never mind her voice cracked a couple times. Cos I heard her emotions as she sang the songs. I heard the songs that have playing on my iPod for the past few months. I heard the nuances in her voice which was absolutely heart wrenching.

Plus I bought tickets on the 5th row (Row E) and was seated where I could see her almost in front of me when she sat at the piano.

I know the songs on Happenstance so well that when the drummer started the intro for the first song and she hadn’t arrived on stage yet, I already knew they were gonna start with Letter Read. I cried when she sang Be Be Your Love cos the song means a lot to me. I had it on repeat for the longest time!

The concert started getting interesting when a guy in the crowd yelled, ‘Rachael, I love you!’ (it should’ve been me but I lost my voice over the week and was unable to yell) That prompted Rachael to say,

‘Can I get your phone number??’

She was so wickedly real. That sheepish, girly grin along with that sexy husky voice…. sigh.

Her sense of humour, her banter with the band, her banter with the crowd.

Her making fun of her cigarette smoking/banning campaign when her voice cracked. Her describing her voice cracking as ‘a boy going through puberty’.

Her saying that after her swearing a little, people might stop comparing her to Nora Jones.

Her being overwhelmed that Singapore knew the words to her songs.

Her promise to come back to do a full concert.

I eagerly await her next album and I HAVE TO go to that next concert! She is soooo worth missing a night of work.

I heart Rachael Yamagata.