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Live Review & Gallery: Sydney’s Liberty Hall Witnesses Isabel LaRosa’s Pop Takeover 27.02.2025

  • February 27, 2025
  • Deb Pelser
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Liberty Hall is buzzing tonight. A sea of bodies presses forward, anticipation crackling in the air as they await Isabel LaRosa.

With 1B+ audio streams and a staggering 5B video streams, LaRosa has skyrocketed from internet enigma to one of modern pop’s most hypnotic storytellers. And tonight, she’s proving exactly why Spotify crowned her a ‘Pop Rising’ artist to watch in 2024.

Thomas LaRosa hits the stage like a bolt of lightning, wielding his guitar like a divine weapon, every riff landing with the kind of confidence that makes the crowd believe in something bigger than themselves. They eat it up, hands in the air, heads nodding in reverence.

Then comes Eluera, straight out of Sydney, all light and kinetic energy, her dreamy pop washing over the room like a neon tide. She doesn’t just play; she glows, her melodies sticky-sweet but never saccharine, the kind that linger long after the set is done.

And then, in a blaze of light, she’s on stage. From the first shimmering note, the crowd is hooked. LaRosa’s voice—pure pop magnetism, smooth with an edge, the kind that lingers—cuts through the room like a confession wrapped in melody. Her brother, Thomas, is at her side—both siblings soaking up the crowd’s adoration.

At one point, Isabel LaRosa reaches into the crowd, plucks a phone from an eager hand, and snaps a quick selfie—no hesitation, just pure instinct, like she’s hardwired for this moment. The fan is left buzzing, lit up like a marquee sign.

LaRosa is on the rise – an architect of a new kind of pop: cinematic, immersive, beautifully unsettling.

And tonight at Liberty Hall, she leaves her mark on everyone in the room.

Isabel LaRosa plays Yours and Owls Festival this weekend.

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