A true pop star of the modern era (who couldn’t really have existed before this age), Fletcher is what queer kids concocted in their heads as a fictional dream a few decades ago. A blend of pop-rock and poignant lyrics, the New Jersey-born singer doesn’t care that she sings about women, it just happens to her.

“I wish, when I was a 16-year-old girl, I had a video like this to watch to see that it’s super normal, and that two girls who love each other, who fall in love and have an amazing time, it’s not a huge, weird, dramatic, overly sexualized thing,” Fletcher said in an interview with. Billboard. “It’s just life and it’s cool and it’s normal. That’s what it should be because that’s what love is: it’s between two human beings. I think it’s important that people can see that. I wish it was more present for me.

Fletcher’s most recent In search of the antidote Tour was a perfect example of what she preaches. It was my first time seeing her live, and the Greek Theater in Los Angeles was a perfect fit for her music; a raised platform right in the middle for her to stand on, a band member on either side of her and her drummer playing ham right behind. She flipped her hair and danced, starting the evening with the upbeat “Maybe I Am.” Footage of a road from a driver’s perspective was shown behind her, referencing the lyrics “Flying down the highway, it’s hard to see the road ahead of all these tears”. The lyrics played behind her for most of her songs and the audience chanted, as she said, “You say I’m a crazy bitch, I’m sick, I’m permanently numb.” You say I’m narcissistic like I haven’t heard that one. You say I waste my life on purpose, just because I can… maybe I do.

She played a mix of new and old music, with cuts from her most recent record In search of the antidote such as “Attached To You”, “Pretending” and “Ego Talking”, as well as older tracks such as “Bitter”, “Better Version” and “girls girls girls”. During “Pretending”, a video of two girls kissing played behind her to applause from the audience. Several times throughout the show, Fletcher would attack one of her bandmates while the audience screamed.

“Bitter” was a highlight of the show, as Fletcher followed each of his players with a video camera and zoomed in on their hands playing each instrument. At the end, Fletcher cheekily waved to the camera and blew the audience a kiss.

Fletcher then asked the audience to vote between playing “Feel” or “Healing”, and they cheered loudest for “Healing”. It’s a moving ballad about putting yourself back together, and she sang it perfectly. The set also included a mashup of her song “All Love” and Beyoncé’s “Irreplaceable,” which paired perfectly. Fletcher turned his mic towards the crowd during the chorus, as the audience clapped: “The way you kiss him on the neck with that look in your eyes, doing it right in front of me kinda makes me want to die but it It’s love. I hate this feeling, but it’s all love. The show then ended with the song “Becky’s So Hot”, a perfect song to sing along to while the crowd cheered “Becky’s so hot in your vintage t-shirt”.

Before the show ended, Fletcher took the time to address the audience by sharing a little about his journey. “I was so sick I didn’t know if I’d ever get back on stage…I was just a girl singing somewhere over the rainbow, and I feel like we We’re somewhere over the rainbow… Thank you.” It was a touching moment as the series slowed down to focus on her emotional introspection, and it was easy to understand why her fans, over the years, had become so attached to her.

Fletcher represents the direction the music is taking. In the current culture we live in, audience members felt free instead of afraid to express themselves, while queer couples proudly embraced more than any show than me (or my friend I was with ) had never seen.

There has always been a market for his brand of popstar; the world is finally ready for this.