Tinashe: Tiny Desk Concert
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Published 2024-02-16
Tinashe has never been one-dimensional. With the many titles of singer, songwriter, producer, engineer and dancer under her belt, she came to the Tiny Desk and proved just that. A snow storm may have kept many Washington, D.C. natives in their home that day, but Tinashe was at the office bright and early with an infectious smile and spirit that would warm up any chill in the building.
Since starting her music career in 2007, Tinashe has created songs in genres spanning from pop to electro-R&B. And as the Aquarius said herself, "at this point, I've really demonstrated that I don't necessarily fit into one genre." At the Tiny Desk, Tinashe presents cuts from several different projects. First, comforting the crowd with the vulnerability of "Treason," from her album BB/Ang3l, accompanied by a vibraphone which she plays live for the first time ever. Tinashe switches gears with "Unconditional," the Kaytranada-produced track off her album 333. Then the artist performed one of her self-proclaimed favorite tracks, "Touch And Go," from her album Songs for You. To conclude her high-energy set, Tinashe performed her breakout single, "2 On," right on time for its 10-year anniversary. As I sang, danced and cheered along with the rest of the crowd, I thought to myself, this is a show worth trekking through the snow for.
SET LIST
"Treason"
"Unconditional"
"Touch & Go"
"2 On"
MUSICIANS
Tinashe: vocals, vibraphone
Darion Ja'Von: drums/musical director
Zach Fenske: mandolin, electric guitar
Sean Rosati: acoustic guitar
Edwin Carranza: bass
Phil Lewis: keys
Caleb Vaughn-Jones: cello
Crystal Alforque: violin
TINY DESK TEAM
Producers: Bobby Carter, Alanté Serene
Director/Editor: Maia Stern
Audio Technical Director: Neil Tevault
Videographers: Maia Stern, Kara Frame, Joshua Bryant, Catie Dull
Audio Engineer: Hannah Gluvna
Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer
Photographer: Zayrha Rodriguez
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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All Comments (21)
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Victoria Monet finally got her flowers in 2023-2024. Now it's time for Tinashe to get hers. This woman's musicality, like Victoria's is just so distinct and beautiful. (And I'm still mad about "Songs For You" not getting the love it deserves as one of the best albums of 2019.) Tinashe's time is coming sooner rather than later and I'm here for it! Thank you Tiny Desk for having her and starting to place people in Tinashe's time zone 😎🙌🏾
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This girl can sing, dance, produce, write, act, model, play instruments, engineering, she's so talented. I'm happy to see her winning!!
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To be a Tinashe fan is to be FED and so proud of her journey! Her going independent was the best thing she could’ve done ❤️
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Tinashe deserves more recognition.
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One of my favorite things about these concerts is getting to watch the musicians be absolutely in love with the music they are making. You can tell they are all just feeling it!
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i saw Tinashe live on valentines day and her voice was so incredible! her mic was on!
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We need a part 2 this isn't enough considering her catalogue of music
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Tinashe and team went OFF here. I've never added a song to my library as quickly as I did here with Treason.
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We waited so so long for this she should’ve done at least 6 songs but still its perfect like everything she does 🥺
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Its the audience harmonizing on 2 on 😂!! They did good!!
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Really impressed with how well she transitioned some of these songs to a live crowd with more of a acoustic vibe. Great artist and her looks my god.
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They finally let her have one in 2024. The music industry Cold as ice
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Tinashe doesn’t have one bad song in her discography.. Every album is different from each other. Check her music everyone
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she is so criminally underrated.. never forget the first time I heard "bated breath"
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I absolutely love the guitarist's facial expressions! He definitely loves what he does! 😀
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The only problem I have with this is that it is not longer. Her discography is so rich
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This rendition of 2 on was anointed I’m afraid, the cello didn’t exist until this very moment
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Love that she did unconditional!!! It's one of my favorite songs!
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TINASHE is a all rounder and nobody can take that from her
