It would be foolish to deny that the main reason I listen to She & Him is because of the lead singer which happens to be the lovely Zooey Deschanel which is a Hollywood actress whom you may have heard of in the past.

When I noticed the gig announced on Last.fm, it was already a little too late as tickets were already sold out on most ticketing sites. Luckily, Stargreen still had a few left and of course, I bought a ticket right away.

The venue was Koko yet again but this time I decided to not buy a drink. Instead, I opted to get as close to the stage as possible. Unfortunately, this was also on the mind of every other person in the venue as the area right below the stage was quite packed as I arrived after the doors opened which is rare for me.

Speaking of the crowd, it was predominantly male. Figures.

The Chapin Sisters were the support for the evening who turned out to be pretty good even though they were missing one sister. The two sisters sang by themselves with their instruments for a few songs and was later joined by a band. They were pretty interesting with or without the full band.

For their last song, they invited their third sister for the evening, Zooey Deschanel, and the crowd just went wild (a little and in a calm way).

After a long wait, a person came up on stage and asked the audience not to use flash photography as a special request from the band.

A few minutes after, members of the same band for support came back on stage followed by M. Ward and of course, Zooey Deschanel in a nice silver dress. The Chaplin Sisters were her back up singers this time around. Awfully convenient for the same people to be both the support and headlining band.

Zooey looked absolutely lovely and adorable up on stage. She looked and moved exactly as the many characters she has portrayed in her movies. Surprisingly, she didn’t talk much on stage and was mostly muttering a few words instead. Also, she was looking up most of the time which isn’t really a bad thing but something I noticed.

As for her voice, well, it’s safe to say that she is so much more than just a pretty voice. She can really sing and put on quite a performance. The last song for the evening was a cover of I Put A Spell On You which was simply amazing and jaw dropping. She easily hit all the high notes. This song was even lovelier as only M. Ward was on stage playing the guitar.

Speaking of M. Ward, the other half of She & Him, was mighty as well with his guitar and singing. They had great chemistry on stage which was more evident when it was just the two of them up.

I never remember setlists even the day after a gig so I’m grabbing it again from Setlist.fm created by likelyladtom.

• I Was Made For You
• Thieves
• Black Hole
• Me And You
• Lingering Still
• Sing
• Home
• Change Is Hard
• I Thought I Saw Your Face Today
• Brand New Shoes
• You Really Got A Hold On Me
• Would You Like To Take a Walk? (Ella Fitzgerald cover)
• Magic Trick (M. Ward)
• Gonna Get Along Without You Now
• In The Sun
• Take It Back
• Don’t Look Back
• Over It Over Again
• This Is Not A Test
• Ridin’ In My Car
• Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
• Sweet Darlin’
• Fool’s Rush In (Johnny Mercer cover) (encore)
• Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck Berry cover) (encore)
• I Put A Spell On You (Screamin’ Jay Hawkins cover) (encore)

Wow. That was just a whopping 25 songs. Albeit short 2-3 minute songs, it’s still a pretty massive setlist. I had no idea they played so many songs that evening.

As mentioned earlier, the main reason for me going here was because of Zooey Deschanel and seeing her was very much worth it. Thing is, she can really sing well and M. Ward compliments this very well with his music. There was never a doubt of me going to this gig as I would have found a way to get tickets. If that failed, I would have purchased tickets to the second date they announced a month after tickets sold out for the Koko gig.

In short, this was a simply an amazing night being star-struck by one of my most favourite actresses and blown away by her amazing voice.

It’s safe to say that I was grinning the whole evening up to the time I put myself to sleep. *sighs*