Jade LeMac doesn’t need a big stage to command attention, but her recent performance at The Pinnacle in Nashville showed how naturally she fits on one. The 21-year-old Vancouver artist, who proudly reflects her Vietnamese roots and her 2SLGBTQ+ identity in her work, performed with the kind of emotional precision that’s earned her a fast-growing audience. With a new EP, It’s Always at Night, arriving November 7, the set offered a glimpse of an artist confidently expanding her sound while staying grounded in vulnerability.
LeMac’s approach to pop leans darker and more songwriter-forward than the genre’s glossy center, yet her voice remains the anchor. It’s clear, expressive, and refreshingly unfiltered; what listeners hear on her records is precisely what they get live, and more. That honesty came through early in her set with “Pink Balloon,” a song she said was written for someone who had supported her from the beginning, explaining that she worked the word pink into the lyrics as a quiet tribute. Delivered with understated confidence, it immediately drew the audience into her orbit.
When the opening chords of “Constellations” followed, the crowd reacted with a cheer—unsurprising given that the breakout single, now surpassing 325 million streams, first introduced LeMac’s voice to the world in 2021 and appeared in Sidelined: The QB and Me and Netflix’s My Life with the Walter Boys. On stage, its emotional core felt even stronger, her phrasing stretching across the room with conviction and control.
Later, she performed “Sleeping With the Lights On,” a song being released that same night. More anthemic than her earlier work, it carried a pulsing energy without losing the emotional weight that defines her writing. The crowd leaned in, a sure sign that the track will become a future sing-along as familiarity spreads. She closed the night with another recent single, “Running Home,” pairing crisp pop rhythm with a sense of uplift that left the room energized.
LeMac closed her set with the same quiet confidence that carried through each song. Without relying on production tricks or spectacle, she kept the focus on her voice and the emotion behind it. The result was a performance that felt honest and intentional, one that made a large room feel surprisingly intimate.
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