Caroline Polachek flings open the door to superstardom at London's Roundhouse

While others had their big break via viral hit - see: Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion, The Kid Laroi and hundreds more - Caroline’s rise has been (excuse us while we get a bit pretentious) old school organic. Aside from a gorgeous cover of The Corrs classic ‘Breathless’ and one new single this summer, our Caz hasn’t actually done much publicly other than watch ‘Pang’ grow and grow through various lockdowns.

It’s perhaps why, at the start of tonight’s show, she says she was nervous about releasing tickets for it. In one of a few speeches of the night, she mentions how different the world was back in May when the show was announced, live wasn’t officially back, and she seems completely bewildered that she’d sold out London’s Roundhouse in an hour.

But she needn’t worry. The crowd here have spent two years living with ‘Pang’, some cherishing it from its release, others picking it up along the way, and every one of them relishes in chanting “CA-RO-LINE SHUT UP” and trying to hit every high note in ‘Ocean Of Tears’.