Sensational Reneé Rapp designs fan’s next tattoo at Glasgow gig

The 24-year-old who hails from Huntersville in North Carolina, gave her all – including a tattoo design - as she took to the O2 Academy stage in the city’s Southside on Sunday night.

After being asked by a fan to design their next tattoo, the Pretty Girls hitmaker asked for a pen and paper as she then did a doodle on stage and passed it back to the excited attendee to be turned into permanent body art.  

Anyone who follows the Broadway star on social media will know that fans tend to bring signs full of conversation starters, jokes and flirty banter to the show – and Sunday’s audience was no different. 

During the one-and-a-bit hour set, the singer was able to show her funny side as she interacted with the various signs, saying some of them would get her “thrown in jail” if she read them out loud. 

One fan even asked the singer to come to Polo, Glasgow’s renowned queer club, after the show.

As the audience roared in agreement, the Sex Lives of College Girls actress said: “I cannot understand a word you are saying, but god I love you.”

The singer, who released her debut EP Everything to Everyone in 2022, and her full-length studio album Snow Angel in 2023, was certainly not shy about sharing her excitement at playing in the city as part of her Snow Hard Feelings UK tour. 

She told the crowd: “I love you all very much, thank you for coming. 

“I’ve never been to Glasgow before, but damn am I happy to be here. You all look very cute.

“I had no idea what you guys were going to be like, but I did turn to the band in the middle of the set and said f*** the rest of the setlist, I just want to talk to you all.”

Aside from the truly hilarious fan interactions, one of the other highlights of the show was the singer’s willingness to dive into the old and the new, leaving no hit behind– including her new tune It’s Not My Fault from the Mean Girls soundtrack (Rapp featured as Regina George in the Broadway musical and reprised her role in the recent movie reboot) which was a particular crowd-pleaser.  

Playing both vulnerable and fun tracks, Rapp showed her ability to let loose as well as slow down the set and be vulnerable. 

Songs like I Wish – which she played with only her guitarist while sitting on the end of the stage and 23 – a heartfelt tune about the anxieties of growing older, were nothing short of transcendent and beautiful as the star’s powerful and just-like-record vocals stunned the previously riotous crowd into a humble silence. 

But it was not just Rapp who gave her all as the sold-out Glasgow crowd proved they can give as good as they get. 

Sharing their appreciation for Rapp, the crowd erupted into a chorus of "Here we f***ing go" within the singer's first couple of songs - which left the star stunned.

Clasping her mouth with her hand, she said: “You guys scared me; I had no idea what that was.

“You are all so silly, cute and fun.”

The crowd also broke into "No Scotland, no party" as the singer left the stage for an encore before finishing with her big hit, Snow Angel. 

It is no exaggeration to say that in all my hours spent at gigs, I have never heard a crowd as loud as Rapp's. 

Renee Rapp’s Glasgow gig was truly a solid reminder of how music can bring a room full of people together for a few hours of sincere joy.