Robin Hilton | February 11, 2025 Artists who play the Tiny Desk aren't always sure what they're getting into. "I wasn't expecting it to be in a big building," girl in red's Marie Ulven tells the NPR crowd. "I thought I was going to go into a little house or something."
Any confusion aside, Ulven and her band deliver a set suitable for the kind of cozy space she imagined, one of genuine charm, good humor and unbridled joy — a vibe that girl in red has always cultivated through music. She can find cause for celebration even in life's bleakest moments, like when Ulven and the band deploy rapid-fire handclaps during a song about the emptiness of unrequited love ("Phantom Pain") or the way she says "Depression!" with a smile and a cheerleader's fist in the air just before "Summer Depression." "It's a normal thing to feel like this," she sings, offering a much-needed dose of warmth and empathy on what was an otherwise chilly, overcast day in Washington, D.C.
SET LIST "Phantom Pain" "Summer Depression" "Too Much" "I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend"
MUSICIANS Marie Ulven: vocals, guitar Martin Dybal: guitar, music director Henrik Bakken: bass Bror Brorson: guitar Erlend Hisdal: drums Viljar Dunđerović: keys, piano
TINY DESK TEAM Producer: Robin Hilton Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant Audio Technical Director: Neil Tevault Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Zayrha Rodriguez Audio Engineer: Josh Newell Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer Photographer: Sofia Seidel Tiny Desk Team: Lars Gotrich, Maia Stern Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
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