Ally Lowery
Oct 25, 2026
Touring behind "The Fatal Flaw," the British singer-songwriter brought an immersive night of folk-pop, feminist anthems, and emotional storytelling to Philadelphia’s Franklin Music Hall on October 24.
On the 24th of October, the night was buzzing in anticipation of witnessing Paris Paloma and their stop at Franklin Music Hall during her Fatal Flaw Tour. Fans were wrapped around outside the venue dressed in their best flowing skirts, beautifully handmade outfits, and accessories pulled straight from a fairy tale.
Upon entering the venue, you’re greeted by the most kind and genuine crowd. Walking into this almost welcoming bubble of a space made it incredibly clear that this was not just an ordinary concert full of strangers – but a community gathering radiating love, acceptance, and belonging.
The British singer-songwriter is known for putting out a mixed sound of pop and folk elements while embracing her powerful feminist beliefs and advocacy. Paris notably went viral for her song, “Labour”, which is an incredibly visceral message towards patriarchy, sexism, and toxic gender culture. It quickly rose to becoming a feminist anthem that women all over the world could be completely raw and vulnerable to.
It became an outlet for listeners all over to share their stories, their experiences, and their outrage. The Fatal Flaw album kept the overall tone and important messaging of “Labour” but shifted into an expansive, versatile ballad of love, self discovery, sadness – and that heartbreakingly familiar feeling of injustice. During one of their post song monologues, Paris speaks on the album’s intentions: “The [album] contains so much anger, contains so much outrage, so much pain – but it also contains so much gentleness and softness. So much [love] is in that album.”
The entire performance, fans were beautifully immersed. With each sound of the drums, each note of guitars, each incredible pull from Paris’s notes, fans were visibly emotional. There were tears, partners and friends holding one another, and hands dancing in the air to the rhythm. Everyone in the room felt safe enough to be nothing but themselves. To allow themselves to be free with the music, mimicking Paris’s almost fluid and floating movements on the stage.
The entire stage was a beautiful production that fully captivated the album. With the main stage piece being a lofty tree sculpture at center stage that represents Colquhoun’s Diagrams of Love, which is also featured as her The Fatal Flaw album cover art. The sculpture carried a large weight of the stage, but the presentation was not limited there.
The lighting throughout the show felt as if you were in an entirely new dimension. Each hard kick of a drum, you were transformed as if you could visualize each lyric. Each softer note from Paris brought a gentle burst of colors and light sweeping over you. Fans were reaching into the pouring lasers into the crowd as if everyone was being physically moved by the music. The production could not have been more beautifully done, keeping it an extremely accurate representation of the album as a whole.
After each song concluded, Paris would then speak one of her monologues to the crowd. Discussing each song and introducing it in a way that you could tell how incredibly important its messages are to Paris – as well as ensuring her audience understands it too. Genuine connections were made from the stage to the crowd which meant you could tell how engaged and dedicated Paris was to her audience of “fairies”. With kind and supportive remarks from Paris such as: “[I am] blessed with an audience of such beautiful people” and “love is so powerful”.
Throughout the performance, Paris was visibly fully absorbed into the stories and raw emotions of her songs both physically and mentally. Whether she was spinning around across the stage as if she were floating during “Rothko”, gliding her hands and arms through the air, or powerfully punching her presence around during “Good Boy”, she was completely creating her own universe to bring her enchanted crowd of fans into.
She allowed her fans to scream, cry, be angry, be happy, be heartbroken or be in love. It didn't matter who you were, where you came from, what you were feeling or why you were there – all that mattered was that you were there to enjoy the music, the community, and the art. Even once the show concluded, fans gathered around to the post-show playlist, dancing and spinning around with friends and strangers in a sort of freeing dance circle.
Showing off the incredible community Paris has created. A reminder to be unapologetically yourself, to let yourself be free, and to let yourself accept a community full of kindness and acceptance.
Regardless of how you were feeling during the show, Paris warmly accepted it. Especially the anger and the supposed negative feelings, as she put her thoughts in regarding that: “That anger and that outrage is necessary and needed to protect the good and the loving and the gentle things.” – which I believe the fans carried with them that night. That to embrace the positives, you also embrace the negatives, and turn it into something revolutionary. In this case, that's The Fatal Flaw album, which is a privilege for anyone to see live.