The English singer-songwriter, model, and actress delivered a glamorously gothic performance at the Orpheum Theatre August 8th, reimagining the garish heritage venue as a steampunk art nouveau wonderland to perform her latest album, Loveland, alongside a medley of hits and deep cuts from her now iconic catalogue of nostalgia-infused, indie-rock records. Kicking the show off with the alt-rock infused “Supersad,” before progressing into a Loveland heavy set that established a tone as whimsical as it was lovelorn, Waterhouse cast a spell throughout the night, bewitching the audience with her hypnotic alto vibrato and irresistibly enchanting heavy-rock instrumentals and billowing set design.

Waterhouse – known for her combination of lush vocals, luxurious production, and languorous persona as a mysterious, multi-hyphenate it girl – showed off her emotional and vocal range with a surprisingly bombastic production, indulging in the romantic, summertime-loving atmosphere conjured across her 2026 album. While opener Charlotte Lawrence warmed up the crowd with her impressive vocals, the most surprising moment of the night came when Waterhouse invited Off Campus star Ella Bright to the stage (who’s filming season 2 of the hit series in Vancouver right now) to duet “Girl That I Am” in an unexpected but surprisingly tender moment of collaborative alchemy that saw the two performers harmonize together, turning Bright’s single into something entirely new.

Waterhouse kept the audience enraptured through to her finale of “To Love” with an energy as confident as it was captivating. While I couldn’t imagine a better time of year to sink into the sultry sound of a Waterhouse show, the performance truly solidified her latest album as a midsummer night’s dream of a record, injecting the lazy, sun-scorched feeling of August with a nostalgic sound equal parts stirring and sentimental.