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Concert Review by Christian Hernandez

As to be expected by now, Houston will always show up and show out whenever our favorite artists are in town, and this night at the Houston stop for the We Trust You Tour by Metro Boomin and Future was no different.

I got there just a little before Part 1 of the tour was supposed to start. It was already packed and you could feel the anticipation as everyone eagerly waited for Metro to take the stage. The lights dimmed and everyone started cheering as the big screens on stage began flashing orange, and soundbites of Metro and Future’s latest release started playing. Then, as Metro began to make his appearance and make his way to his set, Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1 began playing, and you could hear the hype fill the Toyota Center. I myself couldn’t believe what I was hearing, as I never thought I would hear this song live. As soon as we heard the iconic “If Young Metro don’t trust you, I’m gon shoot you”, and the beat dropped, we were off. It was a sort of greatest hits set by Metro, almost as if he were flexing by how many hits he had produced. There were so many instances where the concertgoer next to me turned over to me and said “Metro did this?!”, which goes to show how deep Metro’s bag is. After about half an hour, Metro ended Part 1 of the tour with Codeine Crazy as he left the stage and told us Future was on his way. 

After a brief intermission, Future came out to perform. He started his set with Stick Talk, which was met with loud applause from the entire audience. Words cannot begin to describe the amount of energy that was present during his entire set. It didn’t matter how new or old the songs that he performed were, the audience was singing along bar for bar every single time. He performed a cover of Rihanna’s Loveeeeeee Song, which was probably the highlight for many of the concertgoers’ nights, as this was probably the loudest the concert got that night. He finished off his set list by playing two of his more popular hits, Fuck Up Some Commas and March Madness. Once again, he left the stage, letting us know that part 3 of the tour was just about to begin.

The energy was still buzzing in the arena, as everyone now eagerly awaited the final part of the tour, which promised to be the most energetic and lit part of the concert yet. After another brief intermission, the intro for the song Superhero (Heroes & Villains), begins playing as the audience starts cheering once more for part 3 to begin.  Not long after the song started, Metro and Future now wearing white clothing, came onto the stage and the show started once again. Just the same as Future’s set, everyone was rapping along word for word for every single song. I don’t think there was a single song that didn’t have the entire audience singing along. Houston really showed out for this tour. We got the hear songs like Low Life, Fried, and Wicked. As the show started coming to an end, the audience got to hear the 3 songs they had been waiting for all night. First, they performed Type Shit, which had the arena blow up. From where I was seated, you could see so many moshpits open up in the GA section as the beat dropped in the song, which caused the mass of fans to begin jumping and moshing. This somehow got bigger once Playboi Carti’s verse began, which was the peak of the moshpits. After this, we were treated to Mask Off, which was another song I never anticipated to hear live. It was such a throwback, but also a classic song in Future’s catalogue. Finally, we got to hear Like That, which was arguably one of the biggest songs of the summer and what many attribute to the start of Kendrick’s feud with Drake. Kendrick’s verse was omitted unfortunately, but the fact that we got to hear it live was insane. Once that song ended, Metro and Future began leaving the stage, thanking Houston for an incredible night. We Still Don’t Trust You began playing as they said their goodbyes. They ended the night telling Houston that they trusted us.