Rebecca Black — Boiler Room: DC, Washington, 2024

Filmed live DJ set by Rebecca Black for Boiler Room in Washington, 2024. A viral teenager in the early 2010s, the American artist has undergone a radical shift toward electronic pop and club music, which she stages here in the tight, immersive format dear to Boiler Room: a booth in the heart of the floor, the crowd in a circle, the camera at dancer height. This live set strings together her own tracks reworked for the dancefloor alongside hyperpop and house selections, in a frontal energy that contrasts with her past image. The capture conveys the characteristic intimacy of Boiler Room, an institution that has become essential for documenting club scenes worldwide. For the enthusiast, this filmed live concert illustrates the successful artistic reinvention of a pop figure into a full-fledged DJ, and the effervescence of a night where the venue’s closeness multiplies the intensity. A set representative of today’s porosity between mainstream pop and underground electronic culture.