Just as December began, The Broadberry got weird.
Just as December began, The Broadberry got weird. Brillz, PARTY FAVOR, Ghastly and Aryay threw down for the TWONK DI NATION Tour. The energy was palpable despite it being in the middle of finals week.
Just goes to prove college kids are down for anything at anytime. God, I miss those days.
Things kicked off with Aryay who had a smaller but supportive crowd. With Chris Farley/Beverly Hills Ninja graphics flipping around his backdrop, not much could go wrong. Staying true to his lion-like nature (which is apparently what Aryeh in Hebrew means), his passion was felt clear through to the back of the venue with the heavy hitting sometimes ambient-esque, crowd pleasers he was pumping out.
Off to the side, you can see that Ghastly was eager to get started and promptly jumped on with Aryay to finish the last track and transition somewhat seamlessly.
His opening line was “I was given the name David right out my mom’s vagina, but you can call me Ghastly”. The crowd immediately erupted and as he whipped us into a frenzy real quick. Ghastly puts out this Skrillex vibe – perhaps it was the hair or the sick skeleton hoodie he was sporting, but feeding off his energy made you feel like you were sweating under that packed, electric tent at Bonnaroo.
Things got weirder by the moment, as Ghastly saved his best for last; priming us for what was next and pumpping out bass-y bangers that took us on a ride through the trippy-world that is trap music.
By this time we were all deep down the rabbit hole of $4 PBR’s, however… attention please. Party favor is in the house. As soon as he walked on stage he commanded the crowd.
Maybe its an LA thing; with middle fingers up, “Fuck That Shit” catches on fire and the place drops. Before long we were locked in for a set of hype hip-hop with a side of dirty twerk.
With jams like “Same Damn Time” from Richmond’s own Future and Migos’ “Fight Night”, the crowd was ripe for the main man, Brillz to take the stage.
No introduction was needed as Brillz (top image) stomped out atop the DJ booth waving a TWONK DI NATION flag.
He pretty much served as his own ‘hypeman’ and everyone was ready to see what happened next. He opened with a long intro to Crime Mob’s “Knuck If You Buck” and the place got lit. Literally. The light show just takes off from there and we’re transported to his world. Girls on shoulders flying through the crowd, head banging, hair whipping, jumping and twerking – the place is on the edge and going ridiculously-hard for the remainder of the show.
Long story short, next time you see a Twonk/Trap/EDM show happening at The Broadberry on a weeknight, you should probably put on your Vans and go.
