Liana Banks is a star. Before she even performed her first song Saturday night at Webster Hall, all eyes were on her the second she hit the stage. Dressed in a black and white checkerboard hoodie, a black pin choker, black boots, black shades, and her trademark bright green hair, in a high ponytail she began singing the first song ‘Worth It” off her new mixtape Insubordinate. A song in which she sings about her struggles before getting to where she is today, on stage performing in a front a large crowd at Webster Hall in New York City. In the song she sings “I remember, when I had to skip a couple meals, when I turned down all those pop deals, when the rent and phone was past due, it was all worth it, every sacrifice, every sleepless night.” The crowd sang along to these very relatable lyrics, being as the crowd was filled with many artists like herself. 
Then she started her next song “Plead the Fifth,” a song about a wild night spent with a friend, where things apparently got wild and filthy; “but we ain’t take no pics so we plead the fifth.” At which point in the song the music stops before the crowd yells “Fuck It Up” and Liana showcases her sick dance moves, much to the crowds enjoyment accompanied by loud and energetic chants of “Aye! Aye! AYEEEEEEEEE!!!!!” Her next song “ LVL UP” is about not letting others try to put you down and kill your vibe, it’s about doing things bigger and blowing expectations out the water and making your haters even madder, and giving them more to hate on. In the song she sings “they told us to turn our swag down, so we made it even more loud… only right that we level up.” Liana then switched up the pace by throwing the crowd a unique cover of artist Drake’s song “Fake Love,” with a piano accompaniment from DJ of the night DJ Sleepy2. This was a nice and unexpected change of pace. She then faded the end of the cover into her next song crowd favorite “Tragic,” a song about how sad it is that a girl or a hater in general would have nothing better to do with their time than to talk about and harass Liana.
Another standout song was “Truce,” a song about growing tired of fighting with a lover and wanting it to be over. As the set came to close, she picked up the pace again with fan favorite “Eat,” a song about a special kind of meal. Since the crowd knew it so well during the songs hook Liana would take the mic and point it into the crowd as they screamed back “licky licky licky licky, EAT!” She ended her set with her song “No Feelings” featuring Jay-Payso Rockstar of the talented musical collective of FOURSIX. This got the crowd jumping and fully engaged, allowing Liana to leave on a high note.
Liana Banks sings, dances, and writes her own music, she’s done it all on her own and if she’s coming to a city near you, do not hesitate, grab a ticket and go! You won’t, regret it.
