Conan Gray missed Buc-Ee’s and Sonic, and he missed the way that everywhere in Texas smells kinda like meat.Rising pop stardom has taken the 23-year-old singer-songwriter much farther afield than his Georgetown beginnings, but his excitement Friday to play Austin City Limits Music Festival should warm the hearts of anyone who’s even mildly concerned with hooks and choruses and the fine art of crafting hip-shakers out of unspeakable sorrow.
“Austin, my name is Conan,” he yelled early on from the American Express stage. “I’m so happy to be back in my hometown.”He was lying, he clarified – Georgetown and all – but anyone from a small town knows you claim the nearest big city, he said.
“This is like a high school reunion,” he said. He urged the huge crowd to have fun in the beating sun, but not too much fun, “because most of these songs are depressing.”
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