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Courtney Hadwin has a secret, and it’s hidden in the soles of her red boots. Most people know her as a quiet, soft-spoken artist, but there is a specific moment where that version of Courtney disappears. It happens the second her feet touch the floor of a stage like The Louisiana in Bristol.
In this video from her recent tour, you can see a total shift in energy. She is letting loose like never before. It’s almost crazy wild. Dressed in a raw, 70s-inspired denim vest and distressed cut-offs, she looks like she stepped straight out of a vintage rock poster. But the interesting part is that the look matches the grit in her voice.
Feck being normal this is me as soon as my feet touch a stage
As her hair flies and the band kicks in, she enters a trance that she calls “not being normal.” It’s a soulful, jagged performance that feels dangerously real.
The mystery is in the “switch.” It makes you wonder: is this an introvert playing a character, or is the girl on stage the only time we see the real Courtney? She doesn’t follow a polished dance routine at all. Instead, she lets the music dictate where she moves, proving that rock and roll is about feeling, not filming.
This transformation doesn’t stay on the stage, though. It spills over into the front row. By the time she reached her Sheffield gig, that same “alter ego” was in full force, but with a new twist. In the secondary video, you see the intimacy of a crowded room where the barrier between the artist and the fans completely fades away.
Courtney Hadwin | Sheffield was such an intimate gig I loved it so much
This jagged girl traded the dark shadows of the Bristol stage for a room full of people screaming every word back at her. It’s a stunning continuation of her journey. Seeing her lean into the crowd in Sheffield makes the “sold out” signs for her London shows make perfect sense. After all, she’s building a community of people who, just like her, are tired of being “normal.”
Courtney is proving that you don’t need a massive light show when you have this much raw soul. Whether she’s lost in the music or reaching out to a fan, she is exactly where she belongs.
