By: Ryan Mercer

21-year-old multigenre artist Jane Remover has built a rich touring history—from opening for brakence in 2022 on the Hypochondriac tour, to co-headlining with quannic on the designated dreams tour in 2024, and opening for JPEGMAFIA the same year on his Lay Down My Life tour (occasionally alongside RXKNephew). Other notable one-off concerts include performing with shoegaze group they are gutting a body of water in April 2024 in Boston, opening for Yeule during the Doom Loop Festival in March 2024, and, more recently, sharing a stage with Glaive and ericdoa at the they named the city after me show in Asheville—just before the launch of her latest tour.

Marking Jane’s first headlining effort, the Turn Up Or Die tour kicked off in Minneapolis on April 23 and will wrap up just under a month later on May 22. Notably, she’s also scheduled to perform on Day 2 of Lollapalooza this August—a major milestone for such a young artist.

Now for my experience! I saw Jane Remover live as she toured Revengeseekerz on the Turn Up Or Die tour in Chicago at Lincoln Hall on April 25. As mentioned in the concert preview, I previously caught a minute or two of her opening set for JPEGMAFIA, so I’m not the best judge of her past performances—but I can confidently say this was one of the most fiery and energetic sets I’ve witnessed. Of course, the night wasn’t just about the headliner—Jane’s set was the climax of an evening that featured some truly memorable openers as well.

While I unfortunately missed the first opener, dollywood1, I caught dazegxd’s entire DJ set. Their performance spanned jungle, UK garage, jersey club, trap, and even deep house. My favorite aspect of the set was how much jersey club was played out. I also especially enjoyed a moment about halfway through when they dropped leroy’s most popular track, “Her Head Is Soooo Rolling!! Love Her”—a personal favorite of mine and a definite highlight of the night.

Leroy is one of Jane’s aliases and is responsible for some of my favorite tracks in her discography—so I’d be lying if I said this moment wasn’t one of the highlights of the night. Given that Revengeseekerz leans heavily into digicore, industrial hip hop, and various strains of electronic dance music, I went into the night expecting a set filled with distortion, bass-heavy drops, and high-octane energy—and that’s exactly what we got. Jane took the stage, opening her set with track one off Revengeseekerz, “Twice Removed”—an anthemic intro that, to me, perfectly showcases her vocal chops right out of the gate. She followed with tracks two and three, “Psychoboost” and “star people,” sending the energy soaring early on with pounding four-on-the-floor EDM. That momentum briefly dipped into a more mellow, though still chaotic, low-end groove. From there until the ninth track in the set, “Flash In The Pan,” the crowd’s energy never let up—shouting lyrics, leaping with the beat, swaying in rhythm, and breaking into mosh pits whenever the music called for it. Jane matched that intensity effortlessly, her stage presence amplifying every movement in the room.

The latter third of her set brought out many of my personal favorites: “movies for guys” from frailty (2021), “Professional Vengeance” and “JRJRJR” from her latest release, and—after briefly exiting the stage and returning for an encore—her most popular track to date, “homeswitcher,” from teen week (2021). It was the only fitting way to satisfy a crowd still hungry for more. To top it off, both “movies for guys” and “homeswitcher” were performed as live edits, featuring high-energy, danceable EDM sections that complemented the chaos and vibrancy Revengeseekerz brings to a live setting.

If you haven’t yet checked out Jane Remover—or her newest project Revengeseekerz—I highly recommend that you do. She’s an artist with remarkable range across multiple releases, and she’s only getting better with time.