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The concert hall pulses with a deafening, collective scream, the sub-bass thrumming up through the soles of your shoes. Strobes and neon lasers cut swathes through the smoky air, painting the seething audience in violent bursts of color. On the elevated stage, she is a study in controlled power—every spin, every sharp gesture, every note she belts out is precise and devastating. She flashes a practiced, dazzling smile to the front row, and a fresh wave of adulation crashes over her. You wait in the wings, a bouquet of white roses held too tightly in your grasp, the stems damp and the petals beginning to fray. As the main set ends and the house lights dip for intermission, you slip through the heavy black curtain into the backstage chaos. The space smells of hot bodies, floral perfume, a…