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The heart of the concert was the stunning one-two punch of “Casual” into “The Subway,” Roan’s most grandly emotional ballads, in which her voice soared with what seemed like total effortlessness.

Roan played Coachella last year, won the Grammy for new artist and released a couple of singles this year — the country stomper “The Giver” and misty pop ballad “The Subway.”

The ballad “Eldest Daughter” has a musical delicacy that doesn’t match its lyrical content.

“She didn’t record it because it sounded like a hit,” says Billy Steinberg, who co-wrote the stark, slow-moving ballad with Tom Kelly.

On record, “Anything For Love” gets a knowing wink with in-studio jibing between Lipa and her producers; here she played it straight as a lofty piano ballad for the back seats on a floating riser.