Jensen McRae played first of 2 Bowery Ballroom shows with Lauren Juzang (pics, setlist)

Jensen McRae released her very good new album I Don’t Know How But They Found Me! a couple weeks ago, and she just began her spring tour supporting it, which stopped in NYC on Wednesday night (5/7) for the first of two nights at Bowery Ballroom. Jensen had the very enthusiastic crowd singing along the whole time as she played her new album in full (but not in order) along with a bunch of songs off 2022’s Are You Happy Now? and a couple off her 2023 visual EP It Wasn’t Supposed To Be Like This. She acknowledged that she’d inadvertently given one They Found Me! track, “I Can Change Him,” the same name as a Taylor Swift song, and also took a little inspiration from Taylor’s Eras Tour, with a “surprise song” section mid-show where she played “Good Legs” and an unreleased song, “Class of ’15.” She’s a powerhouse vocalist live and she brought down the house from beginning to end, when she closed the night with a particularly moving rendition of “Make You Proud.”

Lauren Juzang performed solo to open the night, and her bare-bones indie folk made for a great warm up for Jensen. You can see pictures from the whole night and Jensen’s setlist below.

Jensen will be back at Bowery Ballroom tonight (5/8), and she returns to NYC on her fall tour to play Irving Plaza on October 14. See all dates below.

SETLIST: JENSEN MCRAE @ BOWERY BALLROOM, 5/7/2025 The Rearranger My Ego Dies at the End God Has a Hitman Mother Wound Savannah Fever Dream Bad Day (Daniel Powter cover) Tuesday I Can Change Him Daffodils Dead Girl Walking White Boy Vienna (Billy Joel cover) Good Legs Class of ’15 Novelty Let Me Be Wrong Praying for Your Downfall I Don’t Do Drugs Massachusetts Make You Proud JENSEN MCRAE: 2025 TOUR DATES 05/08/2025 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom 05/10/2025 Boston, MA The Sinclair 05/12/2025 Montreal, QC Fairmount Theatre 05/13/2025 Toronto, ON The Axis Club 05/15/2025 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall 05/16/2025 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater 05/18/2025 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater 05/19/2025 Salt Lake City, UT Soundwell 05/21/2025 Vancouver, BC Hollywood Theatre 05/22/2025 Seattle, WA Neumos 05/23/2025 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre 05/25/2025 Napa, CA BottleRock Festival 05/27/2025 San Francisco, CA The Chapel 05/28/2025 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre 05/29/2025 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre 06/10/2025 Berlin, Germany Privatclub 06/12/2025 Amsterdam, NL Bitterzoet 06/14/2025 Brussels, BE Botanique 06/16/2025 Paris, FR Le Hasard Ludique 06/18/2025 Dublin, IRE The Workman’s Cellar 06/20/2025 Glasgow, UK SWG3 Poetry Club 06/21/2025 Manchester, UK Deaf Institute 06/22/2025 Bristol, UK Exchange 07/27/2025 Newport, RI Newport Folk Festival 08/09/2025 Aspen, CO Up In The Sky Music Festival 10/06/2025 Birmingham, AL Saturn 10/07/2025 Atlanta, GA Terminal West 10/08/2025 Nashville, TN Exit / In 10/13/2025 Washington, DC 9:30 Club 10/14/2025 New York, NY Irving Plaza 10/15/2025 Boston, MA Royale 10/17/2025 Toronto, ON The Danforth Music Hall 10/19/2025 Detroit, MI El Club 10/20/2025 Pittsburgh, PA Thunderbird Music Hall 10/22/2025 Chicago, IL Metro 10/23/2025 Indianapolis, IN HI-FI 10/25/2025 Saxapahaw, NC Haw River Ballroom 11/07/2025 Paris, France Pitchfork Paris 11/11/2025 London, UK EartH 11/13/2025 Dublin, IRE Button Factory