Ethel Cain‘s functionality in Central Park as component of SummerStage’s concert series mostly went off devoid of a hitch Thursday evening (June 28), with the 26-year-old musician executing a slew of mellow tracks and closing with a rousing encore of “American Teenager” and a deal with of the Kim Carnes’ version of “Bette Davis Eyes.” But there was 1 certain bizarre second that occurred midway by way of, with 4 to 5 folks requiring healthcare guidance in just a quantity of minutes of every single other in the course of the identical song.

Just ahead of launching into her ambient, unreleased track “Amber Waves,” Cain questioned her audience to close their eyes and stand nonetheless to sense the electrical energy of the track rippling through them. Some concertgoers may perhaps have taken her suggestions way as well seriously, despite the fact that, and locked their knees when listening, as a quantity of appeared to move out and/or quickly have to have allow all at at the time all through a quantity of distinctive areas in the group.

Other acceptable things: the temperature of the outdoors celebration was someplace in the huge 70s, in accordance to Nationwide Weather Assistance, nonetheless beverages have been accessible at concession stands. The sold-out location was totally packed as extremely effectively, with a employees members member instructing concertgoers just ahead of the clearly show started to refrain from sitting down down on the floor in acquire to make particular everybody could match.

When she observed folks needing enable, Cain stopped her functionality in its tracks and directed medics to the areas they had been becoming needed. She also identified as on SummerStage workers to hand out waters, which they obliged, and at the extremely least 1 individual was walked out of the venue by employees members.

“Does anyone else need drinking water?” the Florida native asked her viewers patiently in advance of beginning off “Amber Waves” from the leading. “Is everyone great, is any one sensation faint?”

Billboard has arrived at out to SummerStage’s rep for comment.

Cain is at present slated to tour through the finish of September, when she’ll return to New York for the All Items Go audio competitors. Her debut history, Preacher’s Daughter, was just 1 of Billboard‘s leading rated 50 albums of 2022.

The fast-fire incidents at Cain’s present are just the most present illustrations in what seems to be to be an upward craze of men and women fainting due to the fact are living performances returned publish-pandemic. Past year, fellow folks-rock star Maggie Rogers issued a PSA to enthusiasts about the relevance of remaining hydrated at concert events, noting in a TikTok video, “Something is occurring on this tour that we have never ever seasoned in advance of, which is that we’re seeing a lot more people than ever either move out or have stress attacks in the viewers.”

“Obviously, it’s been a really long time considering that we have been in crowds, and concert events could not be the most all-natural room after a pair of several years we’ve spent in the pandemic,” she added at the time. “If you’re coming to a demonstrate, make sure you keep hydrated, try out not to lock your knees if you’re standing for a definitely very long time, just take some breaks, and just do all the things you can to hold anyone harmless and balanced close to you.”

View Cain manage the pauses in her demonstrate beneath.