{"id":340965,"date":"2026-09-08T18:58:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/340965\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T18:58:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:58:31","slug":"stella-leftys-state-fair-crowd-size-only-tells-half-the-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/340965\/","title":{"rendered":"Stella Lefty’s State Fair Crowd Size Only Tells Half The Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Opinions are everywhere, everyone has one and everyone is entitled their own. And sometimes an opinion <\/a>is solely based on a single person’s perception.<\/p>\n

While the crowd <\/a>wasn’t record-breaking by state <\/a>fair standards, for those who waited and watched Stella Lefty, they left with more than just seeing a performance.<\/p>\n

A critic saw otherwise.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Setlist<\/p>\n

Country<\/a>-pop sensation Stella Lefty recently brought her rising star power to the Chevy Court stage at the Great New York State Fair, playing to a massive and highly enthusiastic crowd of 15,500 fans.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Peak Fall Foliage Coming For Central New York<\/a><\/p>\n

The fast-paced set and overall musical delivery sparked a range of reactions, including a notably mixed review from one music critic.<\/p>\n

Clocking in at under an hour, the roughly 14-song setlist featured tracks from her newly released debut album alongside a crowd-pleasing cover of Natasha Bedingfield\u2019s “Unwritten.”<\/p>\n

She ultimately closed with her viral <\/a>breakout hit, “Boston.”<\/p>\n

Here is the entire 14 song setlist from the September 6th show:<\/p>\n

Thinking \u2019bout You<\/p>\n

Why Wouldn’t We<\/p>\n

Good At Leaving<\/p>\n

Kiss Me<\/p>\n

Summer You Were Mine<\/p>\n

Lean In, Kiss Me<\/p>\n

Whiskey<\/p>\n

The Kill<\/p>\n

Unwritten\u00a0(Natasha Bedingfield\u00a0cover)<\/p>\n

Feel Better<\/p>\n

Something to Lose<\/p>\n

I Know I Know<\/p>\n

Slow Dancin’<\/p>\n

Boston<\/p>\n

Mixed Opinions\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not everyone was entirely won over by the performance. Critic Chris Cresswell acknowledged<\/a> her raw talent, pointing out that in her mid and upper range, “the potential that’s there.”<\/p>\n

However, he offered a much sharper critique of the musical arrangement and overall execution.<\/p>\n

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Cresswell stated that the songs and their delivery felt like “the aural equivalent of the matching plain white T-shirt and denim aesthetic on stage.”<\/p>\n

This didn’t sit well with fans.<\/p>\n

A Fans Perception<\/p>\n

Lefty’s appearance at the New York State Fair highlights both the triumphs and the growing pains of a rapidly ascending career.<\/p>\n

Fans <\/a>took to social media to give their opinions on the performance.<\/p>\n

Shawn <\/a>wrote – “She has one huge viral song…did everyone really expect her to suddenly have a 40-song catalog hiding backstage?”<\/p>\n

Chris <\/a>added – “Short? She played every song she had except lik[e] 1.”<\/p>\n

Balancing short festival slots with massive crowds presents unique challenges for any young artist.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: New York State Fair Has Biggest Crowd Since Before COVID<\/a><\/p>\n

Salli <\/a>said she has been going to the fair for years and “A 60-minute free show at Chevy Court is standard.”<\/p>\n

And the list goes on and on, praising Lefty for playing the show and sharing how she stayed to sign autographs afterwards.<\/p>\n

Whether fans remember her for the electric atmosphere or critics focus on the musical depth, Stella Lefty\u2019s fair debut certainly kept everyone talking. She’s one artist who is on the verge of something big for sure.<\/p>\n

New York State Fair Butter Sculptures Through the Years<\/p>\n

Take a look at the Butter Sculptures over the years at the New York State Fair.<\/p>\n

Gallery Credit: Credit – Polly McAdams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Tibrina Hobson, Getty ImagesTibrina Hobson, Getty Images Opinions are everywhere, everyone has one and everyone is entitled…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50,12],"class_list":["post-340965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}