Soundcheck With Aly & AJ
It’s 7 p.m. on a recent Sunday, with two hours to go before sister duo Aly and AJ Michalka (known as Aly & AJ) are set to headline, and the line around Irving Plaza snakes the corners. The crowd is a mix of diehard NYU-types who have followed the sisters since their Disney Channel days, and those somehow unfamiliar with their past but here for the very Eighties-inspired pop the pair have rebranded themselves with. After spending time with fans, the sisters successfully convince a bodyguard that they are, in fact, allowed to be let up to the dressing room — “I promise we’re legit,” AJ tells him — and enter the room in a hurry, a box of cookies they’ve been gifted in hand. The duo have a suiting story for their performance looks this tour, changing out of one set for the meet and greet with fans into matching sparkly navy styles for the stage. It’s a riff on Eighties power suits, they say, which is meant to neatly mimic the synth-pop style of their new music. “And it also just feels good to play in [suits]: you just feel strong and powerful,” AJ says. “It’s funny because a lot ofFollow WWD on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.
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