Stormzy headlined This Is What We Mean day at the Finsbury Park festival, finding himself performing during a torential downpour that gave the set a “bibilical” atmosphere, according to fans.

the heavens opening as Stormzy performed ‘blinded by your grace’ was nothing short of biblical!! a life affirming moment #ThisIsWhatWeMeanDay @allpointseastuk pic.twitter.com/irchRp3Y9x

— Ben Johns (@ben_johns) August 19, 2023

When announcing his plans for This Is What We Mean day, Stormzy said, “I was thinking what’s next cos we’ve done 3 O2s shut that down. I said to the team we gotta do something bigger something better something different. We were having back to back meetings bouncing ideas. Then it hit me I started jotting down ideas thinking – live band need a live band. August 2023 a summer time thing outside for the people always for my people. So August 2023 Victoria Park more info coming soon…. This Is What We Mean Day. Hard.”

During his set, Stormzy performed fan favourites including “Crown,” “Vossi Bop” and “Firebabe,” however the standout moment for the crowd seemed to almost unanimously be his rain-soaked performance of his Gang Signs & Prayer album track, “Blinded By Your Grace Pt. 2.”

One fan wrote it was “one way to feel alive.” 

Honestly, this video does it no justice: But it absolutely pooooouring with rain the second @stormzy played Blinded By Your Grace – with 50,000 people singing along – was absolutely magical One way to feel alive. pic.twitter.com/BrSMxWe7Ud — Sean Spooner (@spoonersean) August 18, 2023

Stormzy addressed the crowd during his performance, expressing his love and gratitude for his fans, saying “Thank you so much for supporting me, thank you so much for considering me, thank you so much for just being in my life. I love you, I love you, I love you.”

He took to Twitter himself, summing up his All Points East experience by simply writing, “Wow.”  

Wow… #ThisIsWhatWeMeanDay — Stormzy (@stormzy) August 19, 2023

Stormzy was joined onstage by Debbie, who performed a number of tracks alongside Stormzy from his newest album (whose title inspired the theme name of the festival), This Is What I Mean. There was also an outpouring of love for Debbie’s guest appearance, with one fan writing, “Don’t think I’ll ever see a show to top that.”

Stormzy. This is what we mean day. Absolutely incredible performance. The rain felt like it was orchestrated especially for the show. Sampha, Lucky Daye and Debbie were . Don’t think I’ll ever see a show to top that.

— Rachael Buck (@Rachaelgough91) August 19, 2023

Rain pouring down while @stormzy and Debbie sang ‘Give it to the water’ honestly just closed my eyes and gave every worry to God, what an indescribable spiritual moment

— Babz (@babztweets) August 19, 2023

Stormzy released his newest single earlier this month, titled “Angel In The Marble.” Watch the music video below.

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