Ranking ORT Mystery Concert headliners

Maddie Hunt Senior Arts Editor

The Orientation Roundtable (ORT) Mystery Concert is scheduled for September, and it’s time to reminisce.

Orientation week is one of the most exciting parts of joining the Queen’s community, where students partake in various events filled with excitement. Each year the ORT chooses an artist to headline a concert that first- year students attend in the Miller Hall parking lot.

Here’s a ranking of some fan-favourite past performers and their concerts.

3. Yung Gravy

After three years without a mystery concert due to COVID-19 restrictions, our concert drought was saved by gravy—Yung Gravy.

This brought hysteria and excitement to not only the class of ’26, but to the second- and third-year students who never got to experience a mystery concert.

Gravy achieved his fame through TikTok videos and his relationship with TikTok celebrity Addison Rae’s mother. Unfortunately, without his online status and speaking to his music alone, I would argue there may have been be much less interest in Gravy as a performer. Gravy’s setlist was hip-hop and rap music—a genre past mystery concert performers had yet to play. This offered a fresh performance for students.

2. Yukon Blonde & Tokyo Police Club

The Journal dubbed the 2012 mystery lineup a hit for the class of ’16’s students, and I must agree.

Yukon Blonde and Tokyo Police Club (TPC) took the stage in 2012. I don’t know either band well, but after a quick Apple Music search, their talent, strong vocals, and positive melodies spoke for themselves. I have no doubt these bands hyped up the crowd of first year students.

Songs like “Bambi” by Tokyo Police Club offered upbeat indie melodies paired with strong rock-styled vocals from lead singer Dave Monks. Yukon Blonde added cheerful instrumental compositions in songs like