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Rachel Platten<\/strong><\/a> hasn\u2019t been on tour in a while, but when she hits the road in support of her new album<\/a>, she knows exactly what she\u2019ll put in her dressing room.<\/p>\n \u201cI have candles, a humidifier, warm water, ginger honey, fresh flowers,\u201d the singer-songwriter, 43, reveals exclusively in the new issue of Us Weekly<\/em>. \u201cI basically would like to feel like Anthropologie has come in and redecorated.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cFight Song\u201d artist is gearing up for the Tuesday, September 3, release of her fifth studio album, I Am Rachel Platten<\/em>, and she\u2019s eager to play her new songs for her fans. While it\u2019s been seven years since she released her last LP, she hasn\u2019t forgotten the routine that gets her in the right mindset for a show.<\/p>\n \u201cI start off with an hour and a half of vocal warm-up with my voice coach of 20 years,\u201d Platten explains to Us<\/em>. \u201cAnd after warming up my voice, I\u2019ll do my own glam. I have loved that lately. I find it really calming and relaxing. I like to sit on the floor, spread out my makeup, totally unorganized, put on some music that I love and do my own glam.\u201d<\/p>\n As the start of showtime approaches, Platten says a prayer she learned from fellow musician Jewel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201c[It\u2019s] a really powerful and beautiful shift from, \u2018This is about me and being perfect and people loving me\u2019 to \u2018How may I be of service tonight?\u2019\u201d Platten says. \u201c\u2018May I just be the vase that holds the flowers? \u2026 Prepare the audience for the love and the healing that\u2019s gonna come through this music tonight.\u2019 I just ask to be of service, really. Then I\u2019ll gather the band, we\u2019ll gather around, hold hands and acknowledge how grateful we are to be where we\u2019re at \u2026 and we\u2019ll ask as a group to be of service and then we\u2019ll kind of remind each other, \u2018Let\u2019s go and have fun. Let\u2019s just be kids out there. Remember that we were once just little kids who wanted to play music.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Platten keeps the scene similarly low-key after the show, skipping raucous afterparties in favor of chill hangout sessions with her band.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s always some quirky and magical thing that\u2019s happening,\u201d she says. \u201cWhether it\u2019s a magician [who] happens to be in my dressing room \u2026 or an opera singer from Italy was there and at my L.A. show and sang for us. \u2026 Let\u2019s all just have fun and laugh a lot. And none of us are big drinkers, so it\u2019s usually like, \u2018Let\u2019s chow on some chips and [drink] kombucha and tea.\u2019 It\u2019s really like the nerdiest thing you can think of. That\u2019s our vibe.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Rachel](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rachel-Platten-Shares-Her-Pre-Show-Rituals-and-Dressing-Room-Essentials.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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