**FROM OUR HISTORY DESK:** While singer Kehlani gears up for her *Crash* tour, historians are drawing eerie parallels to the **"Grand Tour" of the 18th century**—but with a modern twist.
Back then, wealthy young aristocrats (mostly men) would travel across Europe to mark their coming of age, absorbing culture and leaving behind a trail of scandal, art, and heartbreak. Kehlani’s trajectory? A Black, queer, non-binary artist touring the same cities—London, Paris, Berlin—but this time, *filling the coliseums* that once hosted the elite.
> “In the 1700s, the Grand Tour was about who *you* were becoming. In 2025, Kehlani’s tour is about who *we* are becoming as a society,” says Dr. Elena Vance, a cultural historian at NYU.
**The real headline?** Kehlani is doing in 40 cities what it took the Enlightenment 100 years to do: democratizing the journey of self-discovery. No tutors, no chaperones—just anthems for the misfits, the lovers, and the survivors.
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