The Trying Times Tour arrives at Brooklyn Paramount as a live rock/pop set shaped by repetition, restraint, and sudden release. Featured performer James Blake brings a songbook that moves between electronic design and plainspoken vocals, treating the stage like a studio you can watch in real time. There’s no specific NYC premiere history attached to this run, but the booking lands within the city’s long habit of testing hybrid pop in rooms built for scale. The most telling moments tend to be the quiet ones, where arrangement choices carry the narrative.