The Fonda Theater buzzed with electronic music on Saturday as fans slowly packed the floor during DJ George Clanton’s opening set, eager to see indie electropop artist The Dare close off his two nights in Los Angeles.

The crowd came dressed to the nines, some in Halloween costumes, many in ties — a nod to The Dare’s classic uniform of a suit, tie and shades — and others in shirts that quoted lyrics, such as those from “Guess,” which he famously produced for Charli xcx’s “Brat.”

“I hate the term, but everyone talks about the indie sleaze of it all,” said Flynn Gray, a talent agency representative in attendance about the concert’s aesthetic. “But [he’s] really bringing back late-2000s indie music.”

After about a 30-minute wait between sets, tiny screens surrounding the DJ board lit up with bright swooshing white lights as The Dare walked onto the stage. He started off by launching into “Open Up,” an intense, dance-rock number that immediately got the crowd jumping and the floor shaking.

The song was immediately followed by “Good Time,” which kept the same fierce flashing lights going, immersing the audience in The Dare’s well-known Boiler Room-esque atmosphere.

“I really appreciated that it was a lot darker ambiently than other concerts were, because I feel like we were really immersed in his set design. I feel like a lot of concerts aren’t like that,” said Kristen Spaulding, an attendee who works in visual effects.

Before jumping into the third song, “Sex,” The Dare took a moment to introduce the concert, using the well-known phrase “first is the worst, second is the best” to get the crowd excited for his second night in L.A.

He continued with the cheeky introductions to each song for the rest of the performance, saying he hoped the audience would have the same interesting smell as the previous night before he began singing “Perfume.” For the following song, “I Destroyed Disco,” he said he hoped he didn’t break the cymbal on stage before launching into the first lyric, “I break records, glasses, faces.”

The audience caught on and enjoyed how he interacted with the crowd as he fed off their energy and kept the dynamic light.

“[It was] very engaging. He had back and forth with the audience and kind of had everybody sing along and cheered everyone on to cheer him on,” said concertgoer Kati Milano.

During “I Destroyed Disco,” the room boomed with the crowd singing along, hitting each lyric with gusto.

“That line where he says, ‘What’s a blogger to the rocker / What’s a rocker to The Dare?’ Incredible. Incredible crowd and crowd involvement on that,” Gray said.

After a few more tracks, including the hit “Cheeky,” the bright white light screens and lasers suddenly turned red as The Dare switched into a musical interlude on the DJ board, remixing the song “Guess,” an homage to his work producing with Charli xcx and their Boiler Room set.

“There was a shift in the dynamic and the energy of the crowd. I loved it. I thought it was really sick,” Spaulding said. “I honestly liked the red moment. I liked the ambiance, the club music without any lyrics.”

The Dare followed the DJ moment with some of his more vocally intense songs, “Elevation” and “You Can Never Go Home,” before he announced that he was going to jump straight into the three songs he usually saves for encore: “Movement,” “All Night” and “Girls.”

Ending the concert with his most-streamed song ensured that the whole audience was incredibly engaged, although some attendees said it left them wanting more.

“Maybe one encore,” Gray said about missed opportunities in the concert. “He didn’t really go for the encore. I feel like everyone wanted something else at the end.”

Although The Dare didn’t play a DJ set, he incorporated his board into the performance and on stage, using it to add to the indie and dance music ambiance he’s known for. Other attendees were left slightly unsatisfied with his set, which lasted 50 minutes.

“He could play a little longer. [He has a] short set,” said Adam Levine, a 37-year-old basketball coach. “Give us a little DJ set for a little bit [longer], that would probably be my one nitpick.”

Seeing the indie sleaze poster boy that is The Dare come to life on stage was the lasting impression for most concert viewers.

“I mean, the show is incredible,” Gray said. “It’s such a dance music type of club environment, and I feel like he’s bringing back early-2000s indie music, which everyone wants to hear.”