This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at TCNJ chapter.
Music has a unique way of bringing people together who otherwise may never meet. It’s also a great conversation starter because practically EVERYONE has their own specific taste. What enhances this experience even further is the opportunity to see your favorite musician live in front of you. We all endure the same rollercoaster of emotions, and here’s what I think they feel like.
- The excitement and anxiety mixture that arriving to the stadium/arena holds.
2. The boredom you can (sometimes) feel while enduring the opening acts.
- The nerves and thrills you experience when the lights go black for your favorite artist…
- …and when they come back on and you see exactly who you’ve been waiting for.
- When you have that moment of acceptance that the famous person/people in front of you are ACTUALLY REAL HUMAN BEINGS.
- When they address the crowd for the first time and you’re instantly in awe of them.
- When you hear that one song that makes you dance like there’s no tomorrow…
- …and the one that makes you cry like a baby.
- And, occasionally, there’s that one song that our favorite band plays that we don’t know but pretend to know.
- When your FAVORITE song comes on that you’ve been waiting all night for.
- When they say it’s going to be the last song of the night…
- …and yet they always come out for an encore performance.
- When the final song, final lyric, and final note is sung and you feel a sense of understanding and acceptance that it’s over.
- When they finally leave the stage and you feel a sense of emptiness.
- The ‘post-concert depression’ that subsequently kicks in as you head back home…
- But living and eventually reliving through your favorite artist’s first-hand experience is something you’ll never get tired of.