help me kill this hangover
i went out friday night to listen to a show by this artist called strawberry. objectively, he is a very big artist if we are going by pure listener count, i think he is doing something like seven million monthly listeners. if he bumps it up by another million, thatll be the entire population of the planet listening to him. anyways sarcasm aside, i was very surprised to see how quaint the venue was. tickets were something like 30 dollars, he gave us a chill show, vocals and piano only. personally, i think he performed beautifully, and his art was perfect for the venue. i believe he got very big in the tiktok era with mrs magic back in 2019, but he certainly did not seem to have let that fame get to his head. he even came down after the show and took photos with everyone. i remember asking about his little scarf collection and if he tries to coordinate colors. he was very cute, and seemed like a very genuine person. the opening act was amazing too, this very woodstocky girl came one, her name is shirley hurt (i learnt that later on when i came up to say hi to her). i most definitely will be listening to her recorded music. she didnt seem to be able to do both piano and singing that well, i dont think she has the vocal tone for piano. her recorded music though amplifies her voice so much, crazy how far garageband can take you. anyways, very lovely performances from both artists.
overall, i think the set was something like an hour, he was interacting with the 50 or so people present, and the crowd was very responsive. in a venue able to hold 200 people, it was surprisingly comfortable and empty, my friend and i were off the the side listening, with me shifting around to allow my friend to see through the crowd. standing shows are so much easier in docs to be honest, i am 6 foot one inch and i still struggle to see over crowds, but bam, i pop on the docs, get an extra two inches, and i easily veer over the crowd. not to mention the crowd was so hot? i dont know, most if not everyone, male and female, looked straight out of my pinterest board. at one point i saw a guy with the exact same jeans and boots as me... talk about stealing my flow?
my friend and i had also made an attempt to ball up, but i forgot to charge my dab pen. happens at the worst moments... i had also brought a preroll some emo girl had dropped on the subway, and i was very tempted, but i abstained... if im going to die at a show from a laced preroll, its not gonna be at this one. we entered and exited sober, which isnt really a big deal, but i feel slightly guilty for letting him down. i had begun feeling a bit under the weather that friday so it wouldve have been nice to calm the massive tension headache that hit me while we sat in the a&w afterwards. i remember being high out of my mind at the faye webster show last night, but i went solo that time, so it was a different story than going out with a second party this time. maybe it was better this way? maybe i can be a bad influence at times...