THE 1975: WORTH THE M.O.N.E.Y

Last Sunday, I had the pleasure to attend the 1975’s concert. The lack of urgency to get there as early as possible took a great turnaround, as we did not expect the queue to be as gigantic as it was, with people looking like ants waiting for some kind of signal, one behind the other. Despite being amidst a crowd of screaming leather-wearing fan-girls, queuing with my friends was more enjoyable than suspected, as we got to catch up and talk about how excited we were to see the band perform.

As the 7pm mark came, the queue suddenly transformed itself into an outrageous mob, pushing and shoving to get as close to the doors as possible (as if the doors had more charisma than the actual band members). It felt like they were vacuuming everyone in as the frantic scanning of tickets could be heard more clearly and we finally approached the doors of the venue, the Ancienne Belgique.

(Rachael Wright)

HARRY STYLES WAS MY PHONE BACKGROUND

We’re friends right? If you’re taking the time to read this, then I consider us friends. And as friends, I’ll give you a free pass to know a little bit about my obsessive One Direction phase. Now, let me establish that I still really do enjoy One Direction’s music and them as people, but I am nowhere near the level of extreme craziness that I was my freshman and sophomore year of high school. But my music taste changes as much as the trends do, so I thought I’d tell you a little bit about a transition in music taste that many others have had as well.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard of the band The 1975. And for all of you that have been living under a rock, you probably listen to Top 40 hits radio stations. Most likely, you’ve heard of their song “Chocolate” which is most definitely, not about chocolate. But there is a reason that I’m bringing up two music groups that are from completely different genres, they have more in common than you think.