I Like It When You Sleep Cause You Don't Talk Shit

Alright! So… The 1975 concert in Nashville on May 15th 2019 was the best 1975 concert I have ever been to. Like… ever.

First off this was my first time seeing them in two years (?!?!?) so that was refreshing but other than that wow where do I even start???

I know it’s about the whole band y’all know how I love and respect all of them but I will say right off the bat that this show was incredible much thanks to Matty’s behavior during the show, meaning that he was in a very good mood, he was obviously happy and excited and he was extremely interactive with the crowd. Rather than giving speeches that were tiring and repetitive to him he talked to us like we were his friends and he was genuinely enjoying the experience as well. He did little dances and made funny little comments and shared his thoughts, he wasn’t bored, he moved around a lot and you could definitely see the passion in his performance - the way he got on his knees and fucking screamed his lungs out during I Like America (and cried after that - he cried at least 3 times during the show I’m pretty sure), and the fucking fire in his eyes during Love It If We Made It… I don’t have words.

And the part that really got me was when he said:

“If it wasn’t for you guys I would still be doing drugs, so thank you. …I mean it.”

Just… wow. Because his career really gets the best of him sometimes and it exhausts and overwhelms him and recently he talked about how he didn’t like singing and there’s always a part of me that thinks Matty would rather not have to do what he does, but when he said that you could tell that he meant it. He’s come so far and I’m so fucking proud of him.

Back to the concert tho. As for me, like I said, this was the best of their shows I’ve been to so far, and I think that had a lot to do with two things: 1. I wasn’t on my phone as much as usual and 2. I didn’t give a SHIT about what people thought of me - let me tell you I have never danced so fucking much in my entire fucking life than I did last night. Y’all should have SEEN me. I’m still outta breath. Like a madman I was waving the Matty dolls around constantly with all my hand movements (and I hope I didn’t give them whiplash but they told me they were enjoying it too don’t worry). I’m praying 2 god Matty saw us/them at some point because we ended up moving to the front row cuz no one was sitting there LOL. But forreal @that anon who asked me about concert etiquette (and all other concertgoers) take note of this and JUST HAVE FUN AT YOUR SHOWS. GET the fuck into it, SCREAM at the top of your lungs, DANCE your MOTHER FUCKING ASS OFF, do ALL THAT SHIT and for the love of god STAY OFF YOUR PHONE. It’s totally okay to take pictures and videos but if you want to get the most of the experience do it minimally. This is a lesson I have finally learned from last night especially. Remembering what I saw makes me smile and it makes me so fucking happy, happier and smilier than I’ve ever been watching concert footage on a phone screen. Now that I think about it I did take a lot of pictures and video but not nearly as much as I usually do and I’m working to do it even less tbh.

Things about Matty and myself aside, here are some other things I’ll say about the show:

1. Yeah so Rome’s speaking voice is shockingly deep. Much deeper than I had expected. I’m slightly afraid of him now but at the same time he is baby and I am conflicted. I love him.

2. Pale Waves was amazing per usual I love them too.

3. Y’all the RAUGHY was REAL at this show. Almost as soon as the show started Ross was talking to John and smiling and by the fourth song this happened:

And this man stayed like this for like…. 20 seconds?! At least?!?!?!? It took me a while to scramble for my phone and actually take a picture I was like “OHMYGOD STAY RIGHT THERE STAY RIGHT THERE STAYRIGHTTHERESTAYRIGHTTHERE” it was INSANE.

4. A couple got engaged during ffy so congrats to them!!!!!!

5. We ended up waiting after the show with a little group of people so we could try and meet someone from the band. John and Jamie came out because they were going out on the town or something, Ross shortly after, so we got to say hello to them but we didn’t want to bother them so we let them go. After that we waited til like 1 AM but no one else came out so we ended up leaving the group. Kinda bummed but at least I made some buddies.

6. Like I said about the Matty Dolls: we couldn’t get them to the stage bc of the whole not-being-in-the-pit dilemma. I actually ended up giving one to a little girl and the other to one of my friends in the backstage group. It’s all up to Atlanta now…