#coldplay fandom

the only livestream stopped working and the fandom went nuts

Last night I lay in bed angry after a week of being forced to hear the latest Coldplay poppy blaargh over and over again on the radio, and then I remembered that this song exists, which is one of my favorite songs of all time. So then I got out of bed and listened to it, and had the enviable experience of hearing one’s favorite song for the first time again, and remembered what I liked Coldplay for. Weird narrative lyrics. A kind of energetic melancholy. Gives me this weird painful beautiful feeling I don’t have a name for. Chris Martin’s vocals here are so complementary and well integrated into the rest of the music...Then I got wondering about the kind of sadness I feel for wonderful things that will never be again, and I wonder if that kind of sadness can have any resolution.

Take Me THERE !!! Where XYLOBANDS Are EVERY WHERE

where They Turn The MAGIC ON

And Nothing Else Goes Wrong ...

Here’s a few things you can do:

1. Listen to the album! I hope you like it :)

2. Don’t listen to the album! I’m sure you’ll like it :)

3. Don’t worry about what other people are doing.

4. Be nice to everyone and respect people’s choices, whatever they may be.

Okay so as most of you know Coldplay will be touring the world next year. This is excellent news for all people who love Coldplay. However, this is not a post about Coldplay so much as it is a post about the fandom and about me.

I’ve seen so many posts today about how excited people are to see Coldplay for the first time; those post make my heart bubble up with happiness. Nothing makes me happier than seeing people enjoy Coldplay.

At the same time these posts make me nostalgic for the time before I had seen Coldplay. That was almost seven years ago. I remember the excitement in belly as I purchased the tickets; they were the first big purchase I had ever made with my own money. It was the first concert I went to without an adult. I was fourteen. I was a different person.

Not only does this tour announcement (and the AHFOD release in general) make me nostalgic about my own life, but about the life of this fandom. I have seen people come and go and I have come and gone myself. Since reviving this blog a few weeks ago, I have gone through old posts; posts from different livestreams, video releases, and from the day MX was released. It’s all so similar in a comforting way. Coming back to the fandom reminds me of several things. The first is that, I can always come back to Coldplay. The second is that the fandom will always be there. The third is that the happiness that Coldplay provides will always be there too.

I’m emotional tonight. Thank you to every Coldplayer I follow, interact with, and know. You make loving my favourite idiots/precious gems even better.

Love,