#fuckingrant

Siiiigggh. Okay, so during 2017 Hanson has actually had a lot of exposure in mainstream culture. Just to name a few:

The Washington Post ran a huge profile on the band.

NPR ran a positive review of ‘I Was Born’

NPR also featured the band on its Tiny Desk Concert series

And countless other media outlets have featured coverage of the 25th anniversary tour and the new Christmas album.

HOWEVER, I am seriously so fucking annoyed that the band is not making the most of all of this exposure. They should have had A NEW ALBUM OUT THIS YEAR. Not a goddamn greatest hits. Not even a Christmas album (well, I actually love that they have a Christmas album out, but that alone is not going to really leverage the exposure the band has gotten this year).

THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD A NEW GODDAMN ALBUM OUT. Lots of people who forgot about Hanson for years are now being reintroduced to the band, and their most recent album is over four years old. This is ridiculous, Hanson! 

Look, I get that Hanson does things their own way, and I admire that. And at least they released SOMETHING this year. But I want two things: 1) For people just now discovering (or re-discovering) the band to have new, original, non gimmicky (aka not just about a holiday) music to hook them in and make them into real fans, and 2) For the band to keep challenging themselves to release new music and go even deeper into their craft (instead of just regurgitating what they’ve already done for a lousy greatest hits album).

You never look back, yet I still keep looking.

She was the one you look at, the perfect one.

I wish I was happy with her being with you,

but I still hope it was me.

I was always in your back, yet you keep looking up front

always admiring you, yet you keep admiring her

always looking for you, yet you keep looking for her,

always noticing you, but never notice me,

In my world, you were the light, In your world, she was the moon and that light was enough, and I was only a glint of a star fading.

I was reaching the nearest, yet you were holding hands with her.

She has her life perfected, while I was only wanting you.

Why must that one thing be the one she wants?

I wish she was dead, but she’s an angel.

I wish it was me, but i still want you to be happy.

Because if I can’t be happy, I still want the other thing in the other world I want to have the greatest happiness I could never feel.

Sorry guys, but I need to go on a rant about Hanson. Don’t get me wrong. I fucking LOVE this band. But it’s the same as when you love, say, your husband or your mother. You love them unconditionally, but some things they do just make you want to bash your head against a wall.

The thing that pisses me off about Hanson is that, as innovative as they are in the music business, are still not doing things right. They are hell bent on making their music really hard to access - like, the whole Members EP thing. Now, on one hand, I get that from a business standpoint it is smart to provide something really special for your fans, like stuff they can only get by paying for your fan club. But in my opinion, that should be the other extra stuff - things like livestreams, or even merchandise or whatever. And they are great at that part of it, they come up with a lot of awesome, creative things for their fans and I’m sure that does help them make more money.

Basically you don't get to suddenly pretend to care for someone after they have passed, especially if you added a severe amount of negativity to their last days. And if you do miraculously become a better person and begin to give a shit, you don't get to expect a pat of the back from anybody, you don't get to bother anyone who actually loved that person ever.

That seriously annoys the shit out of me If someone died or had something awful happen to them or they suddenly become a big topic, and you had a chance to know them before and you didn't take that chance, than you don't get to piggyback attention for your sorry ass when the people who actually cared are suffering and mourning