This post contains personal opinions and theories based on research Iâve done. Donât take any of this as a confirmation of anything.
This postâs purpose is not to hate on anyone mentioned here but to share what Iâve found and think about it as a whole.
Iâm always up for discussion, while itâs done with respect to me but also about the people weâre talking about.
This isnât what you think by the name. I just donât know how to name this. And also, I might add, this might not be an actual essay but it might be pretty fucking long and overall a mess, but bear with me.
Yesterday I got an ask in which the anon told me that Kaykay is now being followed by White Horse Agency, and I was like âI might do some researchâ, and I did it, leading me to find some things that I thought were interesting and I wanted to share them with you.
Well, as you might know, Crystal has a degree on PR and a Masterâs degree on communication. Back in the day (aka 2014), she had her own company called WhiteLabel.Social and it was basically aimed to be like a âbridgeâ between influencers and brands and make publicity that didnât look like it. Honestly, I donât know whatâs up with the company. The only info I gathered (since this wasnât the main focus) was the Linkedin page, which has a link with a website that seems abandoned in my opinion (like, it doesnât have contact info, it doesnât show works theyâve done, faqs, or like anything youâd expect from a website that is still working), but linkedin says sheâs still working on it, so it might be up, but it also says sheâs working as a âTalent managerâ for an enterprise called âUntitled Entertainmentâ since January.
Now, leaving that context aside, and going back to the reason on why Iâm doing this is basically because it called my attention that every girl that has been seen with the boys in public or has been âofficialâ, has been related to Crystal somehow. A few examples are Bryana (who is still literally friends with her) and Arzaylea (who was one of her examples in the WhiteLabel website and how they seemed friendly during the sgfg tour, or at least stood together to watch some shows).Â
Now, this whole White Horse Agency didnât surprise me at all, since she and Michael have been featured on it (find waldo) and also, this year, she was photographed for it (2nd photo) --small note here, but I thought it was interesting that her invitation to coachella was sponsored by sugar bear hair and then she was out giving support to james charles lol--, but in my attempt to use Google, I came across this website and this is the reason why Iâm writing this whole thing.
The website itâs called influencers(.)co, and it literally tells you that the main idea of the site is to be like a âlinkedin for influencersâ. Now, before I show you, I want to clarify how it works: the FAQ explains that you sign up by giving the account access to your Instagram, and then you can create a profile showcasing your work and why brands should contact you.
(Source:Â https://influence.co/go/faq)
Hereâs Crystalâs:
(source:Â https://influence.co/crystalleigh)
What you see here is what I was explaining. The page seems really well-put together. It also shows you the starting price point for a post made by her, but I wanted to share this because what called my attention (and honestly shocked me a little -too new in this fandom for this kind of stuff I guess-) is this:
When you click in âblogâ, it shows an article where she shows her home and stuff and then when you go to âother mediaâ everything you find is related to the engagement articles that were made (that were a lot for Michael, to be honest--like why the fuck brides dot com is interested in michael--but I guess that has been discussed). Showing articles that revolve around your engagement like the job you do promoting on Instagram to sell clothes/hotels is just... weird to me, to say at least.
Moving on, I thought âWell, I guess Sierra has one too?â, and yep she has a page too (https://influence.co/sierradeaton), it isnât as put together as Crystalâs, and I guess she hasnât updated because sheâs still under Essy.
Then I thought, what about Kaykay? Wanna guess? Hereâs her profile.
Kaykay and Sierra both have in common as âpeople who have tagged themâ Crystal and her friend Mariah.Â
After showing you this, Iâd like to go back to what I questioned earlier. Itâs just so weird to me that Crystal seems to be friends with the boysâs girlfriends (or supposed girlfriends) when thereâs a noticeable distance between she and Ashton, Luke and Calum.
You can actually find photos of Sierra and Crystal that look like ones youâd take with friends (like this one) and thereâs this one too, also, donât forget she defended Sierra on Twitter from all the hate she was getting (like, I log in here and there and still havenât came across a hater) and also this and this honorable mention out of Sierraâs twitter.
Also, itâs suspicious to me that this photo:
includes the two âactualâ gfs being so friendly with Crystal and also the place: a TAO restaurant (why I mention the restaurant? Because Crystal did publicity for it and Michael actually attended an inauguration)
Youâre probably at this point like âwhatâs the fucking point of this essayâ and to be honest, at this point I have no fucking idea. But itâs just weird to me. I mean, I can see why they can be friendly since it seems they have Mitchy in common as friends, but still, not to look down on Sierra or Kaykay but I highly doubt they know about websites like influencers(.)co.Â
With this post Iâm not saying that any relationship is real or fake, but I just want to know if thereâs some of you who doesnât find this weird? Like, something doesnât fit right here and I canât pinpoint what it is. How is it that all the girls related to the boys (that we have known of) end up turning into some sort of influencer? or just linked with Crystal and the brands she works with when you see the polite distance between Crystal and the rest of the boys? I know these girls are individuals, but it still feels like Crystal helping them to become an influencer like she did at some point or somehow drags them into stuff related to publicity? Because one thing is being friends even if Crystal doesnât get along with their partner (because as I said theyâre individuals who can take decisions and might have met her first and the dynamics might be different) but other thing is being related to the same brands. I donât know if Iâm explaining properly my point but I hope you can understand.
I heard this once but I donât know if I recall it correctly: once is an incident, two's a coincidence but three is a pattern. Maybe Iâm too new here to figure out the pattern, but maybe some of you can see something else, so... Yeah, basically wanted to share my thoughts and that website that honestly astonished me. Thoughts?
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Title: Love Her and Despair
Chapter 23: "Incoming"
Final Fantasy X/X-2 (Yes, both. AU.)
Characters: Auron, Isaaru, Nooj, Rikku, Cast
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1750
Navigation: Previous Chapter | Chapter One |Â Map/ToC
The Story So Far: After Elder Cid is possessed by a vengeful spirit, Isaaru and his guardians must put their pilgrimage on hold to help the Al Bhed stop him before he destroys Bevelle.
"May I have your attention, guys and garudas! This is your wake-up call. Rise and shine! We hit Bevelle in twenty minutes."
"Hopefully without leaving a crater," Maroda muttered as he and his brother stepped onto the bridge.
Gippal, slouched in the pilot's seat, tossed a vague wave over his shoulder. "Yo, Yevon-dudes. Prepare for Operation Freak the Hell Out of Bevelle."
"It's already started," Shinra said, hunched over his console. "I'm reading energy discharge."
"How bad?" Maroda said.
Ruby light splashed the northern sky, stamping the shapes of towers and terraces upon the horizon. In the blackness that followed, scattered orange splinters remained, twinkling like stars of ill-omen. The real stars had vanished, veiled by a skin of cloud thickening into thunderheads to the east: Sin's tracks, an even more ominous reminder.
"Hard to say," Shinra said. "The causeway's on fire. Some rooftops and towers."
I thought it was kinda weird how Luke laughed when Calum said he had a girlfriend.
Okay so I went back to watch it and decided to see everyoneâs reaction and honestly, if anyone knows about body language please let me know. Iâll just work with my perceptions and opinions so take it as that (as always). Basically hereâs the clip (x) (around 0:42 -0:57) (sorry for not being able to insert it here since tumblr only allows one video by post)
Thereâs nothing really weird until you start to look at them individually.
Hereâs Calum saying âactually heâs got a girlfriend soâ:
He looks unimpressed in my opinion. Kinda tired maybe. Maybe ironic.
Hereâs Luke:
He scratches his neck when Calum says the word girlfriend and then he tries to laugh it off. In my opinion, he looked nervous and then if you look at this gif, he actually laughs and keeps the smile but itâs like the one a naughty kid would have, like when you laugh in an inappropriate situation.
Hereâs Michael:
He looks at Calum like âwhat are you going to sayâ and after he hears what he says, he jokes right after about Luke being bing.
And hereâs Ashton. Itâs not a gif because when I watched it I noticed he said something:
I feel like his body language is really expressive. Heâs laughing at the google joke and as soon as Calum mentions the word girlfriend he stops smiling, and if Iâm not wrong, he says âbaby back upâ (which is really interesting in my opinion!) and then looks to the side like heâs done with everything.
Honestly after watching this (again) I felt like he [Ashton] got pissed after the boys joked with the cashmere candle and then this happened, which may explain why heâs so irritated during the whole thing.
After this I feel like thereâs something definitely happening. Now I canât help but consider the idea that Luke is being asked/pushed to mention her for reasons I canât figure out (and probably wonât figure out). I feel like calum was like âgot you broâ and said it himself so Luke wouldnât have to.
Iâd like to think he mentions her organically but after seeing this I have even more doubts about it.
Itâs just weird, thatâs all I can say. Keep in mind these are opinions and Iâm not a body language expert so donât take it as facts.
This posts contains personal opinions and theories. Iâm not confirming stuff.
This postâs purpose is not to hate on them but to share what I think.
As my bio says, Iâm up for discussion, while itâs done with respect to me but also about the people weâre talking about.
This might be a long post due the time this has been going on. Honestly, I feel like this can get messy at some point and I apologize but thereâs too much to cover.
Sierra has been part of the boysâ circle of friends for a while. She is (or was) best friends with Kaykay, who has been friends with Ashton for a while, so it tells you she has been around two or three years (if not more). She also seems to be friends with Mitchy and if you look up, you can also find candid photos of her with the boys, usually at parties.
I donât know if you remember, but the first time she was papped with one of the boys, it was actually with Ashton. And not only that, but at the time he had referred to her in really lovingly terms to her on social media (twitter and Instagram mostly), always showing support, and after she started to date Luke, he stopped (I wonât go deep into this because thereâs already a big post on this, really well-made by the people at sierratheory where they show this with solid proof).
As you know, there are a few blogs here that talk about this topic Iâm discussing right now, and Iâve read divided opinions on this relationship: some say is fake, some say is really real.
And to be honest, I can see the reasoning behind both parts, so Iâm going to try and explain why Iâm so in the middle about this whole relationship.
> Why I think it could be real:
- They share the same social circles and most importantly, they were friends at some point. Following that narrative, it makes sense that you can fall for a friend and take it a step further into a full-relationship.
- The boys (well, Calum, Ashton and Luke since Iâve never seen her interact or be around Michael âthough I can be missing something here because Iâm not a really big user of social media, so I tend to not see the boysâ stories on Instagram or Snapchatâ)seem to be genuine friends of her, at least it seemed that way in those videos I came across from a Halloween party, the photos Iâve seen of them with her at parties and also thereâs the fact that Calum attended her birthday party.
- If we follow the narrative, they both seemed to be in vulnerable states after breaking up with their previous couples, so maybe that made them get together.
- They have met each otherâs families, and I guess that shows that theyâre serious about this (and in my personal opinion, it would be really fucked up to drag your family to a media show, though itâs not new and sometimes the artist doesnât really have a choice). Apart from that, theyâve shared important dates like thanksgiving and the lunar New Year.
- Sheâs always around. Parties, his home, near Petunia, she was there a lot during the 5SOS3 and Meet You There tours. Letâs not forget she was also in the video diaries.
> Why I think it could be fake:
- Grandebaby, my favorite fail ever. You probably know about this, but if you donât, basically Sierra was answering to a fan about herself from a âfan accountâ to help this confused fan to understand who she is, and why sheâs hanging out with the boys. But then, she switched accounts and forgot and responded to the fan again following the conversation she had started from the fan account, so she basically got caught.
- The time âLukeâ left a comment on one of her pictures and he was performing on stage.
- The fact that as soon as people began to suspect about them, she started to tease with photos that shared location with Luke, or taking photos at his house or with Petunia.
- Every time we get Lierra content, itâs before or after something related to the boys music is happening (go and look back to the drama before the Meet You There live album release, Who Do You Love as a single release, and even Youngblood).
- We have gotten so many stories by fans that seem to be made up; while I donât blame her or them for this, I feel like a lot of those stories where theyâre all in love (especially that one where she cried because she loves Luke so much) are fake and made up by fans to get clout and maybe show an image of them to the public.
- We always get filtered photos at the most random times. Remember two weeks ago there were photos that came out of nowhere about them hugging in the airport? And the whole fandom brought back their attention to them because theyâre âgoalsâ. The thing with this is that in my opinion itâs really strange: why this photo, from so many months ago, was suddenly leaked? After a few hours, a pair of girls came out to say that they shared them but didnât think that anyone would share them on social media because they asked the people they shared them with to not do so, but⊠One, they shared those photos really back in the day (when they took them they were on tour so it has been a hot minute) and suddenly people decided to share them? Or did they share it recently? Again, really strange, especially since it brought attention back to them before Coachella.
- Her birthday party drama. I can understand that you get mad because someone posts pictures of your birthday when you want it to be something private (though, some of her friends still posted and she didnât say a thing. She even posted something herself if Iâm not wrong). But let me remind you this girl went crazy trying to find a âmoleâ in her group, which tells you a few things: either she has had stuff filtered before and doesnât know who is doing it and that leads to you to think that she is worried about the things this âmoleâ can share. One thing is being mad about your privacy, which is understandable, but respond like this about only a small birthday video tells you a lot about what she could be doing behind the scenes.
Also, it caught my eye that Ashton was nowhere to be seen. She invited a few of the friends you can see hang out at parties but he wasnât around. Even if Calum was there, Ashton didnât show up (Iâm not saying they go everywhere together, but they usually go to the same parties and are seen together) and while we can only speculate about this, I wonder why Ashton has been absent of the picture for so long (especially when Sierra even seems to be close with his sister)
- She honestly seems like a damage control for what Arzaylea did. Look at the image she gives out: a singer, whoâs passionate for music and went through a heartbreak (sounds like someone to you?), and is trying to put herself back together in the music industry but is having a tough time. This girl is smiley, kind to fans, kind of shy when she speaks, everyone refers to her as a really good friend. Now, whatâs the image of her in the fandom? an angel, who saved Luke from his darkest hoursâbut not only that, he also saved her. (TBT to the premiere of the Lie To Me video and everyone commenting how she saved him, totally dismissing Lukeâs own hard work to put himself back together, but yeah, love can fix your mental health in a snap, I guess).
- This brings attention to the band (and good attention). Relationships have been a game that publicists have played since the old good days back in Hollywood, whether is to bring attention or to hide a sexuality, they exist (you can check this article to read more about it). People love to idolize and ship people, especially given heartbreaking-Nicholas Sparks-ish narratives about their love. In this case, attention was needed: the boys took a two year hiatus, being a band that while didnât do bad, wasnât at the top to afford doing this, they [management] had to do the most with their come back. You and me care about their mental and physical health, but for their management and record label theyâre numbers that werenât adding up. Youngblood was a risk for everyone, so itâs rational to think management could pull on those strings so their money makers donât flop. While I believe that the fandom is really supportive and the music the boys brought this time around is good enough to make it to the charts, no one in the business was going to take the risk.
- Honestly they look so awkward together. The only times that their photos donât look strange is when theyâre posted by themselves. Iâll link some down below where I truly believe they look really awkward to be a couple. (Example 1) (Example 2) .
- That Post Malone tweet I discussed a while ago.
> Some things I canât place up there because while theyâre strange, I donât totally believe they have to deal with a âfakeâ or ârealâ relationship:
- Her dad posting so much about Luke on social media. I donât get whatâs the necessity, since her daughter is probably the less hated 5sos girlfriend ever. And the way he phrases things is such a weird way, itâs almost like if he were thanking his fans, which is totally strange in my opinion for a parent.
- Lukeâs brother using her to promote his clothing brand.
- Those photos of their first appearance holding hands, were strange. Almost staged. And then there are photos of Sierra walking near Crystal which really made me go âhuhâ. (And as far as I know, I think KayKay is also friends with Crystal, and if youâre friends with her, I canât really trust you lol âalso, doesnât it call your attention that the girls are friends with her but the boys theyâre dating, or supposedly dating, donât even interact with her?).
- Sierra deleting photos so when you check her profile the first thing you see are photos of Luke and her.
- Maybe itâs me but itâs so... awkward Iâd like to say, the fact that there are photos of her hanging out with the boys while Luke was still dating Arzaylea. (But again, that could be a personal opinion)
After this, and weighing the fact that I listed more fake things than real, you might be wondering why Iâm in the middle about this.
While I can see why people think theyâre fake, and until some point I did, I lean towards the fact that this relationship is probably real, but by staying in the middle, Iâm trying to explain that Iâm not 100% convinced. Iâd say is a 70/30 for me.
They can be real, even if the way things happened were weird (especially after Luke denying her for so long until Youngblood came out, but again, Luke is really good at denying relationships until heâs pushed to talk about them in public) but if theyâre real, this is definitely tainted by PR. I can totally see them both seeing the benefit that they could get from their relationship and allowing it to happen this way. At the end of the day, I think that Luke would be that kind of person to go on board with giving clout to a girlfriend because he truly believes in her and wants to help out somehow (and in my opinion, the boys donât seem to mind giving shout outs to their friends projects or work while theyâre aware theyâre doing it and not being tricked into giving clout).
And she needs it, whether you are a fan of her from her old days in the group with her ex-boyfriend or you arrived now, we both now she doesnât have the attention she needs, and to be honest, I believe she needs a publicist and a manager that actually care about her career (and her to be on it full time too, since sheâs technically starting from zero). I think she really missed a really big chance by not releasing music back when she first left âAlex & Sierraâ and she was giving interviews about her career to such important music platforms as Billboard. Maybe she needed a longer break to make music and figure out what she wants to do, but in my eyes, she and her team (if she does have one) seem to be really, really lost, especially in terms of her public image.
While I believe itâs true for the amount of candids that we get, and Iâm theorizing about them agreeing to this PR over their relationship, I really hope itâs going that way. Sometimes she shows some tendencies to be there for attention rather than to be there for Luke, which is... Sad. Hopefully they truly like and care for each other and she just does that because itâs part of her personality.
And also, Iâd like to think that if this girl wanted to use the boys, she could have from a very long time ago (but well, since they seem to be technically have started hanging out by the time she splitted from Alex, this theory can be throw out the window, because after that, she needed a way to get attention on her, but Iâd truly like to be wrong about this one).
I donât know what it is but thereâs still something that rubs me off in the wrong way about this relationship and I canât quite tell what it is yet. If I ever find out, Iâll probably make a post about it.
And Iâll be transparent about this whole thing, because I mentioned it on my Kaykay/Ashton post, but I donât have the best perception of her. I could make a whole post of why she gives me a weird vibe off based on stuff she has done or said.Â
With that said, Iâd like to say that having a bad perception doesnât equal hating someone, because honestly I can sit here and theorize for fun, but that doesnât mean youâll find me on social media sending mean comments to her.
Iâm probably missing a lot and this probably was a hot mess, and I apologize, but I tried to touch on the topics that have caught my eye the most about these two. As I stated at the beginning, Iâm up for discussion and for you to theorize with me (you can even dm if you want it to be private) while youâre respectful with me and towards Luke and Sierra, which means I wonât be taking any comments that mock or say mean stuff towards her.
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If we look back at everything that led to Sierra being involved with 5sos, I still think thereâs something fishy about the way she seemed to be close to Ashton before even starting to be around Luke. When they became a couple Ashton distanced himself a lot from her, even though she claimed to be best friends? I still think she used Ashton as a stepping stone to Luke and he never let that go cause he always seems to make a weird face or comment whenever Luke mentions her.
I get where youâre coming from. I think that it wouldnât be weird for us to look back and see she got along really well with Ashton (because it seemed like she got along with Calum too and I think once I saw a picture of Michael at her birthday or something) if he didnât seem to react towards her in the way he has when she has been brought up in interviews.
I feel like the most obvious one was this one I discussed here, but heâs always doing faces and also he has called her a baked potato so, I donât know about you but in my opinion it feels like heâs annoyed at her.Â
I donât know if heâs actually mad at her and feels betrayed or maybe he feels like sheâs making something wrong with Luke, or if heâs annoyed at the fact that Luke brings it up in interviews because maybe he wants to be more serious and about music in them rather than sharing their personal lives. Maybe itâs a mix of the two. Maybe itâs none of them. I wouldnât be able to tell, but I totally see your point. Thanks for sharing.Â
I donât mind if the guys want to help promote/support friends who are musicians etc. My issue is if I feel like Iâm being forced to support them as well. With Kay doing the posters last year it was so unnecessary, they had nothing to do with the album. With Sierra, if she had done more with the singles she released/ interview she had I wouldnât be bothered by her doing the charity show. But neither of these girls do any self promotion theyâre depending upon 5sos fans to care about them.
I feel like no one really minds ânetworkâ while the you do it with the right people. For example, when John Krasinski chose his wife to be in the main role of his debut film as a director no one said anything because it wasnât weird: she has an established career. She has done many great roles and landed them by herself. You donât see people going like âemily blunt was just there because sheâs johnâs wifeâ you know? No one really questioned it because they both work actively for their careers. And if, letâs put in the scenario where Emily Blunt isnât that very known and he is, but sheâs actively looking for roles and working on smaller films, if he gave her a chance because he thinks sheâll do well and she proves to be worthy of the role, no one would say a thing. Everyone needs a chance at the end of the day.
I totally understand where youâre coming from and I empathize with you because sometimes I feel the same way. Not only because the fandom tends to fuss about anyone near 5SOS and thereâs this sort of rejection/shaming if you donât do that, but also because the boys tend to be extra (though Iâd take Calum out of this because the times I have seen him supporting his sister, for example, heâs like really chill and natural about it. He doesnât push it).Â
I agree with you in the fact that those girls havenât been doing much for people that want to work in outlets where you need people engaged. Hopefully that will change.Â
But yes. Sometimes it feels like the boys push them too much. Maybe they have the best intentions and as most of the fandom is like âyasss kween!!â they donât see why itâs wrong or how it could bother some part of the fandom. Iâm sorry you feel this way. If it helps, you can message me anytime and honestly, sometimes I just take a step back from everything related to them or just focus on them, or go and watch old interviews or just listen to the music. I know that dodging the drama in this fandom is like a mission impossible movie, but we can all try to be tom cruise (like, the character. Tom Cruise actually creeps me out a little bit lmao).
imo Sierra performing is frustrating bc even if the other performers are tied w 5sos at least theyre making a name for themselves on their own. With Sierra it came out of nowhere, esp after her comment that sheâs writing for other artists atm. I know this is for charity and all, &thatâs great but I feel like it kinda is her taking advantage. It would be fine if she worked to promote her music/career but in the past year she hasnât. You canât be a silent musician to make something of your craft.
Yes! I totally agree with you! Thatâs why in the ask related to this in the response I said âI feel like youâre kind of pissed and I can understand whyâ. I actually was going to add that I felt frustrated when I read that they are performing at a charity event, because I thought she had taken the spot from another musician, but since itâs their event, I feel like it hurts less to give her a spot.
When I see this things happening, I try to put myself in the different points of view. And I was thinking about the boysâs and I can totally see why they would let her (or ask her) to perform (and put her in the poster, too). At the end of the day theyâre humans, like you and me, so thinking about this, I know they might (probably) be biased.Â
I feel like some of us are bothered because we all have gone through this situation. We all help our friends/partners. We all want to see them succeed. So when youâre in a position where you can help out, you will do it. When it comes to people that we appreciate, weâre really biased. and I feel like with them [the boys] is extra because they developed their most crucial years on a industry that is based on this. I feel like they think they have developed good skills at spotting when theyâre being fooled but they truly havenât. I also think they might think about them back in the day when they were beginning and say âwell, so many people helped us out, itâs only right for us to do soâ (which is fine!) but they seem to have poor judgement on who to help.
To ground this, I feel like it irks because we all have been in that group project where you have that friend thatâs struggling and youâre like âhey, here, I help you with your part, donât worryâ, but we all know that after doing it two, three, four times, we start to notice theyâre not changing. Theyâre not doing their part again. We start to get tired. We see that friend and weâre like âmaybe this timeâŠâ but they donât do it. They donât change. And at some point you just tell them the stuff on their face or your relationship with the person falls apart.Â
As you say, if she were doing something, that would be different. Sheâs just⊠there.Â
I feel like maybe this is happening for various reasons:
1. I feel like Sierra is really lost in her career path. Which happens, and is normal. Maybe she doesnât like music at all and just did it because she wanted to please her couple and enjoyed it because it was with him. Maybe she should consider a band if she doesnât like going solo. And if sheâs not really interested in music, I think itâs alright to step back and say âhey, I was young and I followed my boyfriend, but Iâve realized I donât like it anymoreâ.
I feel like sheâs really lost in the sense of âwhat nowâ. Sure, she has a degree. But I feel like after being on the public eye and seemingly enjoy it, sheâs trying to keep up with this facade of a singer. Maybe she should even consider being an influencer if she just likes being the public eye but not being involved in any type of entertainment area. And I say this because by what Iâve gathered, she really likes attention, she just pretends she doesnât. I read that she was chosen like the nicest one or something along those lines, so it means sheâs really social and not the shy person sheâs trying to sell us. I know Iâm walking in thin ice here, but for shy people, they can fake being social for a while, but to be considered the nicest, you have to be really involved with people (and to a lot of them). In my eyes, shy people tend to choose who they will talk to because they feel interested in some way. Sheâs not shy, she just tries to please everyone (and this might be rough, but maybe this is one of the reasons she and Luke get along).
2. I feel like behind the scenes, Sierra is like âguys iâm really working on new music but every time I do something, it backfires! I try to pull music out, itâs considered plagiarism. But I truly love this, I just need time to heal, etcâ and the boys believe this. I feel like theyâre nicer to her because they might see themselves reflected on her. The boys went through rough times but the industry didnât let them catch a breath until it ended up in a two year hiatus. I feel like theyâre trying to be supportive and kind of protect her from what they have lived in the industry.Â
And then, you have the most media-looking side of this and itâs the fact that it will probably bring more attention now thatâs sheâs going to be there. Fans posting about Luke and Sierra and gushing about them sharing their passion for music (and theyâre angels because itâs charity). People buying the ticket to see if something happens. Something will probably happen and the daily mail will come up with their cheesy, stupid headline about Luke and Sierra showing their love to help charity. I think it brings buzz. Itâs beneficial for all of them if you see it that way.Â
This is how it goes. And for the non impressionable part of the fandom, is really shitty and might be even daunting to follow the band. 5SOS on their own is the shit. Theyâre great musicians. Funny guys. They seem grounded. They seem passionate about what they do. They are inspirational.
But with all the people and drama always surrounding them, sometimes itâs hard to stay. And sometimes itâs hard not only because it bothers you (even if itâs just a little bit), but also saddens you to see that their success is always eclipsed by other people, and itâs not even their fault or these peopleâs fault but their managers and the fandom.
Everything Iâve stated here are just opinions and perceptions, and I feel like I rambled about other stuff, but hopefully it made sense. In short: totally agree with you, anon.