My wife and I are going to a concert in a few months which is considered ‘girl pop’ and we have standing tickets. I wanted to get a look at what a show by this artist is like, so I search YouTube just to find it’s a bunch of young adult woman screaming anytime something is done like a dance move as an example, but this just isn’t me.

I have a worry that someone is going to start filming me for being ‘grumpy’ or whatever, usually I wouldn’t think this much into it, but I’m already going to be sticking out like a sore thumb and in the current year I always assume I’m in the background of someone’s video at any given moment and I don’t want my awkwardness being confused for anything else other than what it is.

Am I in over my head, or should I just not overthink it and try to enjoy myself?

  • Mike Hunt@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Standing because i have only ever been to one concert 11 years ago and it was in the cheap seats and i do enjoy the music as does my wife but I’m just a very reserved person and i felt like being in a crowd id be the sore thumb but as others have said i doubt anyone is going to be looking at me

    • Skua@kbin.earth
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      2 days ago

      You’ll be fine! Especially since you’re there with your wife, you’ve got good company to distract you from whatever anyone else is doing if the show isn’t already doing that. All sorts of people show up at concerts, even if they don’t always show up in the photos and videos of those concerts as much

      I went to a Heilung gig a few years back (incredible experience, by the way) and it was really funny in a lovely way to look at the crowd. It was like a straight 50/50 split of people that looked like the very stereotype of 60s hippies and equally stereotypical metalheads. Flower crowns and corpse paint right next to each other. We all had a great time together

      I’m quite a tall guy and not the most outgoing a lot of the time, so I do understand how it’s easy to feel like you’re sticking out in a crowd. Thing is though, everyone is there to see the act, not to people-watch the audience