due 2 recent studies, statistics have shown that fangirling is at an all time high. to quote Chef (RIP) from south park: “It’s the law of physics that states that if one girl screams for something, it will make other girls scream … until all girls within a five-mile radius are screaming. Once you get girls screamin’, you can’t stop ‘em! They’re crazy! “
fangirling has become the driving factor behind the success of many of the more popular bands in recent years. girls from all across the internetz have been busy reblogging gifs of their fav lead singers on their tumblr pages. DONT GET ME WRONG, i know its kewl for ppl to dream every now and then, but do u kinda cringe on the inside when u hear a bish who in reality is like a 3/10 say how alex gaskarth of all time low is the guy that’s “right for her” and calls her fav band her “babies”?
even tho kellin quinn of sleeping with sirens is off the market now with a wife and kid, bishes still continue to fangirl
despite spending every day on tumblr blogging pics and gifs of fav band members, constantly fantasizing what it would be like if they met them in person, and dreaming of dating and falling in love them, there R plenty of fangirls who would merely jus glimpse/smile then tilt their head down if their band-member-crushes walked by them after they finished playin their set @ warped tour. of course, plenty of fangirls who overcome this type of shyness/nervousness will go for the picture/autograph combo with mayb a hug. but apart from all this, theres a small demographic of creepy stalker-bishes who will literally do anythin to meet their bandguy-obsession.
funny tweet convo between alex gaskarth and some bish who found out where he lived and waited outside his house 2 try 2 meet him….
lolololol
i guess u might be thinking “is fangirling exclusive to girls”? the answer is NO. fanboying might be more rare, and tends to be more subtle, but it still def exists (and can be infinite times more awkward given the bro and the situation). while girls make no effort in hiding their fangirldom, bros’ fanboyness tends to come out as a more spur of the moment occurrence, sometimes unexpectedly. example: they’re standing near one the guitarist of one of their fav bands @ a show. they then begin to wonder if he would be a coolbro to talk to and chill with in person. this usually will result in a 30 second conversation of “sick set man” followed by making a point to tell all of his bros “so i talked to the stick to your guns guitarist, cool guy”. when ur bro tells u this, what he really meant was “i was really stoked to have talked to the stick to your guns guitarist and i feel cooler as a person after having done so”.
http://youtu.be/SMPR6thZfAs
example of awkward fanboying gone wrong^
despite all this fuckery, i CAN think of 1 positive outcome from this whole recent influx -in-fangirling development….
THE RETURN OF THE BOYBAND
tahts right, as many of u might have noticed, boybands are finally relevant again. unlike “rock” bands where the girls mainly jus fangirl over the lead singer, with boybands theyre all the lead singer which = more potential fangirling. pretty simple concept really. lets take a look @ the most popular ones from recent years…
BIG TIME RUSH
i have to say im pretty fond of big time rush. all of their songs that ive herd R pretty catchy and they have the screaming/borderline crying bishes following them by the thousands, so clearly they R doing something right. they are showcasing many classic boyband traits but i couldnt help but notice 1 thing that was kinda off about them…. they only have 4 members?!? to quote south park again, kyle this time: “Wait a minute. There’s only four of us. All boy bands have five members. *N Sync, Backstreet Boys, New Kids On The Block. All had five members.” Despite big time rush’s music actually being really good, i simply cant look past such a huge error. onto the next band…
THE WANTED
eh. i rly dont know if i can get down with the “wanted”. all of the members look kinda older than the average teen-pop singer (besides the dude on the far left) and i feel like theyre going for a more mature vibe. the sound of the music exhibits the same vibe. cant take all this whole euro-shit as well. it’s so groce to me. “we’re in IBIZA!” tbh this band shuld probably change their name to “the not sheriff wanted”. LOL i crack myself up. moving on…
ONE DIRECTION
this band definitely doesnt suffer from problems that the previous bands i showed did. infact, i would say that they encompass everything that a modern boyband should. its liek someone took justin bieber and multiplied him times 5, genius. also add the fact that theyre british. american bishes (and its the same where i live in canada too) have this weird fetish for british guys. something that british girls definitely dont feel towards american guys. i think this def has been a key factor in the overseas success. & the success is definitely there… from wikipedia: “As of June 2012, according to Nick Gatfield, the chairman and chief executive of Sony Music Entertainment UK, One Direction represent a $50 million business empire.” dayum!
whats ur opinion on the recent fangirling epidemic? do u know any fangirls personally? are u a fangirl/fanbro yourself? do u secretly wish u were in a boyband?
I’m going to piss myself.
I’m going to piss myself.
I just pissed myself.
Fuck sake bro. Fuck sake.
lol i hope this dude doesnt “backtrace” and find this post via getting new comments on his video and find out we’re all making fun of him. i dont want him to take it down its too funny :/
Imagine the beta fallout though.
I hope he does just so he responds to every single comment with immense butthurt. Some other kid did that once but I can’t remember which post.
lmao. the top 2 comments now are from people from this site dissing him. hahahahah
I remember the first time Pierce The Veil came out to Australia w/Attack Attack and nobody gave a fuck about them, I managed to get some srs chill time with Vic and the rest of the bros. Come one year later and all the fat bishes created a srs perimeter around the band at all times, it was kind of a bummer as Mike was a srsly awesome bro to hang with but becoz I wasn’t in a band/a promoter/bandslut I couldn’t get any facetime that time around. It was disappointing :’(
The popularity of PTV is an encouraging sign of the increasingly post-racial nature of the fangirl landscape. Who would have thought 10 years ago that so many middle class gueras would be DTF a skinny mexi kid from San Diego??
PTV: braking down tha racial barriers in 2012 :’)
*sniff, sniff*
:’-D
its all so beautiful….
must make my own boy band now called “All For You” or something like that dat will make the preteen n teen va-jay-jays all wet n shit
in b4 pedobear invites me for a drink to give me the lowdown =P
Oh man, I never made the connection between the increase in fangirling and the boy band resurgence, but it makes so much sense. All the girls I know who love Kellin Quinn also jam One Direction all the time, #science.
And I don’t know about Big Time Rush’s music, but their TV show is ruined by the overly cheesy and really loud and constant sound effects. I want to fire that sound guy (coming from an Ariana Grande fan dude that loves Victorious),
Between Biebz, Twilight, The Hunger Games and the resurgence in boybands, it’s pretty safe to say that screaming teenage girls are where the dollaz are these days.
lol, screaming teenage girls have always been where the money is.
See; Buddy Holly, Elvis, The Beatles and probably fuckin’ Mozart while we’re at it.
its crazy how big one direction has gotten over the last year. i honestly think its a matter of time before they start selling like, one direction key chains and bracelets in 7-11′s like they do justin bieber
ive never seen the big time rush show, dont get that channel here in canada :(
agreed 100% on the BTR show. could be pretty decent if it weren’t for how over the top it is in an annoying way. icarly and victorious are over the top too i suppose but they do it in an entertaining way somehow. not sure how to describe it but if you watch the shows you’ll probably know what i mean.
man, victorious and icarly have really raised the bar on children’s programming!
also, i prefer BTR’s music to 1D’s for some reason. dunno why.
yeah BTR’s music is catchier than one direction tbh. one direction just have a better image
Its probably just better writing and less annoying background shit. iCarly and Victorious are both from Dan Schneider, a dude who’s been defining kid’s television for the past like twenty years, so he makes quality programs. BTR just doesn’t have that same level of quality, so normally a little thing like a cranked up constant background track can make it unwatchable instead of just average.
not to hate on disney or whatever but i feel like BTR and bucket and skinner and other nickelodeon shows are becoming more like the disney channel shows: entertaining for younger kids and definitely get the job done, but don’t really go above and beyond that to become legitimately good shows. i feel like nickelodeon used to have a lot of really good shows but that’s probably just rose-colored glasses since i’d much rather watch iCarly or Victorious than doug or hey arnold any day of the week.
Cosign on the BTR show being pretty average, but they put out some sick jamz, yo. Plus girls love ‘em. One thing the show does have going for it is Erin Sanders. wood sell all my possessions and travel across the country to awkwardly get rejected/10.
how about the creative tour de force that is SUITE LIFE ON DECK??
haven’t really ever paid much attention to that show, only seen it when i’m around my little cousins. the azn bish is p hot though.
“even tho kellin quinn of sleeping with sirens is off the market now with a wife and kid, bishes every still continue to fangirl”
That just makes them fangirl harder. (see “tattoos dont make u a bad person!!1″ pics of Mitch Lucker with his kid)
lol thanks for helping point out my typo. i dont know what the word “every” was doing in there lol
I didn’t notice it myself haha
I don’t see this as anything to complain about. Being fangirled is awesome.
Haha, just yesterday I was at a show with my buddy and his gf, who has a huge celeb crush on Matt from Dead and Divine (who was the headliner). She was fangirling pretty hard via getting pictures with him and all that, but I outdid her by giving the dude a hug and telling him it was the best show I’d been to in months. Afterwards I teased her by saying that my experience with the bandbro was more meaningful than hers lol
‘fanboying might be more rare, and tends to be more subtle, but it still def exists (and can be infinite times more awkward given the bro and the situation).’
TOODALOO MOTHERFUCKERS
lol that guy, almost forgot him
he wants to suck Carlile’s dick, and he’d punch fangirls for it
link? dont know who u guys are talkin bout ):
too lazy to find a link but just put “male Austin Carlile groupie” into the search bar and I’m sure you’ll find it
I’m pretty sure WKing is the male equiv of fangirling. One major split is that fging is all about fucking the dude that everyone else wants to fuck (read: “love”) in a way they can watch you fuck him, and thus grow hella jelly.
Dudes, being naturally more selfish/less desperate for validation, care less about being seen (viewed?) with their object, hence the insular, trollish, localized nature of WKing. Not that a part of WK isn’t about publicity, only less so.
fging is all about fucking the dude that everyone else wants to fuck (read: “love”) in a way they can watch you fuck him, and thus grow hella jelly
This exactly– it is all just another manifestation of girls’ innate need to get more male attention than their peers, presumably in order to receive the seed of the most high-value males in the herd.
I have no idea who any of these pretty white boys are. It’s a good thing that SYWH is at the forefront of teenage girl trending anlaysis so I don’t have to be.
I do not personally consider myself a hero, I am just doing my job.
OMG RONNIE RADKE AAAAAAAAAHHH
brb building walls around his tour bus
brb building a moat around his house
brb mowing his law =/
*lawn =/
estupid sticky keys….
brb using hooks to pry off all his clothes
Why hasn’t some savvy promoter bridged the gap between traditional boy bands and warpedtour core? Imagine a group of 5 skinnyfats with jobstopper tattoos singing watered down R&B jamz for tumblrtweens.
they just aren’t as next level as we are :/ SYWH marketing team is GO!
(see: All Time Low)
bingo!
I cried when I met mark hoppus.
I cried the day after I met Brent Hinds and Randy Blythe.
Worst hangover of my entire life, holy shit.
brb making pop punk band with 4 lead singers
The supergroup(lol) Isles & Glaciers had three, they never followed through after their ep doe :(
This girl I knew from college was such a fangirl, she has signed posters all over her room, and when I told her a band that we both liked came to our city a few days prior, she literally broke out into tears whenever she realized that she didnt get to see them. CRIED. Shes one of those people that are like “MUSSIC SAVED MAI LYFE” and my theory is that if music saved your life, your life sucks and you need a better hobby. All this and shes 23 and the grocest groce bish ever. There really isnt a band or singer she wont fangirl over. Sierra Kusterbeck, T.Mills, Tay Jardine, the list goes on really. Its unbearable, to the point where I cant hang out with her. Shes in massive credit card debt right, like she cant afford food and shit, and she decided it would be a good idea to preorder we are the in crowd’s album so she could get a 50 second preview of their new song or some bullshit like that. crazy.
1. sick avatar/screenname , mean girls <3
2. your story reminds me alot of this http://www.dobi.nu/yourscenesucks/wentz/scene.jpg
the sad fact is that most of these hardcore fangirls are groce. the two times i got complimented on my forever the sickest kids shirt, both were fat girls. one of my friends even pointed out the similarity between those girls and the your-scene-sucks girl
& tay jardine is super cute but am i the only one who thinks the girl from versaemerge is totally meh?
sierra used to be so cute but now shes hipster trash do not want
do u really like this music or are u just fulfilling D’s unpopular opinion trope?
Unpopular opinion? lol okay bud
idk what a ‘trope’ is but i do like pop music
THE TUMBLR FANGIRLING EPIDEMIC: MAKING BASS PLAYERS PISSY AND JEALOUS SINCE 2010
pete wentz laughs
ok, you’re right. I wonder if having a chubster on lead vox really was all it took, or if he did more.
Anyways, chicks aren’t fangirling over him that much anymore, are they?
yeah i think hes irrelevant by now but i still have random people tell me i look like him often. its pretty annoying. “i dont know what your name is but im just gonna call you pete wentz from now on”.
pic of him after he stopped being popular: http://www.realbeauty.com/cm/realbeauty/images/Ev/pete-wentz-hair.jpg
LOL!
i think i laughed/felt embarrassed more about how his friends look, rather than how gay he was
the whole awkwardness (and homeliness) of him and his friends remind me so much of me and the people i hung out with as a teenager.
That thing with the All Time Low guy is actually way creepy. So they drove to his house, sat eating food in the dark while taking photos of his dogs and waiting for him to come home? If they were male that’d be the opening shots of a horror film/thriller about a home invasion, for sure.
You should see the massive hard ons and wet patches being caused by the fact Blink 182 are touring Australia next year, especially since Travis Barker is now willing to make the journey and not have a fill in drummer.
I like the band and all but the annoying fanboygirlyism was plaguing my news feed from the quality uploads from Embarrassing Nightclub Photos Of The Week.
I was very guilty of this, I’ve boycotted Soundwave the last few years because you have to drink in a closed off area and festivals are awful but my twelve year old inner self is probably going to force me to buy a ticket this year to see Blink.
What’s your age again? I see people managing to get drinks in the outside area all the time, you just need to work on your sneak level.
The last Soundwave I went to was 09 so there’s probably been some changes. I’m only 26 but festivals make me feel 100.
My favourite thing about this is how upset guys get about it and their thinly veiled attempts at hiding their jealousy through trying to convince everyone of how they have no talent. This usually seems to start when their 6/10 “best friend” that friendzoned them gushes to them about whatever guy they’re fangirling over.
lol this is sad but true. i hope i didnt come off this way in this post. i was simply making light of the fangirling trend.
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