With today’s technology it is easy to follow what’s going on in the lives of our favorite celebrities. If you have enough time on your hands, social media such as Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube can make it feel like you know these celebrities on a personal level. Young girls (and boys too) who fall in love with celebrities know everything about them, and feel the personal connection from social media are known as “fangirls.” In high school my friends and I were huge fangirls. Being so obsessed with a celebrity can lead you to do some crazy things in order to get a glimpse or even just a tweet from that celebrity. In my case I went through phases of being in love with many different bands and celebrities. We specifically loved pop icons such as the Jonas Brothers, Justin Bieber, One Direction, and 5 Seconds Of Summer, etc. Here are only a few of the many crazy things that we did as fangirls:
1. Stayed up until 5am watching a livestream that was happening on the other side of the world.
2. Watched every single interview that we could possibly find on YouTube of our favorite celebrity.
3. Since we watched every video and saw every post, we thought we knew EVERYTHING about them.
4. We knew every single word to every song they ever sang (Including covers).
5. Since we were too young to have jobs, every dollar from birthdays and holidays went to band merch that we still have in the back of our closets because we are too guilty to get rid of it.
6. We got banned from Twitter because we were sending too many tweets trying to make the celebrity follow us.
7. Waited in line for eight or more hours in the pouring rain in order to get a good spot at a general admission concert.
8. Had tickets to every concert that was happening in the next year within a three hour radius of our town.
9. Had post-concert depression for about a week after every concert to the point where our parents wondered why they kept allowing us to go to the shows.
10. If we found out they were in a city near us we would all go and walk around aimlessly hoping we would run into them.
11. Invited our friends over to just sit in bed and obsess over the celebrity over social media.
12. Judged a friend hardcore if she didn’t know every single thing about the celebrity.
Looking back now, we had way too much time on our hands. The things we did as fangirls were so embarrassing but in all honesty, it helped us get through the awkward teenage years. In fact, sometimes I wish I could go back to such a simple time in my life when I was able to concentrate on someone else's life instead of focusing on my own all the time.
