https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN6l6WK5zYY

(I want you to listen to this song while you read this so you can get a better understanding of what I'm saying)

Music is more than just someone singing words to a melody, it is more than just lyrics and beats. Music tells stories. Stories of oppression, falling in love, falling out of love, heartbreak, and rising from the ashes like a phoenix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w-GzC8lttY

Music can also bring people together, music can make families just from seeing them at the artists' concerts. My favorite band is called "The Maine". I've been listening to them since I was a sophomore in high school because of one of my best friends Sophie. She had an extra ticket and asked me if I had wanted to go see them with her. I had mentioned that I wanted to find new music to listen to so I said yes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oImmtsAIW4g

now just because I’m always at their shows. They always ask how I am and how things are going, I always tell them my favorite part of the show, sometimes even thank them for playing my favorite songs. I even told Jared that the aesthetic for the night looked like a Target-esqe kinda vibe and he was like a little kid in a candy store.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wHQN4HXAto

support them the way we do (I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT THEY WENT ON TOUR AND IT WAS FREE TO GET INSIDE). It’s also the fact that some of my best friends are with me because of them and because they feel the way that I feel towards them.

I really genuinely hope that anyone that reads this feels the way that I do when I see The Maine, because it really is the best I’ve ever felt in one moment.