I'm sure you've heard of the band Vampire Weekend. I'm sure you've heard the song "A-Punk." Maybe you've even heard the song "Diane Young." You've definitely heard the song "Holiday" if you've ever watched an Apple commercial during Christmastime. If you're lucky, maybe you've even caught a glimpse of Vampire Weekend performing live at a festival. And, if you know what you're doing, you're obsessed with the lead vocalist, Ezra Koenig.
If you don't know, or love, Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend, here is why you should:
1. He majored in English at Columbia University. Oh. Hello, New York. HELLO IVY LEAGUE. And that English major is shown through his incredibly creative lyrics.
2. He is beautiful.
3. He is a Twitter God. Go to @arzE for proof. Maybe you'll find him conversing with random rappers (@JODYHiGHROLLER, anyone?)
4. He can hit those high notes and his lyrics are on point.
5. In college, he owned this blog.The top post is titled "I HATE BLOGGING." There, you can discover gems such as this:
6. He's got freakin' moves in this cheesy, yet great music video:
7. Not to mention the fact that he participated in this ridiculous cover of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines." (1:20 is gold.)
8. Side note: His sister, Emma Koenig, is a writer on the ABC comedy, Manhattan Love Story. She actually wrote this book, too. Genius runs in the family, I suppose. More the reason to marry into the family, right?
9. After graduating college, he taught. So just think of Ezra from Pretty Little Liars but 8,000 times better.
10. He made a movie called "Vampire Weekend" before forming the band- can you say creative? He plays the main character, Walcott, who goes to Cape Cod, etcetera. (Shows where many of the song names come from, huh?) Check out the trailer here:
11. He can definitely clean up nicely.
12. But knows how to keep it casual.
13. He is the master of the selfie and mirror picture, and it shows on his Instagram feed. And he mentions Third Eye Blind in his caption, which means everything.
