Or, as Gunna wrote on the front of his shirt, “Big dick is back outside.” In ASAP Rocky’s words, “I missed you ugly motherfuckers, you heard?” “We’re back outside!” was yelled from every stage all weekend. That’s where artists had a chance to show how excited they were to finally perform in front of crowds again. After an initial shock, it starts to feel normal again, and most of your attention gets redirected to the stage. I’ll admit that at first, it’s a trippy feeling to stand in a massive crowd after rewiring your brain to avoid contact for so long. Three guys in their early 20s unironically referred to each other as “ragers” to my left, a couple made out behind me, and an empty can of Cacti crunched under the feet of the guy in front of me. That’s when tens of thousands of people pushed their way to the front of the stage, and I settled into a pocket that was so tightly packed together no one could move.
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It wasn’t until midnight on Saturday, though, that I felt the full return of live music firsthand. (You can read the rest of my thoughts on that experience here.) Well, it wasn’t really a show-he played a version of his new album and walked around in a red outfit that he’s probably still wearing. Then this past weekend in Atlanta, Kanye West put on one of the first stadium rap shows since early 2020. I went to the one in Brooklyn, and the small-scale performance made for a nice stepping stone back to full-blown public concerts. In early July, Tyler, the Creator invited a few thousand fans to pop-up shows at intimate venues in LA, Dallas, and New York. And this summer, live shows have finally come back in phases.
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Will this be our generation’s Summer of Love? We’ll all witness a glorious reunion of the masses after isolation? Throughout a hellacious past year and a half, the prospects of concerts returning has been a light at the end of the tunnel for many. It’s a question that’s been on many of our minds since the pandemic began. What will it be like to be in a crowd full of people at a festival again?