Well, if today wasn’t a crazy one then I don’t know what the definition of crazy really is. I got to the line out side the popup shop around 12:30. I wanted to leave earlier but the cab showed up late and I had gotten out of class at 10am.

I had gotten in line with a group of girls and two guys who were there a little bit before me and I saw a girl I was standing in line with yesterday and she said I was the 41 person in line (pretty much exactly like yesterday) and we were all happy and whatever that we were going to meet Shawn and to see his performance. They also handed out free waters at one point which was really nice.

After a hour or so, some more girls showed up behind us and they had a speaker with them and started playing Shawn’s music so that distracted us from boredom for a while so I didn’t mind that they were playing music as long as it was Shawn. (But they were definitely not the best DJ’s. They kept changing songs because they wanted to hear different ones when everyone else was jamming out to a song and then they would cut it off lol.)

Then around 1ish they started handing out green wristbands to get to meet Shawn afterwards even though we all were wearing our Island wristbands.

It was around 2, almost 3pm and me and some other girls started to notice that people started to cut in line by the front of the line because the people that were there earlier were saving spots for them, which is not a cool thing to do because its not fair to us since we have been waiting since 11/12 and we were getting pissed off because we were trying to get our places in line.

Now (around 3:30ish or so) they were starting to hand out performance wristbands and they only had a limited amount but had a ton of meet and greet wristbands for those who registered for a meet and greet on Wednesday and Thursday.

We were getting pissed off and trying to tell a security guard and hopefully someone in charge that these people cut us in line and we couldn’t do anything about it because it was not fair that people were showing up right before they let us in. They stopped handing them out because they ran out and the people I was with, including me were pissed because so many people in front of us saw him at the Today Show earlier that day and most of us didn’t get to and we can see most of them with Today Show wristbands.

We were trying to complain to get them to have more wristbands but they obviously didn’t have anymore and we were arguing with a security guard to try to let us in and give out more wristbands but that didn’t end well. I was at the front of the gate around 4pm when they just finished letting people with performance wristbands in. I was at the front of my gate, on my phone and tweeting how pissed off I was.

There were these two girls behind me, who I cut, trying to say to the security guard that I cut them in line after I was complaining about people cutting me in line. I honestly didn’t care at this point and silently told them to “f off” and I said “B**tch, I’ve been here since 12pm and people have been cutting me in line, I’m going in.”

Then they said that they can allow ten more people in since they had more room and I was crossing my fingers at the front of the gate and practically begging the security guards to let me in. And they opened the gate and let me through and the girls behind me to the security guards that I had cut them but I didn’t care and practically said “See ya!” as I looked at them.

Security checked my bag and scanned me and soon enough, I was in. I was looking for a good spot because so many of the people inside were so much taller than me and I couldn’t really see. But I saw that my friends made it in and we were fangirling and I couldn’t have been more happier. But one of my friends was still outside, which I felt bad about but he still met Shawn anyway so it was all good. He really didn’t mind missing the performance since he showed up around 3:00pm but at least he didn’t cut anyone in line.

I was on the side of the stage and the live stream was happening soon and they were setting everything up and I was so excited I was practically shaking. They stopped letting people in because it was full to capacity by now and there wasn’t enough room with all the camera equipment and people that filled the room.

I was shaking and so excited to see Shawn so close and personal. Originally I was in the back of the crowd and saw my friends who were behind me in line and we were all inside and fangirling and we’re so happy. I found a spot on the side of the stage and there was only one other girl in front of me. I couldn’t really see during the q and a because a lady who was the hostest of the Rolling Stone livestream was blocking my way.

But afterwards Shawn went off after a 10-15 minute interview and then a few minutes he cane on and tuned his guitar before he started singing Stitches. He also sang Treat You Better and Mercy.

Then they let us back outside after Shawn left the stage and we went towards the middle of the block and blocked us off in like a pen, pretty much like we were animals. There were a lot of people in with me but they said we were the first group to meet Shawn so I was happy about that (since we didn’t have to go back in line.)

They lead us back inside through the back entrance of the popup shop and let us in in small group of 5-10 people at a time. They took our bags and cellphones from us (though I kept mine in my back pocket, hoping they wouldn’t see it and I can voice memo record meeting him.)

It was basically a picture and bye, only like 2 seconds. When it was finally my turn, I gave him a hug and he said hi and I said hi back. I said I love him so much and just as they were about to make me go I accidentally touched his stomach, instead of reaching for his arm and said “you mean the world to me” and he smiled after I said that.

I collected my bag and smiled on the way out. They wouldn’t let us keep either wristband and they gave us a CD and a piece of paper saying how to get out meet and greet picture. I still haven’t gotten it yet but I can’t wait to see it.

It was definitely a crazy experience I will never forget. Below are some photos and videos from my youtube channel that I took from yesterdays popup show.

And here is my meet and greet with Shawn that came in a few days ago 🙂 

–Zoe ❤