This concert was definitely an interesting experience. I don’t even remember how exactly we got the meet and greet tickets but we did. My friend, Briana and I went to the concert and took the train in with my Mom who dropped us off and stayed with us until they let us in. We waited in this ally way/corridor in between the back end of the Best Buy theatre (which is now called the Play Station theatre for some stupid reason.) Leading across the Best Buy theatre ally way was the back entrance to where the Lion King on Broadway is. It’s a little hard to explain but I hope you get the gist of it. The people in charge of the meet and greet as well as security, kept us behind a barricade that went up and down the ally way. But they kept us towards by the wall so people can keep on passing through. It was a little ridiculous because it was really hot with all of these people crammed up in one space.

Eventually, we were lead into the venue and went down escalators to where the show took place. I don’t exactly when we got our VIP’s and  that came with it since most of this is such a blur to me. But we were lead into the theatre and me and my friend were what you would consider second row in general admission. We were waiting for soundcheck to start and once everyone was in, Camila was the first one to come out and shout “Hello New York!!!” Everyone went nuts and that’s when the other girls came out. They did a q and a and sang two acoustic songs.

Then they lead us out the room once the girls were gone and we waited on this long line for a really long time. I honestly thought they over sold the amount of meet and greets because after the fact, they had let general admission in and my friend and I were all the way in the back of the theatre so we couldn’t even really see. We had too move around enough until we can get a close enough spot. And going through the crowd was not fun.

Anyways, during the meet and greet, Big Rob was there which I thought was extremely cool because I never met Big Rob before and always wanted too. (I have also met 5H before on Demi’s tour in 2014.) I was a little nervous since I haven’t seen them in so long and he asked if I was okay and I replied “Yeah… just a little nervous.” Then he said “It’s okay, you got this.” He said and then he actually rubbed my back! I was mentally fangirling in my mind. Then before I met them, he gave me a high five and it was finally my time to meet the girls. (Lauren is my favorite by the way.) And first I hugged her and Normani and she said “Hello beautiful!” and then I hugged Camila, Dinah and Ally.

I told Camila that she followed me on twitter during one of her follow sprees. Ally then asked “What’s your username?” and I told them that it was “@alrenjaurnandez.” It took Lauren and Ally a little while to get it but then Ally laughed when she realized what I had said. I knew before hand what pose I really wanted to do and since I did have a pose, I got to have a longer time with them then most people. I told them “Can we do the Bernie?” And Lauren was like: “Huh?” But then I said “You know, the dance move you and Dinah do during Sledgehammer?” I then actually had to demonstrate it for her and then she snapped her fingers and said “Oh! That’s right! Guys, do the Bernie!” And then we all leaned backwards and LAUREN’S HEAD WAS ON MY CHEST AND I WAS ON CAMILA’S. IT WAS LIKE THE BEST MOMENT EVER YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND.

I don’t really remember what happened after that until I went over towards Ally and said “I love you guys so much.” and she was like “Awww god bless you beautiful.” and then I got to hug her again (we are basically the same height btw haha.) and then I had to be ushered out because I was taking too much time (whoops haha). So skipping towards the concert, it was actually really fun besides my friend and I moving around constantly and not being able to see all that well. I probably only have one decent video of when we were near the middle part of the general admission area. Their setlist was amazingggg (even though they didn’t sing Body Rock or Them Girls Be Like, but they did sing it on the Summer Reflection Tour.) They’re dance moves were killer and just gah. I love them so much, I really wish I could meet them again. Also during the concert, pretty much every single person in the crowd had their cell phones in the air which was another reason why it was hard to see but we still managed. 🙂

–Zoe

Well yes, of course I went to another concert the next day because that’s just who I am. I’ve been through many issues where I have to concerts back to back but that’s the fun of it. This concert was held at Madison Square Garden during Ariana’s Honeymoon Tour. Of course, Ariana slayed. Before the show though, I had purchased Rixton meet and greets a few months before the show. We got there a little bit more earlier than expected so we had to wait an hour or so. I live a decent distance from the city and if you’re going to a show, you have to go a little bit earlier than actual show time since it all depends on traffic.

In the meantime, I got the softest Rixton tee shirt, which I still wear to this day because it is so unbelievably comfy and an Ariana tour tee shirt as well as Ariana’s electronic cat ears that I wore during the concert. After waiting, more people started to show up and they gave us wristbands and checked off our names on the Live Nation guest list. I never had a meet and greet at MSG before so it was pretty interesting.

I was the second girl in line to meet them and made small talk with the girl in front of me. The person in charge of the meet and greet lead us down this strange corridor into another really big hallway and there stood Rixton’s background and a door right near it. The person in charge told us to have our cameras ready so he could take a picture of us with Rixton. When they came in, of course everyone (including me) fangirled as they made funny faces at everyone and waved as we took pictures of them.

When it was my turn to finally meet them, I hugged Lewi, Danny, Charley (who is my fave) and Jake (since they were standing in that order.) I got to tell them that Rixton’s band account followed me on twitter and Charley said “Cheers!” I totally forgot what else I said to them besides I love their music and them so much. We took a regular smiling picture and then the camera guy said we can take another one, since my Aunt (the one who took me to the meet and greet) wasn’t taking a picture. Then I asked them “What should we do?” and then Charley being Charley said “Let’s pretend we’re looking for a boat.” And that was pretty much the best and cutest meet and greet picture ever.

Following the concert, Rixton put on an amazing show and sang some of my favorite songs of theirs including Appreciated and Hotel Ceiling. During that song, they asked everyone to shine their cell phone lights in the air and when MSG is lit, it looks so unbelievably pretty. If you ever go to a concert at MSG during a slow song of your favorite artist/band, it looks quiet incredible. Other than a few slow songs, Rixton definitely was lifting up the crowd, getting them pumped up for Ariana.

When Ariana finally came on, the spotlight was on her as her dancers flew up from the ground and danced a little before Bang Bang started blasting through the speakers. Ariana definitely put on an amazing show and I did not stop dancing one. Her voice was also incredible as always and I will probably never miss an Ariana Grande show. I hope to meet her someday since she has been my idol since 2008 during her broadway days. I even saw her when she was in 13 with Elizabeth Gillies. Also enjoy a video I took during Ariana’s concert above this post. 🙂 (I had aisle floor seats opposite the runway and sorry for the shaky video.) 

–Zoe 🙂

Hi guys! It’s been a while. Sorry for that. Been so busy going to so many concerts over the past year and not having time to write about the super bowl, grammy’s and other important music events that have happened from 2015 to now. From Zayn leaving One Direction, to Adele and Justin Beiber’s come back, Troye Sivan’s new album (as well as many new albums I want to share my opinion on), and now ten time Grammy winner, Taylor Swift, Fifth Harmony and Little Mix’s new music; I have so much to talk about. Since I last posted, I’ve been to a few concerts such as Alex and Sierra, Ariana Grande, Marc Anthony, Gavin Becker, R5 and Trevor Moran and Ricky Dillon’s AliveGold Tour. I have so many exciting stories to share and want to hear your guy’s opinion on so many things.

Also, starting college, I’m going in as a photography major and hopefully go into concert photography. Since I love music and photography so much, I thought that might be the perfect career for me one day in the future. I’m also going to talk about a few meet and greet experiences I’ve been too over the past few months that I haven’t been on my blog. Hope you guys enjoy the new posts that are yet to come!

–Zoe 🙂

So, three days ago, one of my favorite bands, Rixton, (the band account) followed me on twitter, then Saturday, the 14th, I saw Sarah Mclachlan with my Mom because I got her tickets for her birthday. Then Sunday, I went to go see Cinderella, (I’ll post about these in a different blog) and last night, was freaking amazing. Not that I did anything exciting, I stayed home on Sunday because I was tired. But last night, Shawn Mendes, one of my favorite male artists, was doing a q and a on twitter because his new song, Stitches was coming out at Midnight. He was currently at the JUNO Awards, backstage, so he did a video to answer some questions. I wanted to see it because I wouldn’t know if he answered my question or not without seeing the video. So I was waiting and waiting and waiting, while I was watching the video, to see if he answered my question. Then finally, I hear him say @alrenjaurnandez in his cute little accent and I immediately wanted to scream but I couldn’t because my Mom would’ve killed me because it was 10 o’clock at night. I put my hand over my mouth and started shaking and almost crying because I never had my question answered in a q and a before by a favorite artist of mine so it was definitely something I will never forget!

I love Shawn because he’s an amazing songwriter and his voice is magical. And his accent is the cutest thing. He has this strong Canadian accent and I love him so much. The first time he noticed me on twitter was when he favorited one of my tweets in January. Then later on his manager had followed me, I don’t remember when exactly. And I think it was in the middle of February when Shawn followed me because I was hanging out with one of my best friends when I got the notification that said that he followed me and I started freaking out because I wasn’t expecting it.

When he answered my question, I sorta died right then and there because I wasn’t even expecting him to answer it. I don’t remember when I asked him that question, but it was probably when he posted to give him questions for his video. I still can’t get over how he said my username, it was so adorable and I’m keeping it forever now. I’ll explain what it is. So, my two favorite members of Fifth Harmony are Lauren and Ally right? So one of my friends, who also likes them, tells me “Why not combine both their ship name and their last names together?” and I thought it was a brilliant idea because I couldn’t come up with any other clever ideas to put their names together. So, if you want to follow me on twitter, my username is @alrenjaurnandez. For those who don’t know, Lauren’s last name is Jauregui and Ally’s is Hernandez so that’s why it looks like that.

And if you want to watch the video of Shawn answering my question and other peoples questions, the link is below and the link to my social media is on the side. Still can’t get over this. He answers my question around 2:09 or 2:10 and it ends at 2:24. Best 25 seconds of my life. Thanks Shawn for following me, favoriting and answering my question. If your reading this, which I doubt, I love you ❤ 🙂

–Zoe

February seemed to go by so fast didn’t it? But I’ve been waiting for the month of March to come and I’ll tell you why. But first, a few things. A couple of days ago, I went to the dentist. Mind you, I am pretty terrified of the dentist for reasons that I may or may not tell. But after the dentist, I finally got a new phone! I was so happy, and still am. I got the iPhone 6 with 128 GB and I freaking love it so much! It is amazing and i love having the freedom to so much space! Now I’ll enough space to record videos for my concerts that I am going to this month! Speaking of which, I am so excited because I am meeting my three favorite bands in one weekend! And I also got my Mom one of the best birthday presents ever for her 50th birthday. I didn’t really know what to get her, but I know she’s been wanting to see her favorite singer, Sarah McLachlan, so badly, and she’s coming to Brooklyn in almost two weeks so I surprised her with floor seats and she was literally speechless and I was so happy because she had wanted to see her live for so long. So anyways, that’s another concert that I am also going to and my Mom invited me to come with her. 🙂

For me, on Friday, March 20th, I’m seeing Alex and Sierra live again and meeting them for the 2nd time! Then the next day, Saturday, March 21st, I’ll be meeting Rixton at Ariana Grande’s concert and seeing her for the second time and them for the first time! (I AM SO STOKED FOR THAT ONE). Then on Monday, (I get a break on Sunday from all of the craziness) I am meeting Fifth Harmony for the 2nd time and seeing them (again) for their first headling tour and I am VERY EXCITED. I’ll be posting about those when the time comes and I absolutely cannot wait. Then sadly, after that, I probably won’t go to another concert until May or in the summer so I might as well enjoy it while I can. There hasn’t been much that’s going on with me other than that but I guess later on in the month, I’ll post more. What have you guys been up to lately? It’s still snowing where I am time to time. Is it cold where you are? Hot? Want to just complain about the weather? Post it in the comment s below 🙂 Love u guys ❤

–Zoe 🙂

I had finally watched some of the performances from the Brit awards that livestreamed earlier today (I didn’t get to watch it this year like I did last year because I didn’t have time) but oh my god… probably my all time favorite performance of his! One he got more towards the chorus of the song, he really started rocking out to it and was getting into it more. Bloodstream is also my favorite song from his album, X, mind you. I was so impressed with it, my mouth was hanging down most of the performance! I’m just really happy Bloodstream is his new recently single because it is my favorite songs. He had his two microphones, his guitar that he plays on all the time and the soundboard or whatever he uses for the beat of the song. He is such a multitalented man, he never fails to impress. What really got me was how low his voice got! I would never think his voice went that low!

It was definitely something I wasn’t expecting. It made give the song more justice though for him going as deep as he could. I love whenever he uses his guitar as a mini drum and bangs on it to the song. The red lights in the background really did set the mood of the song because it was red as blood and the song is called bloodstream… you know where I’m going with this. I am upset I missed the Brit Awards this year because the Red Carpet is hosted by my two of my favorite youtubers, Dan and Phil aka danisnotonfire and amazingphil. One Direction and 5 Seconds of Summer weren’t there either because they’re both touring in Japan I am typing this sentence. The Brit Awards never fail to impress me.

No host will beat James Corden though. He is one of a kind and hilarious, he made it even more entertaining. Okay, I’m getting off track from Ed. I’ll talk about the Brits themselves another time. Ed’s performance was definitely one of a kind, nothing can beat it, and it was just simply amazing. If you want to watch it, I have the video below and I’ll have the audio to the original audio so you can see the differences from the live version and the original audio. Tell me what you think of Ed. Personally, he is one of my favorite artists of all time. Hope you enjoy 🙂 (live performance is on top, original song on the bottom 🙂 <3)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Udv9qgOWU

–Zoe 🙂

I have to say I was very impressed with this cover. I love them a lot and I watch all of their covers. (Of course I have favorites of my own of theirs) but this one was pretty awesome. I was really impressed on how much Riley’s vocals improved. They were good before but never this good. Though Toby and Connor didn’t really sing in this one like they do in their own songs and some of their over covers, I kind of wish they did. But it was definitely Riley’s time to shine. It was a live cover, which I was surprised by but it was very well done because they were fun, had the crowd going and Toby and Connor were rocking it out on their guitars. But Riley’s voice is definitely fit for that song which is which I presume he sang the whole song. I’ve seen them live and met them before, they’re really sweet, but they are one of my favorite bands. If you don’t know who they are, they’re three brothers from Orlando, Florida and their names are Riley, Toby, and Connor McDonough. They’re two years apart from each other. Toby, being the youngest at 17 (I still keep thinking he’s sixteen though he had recently just turned 17), Connor at 18 and Riley at 20. Toby just turned 17 but Connor is just a bit older than Toby. But they are really awesome and have some pretty damn good songs. If you want to check them out, their cover is down below and you can just click on the Youtube button to watch it on Youtube and subscribe to their channel because their videos are definitely worth watching. And they are so talented and fun to watch and they’re harmonies are PERFECT. I’m a sucker for harmony’s so that made me love them even more. I don’t actually know how I found them, but they still haven’t released their own album. But boys, if you’re reading this, which I highly doubt, I WANT NEW MUSIC AND I WANT IT SOON AND HAVE AN ALBUM ASAP BECAUSE I WANNA SEE YOU LIVE AGAIN <3. (lol) Anyways… check them out. They definitely won’t be a disappointment. 🙂 (They’re on tour currently opening for Christina Grimmie in Europe. I don’t know which show the cover is from but it is very good.) 🙂 I’ll also posted my all time favorite covers of theirs which made me fall in love with them even more. I watch it all the time still even though it’s like two years old and old band members were part of their band but ITS JUST SO AWESOME.

–Zoe 🙂

Top Singles 

1. Love Me Like You Do – Ellie Goulding

2. Uptown Funk (ft. Bruno Mars)

3. Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran

4. FourFiveSeconds – Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney

5. Wonderland – Taylor Swift

6. Earned It – The Weeknd

7. Sugar – Maroon 5

8. Style – Taylor Swift

9. Energy – Drake

10. Take Me to Church – Hozier

11. I Bet My Life – Imagine Dragons

12. One Man Can Chance the World (ft. Kanye West) – Big Sean

13. Blank Space – Taylor Swift

14. Time of Our Lives – Pitbull and Ne-Yo

15. Centuries – Fall Out Boy

16. GDFR (ft. Sage the Gemini and Lookas) – Flo Rida

17. Ghost – Ella Henderson

18. Lips Are Movin – Meghan Trainor

19. Somebody (ft. Jeremih) – Natalie La Rose

20. Truffle Butter (ft. Drake and Lil Wayne) – Nicki Minaj

21. Take Your Time – Sam Hunt

22. Shake It Off – Taylor Swift

23. I’m Not the Only One – Sam Smith

24. Never Be Alone – Shawn Mendes

25. Win Some, Lose Some – Big Sean

26. I Don’t Mind (ft. Juicy J) – Usher

27. Go Hard Or Go Home – Wiz Kalifa and Iggy Azalea

28. Chains – Nick Jonas

29. What Kind of Man – Florence and the Machine

30. Stay With Me – Sam Smith

31. She Knows (ft. Juicy J) – Ne-Yo

32. Riptide – Vance Joy

33. Prayer In C – Robin Schulz

34. I Don’t F**k With You (ft. E-40) – Big Sean

35. All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor

36. Only (ft. Drake, Lil Wayne and Chis Brown) – Nicki Minaj

Top Albums 

1. If You’re Reading This Then Its Too Late – Drake

2. Fifty Shades of Grey Soundtrack

3. Smoke and Mirrors – Imagine Dragons

4. 1989 – Taylor Swift

5. x (Deluxe) – Ed Sheeran

6. The Underdog – Aaron Watson

7. 2014 Forest Hills (Deluxe) – J.Cole

8. Dark Sky Paradise (Deluxe) – Big Sean

9. In the Lonely Hour (Deluxe) – Sam Smith

10. Love Stuff – Ellie King

11. Montevallo – Sam Hunt

12. American Beauty / American Psycho – Fall Out Boy

13. Love Sex Passion – Raheem DeVaughn

14. Morning Phase – Beck

15. Title (Deluxe) – Meghan Trainor

16. Dark of the Dead (Deluxe) – Hollywood Undead

17. The Pinkprint – Nicki Minaj

18. Hozier (Bonus Track) – Hozier

19. Songs In the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder

20. How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence and the Machine

21. Guardians of the Galaxies soundtrack

22. V (Deluxe) – Maroon 5

23. First Kiss – Kid Rock

24. Mr. Wonderful – Action Bronson

25. Now That’s What I Call Music Vol 53

26. In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith

27. Handwritten (Deluxe) – Shawn Mendes

28. 1000 Forms of the Fear – Sia

29. Ignite the Night (Deluxe) – Chase Rice

30. Vestiges and Claws – Jose Conzalez

31. Kindred – Passion Pit

32. The Definitive Collection – Stevie Wonder

33. The Last Five Years – Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan

34. Fan of the Fan the Album (Deluxe) – Chris Brown X Tyga

35. 2015 Grammy Nominations

36. The Young OG Project – Fabolous

Top Music Videos 

1. Uptown Funk (ft. Bruno Mars) – Mark Ronson

2. Living For Love – Madonna

3. Style – Taylor Swift

4. Sugar – Maroon 5

5. Shake It Off – Taylor Swift

6. Blank Space – Taylor Swift

7. All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor

8. Earned It – The Weeknd

9. Lips Are Movin – Meghan Trainor

10. Only (ft. Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown) – Nicki Minaj

11. Chandelier – Sia

12. FourFiveSeconds – Rihanna, Kanye West, Paul McCartney

13. Grown Woman – Beyonce

14. Elastic Heart – Sia

15. 7/11 – Beyonce

16. The Heart Wants What It Wants – Selena Gomez

17. Roar – Katy Perry

18. Time of Our Lives – Pitbull and Ne-Yo

19. Night Changes – One Direction

20. Happy – Pharell

21. Stay With Me – Sam Smith

22. Heartbeat Song – Kelly Clarkson

23. Bang Bang – Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj

24. Dark Horse (ft. Juicy J) – Katy Perry

25. First Kiss – Kid Rock

26. Love Me Harder – Ariana Grande

27. King of the Fall – The Weeknd

28. Ayo – Chris Brown

29. Wild Child (ft. Grace Potter) – Kenny Chesney

30. Anaconda – Nicki Minaj

31. Booty (ft. Iggy Azalea) – Jennifer Lopez

32. I’m Not the Only One – Sam Smith

33. Centuries – Fall Out Boy

34. She Knows (Ft. Juicy J) – Ne-Yo

35. Prayer in C – Lilly Wood

36. Fancy (Ft. Charli XCX)

–Zoe 🙂