the hype tour review

Steven Markowitz, most known as the stage name Hoodie Allen, is a 29 year old American rapper from Long Island, New York who started to pursue his music career in 2011 with his adaption of Marina and the Diamonds’ song ‘I Am Not A Robot’ which was named ‘You Are Not A Robot’. His first official single from his EP ‘All American’ was named ‘No Interruption’. Since then he has released various albums, EPs and singles with his latest album being ‘The Hype’.
The concert took place on Saturday 16th December at the O₂ Institute, Birmingham. This was the penultimate show of the tour having been around North America and Europe as well. The arena itself was one that was smaller than I was used to; however, the atmosphere that was created was electrifying. Initially, the support artist Goody Grace came on and sang 4 of his songs. Having not heard his music before (apart from his feature in one of Hoodie’s songs) I was unable to fully enjoy this to the capacity that I could have done. Despite being a newcomer to the music industry and my lack of knowledge of his songs, I enjoyed his 20 minute set.
After Goody Grace, Hoodie came on with his band. This band consisted of drums, backing singer, electric guitars and keyboard. Hoodie started his set with his song Believe (from his latest album) as the introduction which was immediately followed by Sushi (also from his latest album) which made the atmosphere of the whole arena lift as he interacted with the audience. This interaction continued throughout which definitely maintained the great mood.
As the concert continued, Hoodie sang happy birthday to someone in the audience, in one of the songs he allowed one of the audience members to rap to ‘You Are Not A Robot’ (his first ever release) and during his song ‘Cake Boy’ threw two cakes, made by some of the audience, into the crowd (this is what he does at every show).
The songs that were on the set list were:
Believe, Sushi, Are U Having Any Fun?, Eighteen Cool, Something Dangerous, Act My Age, Small Town, Surprise Party, Cake Boy, Two Lips, James Franco, Champagne and Pools, Fame Is For A**holes, Know It All, No Faith In Brooklyn, All About It, Ain’t Ready, All My Friends, No Interruption and Heartbreak (which was also performed with Goody Grace).
At the end of the show Hoodie and his band mates ended up throwing water from their water bottles over the audience in standing which was a surprise but also a very funny way to end the 2 hour show.
Overall, this concert was one of the best concerts I have been to, due to the all-round atmosphere, mood and energy from everyone; however, next time I would like to be in standing as sitting on the balcony felt like I was disconnected from the main show as I was of the only people in the balcony dancing and singing.

 

 

hey guys, i know this a REALLY random post but basically i need to share this review with others for an award and i haven’t done it. THIS IS REALLY LAST MINUTE BUT WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM ME!!

anyway, if you could comment that you would go to this concert from this review (just for evidence) then you would be a babe.

who cares about lying these days right?? 

ALSO I KNOW ITS BEEN NEARLY A YEAR SINCE I LAST POSTED BUT I DONT GIVE A FUDGE!! #REBEL

 

pride month

for many of you this post may not interest you but i assure you to please continue reading

i am bisexual and there’s no doubt about it. i have been for my whole life but only really knew something was different when i was around 13. i had crushes on females but i never knew they were crushes until now. i just thought that i wanted be really good friends with them like really good friends but this mostly happened with teachers which to me is quite disturbing if i think about it. however i have had crushes on boys and had the odd celebrity crush or two. i mean how can you not fall for luke hemmings!

anyway i’d like to use this post to talk about pride month. pride to me has always been this idea of unity and how through all the prejudice views and discrimination that we still out here strong. pride isn’t just a bunch of gays running around on buses and streets. pride is about how we are still fighting this battle. yes many countries have same-sex marriage but that doesn’t stop the fact that people are still getting killed and discriminated in the workplace for being themselves. even the ‘president’ of the usa. the one that is meant to do the best for the country is not allowing those of the trans community  to go to the bathroom they want to. i’m not even sure whether theresa may is for same-sex couples.

furthermore pride is about celebrating EVERYONE in the lgbtq+ community. asexuals and aromantics, demisexuals, pansexuals, biromantics, the people of colour, immigrants, muslims. i could go on but even within the community there is discrimination such as bisexuals are just ‘figuring things out’ and that male bisexual men are gay and bisexual women are straight. bisexuals apparently are also greedy etc. the ace community just ‘haven’t found the right one’ yet. the feminine gay men that are giving them a bad name. I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND THIS! you yourself have gone through the prejudice views and now you’re giving it to the people in the same community!

there’s so much more that i’d like to talk about but i don’t want to ramble. however if you are straight and you’re reading this i would like to thank you for being an ally. the lgbtq+ community can’t get through this alone and having good allies that support and stand up for our rights is amazing. by reading this it has shows that you want to listen and learn where some may not even do that. feel free to go to pride. i invite you but just note that this is the time to celebrate us for just a month or so.

thank you for the support

anna x

 

i’m not promising anything

i feel like this blog is just me saying ‘hi i am back again’ and that i will promise to post more however i now realise that its not going to happen that easily. i finished year eleven a couple of weeks ago now and my exams finished a week after that and i have to say that i’m not ready. don’t get me wrong sometimes i love change but i’m going into sixth form without any of closest friends which some of them i have known for over 12 years. I’ve been having a lot of conflicts with my mind over these past few months, on and off, and i want to reach my full happiness again. those conflicts have been quite depressing ones and ones that have even been going on since the start of the school year. however i am trying to get through them little by little by going outside on walks more and doing more activities. i guess this is kind of helping also. releasing my feelings and thoughts is a good thing.

here’s to a new start!

on the other hand: this blog. i’m not promising that there will be regular posts as knowing me there probably won’t be but as i have weeks upon weeks off now i’m definitely considering it.

thank you for the support

anna x

 

 

 

 

 

 

the day at the beach

i decided to take a few photos at the beach on sunday and i thought that i would share them with you

motorbikes and the beach

we threw stones and pebbles on the beach. non of us were great at it

i beat my sister 7-4 at air hockey! whoop whoop

arcades are my favourite places at the beach.

walking along the beach

if u count a plastic wallet and a frozen bracelet a great win then…

hope you’ve all had a good week

– Anna x

mocks, exams, homework

so… hi. its been months and months since I last posted due to the lack of determination and procrastination I have. I have decided to post a little about my exams ‘n’ that and how I did. 

english: 6 (basically the old B)

maths: 5 (high C) and I know I did rubbish but I did a lot better in the exams I did after that

science: A (im so happy!)

geography: B (I WAS ONE MARK OFF AN A AND IM SO SUPRISED BUT SO ANNOYED)

religious studies: A* (whoops)

art: C (im not amazing, trust me)

psychology: A (partyyyy)

so yeah overall i am pretty happy but we continue to get more and more homework and exams but the amount of homework doesn’t allow as to revise which i honestly think is stupid. 

i thought i would do a little update but i don’t think i will be very active but I’ll try! 

Hope you have a great day! 

– Anna x

What to do…?

This is not really a blog post and I might delete this in the future but I want to know what you guys want me to post eg. Whether that’s school, life in general, clothes, music, beauty…ok maybe not beauty.

But ya! Comment on this post your suggestions and I may do it.

Many thanks,

anna

What I’ve Been Doing For The Last 6 Months

So I promised you guys a post on what has been happening while I’ve been away so here it is.

1. I posted a post (that sounds weird) called ‘Bucket List’ or something before I went and I said that I wanted to travel more as I had only been to Spain and Ireland ‘abroad’ and guess what I did! In March this year I went to Florida to go to Disneyworld and Universal Studios. This ticked off two of my things in what I want t0 do in my life list and I was so happy. It was amazing and I saw many characters and went on loads of the rides. That was fun.
2. I went to a 5sos concert! I said in my last post that I liked 5sos and that I saw them in concert and this was it. I went the evening I got back from America so you know how much tired I was that night. I have to say this was one of the best nights of my life and I will never forget it.
3. ps. this date was also the date TYLER OAKLEY FIRST REPLIED TO ME. yes I know it may not be that special to you but it is to me. he’s replied to me two times more since.
4.  I met Tanya Burr in July! I also said in my ‘bucket list’ post that this was something I wanted to do and it happened. Some people may not know who she is. She’s a beauty vlogger on youtube that I watch and yes I did say beauty. I still watch them but I doesn’t mean to say I can do makeup. She may not be my favourite youtuber but she still makes me happy.
5. I did 2 weeks of work experience. At the start of July and the end of June I had to do 2 weeks of work experience as the school makes us do it. I did mine at a local primary school but I was annoyed that I couldn’t do it at my old primary school 😦 However the experience was still great and I still want to be a primary school teacher when I’m older even though 3 other people from my year kinda made a bad impression at one point. haha not me though because I’m good :0
6. I FINISHED YEAR 10. AND I GO BACK TO YEAR 11 IN 5 DAYS! IM SO HAPPY!                         not
7. Other things happened during this time but I don’t really want to address it in this post as its kinda personal. Nothing bad.

Thank you so much for reading!

Byeeee

Anna x

My Favourite…

HI

Wow two posts in one day!

This post is going to list all my favourites. Such as my favourite song, subject, food and so on …

Favourite subject…

Art  — many people are put off by art when you take art as a gcse but personally I wasn’t. I’m not the best artist and I definitely can’t draw well but it is enjoyable. Some may disagree but I took art as a gcse because it was my favourite subject and I didn’t want to get rid of something that I loved and have a boring next two years. Also I love the photography aspect of art the most and over the summer I have started to take more pictures as I barely took any throughout the school year. I’M IN LOVE!

p.s if any of you want to see my pictures in a post, please comment below because I would love to get some feedback on my photos.

Favourite food…

Chicken — if you follow me on twitter then you will know how much I love the stuff. I love everyway of cooking it (even though I can’t cook it) but if I had a favourite it would be chicken drumsticks and chicken curry… my heaven.

Favourite song…

I don’t have a favourite — I personally just listen to whatever is in the charts. But my favourite artist has to be Troye Sivan as he is an under appreciated guy and he writes amazing music and his singing is so good. If you have never heard of him then go and google him. I used to and still do watch him on youtube (I have done for 2 years now) and now that he has grown in popularity he has taken his music around to world and to many award shows and concerts. I am sad that he doesn’t make youtube videos as much anymore but I am so happy for him.

Also I have a favourite band and that is 5sos. Their music is a little different to Troye’s but I love it so much. They are, in my opinion, not the stereotypical boyband (they say they are a band which I think is true). They write and play all their own music and are amazing on stage <– I’ve seen them in concert. I first started listening to them when my friend showed the ‘She Looks So Perfect’ music video to me .I loved it!

Favourite season…

Autumn — Even though nothing really happen to me in autumn, I still love the season. I am not a big fan of heat and summer is not really the best for cold weather (well in the uk it may be different) but my birthday is in summer and its the end of school so I guess I can’t hate it. Spring also has it warm moments and nothing happens then so I’m not that keen on spring. Winter is a great month as I am a big fan of Christmas and I love every aspect of it, from having family time to the preparation to the food! Also winter is also quite cold and maybe a bit too cold for me so its kinda out. So that leaves <— lol I didn’t mean to have that pun in there ( leaves change in autumn, get it, no) autumn. I love jumpers and being cosy and I just love the feel of autumn. I’m not the biggest fan of Halloween nor am I of going back to school but we can ignore them.

Favourite clothing item…

Jumpers in general — I love a good jumper and I do have a collection of them. I love jumpers because I need to be comfortable and I’m not the type of girl that likes to wear dresses/skirts/crop tops eg. I don’t like to show my skin which applies mostly to my legs and shoulders as I don’t feel comfortable showing my body and I’m not that confident with it. So when the end of summer comes around and they start selling jumpers and autumn is here: I’m so excited.

My favourite jumper would have to be Alfie Deyes’ merch jumper as it is so cosy and soft. The quality is really good and the price is amazing for the quality. I haven’t tried the rest of the clothing but I have been told it is just as good.

link to Alfie’s jumper and other merch —> http://pointlessblogshop.com/

A jumper that I really want is this jumper from topshop which I have been looking at for a while now but I don’t have the money and I also love the brand ‘Tee and Cake’ as I have a t-shirt from their brand as well and it is so cuteeee.

link to the jumper —> http://www.topshop.com/en/tsuk/product/brands-4210405/clothing-brands-4224272/airforce-sweatshirt-by-tee-cake-5758478?bi=0&ps=20

I’m not going to do all the things that the beauty gurus do and the typical teenage girl does and talk about makeup and beauty stuff because personally I’m not into all that kind of stuff so sorry not sorry but I’m not that kinda gal. I’ll leave that to the professionals.

I hope you are having/have had/ will have a great day!

Byeee

Anna x

 

ps no.2 – I started this post 6 months ago and never finished it. sorry

 

 

IM BACK

I’m sorry!

I’ve been inactive for 6 months now and many of you may have gone with me. oops. But I’m back and I really want to start this blog up again but the old posts will still be up so you can take a look.

The reason why I stopped was because I was uninspired and I felt like I needed to have a break. I wanted my blog posts to be positive and helpful and I can’t do that if I’m not positive myself.

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I think that I will do a separate post on what’s happened because there has been a lot happening!

So for now…and hopefully not for long

Bye!

Anna

~Bucket List~

I’ve never really written a bucket list down but I’ve always wanted do and things that I’ve just added. When I was 6, the list probably would have consisted of meeting the Tweenies (which I did haha) and Meeting Peppa Pig! But this is my current bucket list: 
1. Meet My Favourite YouTubers- I really want to meet as many people as I can this year but as I live in a village in an area that YouTubers don’t really go. That’s kinda hard. The closest place I could go is either London or Milton Keynes. However my parents would never take me there and I can’t go to London on my own on a train. But if I could I would want to meet Alfie, Zoe, Joe, Connor and Tyler. Loads more as well of course. 
2.Meet My Internet Friends- This is the same situation as meeting YouTubers and my parents would never let me meet a person that I have never met in real life before. I haven’t told them that I chat to others either. But I’ve met so many people online and I become close to so many and it would be a dream to meet them. If I can’t meet them this year then next year for sure! 

3.Go in a photobooth or have a caricature draw me- I don’t know why but I’ve always wanted to go in a photobooth with my friends and have lots of fun. Also I’ve always wanted my face to be done in a weird way. Also I guess that it just memories. I love having pictures and things to look back on! I never throw anything away which may lead me to be a hoarder in the future. Sorry future husband 😂

4.Travel the World- I love going new places and seeing the sights. I’ve only been to Spain and Ireland out of The UK and in Spain I have only been to a small area. I would to see cultures that are different to mine as the UK is kinda boring. I love the USA and Australia! Also New Zealand seems so cool. I just want to go everywhere!

That is it for close (ish) future but I have lots more small things that I want to do. Whoever is reading this make sure that you set goals and try and make sure you do things that make you happy. Treat yourself! Don’t always think about others. When you are old, you want to look back and feel that you have had a happy and joyful life with dreams that you have set completed not to have a bunch of regrets. But make sure they are realistic! 
Thanks for reading this post! If you enjoyed it make sure to like and follow my blog X If you have any requests or opinions on my blog, please comment below. I love receiving feedback X
Remember… 

Do More What Makes YOU Happy

Love you all, Byeeee!

-Anna X