I’ve been listening to Melanie Martinez since I was a kid and now I’m turning 21 years old in a month. I was so excited to hear she was coming to Tampa and asked my mom if we could go for my birthday. We got in and I was so happy to experience this artist that I have listened to for more than a decade, but I left the show in tears. I remember right before she came on. I was on tiktok and I saw a post where Melanie stopped mid concert to ask her audience to scream “a little quieter please” I showed my mom and we both nervously laughed hoping this wasn’t the case. (It was) the entire crowd was screaming her songs to the point where you could only hear snippets of her singing. It was to the point that even when she was doing an outfit change, the crowd was screaming at the staff coming on stage to change the stage scene. I thought it’d eventually stop because people were just excited, but this was the case for every song. I tried to hold in my tears because my mom bought these tickets, and I didn’t want to be disrespect her kindness. But once we got in the car I balled my eyes out. We both researched and found that this is a common theme at Melanie Martinez concerts. I feel bad for the people who came to listen and the artist herself. It was genuinely one of the most beautiful concerts I’ve ever seen, but I couldn’t enjoy it and will never go again.

Small rant~

Since when have people gone to concerts to yell over the artist they PAYED TO SEE?! I’ve never seen such stupidity in my life. I’ve been to countless concerts over the years and have never experienced this. Obviously, I wasn’t expecting the audience to be mute, but I wasn’t expecting them to hold up this level of noise for the entire concert.