i'm actually jack antonoff
Patrick Stump - August 13, 2011
Panic! At The Disco - May 22, 2011
Panic! At The Disco - October 29, 2011
Fun. - March 1, 2012
This was my letter to Fun. they actually read it I am in TEARS
Dear Fun.,
I first saw you guys at a Panic! At The Disco concert in Boston May of 2011. It was the first concert I ever went to. I had no idea who you were and I had never heard your music in my life. I remember the second Nate started to sing and the music began to play I fell in love with the band; it was like ‘love at second sight’. I remember leaning over to my sister to make it a point that I really, really liked you guys. I started tearing up during the set because the music and lyrics were all so wonderful, and the next day in school I found myself humming ‘We Are Young’ and not knowing what the hell it was. It didn’t take long at all for you to become one of my favorite bands. ‘Aim and Ignite’ was the soundtrack to my summer, ‘Be Calm’ was an anthem for my bad days, and ‘At Least I’m Not As Sad’ was in lesser words my philosophy.
I eventually found a semi-alright live recording of ‘We Are Young’ on YouTube and fell in love with the song all over again as I did the first time I ever heard it in May. I couldn’t even fathom waiting for a recorded version to be come out. Eventually word got out that Fun. would be releasing a new album sometime in early 2012 and I was so excited I didn’t even know what to do with myself. Sure, I would be waiting at least 5 months but I didn’t really care much then. I was thrilled either way.
Unfortunately, my father passed away in September of 2011. I was really out of it for a while, and to be quite honest I still am. However, just a few days after it happened the recorded version of ‘We Are Young’ was finally released. I remember listening to it and crying. I cried because it reminded me of the first time I ever listened to the song. It reminded me of my first concert; one of the happiest days of my life. I remembered how quickly I had fallen in love with Fun. and how the band had changed me so much since that point time. I was in awe that a song could make me so happy in a time that I was so sad. The universe was on my side that day. The release of that song brought back so many happy memories and amazing feelings I couldn’t be more grateful.
So now, Jack, Nate, Andrew, I would like to say thank you from the bottom of my existence. You make my life better and I don’t even know how to thank a person for doing that. Some Nights is amazing, my entire family is going to the show in Providence, and I would just like to say one more time; thank you. You mean the absolute world to me, and I mean that with every particle in my being.
-Hannah
