Bad Omens’ Noah Sebastian Wants TikTokers to Go to Metal Shows
Bad Omens’ hit single “Just Pretend” garnered lots of attention when it went viral on the social media platform TikTok. But, that doesn’t mean they’re a pop band. During a recent show, frontman Noah Sebastian talked about all the TikTokers at their shows.
“I’ve been made aware of like, this awkward divide of the demographic of the people coming to these shows, right? Cause this next song we’re about to play (“Just Pretend”), people call it the TikTok song, right? And they forget that it hit No. 1 on rock radio,” he said (as captured in a tweet from '...Anyway, with a new found awareness on that new platform, there's a lot of new people coming at heavy music shows, rock/alternative shows. And those people do not know WTF they're doing. But we fucking WANT THEM HERE. We don't want to be fucking gatekeeper the elitest mfs...' pic.twitter.com/86bcnNa9zr
He added, “Anyway, with a new found awareness on that new platform, there’s a lot of new people coming at heavy music shows, rock shows, alternative shows, and those people do not know what the fuck they’re doing. But we fucking WANT THEM HERE. We want them here. We don’t want to be f***ing gatekeepers and elitist motherf***ers.”
He continued, “So if this is your first rocker metal show and you don’t know what you’re doing, this is kind of how it works. Welcome to the Bad Omens show. People take care of each other. People respect each other. You can still f***ing crowd surf, rock it, rock the f***ing moshpit. Go nuts. There’s a party in here and take care of each other. That’s the only rule.”
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