When was the last time you read a feel-good story about standom? Dedicated appreciation of a pop musician can take forms that feel anti-art, especially when they disseminate online.
Whether it’s Twitter accounts battling over Billboard rankings on Chart Data tweets, the harassment of journalists over negative reviews, or the morphing of a musician’s career into a personal crusade, it’s impossible to look at the most visible elements of standom and not feel a little concerned.
It also just doesn’t seem very fun. Ioanis Patsias, a content creator known as iOA, has taken a different tack. Patsias was one of the thousands of Peruvians who were disappointed when Rosalía’s MOTOMAMI tour was announced without a stop in their home country.
Patsias had seen the show once before during a trip to New York City, and while that would have satisfied most fans, the production unearthed a well of inspiration in him.
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