people love celebrities from our
favorite actors for favorite pop stars
even our favorite youtubers I mean like
they're so cute when we think of fans we
often think of screaming crying
obsessive teens and it's true teens are
the superfans but why
before 1d or Taylor Swift or Cameron
dalas heck even before the Beatles
people were throwing their clothes at a
composer and pianist named Franz least
from the 19th century people would even
fight over locks of his hair I mean he's
no Zayn but like a diet poster so
clearly this is not a new phenomenon fan
devotion has been around for a long time
when we look at the teenage brain we see
that one of the first areas to fully
mature is the limbic system due to this
when teens here emotionally loaded music
or see emotionally loaded images they
react more significantly and intensely
than adults or children the song my
limbic systems growing I can't okay it
is that same part of your brain the
limbic system that's in control of the
reward center so when you listen to
music it releases dopamine in your body
and creates a feeling of pleasure
so essentially teens receive more
pleasure from listening to music than
anyone else
hence the all-star fan status therefore
the music you listen to as a team
becomes part of your brain's internal
wiring and that's why when you get older
you become very nostalgic for your
teenage years and the music you listen
to that it's why reunion tours are so
popular and why moments like this are
created wait this is my jam remember
this song first time I cried first time
to crash
when it comes to fans there are more
fangirls than fanboys and researchers
think it's because the infatuation with
pop stars comes at a time when young
women are exploring sexuality and
exploring romance which is something
that's kind of scary but also really
exciting
which is why for many like me their
first kiss might involve a poster in
their bedroom alone on a Friday at 8:00
so then I thought we could just pillow
talk and diss flowers for you
mom get out of my momma the music
industry knows about our crushes and
they also know how to capitalize on it
it's why justin bieber makes songs like
boyfriend or the fact that his fragrance
is called someday as if someday he's
just going to appear in those low crotch
pants and be your boyfriend this is also
why celebrities sometimes hide their
romantic relationships are their sexual
orientations as to keep the fantasy
alive and keep making that money oh my
oh wait Candace have you heard of NSYNC
my favourite slant
his baritone voice is to die for fans
don't only congregate around their
crushes they can also congregate around
people who they admire and look up to
Taylor Swift for example has over 66
million followers on Twitter and a
dedicated fan base called the Swifties
or maybe just swifty I don't know I'm
not a swifty I am a swifty of course
many of these Swifties will have crushes
on Taylor but a lot of them are devoting
themselves to her at a time when they're
trying to form their identity that's
better
hashtag squad goals the way we picked
your female fans is often quite sexist
we think of them as screaming hysterical
girls losing their mind but if a guy is
really obsessed with the sports team is
deemed normal I mean plays either way
fans are amazing and they can have a lot
of influence even we have fans and we
have a fan art wall that we love want to
see it this is our amazing fan art wall
we love all the stuff you send that
someone even made me this adorable
little whale and we might not look like
Zane but we certainly look better than
Franz least right
right right