So I moved to Tennessee and trump has his “Kamala is for they/them trump is for you” commercials and I thought it was just because Tennessee is insanely red but now that I’m in Philadelphia I’m seeing that this is what he chose as his national campaign. And it just makes me fucking sick that you could turn people who are simply trying to exist in a way that makes them comfortable as the basis of your hate filled campaign. If you are trans/nonbinary and are seeing these commercials every day this week please remember the whole world is not against you. you are so fucking valid and allowed not only to get by, but to thrive in your life. I’m so fucking upset about this right now it makes me tear up everytime I sit with it in my mind for more than the exact run time of the commercial. No matter what happens in the next few days you are now and always what your preferred pronouns are
@scenequeenrocks Absolutely sickening that the Trump administration is inciting so much hard against those already margionalised. This is so hard to watch from afar 😪
Both can co-exist pal. Also, you missed the 30+ hour flight, the 6 hour drive, load in, set up merch, sound check, sell merch, fans trauma dumping, play set, sell more merch, count out merch, settle show payment with venue, load gear out, drive to randoms house and try sleep on floor with hoodie for a pillow. Get to sleep at 3AM, then set alarm for 7AM to drive another 8 hours to the venue the next day. Now do this for 35+ days straight, up to 6 times a year, whilst on the other side of the world. Oh, and you get paid in ‘memories’ because the band only makes enough money to support itself. So by the end of tour, you get home and work a 9-5 job to save up for the next ‘tour’ the band goes on… sounds like a breeze!
Oh, and any spare time you might have? Well that’s spent organising the tour logistics of the next tour, or create content to promote the band. But at the end of it all, we love being able to share our music, with people around the world. But, everyone has a breaking point. After 7+ years of continuous touring, we got there.
Burnout is the reason why touring musicians are disproportionately represented with mental illness.
It’s also the reason you won’t see us performing in 2025.
Anyone else think it's a bit off for bands to claim to be experiencing exhaustion for performing for less than 2 hours a night on a 12 date tour when most of their audience will have been working for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week?
@BYAMAUS Time off for mental illness isn’t a thing for normal working people. Playing 2 hours (or less depending ofc) every other night is not the burnout you might think it is.