By Lisa Respers France, NCS
(NCS) — A social media standout-turned-music-star has some drama brewing on TikTookay, and for individuals who are not chronically on-line, we’re right here to elucidate.
Shane Boose is 20-yr-previous a singer who performs underneath the stage identify Sombr. His singles “Back to Friends” and “Undressed” went viral earlier this yr, and he’s amassed fairly the fan base on and off social media.
One of these followers is a TikTookay consumer named Meg, whose scathing review of Sombr’s present on the The Anthem in Washington, DC has lit up the remark part and prompted a response from the singer.
Calling it “one of the worst experiences of my life,” Meg, who says she is 25 years previous, defined that she was excited to see Sombr’s The Late Nights & Young Romance Tour, but it ended up being “by far, genuinely, the worst concert I’ve been to in my life, for a multitude of reasons.”
She went on to elucidate that the present, which she attended along with her boyfriend, was stuffed with so many younger people who it was “the closest to a middle school dance I’ve ever been since I was in middle school at a dance.”
“The only adults in the room were the parents (of the young concert goers) and then my boyfriend and I,” she mentioned.
Meg mentioned she tried to stay it out so she might hear her favourite songs, but regretted it because the humor skewed immature – with Sombr making references to area of interest memes, together with a 6-7 joke – and, at one level, did a bit known as the “Sombr dating show,” the place he was solicited members from the tween-skewing crowd to name their “toxic ex” whereas on stage.
Calling the scene “cringe,” Meg additionally alleged that the artist made jokes that have been inappropriate given the typical age of the viewers. She mentioned she ended up leaving early.
Boose seemingly responded to her submit in his personal video, referring to the state of affairs as a “TikTok drama.”
“I am a 20-year-old artist – freshly 20 – and if you’re 25 years old, and you’re gonna come to my concert and not expect people younger than you to be there when I, the artist, am five years younger than you, it’s just a skill issue,” he mentioned.
He additionally took umbrage with being attacked for the tone of his jokes, noting that anybody who has adopted him on-line is aware of that he has “never uttered a serious word in my life.”
“And, also, I make jokes for 5 minutes of the concert and the rest is music,” Boose mentioned. “Like, live a little, enjoy life.”
To underscore his latter level, towards the top of his video, he touched what appeared to be some pretend grass as a “tutorial.” Telling somebody to “touch grass” is a standard social media diss.
Meg later responded, saying that despite the fact that she has typically posted political content material that would trigger division, she’s by no means acquired as a lot “hate” as she did after posting her Sombr live performance assessment video.
NCS has reached out to each Meg and a consultant for Sombr for remark.
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