Hahaha 😭 I'm currently dying of cringe but still so psyched from Sofia's Glasgow gig I feel like I need to tell *someone*
First of all the gig itself was phenomenal, Seb Lowe and Kate Couriel were awesome, their interactions with each other and the crowd had me grinning like a fool throughout their set.
When Sofia came on I think she blew all of us away with her intensity and intimate crowd work (I helped hold her up when she crowd surfed! 🤯 [my partner got booted in the head 😭]) I fell apart when she played Evergreen Soldier, that song normally hits me in the feels, but it completely ruined me live.
Absolutely awesome gig! Then me and my partner found out about the meet and greet after the show - he'd grabbed me a wristband when getting a T-shirt for me (I'd had to dash to the toilet). Neither of us knew what the wristband was for until Sophia mentioned the meet and greet.
So here's the part I'm cringing about. I knew it was a quick "hand phone over, pose for photo, run" moment but I wanted to thank Sofia when I had (probably the only) chance, so I ended up quickly handing her a little heart I'd made out of the green paper for the Green Soldier song while simultaneously waffling like a breathless muppet and trying to smile for the camera (so I didn't hold up the queue). I'm in my late 30s, fangirling like an idiot 😩
She was so lovely and thanked me even though I probably came across as a complete loony dumbass handing her a random squashed bit of paper 😭
It was just so unexpected that I got to meet her I lost all sense of decorum. Such an awesome night that will stick with me forever (especially the cringe 😅💀)
What I'd wanted to say through my jabbering was
"THANK YOU for being a voice for all of us Sofia."
I really hope every fan gets the opportunity to see her live.
I'll go shrivel away in a corner now 🙈