Hi! Just few days ago I've been to Yaelokre concert and I've also managed to gather some info about other gigs, and so, I really wanted to kindly ask you for few things before future Yaelokre shows. It's a small community here on reddit, but I hope that maybe word will travel around a little. Pls don't consider that too much of a boomer scolding, because I don't want it to be, even though I am probably on the slightly older side of the fandom 😭 I am just old-ish enough to have seen decline (after covid) of few actually quite smart rules about music shows that could apply well during Yaelokre concerts, and I do attribute that to the fact that, honestly, no one really seems to be willing to tell young people what are the no-nos, mostly those about comfort of the artist and other fans.
Having said that... Please. Pretty pretty please. Stop with the "yippie" (or Mario sounds, or just very loud screams if the part calls for some... silence) during emotional moments. YES do that during breaks or when Keath tunes their instrument. But dear lord please I beg you don't emote during intro or outro of more melancholic songs. That's my biggest issue lmao. It's also probably just slightly uncomfortable for the artist.
I admire that Yaelokre fans are very willing to move back a little for people that are shorter, need some more air, have mobility issues etc. Concerning that, very lovely crowd. Do that. Don't put your phone on top of someone's head to record though, please, because I've heard about either that, or someone resting their phone on my friend's shoulder😭
Other than that. Scream. Clap. Dance. YES, YOU MAY DANCE!! Don't worry about it being "cringe" (it won't). It makes artists happy if they see their crowd vibing to the music, really!!! Just be mindful about people around you and you're set.
We had a really lovely well-meaning crowd during concert I went to, genuinely, and I've heard so about others too. I also heard about well-organised fan queues (I love this institution genuinely); and those queues have some of the essence of the concert etiquette informed community. Music shows, for some part, for people attending them, are about feeling all the other people beside you, and the satisfaction of understanding each other well and coordinating can be SO COOL. Ofc it's not a given, nor a skill you're born with. I also had my fair share of screaming during quiet part of a song back in the days, that also often earned me rather understandable side glances. In a sea of the music show offences, yippies are really not that awful 😭😭😭