![]() The author expertly brings out the reality of their passion and devotion, and she reveals the often underappreciated interdependent relationship between musicians and fans. interviewing older devotees of Courtney Love and Amy Winehouse as well as sexagenarian Beatles groupies and watching the allegiant “emotional assembly line of girls” after a solo Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance) concert. ![]() Often, writes the author, the experience of fandom feels like the gathering of a like-minded collective with the unique ability to empower and identify with each other and to “scream alone together.” Ewens covers a wide swath of territory: holding down a sleeping bag in a ticket line at a London venue at 3 a.m. VICE features editor Ewens probes the phenomenon of fan bases comprised primarily of girls and women, an important subculture within the music industry that she believes is misunderstood. An appreciative assessment of how “girls and young queer people create modern mainstream music and fan cultures with their outlooks and actions.” ![]()
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