Seeing the Jonas Brothers Happiness Begins Concert!
10 year old me....brace yourself..........
*Holds hands to cheeks and falls back into the chair with gushing, humble eyes at the computer screen.
I spent the evening of my 02 02 2020 dancing and singing at the O2 with the Jonas Brothers!
And let me tell you, 10 year old me and 21 year old me were screaming. In fact, partway through the concert and afterwards, I realised that a little part of my voice had left along with many inhibitions.
Set List:
- Rollercoaster
- SOS
- Cool
- Only Human
- Strangers
- That's just the way we roll
- Fly with me
- What a Man Gotta Do
- Used To Be
- Hesitate
- Gotta Find You
- Jealous
- Cake By The Ocean
- Comeback
- When You Look Me In The Eyes
- I Believe
- Medley; Mandy, Paranoid, Got Me Going Crazy, Play My Music, World War III, Hold On, Tonight
- Lovebug
- Year 3000
- Burning Up
- Sucker
Seeing the Jonas brothers felt like the best night of my life. I felt so happy. It was truly a wonderful experience and there was so much more to it than just a concert; there were fireworks, floating balls (..for lack of a better explanation; blue balls floating in the air for Hesitate), Inflatable tube men, confetti, fire, amazing graphics on the stage behind them and to top it all off they sang OG songs as well as new!
As they sang Used To Be they made their way off the main stage and to the central stage which was close to where myself and my sister were sitting/standing and losing our Sh** that they were walking our way. Even watching it back, my heart beats wildly and I can feel that adrenaline rush of nerves and excitement.
They got to the middle stage, the lights went down and big blue balls were set up in the air to float around the audience, creating a peaceful ambience as they sang Hesitate. This song means a lot to me because it's the track that made me text my sister saying Joe's voice sounds beautiful on this song after listening to the Album for the first time- and again and again after that. The arena was cosmically stunning with phone torches swaying to the sound of acoustic guitars.
Now the next song, I heard the first few strums and my voice recognised it before my brain did. As Joe sang I Gotta Find You from Camp Rock it was as if something just connected on the inside- as if 10 year old me re-awakened. I felt a strong sence of a positive feeling that I couldn't name nor have I ever felt before. It was soul-soothing. I'm guessing it's the feeling adults get when they go to Disneyland and feel that contentment for their younger self.
Witnessing them sing on the little stage with mood lighting and such stripped back songs was so very beautiful.
At one point Kevin said: 2 years ago we sat in a room and we talked about doing the Jonas brothers again. The first words out of my mouth were 'Do you think anybody would care?' and I can say, London, you care. Thank you. It's so good to be home.
Hearing this, I was so in it- I was so in the concert and enveloped in the energy of the room, the emotion of seeing them live in front of me, I felt emotional. I didn't cry but I was very nearly at that point.
It's a family affair which was demonstrated through the entwined video clips of three young boys seemingly representing young Joe, Nick and Kevin. The narrative felt like the innocence of the brothers and the three of them as a family coming back together.
The boys are so chilled. Even though most of there songs are full of energy, they remained on one level and didn't seem nervous at all. We got the vibe of contentment of the band being back together...Happiness Begins
Later on they shared a toast to celebrate the band working things out and getting back together but also to thank the fans for sticking around and making everything possible. At this point, they also said that their mum was there to see them on stage which I thought was really lovely. It must be so strange to see your children on stage singing to thousands of people but to also hear the thousands scream at every movement they make.
A true testament to contentment is not ignoring the past, by singing their older classics I got the feel of love in the arena. At one point they said This is for the OG fans before singing a classic and I screamed in my sisters face That's me!
For the record, I really don't scream and I don't have a loud voice so this took many by surprise.
As well as the OG Jonas Brothers songs, the boys sang Jealous and Cake by the Ocean at which point the inflatable tube men made an appearance as well as confetti. This was one of my favourite songs to see as it was amazing with all of the colours on the stage and blasting all around the arena.
It was really odd to hear songs I've only ever heard in American male voices sung in British accents- the latter being the crowd, not the Jonas Brothers. And to hear the songs you feel only you and a select few know (E.g. album songs and not the mainstream tracks) sung by every person in every direction.
I'm not sure if It's the fact I'm not a regular concert goer and so I'm not aware of the norms, but do bands and musicians not do on- chores anymore? Or is it just a British thing?
Somewhere around the middle of the night, I decided to take my uncomfortable shoes off which meant that I was dancing in my Winnie the Pooh socks at the O2 arena!
I had the best night and I am so so grateful that I had this soul-soothing experience. I really didn't want it to end.
I adore those boys.
Love,
Buddy xx
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