Every young adult entering the room glances at the wall, but most choose to wait until after the set to purchase their gear.īROCKHAMPTON was born on the internet. There are thirteen merch items available for sale, all shirts and hooded sweatshirts, being sold by two young men who are standing next to a wall made up of 60 boxes worth of BROCKHAMPTON branded clothing. Their set will last one hour and will be immediately followed by a meet and greet that will also last a full hour.

“It’s crazy,” the tell me while trying to describe the audio and visual components of the music video at the same time, “people are painted blue and rapping all over this neighborhood.” I can’t help asking in a joking tone, “Like the Blue Man Group?” The Freshman do not laugh.Ī piece of paper taped about the soundboard reveals BROCKHAMPTON will only have one opener, their DJ (Romil), who will perform for fifteen minutes before the headliner takes the stage. Most are parents who also claim to have no idea what they’re in for, but a pair of college freshman claim to have discovered BROCKHAMPTON through their video for the single “Star” on YouTube. Similar comments follow as a few additional members of the over twenty-one club shuffle to our corner in the back of the room. “No,” he replied, “but my brother and his friends fucking love these guys. We walked to the soundboard and asked the only other person we could find without a thick black Sharpie ‘X’ on their hands if they had ever heard of BROCKHAMPTON before. Just months away from thirty with a drink I ordered from a bar that might as well have been collecting dust, my presence and that of my photographer ( Ben Howell) immediately stood out. My mother once told me you never feel old until you’re around someone half your age. Of the four-hundred people who will be in attendance tonight only a small handful will be over the age of twenty-one, and many can be heard commenting about how this show – this long sold out performance – would be their first concert. A sold out performance from self-proclaimed rap boyband BROCKHAMPTON is about to begin and there is a special kind of energy in the air. It’s 7:37 on a cool Saturday night in September and The Stache in Grand Rapids, Michigan is quickly filling to capacity.

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