Thank You Alessia Cara

I just wanted to write a quick post about my feelings toward this song. The song is "Here" by Alessia Cara. Thank you Alessia Cara, for having the guts to write an anti-party animal song in the current music industry. There are SO many songs out there about partying, drinking, and clubbing and I am loving the fact that she wrote and sings a song about all the down sides other artists leave out. People you don't know trying to dance with you, people that you are NOT interested in hitting on you, people doing illegal drugs in the corner, people throwing up that can not hold their liquor, loud music that you don't listen to, and the overall feeling of being completely alone in a room full of people. She hits all the points! 

I can really relate to this song. This was pretty much me every time I was invited to a Frat party or club and felt obligated to go because all of my friends were. "How did I end up here" is what I would always secretly ask myself as another guy I was not interested in would dance too close to me or I needed to use the restroom but had to hold it because I couldn't stand the stench coming from the restroom. I also now feel really bad for all of my introverted friends and my fiance at the time that I would constantly drag out to these parties (that they REALLY didn't want to go to) just so I would not be in the corner alone. Even though sometimes I wanted to make an effort at fitting in and would go and try to dance and ended up leaving friend/fiance in the corner without realizing it. :/

Not that all parties are bad. Like she says in the song, I really enjoy hanging out with a few good friends listening to music, playing board games, playing video games, going to movies, going out to eat or anything really. I even enjoy Christmas parties and Birthday parties. Just not the kind of parties she is referring too. :p

Once again, Thank You Alessia Cara for daring to be different in a world full of party animals and singers who only know how to write about female body parts and clubbing. You can check out the song and video below via Youtube.