The happenstance interview with Swedish rapper Yung Lean in London meant a crash course on how to separate the celebrity from the person
Yung Lean represents what the post-internet youth can achieve in the most post-internet way possible: taking pieces of history we want and refashioning them to fill our own authenticity. The whole of the collective pieces of his identity, some of which I identify with, are bigger than the sum of his parts.
Fueled by teen angst, I relished the thought of hanging out with him, just shooting the shit, talking about whatever is in our heads. To be in his presence means to bask in his status as an icon. What are the chances that me, someone living halfway across the world, would meet one of his favorite artists?
The gut instinct everyone has when they meet their idol is to take a piece of them to keep. This is why we take photos: to freeze moments in time for us to return to.
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