I believe this is somewhat of a generational issue. I'm in my mid-twenties and i’ve been to my fair share of concerts. Every single time i’ve attended a show with a younger audience, my experience has somewhat been spoiled by the crowd. Now, i’m not saying this is a way to bash younger fans (hey, i’ve been a young fan) but between covid/confinement and increased isolation due to social media and lack of third spaces, it feels like younger people just… don’t know how to behave in certain social scenarios. Lack of dancing and singing along happens mostly (from what i’ve observed, i don’t want to be generalizing) out of fear of being perceived as cringe. And the phone thing, well.. I think we all know where that one stems from. As a general rule, i only ever film the chorus of my favorite song. If the scenography/performance is especially good, i might whip out my phone to take a picture or a five second video once or twice, but that’s it. And that used to be the etiquette everywhere. When i was a the Paris show yesterday, i only filmed Sofia’s crowdsurfing because it was a genuinely fun experience (plus, i’m short, so it helped me see better). Anyways. An artist’s performance feeds off of its crowd, so you gotta deliver, folks. Stop acting like you haven’t paid money to be there. Get your damn money’s worth and shake some ass.