Fall W.I.L.D. mash-up

| News Editors

Students flocked to Brookings Quadrangle to see Mike Posner, the White Panda and OCD: Moosh & Twist play at W.I.L.D. on Friday evening. Here are some of the highlights:

The Good

Students danced, sang along to mash-ups of popular songs and chilled with their friends.

“It was fun, not necessarily because of the people playing, but that people there were in the mood to have fun. It didn’t really matter who was on stage,” freshman Luke Dobben said.

“I had a really fun time. I thought White Panda was phenomenal. I thought Mike Posner was good, but there’s always the challenge of having a headline artist live up to what people might hope they will be,” sophomore Josh Aiken said.

“It’s a good vibe in here, people seem happy and active. They’re not chill but upbeat,” senior Kate Benedict said.

The Bad

Some students were disappointed with Mike Posner, saying his performance was not good enough for him to headline W.I.L.D.

“I’m a senior, so I definitely think it’s the weakest W.I.L.D. I’ve been to, and attendance was low compared to other years…I thought Mike Posner was pretty bad and reactions to him were pretty negative,” senior Mariana Oliver said.

“It’s kind of weird to listen to music like that in a concert setting, but it’s W.I.L.D., so people had fun,” junior Matt Miller said.

“The main act was not what I would consider a good headliner. I left after two songs because he wasn’t good. A lot of people were at DAYGLOW which was a huge reason a lot of my friends left or didn’t go,” junior Brad Lewis said.

The Wild

This W.I.L.D. was matched with a number of unusual occurrences. The headliner kissed a member of the audience, a gigantic paint party called DAYGLOW took place just blocks away, and the power failed during Mike Posner’s performance.

Mike Posner pulled a woman on stage, gave her a giant teddy bear and kissed her on the mouth. “It was just weird. I thought that was very uncalled for,” Oliver said.

“It was interesting that DAYGLOW was the same day, and it didn’t seem as packed as it had been at past W.I.L.D.s, which was interesting,” Aiken said.

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