*PJ sits in silence for awhile*
...That was...
*chuckles like a little school girl*
...that was a show, man...
I don't...
I don't even know where to begin!
So, I'm not gonna say, "Heya, Revolts!" [My usual intro]
I'm gonna say, "Heya, fellow Coldplayers!"
My name is PJ AKA Clodplaye, and before I actually start this video, I made really,
really, really, really, really- actually, it's... you know, why don't I just show you?
If you go to my Clodplaye account on my Tumblr [Tumblr account] where it all started 2 years ago,
I made a really long Tumblr post, and it's also on the side of my page right here.
And it's called, "September 23rd, 2017 was the best day of my life."
You can click on that, and it goes into much detail about what happened that day.
Uh, although I did leave some things out which I will be talking about in this video.
But it goes into a lot of detail, and it also has posts on my Tumblr, where I'm not going to mention
some of them in this video including that... *laughs* amazing quote from Chris.
He said a lot of other things that night, but you know, it's also at the bottom of the page.
So, you can check all that out right now.
Yeah, I would highly recommend you look at all that first,
but in case you can't sit there and read all that, I am going to be talking about some of those things in this video.
So, a common question that I get asked on my Tumblr, on my Instagram, on...
all of my Q&A videos is:
Why am I so obsessed with Coldplay, and how did they change my life, or "ruin it" as I put it?
Well, I finally found the video to answer that question in!
So, it all started when I was 5 years old.
That's when "A Rush of Blood to the Head" was released (in 2002).
And of course, "Clocks" was like the big that everyone knew.
That everyone could pretty much identify.
Uh, and that song always played on the radio when I was in kindergarten and first grade.
I guess it was like that big of a hit that it played for like over a year straight.
And that's when I just... fell in love with the band.
And then in 2005, "Speed of Sound" [and "Fix You" were] the big hit[s] off the album, "X&Y",
which is the other album that I grew up with.
Uh, so I would hear [those] songs a lot on the radio as well.
And every single time that [all] of those songs played on the radio,
I would just... calm down,
and go into some sort of trance.
I was just... so fascinated by... Coldplay and Chris Martin's unique vocals.
So, I've mentioned this here, and I mentioned this on my Tumblr, but still some people don't know:
I have autism,
and there was a viral video a couple months ago? Or... maybe it was over a year ago,
but there is a video of an autistic boy and his dad who were listening to Coldplay live and,
the autistic boy was like calming down or something, and was like really moved by performance.
Ladies and gentlemen, that was also me when I was 5 years old.
I don't remember how old he was in the video, but when I was [around] his age, that was my exact reaction to Coldplay.
From that point on, all I listened to was pretty much Coldplay.
In fact, I started to sing because of Coldplay.
Why-why do you think most of my covers on this channel are of Coldplay?
I love singing Coldplay and my voice was literally shaped by Coldplay.
[I could be wrong, but:] most autistic people have what's known as "Echolalia".
Which is basically-you know how parrots [hear things] from humans and they say it back or whatever?
That's basically what echolalia is.
So whatever I was hearing from Chris, I would repeat it back almost in the same way that he was when he was singing. [Side note: I also did this with Adam Levine from Maroon 5!]
Like, it doesn't sound exactly like Chris, but it's just...
when I do Coldplay covers, I feel like I'm imitating Chris pretty well; even with female vocals.
Coldplay are literally the reasons why I'm a singer-songwriter.
My music is very heavily inspired by Coldplay...
and by Owl City, but that's a different story.
Anyways, I just grew up listening to Coldplay.
I even told my mom when I was like 8 or 9 years old [maybe it was later than] that I wanted to be adopted by Chris Martin,
and... she got mad...
but ever since I was a kid, I have wanted to see Coldplay live.
And I remember that in middle school, my best friend, who's also a Coldplay fan,
uh, we were freaking out over the release of "Mylo Xyloto".
But my mom said something along the lines of, "You have school tomorrow. You can't go [to the concert],"
and my dreams were just *snap* crushed in an instant.
I was so sad...
and I really love that album, too.
That album was also really, really colorful. 'Cause obviously, the theme was like graffiti art and stuff like that.
And it was just... aw man...
I was so disappointed I missed out on that tour.
Then I heard of the "Ghost Stories" tour, and I was like,
"Well, it's kinda small anyway," and I actually wasn't that big of a fan of "Ghost Stories", 'cause...
I don't know, that album was just too calming for me,
but I did like it! I like the album, it's just not...
it's like the only album that I don't really, really like.
Just before "A Head Full of Dreams" was even announced, I had made my Tumblr account.
My best friend [Marissa], the same one who I was freaking out with over "Mylo Xyloto",
she was like, "Well, why don't you make a Coldplay account on Tumblr, so you can like... share your obsession with other people?"
Because my best friend has her own Tumblr account dedicated uh... to "Attack on Titan",
which is a completely different thing, but she was like having fun sharing her artwork, and interacting with other people who loved "Attack on Titan" as well.
So, I thought, "You know what? That's actually a really good idea! I don't know why I hadn't thought about it before."
So then I was like, "Well... I don't think there's that many Coldplay people on Tumblr."
So then [Marissa] said something along the lines of, "Well, why don't you just make like a meme account or something?"
Ladies and gentlemen, "Clodplaye" was formed.
I don't know how I came up with "Clodplaye". I think it was just-I wanted to derp the word, "Coldplay", and I did... somehow.
I don't know how I came up with the whole edit thing about putting like the words over the picture,
and making Coldplay say these "funny things", but that's what happened.
Again, I thought people were gonna hate it.
I thought I was gonna get hate for it because it's technically making fun of [Coldplay].
But, no. A lot of you guys actually liked that, and even sent me requests for different pictures!
Like, you would send me a picture and say, "Hey, derp this!" Or, "Do something with it!"
And I was just... I was so overwhelmed and so amazed by all the support that I was getting!
What I really like about the Coldplay fandom, and...
You know, I'm in a lot of fandoms...
There is no fandom like the Coldplay fandom.
Everyone is so loving and supporting and I really haven't seen that in many other fandoms.
And it's just one thing that I really like about being a Coldplay fan or being a Coldplayer.
It's because... I don't even know how to put it into words!
It's just, Coldplay sends this like positive message everywhere.
Coldplay really do have like this amazing impact on the entire world.
I'm friends with one of my best friends [hi, Kelly] because of Coldplay!
It's just... wow. I never thought I'd meet so many...
amazing people through this Tumblr account, through my Instagram account... it's-it's been crazy!
Okay, where were we again? Oh yeah.
So, it all started with Clodplaye in 2015, and that's when "A Head Full of Dreams" was announced.
And I remember like reblogging all of the stuff I saw about the the album.
I'm like, "Yes! I can't wait for this album! It's gonna be huge.
Because this could be their last album (which I don't think it is), but it's gonna be a really big album."
And then the album was released.
And then the first leg of the American tour was announced, and when I saw that there were no dates for any cities in the Pacific Northwest [of America]...
I cried.
Sure, they always go to California and stuff, but I had flown to California a few years ago for a different concert [U-KISS 2014],
and it wasn't too great of an experience, so I didn't really want to do that again.
So, I kept my hopes up.
I'm like, "I really hope they come to Seattle. I don't think they ever will, but you know what?
I still have that like instinct that they're gonna come back to the Pacific Northwest one day.
It's probably not going to happen... but it might."
A year later...
It actually was a reality.
I saw it. Like, in that announcement video where they like had all the abbreviations of the states,
in that split second, I saw the abbreviation, "W-A", "WA".
I dropped my phone. I lost it.
I couldn't believe it was true.
So, I was already on coldplay.com. I was subscribed. I got the like pre-sale... ticket... code whatever
to buy the tickets before pretty much the general public could.
And I was like, "I HAVE TO BE ON THE FLOOR. I HAVE TO BE SOMEWHERE NEAR THE STAGE...
without going over budget."
So when the tickets were onsale, I went as-you know what? Actually,
I do have videos of that. Lemme show you:
*Mii Shop Channel theme plays*
At first, I was only getting options that were off the floor.
That were like in certain sections, in the nosebleed section.
I was getting like so frustrated and I was crying.
My mom's like, "Calm down. You're gonna get those VIP tickets," er, not really VIP, "but you're gonna those really special tickets,
and we're gonna do whatever it takes to get 'em." [Bless you, Mom]
And so I calm down after like 2 minutes of having the internet freeze on me several times because of everyone trying to buy these tickets.
Opened a different browser...
and for some reason...
that worked.
I got those tickets randomly by the B-Stage (well, actually near the B-Stage),
but I was still like 10 feet away from the B-Stage
Yeah, boi, you better believe I bought those as fast as I could
I didn't care how much they were.
I cried. I cried for I think 2 hours after I got those tickets.
I'm like, "The concert's a year away, but I'm... I'm so ready to see them. I'm so ready to see my childhood idols."
So all of a sudden...
pretty much a year flies by!
Wow, I didn't actually think it would fly by that fast!
And on the concert day, I woke up pretty early [11AM]... for me at least, 'cause I usually don't wake up 'till 1PM.
I met up with my friend [got Katsu Burger], and...
yeah, we just went.
And the weird thing was: it said something on the CenturyLink website about, you're not supposed to line up that early,
but some people were anyway, and we got there like an hour before the gates opened,
and there was like no one there!
While we were sitting on the ground, we were listening to Coldplay warming up.
And they played "Violet Hill", which I knew they weren't going to play it in the concert,
but I was still like really excited!
I'm like, "OHMYGOSH I HEAR CHRIS! I HEAR CHRIS! THIS IS INSANE."
Gates opened... opening acts-I'm going to skip that part because...
like, Alina Baraz was fantastic!
I'm not really a big fan of Tove Lo because as a sex-repulsed asexual, I don't like her music...
but she's got a great voice.
But after two hours of sitting in the audience and waiting for Coldplay to come on...
they finally did.
I don't know how I kept myself cool during the first recording of the intro plus "A Head Full of Dreams"; which is the video before this one [on my channel].
Ah, you can watch that.
I was tempted to dance-I was singing along, which you can't hear in the video 'cause I was...
people were so tall around us! I had to like hold up my phone really high and like get all that on video,
but I was singing along to every song!
I was trying so hard not to sing, but I was singing so loudly!
And uh *giggles*...
I'm sure I embarrassed my friend a little bit because of how big of a fan I am.
It was everything that I hoped for and more.
So a little detail about what happened.
So, first of all, before the show, I should mention that there was a [person working for the event]-.
Now, my friend and I were so early that we were one of the first ones on the floor,
and the [person working for the event] came up to us, 'cause he was just informed of this at the moment, but he was like,
"Okay, you need to get your phones out during this part of the show.
The path to the C-Stage," which was like a completely separate stage off from the B-Stage and the main stage, like somewhere in the back of the floor or whatever,
he said, "There's gonna be a path to that stage, and that path... happens to be...
right next to your seats."
My friend and I were just like... :O "Are you... are you serious??!"
And then he just walked away smiling.
Like that... that already made my day, and the concert hadn't even started yet.
And that moment finally came during the concert and...
H-here it is, here's the video I got:
Now my [other] best friend was like, "You know what? If Coldplay's near us, you can shove me out of the way, I don't care!
Just go ahead," and I'm like, "You're a true friend, thank you!" But I still-I never did that.
Because...
You know-I-I still- I didn't wanna- I'm a good person, okay?
But when that moment finally came-I shoved everyone else out of the way. I wanted to be up front!
The [actual] security people were right in front of me-you know, I see why they're there, obviously,
but I couldn't give Chris [and Jonny, Guy, and Will] a high-five, sadly. :/
But I saw them, I flipped.
Right after the video ended, I turned to my friend [Anya] who was behind me,
and I started like bawling. The security guy gave me weird looks, but I don't even care.
[Anya] was like, "Did you see them? Did you see them??" :D
I'm like, "YEAH, I DID. I DID!" *CRIES*
And I was like hugging her, crying my eyes out.
It was just... oh my gosh.
I'm never gonna have another moment like that ever again. I don't think.
And some other highlights from the concert:
I held up my sign, which in case you guys didn't see my post, here it is:
*Mii Shop Channel music plays again*
I held up that sign when the whole band moved to the B-Stage,
and I'm pretty sure Jonny saw it.
Because, he had this like really serious expression on his face,
and then he [loooooked in myyyy direction] and my sign,
and all of a sudden, he just like smiled really widely like, nearly laughing, actually!
Yeah, that made me feel really good!
And I think at one point or another, Chris might have seen it too,
but he was trying to squint like while reading my sign. I know, I have really tiny handwriting,
uh, so I understand if he didn't see it.
But I'm pretty sure he saw it, too. He just didn't, you know, acknowledge it 'cause he couldn't read it.
I don't blame him at all, though.
And then of course, I actually ran into some of you guys!
Um, not who follow me on Clodplaye, but just other Coldplayers who were...
really, really nice.
I-we sat next to this couple...
but they'd been to like several Coldplay shows.
They're like, "Is this your first Coldplay concert?"
I'm like, "Yeah, I'm so excited!"
And they were super nice!
And there was even like a couple guys behind us who were also superfans, and one of them even noticed how I did up my hand to look like Chris Martin's fair trade from the "X&Y" era.
And, there was another fan who also made a sign who was like waiting in line with us.
And then we found her later on.
She actually sat like a couple rows in front of us.
Every Coldplayer that I have met so far,
has been... incredibly nice, and incredibly supportive.
That's just amazing!
Would I see Coldplay again?
Um, duh.
Was it worth the 15 year wait?
Absolutely.
If you have not seen this band live, people... you are missing out.
They had fireworks, they had flames, they had confetti several times, they had lazers, they had everything!
And throughout the whole show, they were like, "Put on your wristbands! Recycle your wristbands-!"
Are you kidding me?? I'm not going to recycle this wristband!
And it's not a "wristband", it is called a, "Xyloband", thank you.
Yeah, by the way, that Xyloband is over there.
That ticket's over there.
All the confetti [that I collected] from the show and the love button-
and well, I took this love button down halfway through the video and put it on myself,
but... I now officially have...
a Coldplay shrine, [All hail Jesus Chris]
and I think my life is complete.
But since I reached my goal, now I don't know what to do...
Oh, and if I like pan the camera up a little bit actually...
yeah, I left my legacy. I don't know if you guys saw my Tumblr [and/or Instagram] post, but *laughs*
I left my legacy on that chair.
That [icon] has been my profile picture for my Tumblr account and my Instagram account for over two years.
That is what started all of my derp edits.
That's what started this channel.
This channel used to be called, "PeytonJustine97",
but last year in September...
yeah, a little over a year ago, I changed it to Clodplaye because I thought this channel was going to be me doing vlogs all the time.
Me doing different [song] covers.
Turns out, [most] of my covers had to do with Coldplay anyway,
and all of my memes transitioned into videos.
And that is why I renamed this channel to Clodplaye. [But also because "Clodplaye" is my alter-ego]
So if you're going to subscribe to me for Coldplay, that's great!
I'm definitely going to make more Coldplay-related content,
but I also will be making vlogs. There are a few vlogs on here that are about my autism,
that are about asexuality [that have since been put on private]. I probably will be making those videos, too.
So, I hope you guys don't mind that!
I know some of you didn't subscribe for that, but that's also what I do on this channel.
But to sum everything up... I just...
*breathes in* [Boi.]
September 23rd, 2017, will forever be the best day of my life.
So, I'm already going to say, "Baibai!" [my outro] But here's actually the part of the video you were probably waiting for:
here is the rest of the footage and other stuff from the concert that were too short to actually make into separate videos, so...
enjoy. :)
Guys, the show hasn't even started, and I'm already freaking crying, and like freaking out.
I need to like show you this!
Like... this beautiful sight right here.
Oh my God, I'm shaking. I hope the camera's not shaking!
And then behind me...
just all... that gloriousness.
My God...
Are you excited, Anya?
Anya: Yaaaaaassss!
Yeah, we're that close to Chris Martin and the rest of the band,
and I'm freaking-I'm gonna die.
I'm gonna die. I'm gonna die!
*The Scientist plays*
*God Put a Smile Upon Your Face plays*
"Where do we go, to draw the line?"
"Now all the girls scream if you're having a good time." ;)
"Where do we go to fall from grace?"
"Now all the boys, make some noise! Shake the walls [what the fuck are you saying here, Chris?]!"
Chris: "We don't have very many good songs now..."
PJ: "THAT'S A LIE."
Chris: "We have an A for enthusiasm."
Chris: "Anyway, uh, I think this is probably the first song we ever played in America, and now we're going to play here.
This is uh... this is by us, and this is with the 12th man,
and it's called, 'Don't Panic'.
*says something about how fucking awesome this will be*
Will Champion on vocals, here we go!"
*Don't Panic plays*
*audience sees a very rare sight (Will singing)*
*Us Against the World plays*
*Something Just Like This plays*
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