Remember them?

There have been many rumours with regards to the existence of the band right now, and honestly, there are just too many for me to believe in. Wikipedia, as usual, is the main culprit of my heartbreak.

But now that we’ve heard from Bryan that BLG’s gonna be making a statement soon, and I quote, ‘good and bad statements’, I really don’t know what to think of now.

I’ve never really put too much thought into the past rumours because they were unsupported. But this time, coming from one of the band members himself, I don’t know anymore.

It was purely by chance that I stumbled on their music. I had just gotten out of a ‘holy’ point in my life where I stuck to Christian music for almost a whole year. I decided that I needed more music in my life, so I asked my friend to recommend me a few.

She told me to check out Thunder, and so I did, and I liked it. I then went on to look at their other singles and I decided that I liked their music and style. So I went and downloaded the entire Boys Like Girls album. I really,really, fell in love with Hero/Heroine. That song is my ultimate BLG jam. I just feel all the feelings when I listen to that song.

Oh boy, that really started everything. I fell in love. I just couldn’t help but love every single one of their songs in their debut album. This was also around the time when Martin set up his website (which has been shut down now), Martin Says.

It felt so real you know, the connection? At some point he was doing Q&As on his comment field and everything was perfect. He answered two of my questions, I remember. I asked him what colour his eyes really were, and what his favourite colour was.

It was great, the interactivity. I also met some of the local fans through his site and we added each other on Twitter after that.

And that was when everything started coming together. It started out with a handful of us, and everything got bigger just as BLG began touring and working on their second album. I started The Martin Sayers, and we really just became really good friends. They make the fangirling so, so much better.

BLG was really on during those times. They created Twitter accounts and had studio updates and made the effort to reach out to their fans. We hung on to them like our very last breath.

We were all anticipating the release of Read Between The Lines, their concert DVD, and that was the first release from the band that the group of us got to experience together. And boy it was great. It was the next best thing to seeing them live.

Love Drunk was in the process of being cut, and there was just SO MUCH ANTICIPATION we nearly died. We waited three years for it.

I remember the night Love Drunk was released on their MySpace page. We went berserk. I was in tears and my body was humming in excitement. We were all of course, keyboard smashing on Twitter at the same time. It was a glorious moment.

Subsequently, three other singles were released/performed and we scrambled to get the lyrics to the songs when no one else had heard it. Suffice to say we blew our eardrums out thanks to Martin’s diction.

Then came the release of Love Drunk. Oh my god I had never been so excited for my CD to arrive. We all pre-ordered our albums so that we could get them signed. Sad to say there wasn’t enough to go around.

The hype that followed Love Drunk was mind blowing. They continued touring and producing music videos and that really attracted more into our group. The size of the fanbase ballooned pretty steadily on those months.

THEN. The day came. The day we all died in BLG heaven. It was a sunny Saturday morning, I recall. I was still sleepy-eyed as I read my Twitter feed and the newspapers. Then I saw the advertisement:‘BOYSLIKEGIRLS In Singapore.’ omg I squealed and immediately began texting Jesslyn and whoever wasn’t awake yet and OH MY GOD. That day could never have had been more perfect.

28 January 2010. The first day of JC, and also, the night I would see my first love live. That night was PERFECT. Other than the bitchy foreigners in the pit, EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT. I cried and sang my heart out that night. I was truly happy. I wish I could go back to that moment.

The months after that were as exciting as the first few. We got on the radio and heard their songs play almost every week. Videos on YouTube reminded us of how good they are live, and their random tour videos were hilarious. They were living their dream, and I was truly proud of them.

Slowly but surely, their hype began to die down. They announced that they were going to produce the third album soon, but then they also said that they were going on hiatus after their epic tours. And I respected that. I continued to keep track of their activities, but soon it became too hard to keep in contact with them. They stayed away from Twitter, MySpace and even Martin Says.

I suppose I never wanted to acknowledge the possibility of them breaking up because that just couldn’t happen. They were having so much fun on tour and wouldn’t they want to do it for a living?

But now all these talk about their silence, I really don’t know. I cannot live with a break up, nor a member quitting. Even if they reform with different members, I don’t think I will love them as much as I love the original band.

I suppose all I have for now are my posters and albums to keep me going.

I hope to hear from you soon, boys. Good or bad, your fans deserve to know what lies in the future, after waiting for so long.

Sincerely

Diane

A loyal fan who has never stopped loving your music.

P.S. You guys are welcome to just post your thoughts on this blog.