FaZe Rain & Jon Bellion, how they changed music forever for a young boy from New Zealand in 2013.

[LIFE]

yo I wanted to hop on and just reminisce a bit about nearly 12 years a fan, share with all those who found Jon in the exact same way or a similar way and how Jon Bellion shaped how I think about music. site is looking fucking phenomenal, good shit fellas. I posted this on the initial beta but I think old posts in memories got scrapped.

In 2013 like alot of you I was (to my mums dismay, shoutout to the bro) obsessed with Call of Duty, I'd get home everyday from primary school and pop on whatever new video any guy in that era of FaZe had just dropped. FaZe Rain was my favourite, easily. When Rain hit 100k, he dropped his 100k Montage, and in that montage he used LIFE, from Translations through speakers. When I tell you that I spent that ENTIIIRE afternoon spam repeating that song, I'd be underselling, it was instant obsession, and it didn't just start an obsession with Jon. I grew up in a music family, my parents always had music playing but obviously it wasnt anything "new" sounding, atleast to my gen z ass. dont get me wrong, bangers, stevie wonder, bill withers, silverchair, nina simone, amy winehouse, kings of leon, etc etc, but my only real exposure to modern music was through whatever was getting radio play which in NZ leaves not that much to be desired. I truly think discovering Jon jumpstarted an appreciation for seeking music for me, I was obsessively finding every track on YouTube I could of his, but also just any artist, any song/artist I could come across and feel like I found it on my own.

Anyways thank you if you read this ramble, hopefully I didnt mess anything up im not gonna proofread AHAHAHA. godspeed o7