UPBeats brings out CWRU’s love for Jeremy Zucker

I’m not sure what I was expecting when I went to the UPBeats concert on Saturday, Feb. 4, but I certainly did not foresee it being one of my favorite experiences at Case Western Reserve University.

The concert opened with Vundabar, an indie rock band from Massachusetts. I will confess, I only recognized one song, “Alien Blues,” from the countless TikTok edits I had seen with it. Surprisingly, their other, less popular songs ended up being the most catchy for the crowd. They were incredible performers, engaging the audience with random shouts and “call and re- sponse” breaks between songs, where we enthusiastically chanted the lead singer’s babbles back to him. I enjoyed dancing to every song I heard, despite not knowing a single lyric. I also Google’d half their songs during the performance to add to my playlists; something I am not ashamed of. After their performance, my friends snagged pictures and conversation with the lead singer Brandon Hagen, and he was the most laid back and grateful performer I had ever seen.

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