Things we like: Twent one Pilots

Here is the story of me and Twenty one Pilots: Imagine a girl. She likes music. Her sister likes this one band. Her sister's music tastes generally don't appeal to her. She isn't important yet. While on the way to school, the girl hears a fun, creepy, and hauntingly catchy song and demands information on it. Lo and behold it was the very band that was coming popular at the time. Gosh dang it, with the girl's hipster tendencies she can't like something popular!
Anyway I asked Amazon for info on it, and have decided to tell the world of my new love. This post is also a post on the 'fake fan epidemic'.
1. Maybe it's the sound- the genre-less blur that resides on the pop radio station and in every emo child's heart, maybe it's the lyrics- the contrasting nostalgic and sometimes morbid words that you just want to memorize it; whatever it is, it's the perfect combo for now, whether that is a good or bad thing.

 Because it kind of works for everyone, everyone likes it. This is a clash of the 'cultures'- the emo music kids who so violently protect their music, and the 'basics'. I'm going to say this now; I love emo kids, but...
Y'all often misdiagnose. Not wanting your precious hipsterness to leak into the rest of the world, it's hard to see something you love make it's way to the radio and the ears of people 'unlike' you. The diagnosis is 'fake fan'- a person who acts like they love and are knowledgeable on a topic, when they are miles from it. Note- a fake fan is NOT a person who doesn't know the name of the fourth album's third song. A fake fan is NOT a person who has only heard 5 songs.
I think the way to look at it is this; isn't it fun when you see a person wearing a shirt with your FAVORITE thing's logo on it? You freak out a little, then just want to be their friend?
It's popular now- so many new fans to be educated and watch grow! So many old fans for them to share wisdom- it's a big family with varying levels of obsession from 'just getting into it' to 'sold soul to'.
Now, fellow fans, I am off to soak my ears in 'Twisted Up' for the next two hours.