Like Icarus, flying too high will be the death of us.

When Taylor Swift launched her Eras tour, demand for tickets to her concert have been incredible to the point that Ticketmaster’s website crashed, or they had to suspend sales due to the “unexpected” demand. To get one, people are even considering flying to other countries because either she didn’t schedule shows in a particular country, or it provides the best chance to see her concert. This is the first time I’ve heard not one but two Prime Ministers — yes, the PMs of sovereign nations — reach out to her and plead for shows to be performed in their respective countries.

Meanwhile, Ticketmaster is becoming its own scalper with their surge pricing that increases ticket prices with demand. Simple economics yes but is all these still within reason? Oh, and, yes, independent scalpers are still doing business.

Fandom is a crazy thing, and there are fans who feel the need to prove that they are a celebrity’s number one fan bar none. For that, they are willing to shell out whatever they need to just score tickets to their idol’s concert. That doesn’t even take into consideration any free promotions they give their idols through their social media posts and other activities. All this is creating a huge demand that world peace itself is in danger when Australian Swifties threatened American Swifties to honor geographical jurisdictions or face their wrath. For these people, it is not enough to buy the latest albums. They have to have that face to face encounter.

Again, how much of this is still reasonable? Fans get drawn in but the feeling of flying so high can send them crashing. That or burned to death like moths to a flame…