Paramore brings Filipino fan on stage to sing ‘Misery Business’

Photo: Vince Bern Facebook page
Photo: Vince Bern Facebook page

This guy is just so lucky.

Facebook user Vince Bern today shared the now-viral video of a Filipino Paramore fan who got to sing Misery Business on stage with Hayley Williams at the American pop rock band’s concert at the Mall of Asia Arena yesterday.

In the video, Williams is shown hugging the fan, who introduced himself as “Arjay.”

Williams tells the crowd: “We’re going to count Arjay off, and he’s going to sing this last chorus to you. This show is no longer a Paramore show, this show becomes an Arjay show, okay?”

The ecstatic fan sang with Williams at the top of his lungs, from the bridge of the song until its last chorus.

At the end, they hugged each other once more time. Getting to hug Williams twice? Now we’re positively jealous.

The video has over 1.4 million views and 38,000 shares as of this article’s posting. Aside from a general positive feeling after watching the video, netizens couldn’t help but feel slightly envious of Arjay.

Facebook user Vince Garces said in Filipino that he was bitter.

Nathaniel Sangalang tagged a fellow fan and said: “[I]magine if it’s you. You’d die screaming lol hahaha”

Jovinelle Cunanan said the fan was so lucky.

Kevin Rae Jurado said he got goosebumps from the performance.

This is Paramore’s third time playing Manila, with the first in 2010 and second in 2013.

Did you feel a pang of jealousy just right about now? Same. Leave a comment below or tweet us @CoconutsManila.




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