The Buzz Intro Interview

Nicole Costantini, writer and performer

So many people form deep relationships with the music they love, and that's what this show is really all about. I aim to celebrate these relationships and the way music connects us to other people, while also digging into the complex and sometimes complicated nature of them. While I'll be sharing my personal experiences, I hope that others will see themselves and their experiences in these stories too.

I love performance festivals because they allow us to bring together so many different people and types of performance. There's so many opportunities to meet people and be exposed to performances that you might not get to experience in more "formal" theater settings. I volunteered with the Atlanta Fringe Festival when I first moved here and it was amazing. I've also never performed in Atlanta before so I'm excited to share my work with this community.

This show really started in 2017 when I was forced to examine my relationship to emo music after the lead singer of my favorite band was accused of sexual misconduct. I felt betrayed by this singer's actions and had to figure out why I felt that way. It lead me to not only think more critically about my relationship to emo music, but to also think about all of the relationships I've formed around it - my friendships with other fans, romantic relationships where we made mix cds full of emo love songs, and my parasocial relationships with the bands.