5 Stages Of Fangirl Grief During Your Favorite Band's Breakup

An Introduction... So your favorite band has announced that they'll be taking a "hiatus." This, fangirls of the world, is cryptic talk for "we're breaking up, sales have been crap, that other band just like us (though we'll never admit it) is whipping our asses in the market, and frankly [Insert Band Member Here] just doesn't want to do it anymore." Of course, your reactions vary...

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From straight up crying...

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To total shock and disbelief...

But there's totally ways to get through it. It's a painful process truthfully, and the only people to help you through it are your fellow fans. Your family doesn't get it, your friends don't get it either (unless of course, they're fans like you). So here are the 5 stages of grief, as interpreted by a fangirl.

Stage 1- Denial

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... is not just a river in Egypt... oh wait, that's THE Nile... okay I digress.

The announcement was made and the first thing through your head is "NO! They were doing so great! This has to be some kind of prank. They'll come back on April 1 going 'Hahaha! We so fooled you guys!' and all will be right in the world."

"They can't break up! They just did [Insert quasi-awesome show here]!"

"No! Don't go- my fangirl heart must have your album this year!"

And the list continues...

Stage 2- Anger

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Now you get pissed. Everything from "I was supposed to go to your shows!" "You never followed me on Twitter!" "I'll never get to meet you now!" "I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET YOU TO NOTICE ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR 20 BAJILLION YEARS! SCREW YOU!"

So you start placing the blame on people:

You blame their manager and/or former label...

"Why didn't you work harder for them?!"

"It's all your fault they're breaking up!"

"If you hadn't been spending more time with [Insert other artist here], this wouldn't have happened!"

You blame other fans...

"WHY DIDN'T YOU BUY MORE CONCERT TICKETS/ALBUMS?!"

"It's our fault that they couldn't sell a show out!"

"It's called a plane ticket! We could have afforded trips to [Insert state/country here]!"

You blame the radio stations...

"You guys could have played their damn single a bit more!"

"I requested their stuff DAILY and you still never friggen played it!"

You blame their rivals and rival fandom...

"You guys were so horrible to them and us! Screw you!"

"Had your band's single not stayed at #1 for a month, we could have had a shot here!"

Stage 3- Depression

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Then it hits you like a ton of bricks. You break down into a spiral of tears, and heartache. Turning on their music is no longer comforting to you, as the sound of one of their voices just prompts another session of sitting in your room for hours crying. No one can console you, not even fellow fans. Their pictures in your room do nothing to console you either. It just hurts like hell.

Stage 4- Bargaining

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Then, you beg and plead with the band to try and release one more thing...

"Please, if you follow me, I'll be a better fan!"

"Just put out the album, we'll prove everyone wrong!"

"We'll make sure [Insert cancelled show] sells out!"

"Notice me!!!"

Stage 5- Acceptance

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You realize that life moves on, and though you still carry hope that one day they'll reunite for an epic tour, right now, they are done. What you carry with you are their music permanently on your iPhone, and although it's going to take some time before you can listen to them again without bursting into tears, you carry some amazing memories with you about what a ride it was. You know they'll still be around, and you can support their individual endeavors. They're still alive and aren't physically going away. If you got to meet them, you're thankful for their hugs and conversation. If you didn't, you're just glad you managed to get that follow on Twitter, and finally, you're just thankful for the music.

Heck, who knows, maybe [Insert popular member here] will forge on and go solo!