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Blunts brought that energy all the way to Los Angeles, and the fans are already chatting about what’s next. The artist shared that tickets for his show at El Rey Theater on August 30th were going on sale, alongside a poster that nodded towards his comical side and perhaps even ironic artistic pathway. An oversized Bigfoot figure dressed in blue tracksuit makes its way through a desert landscape, while “BABY STEPS” looms large in the distance; maybe this is a baby step in Blunts’ career.
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What set everyone off was the caption, suggesting Blunts might take to crowd surfing. “Come watch me take baby steps in the right direction this shit gonna be a movie maybe this is where I crowd surf at,” he wrote, trailing a thinking face emoji as though he was genuinely pondering the idea. The comment section, then, erupted—from hype to concerned about public safety.
The first commentator tagged 50 Cent, suggesting the rapper buy out every ticket: an oblique wink toward 50 Cent’s infamous buying out of Ja Rule’s concerts. Followed by a flood of similar comments tagging the Get Rich or Die Tryin’ rapper, eventually becoming a running gag across the thread. “50 gone buy all the seats so nobody can go,” reads another, spotlighting how fast the reference had gone off the rails.
The crowd-surfing reference gave rise to some truly funny comments. “I would pay to see you crowd surf. I want to see it,” pronounced an excited fan, while another came with a bit of a disclaimer: “I hope there are paramedics on standby not for daveblunts but for the crowd safety, it will be a mass casualty event when he crowd surfs.” That mental image of Blunts going for it really stuck in everyone’s minds.
The art-inclined, amid all this joking, somehow began to dissect the entire presentation. “Why this cover actually hard Mr. Blessing?” one commenter asked, looking at the desert-themed artwork meshing Hollywood iconography with symbolic objects such as a “Purple Stuff” cup and cow skull. Meanwhile, others couldn’t get past the “baby steps” element of the caption, with one saying, “Ain’t no way that shi just said baby steps!” utterly ransom at the heartfelt language.
Another international fan from Germany chimed in, wondering how he could send some artwork he did for Blunts. While evidence of the reach of the artist goes far beyond the mere local LA fanbase, the show and the continuation of the 50 Cent joke, that somehow spontaneously sprouted in the replies, seemed to hold the interest of most commenters.
The artist’s peculiar digital presence, a mix of self-deprecating humor and sincere artistic ambition, is colossally embodied by this ticket announcement. Whether or not Blunts does the crowd-surfing thing remains a matter of speculation; but there’s no question that it does generate enough conversation about the upcoming gig. The El Rey Theatre show is far more than just a concert; judging from the online buzz, this is bound to go down as one of those “you had to be there” moments forever referenced in Blunts’ future works.
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With the August 30th date just around the corner, all eyes will be on whether or not Blunts walks the walk from his teasing caption. It seems the artist has a knack for taking what should’ve been a mundane ticket announcement and transforming it into an event inherently anticipated for reasons that aren’t just down to the music. In short, coupled with the highly visualized post and the self-deprecating humor right below in the comments, this social media moment firmly establishes that Blunts’ relationship with his audience transcends the traditional performer-fan relationship.