On November 3rd, the experimental hyperpop duo told us that to be successful, all you need is a guitar, a cool wizard hat, and a Nintendo 3DS that supports cameras. Oh, and the ability to walk between random noise and music-and it will disappear soon.
The lead singer of 100 gecs, Laura Les, surprised the audience with a touching soundtrack cover of "gecgecgec" in the performance on November 3rd. (Hustler Staff / Andrew Kolondra Jr.)
Andrew Kolondra Jr., Life Editor November 7, 2021
"What are gecs and why are there 100?" When you enter 100 gecs, it is one of the first related searches that appear on Google. However, I will not tell you the answers to these two questions. No one is really sure, in any case, it doesn't matter.
Because 100 gecs shows more definitions than any attempted. Lined up in a very chaotic parking lot, almost hypothermia, because there were three performances on the same night in Cannery Row. It will record every time you see someone wearing furry fox ears or a maid outfit in public. Of course, it uses your Nintendo 3DS to shoot the show, because at least six loyal fans in the show chose to do so.
More specifically, 100 gecs is an extreme extremist hyperpop/techno/nightcore project of high school friends Laura Les and Dylan Brady. The music made by Les and Brady from St. Louis is like the slimy, disgusting lover of Lisa Frank posters and vacuum cleaners set in carpet mode. They are the leaders of super fashion trends.
"This is the music I listened to when I was at the bottom of my life," said Beatrice Mhando, the senior participant of the participant. "I was playing Genshin Impact. I really want someone to hit me in the face."
Needless to say, the show was terrible and unbelievable.
Before Les and Brady walked onto the stage in the costumes of Mickey Mouse from the "Fantasia" era and wizards from Stardew Valley, ultra-popular solo actor Alice Gas prepared a beat for the audience with some of her own rhythms. Although her performance was half over when we finally entered the venue, we were surprised at how she fascinated the audience.
The songs from her October album "HARDCORE HEAVEN" seem to fascinate everyone around us. Extreme electronic music-there are so many-is so diverse and all-encompassing that I was surprised when one of the people in the crowd revealed that she was a soloist. It's just Gas sitting on the stage with a laptop. Didn't even shake his head. That's it.
When the trance dissipated and Gas left the stage, I had time to really blend in with the crowd, and noticed that the electronic devices used by the fans around us were far more than those of the Nintendo 3DS. Some friends we found brought a Playstation controller and a Wii wheel. A group of people in front of us frantically entered a photo into a graphing calculator. Every few minutes, people nearby raised their phones to display an emoticon pack. Then slowly rotate it like a lighthouse. His fascinating speeches included the unfortunate mention of Pilk and multiple wide-angle close-ups of dogs, because I know you want to know.
Then, after the people behind me asked, "Where is my Reddit dad?", the lights dimmed and the music magicians Les and Brady walked onto the stage. Let us have no room to breathe, they quickly played popular songs such as "Stupid Horse" and "Ringtone", so aggressive that my friend and I were arguing about whether the giant plastic speakers behind them on the stage looked like outside of Cartoon City. Something-is functional. We may or may not have arrhythmia now.
Although some of the attraction of Feral Noisecore is of course only noise, my inner musical snob appreciates the fact that the lyrics of certain tracks of 100 gecs (such as "757" and "fallen 4 Ü") are a) actually Understandable in noise, and b) pleasant melody and catchy. However, this is expected, because Les and Brady have mentioned that their upcoming album "10000 gecs" will be closer to the mainstream and will not automatically adjust Les's voice to the forgotten feature track.
When Les accidentally pulled out an acoustic guitar in the middle of the show, prompting the audience to shout "Wonderwall", the audience took a peek at the sound. But today will not be the day she threw it back to us; instead, Les performed the infamous song "gecgecgec" with a pleasantly soft soundtrack, which amazed the audience.
Normally, this song plays in random order for more than a minute of random sound effects—I’m not kidding—at the end is a short snippet of crazy auto-adjusted lyrics that sounds like it’s in your pocket and runs through at least Wash three or four times. But what about Rice's acoustic performance? It's amazing-and it may be the first time in many viewers' lives that they actually stand for more than 60 seconds.
However, Les and Brady have been committed to satirizing their parts, and then announced that they will play their "classic country song" version before retiring the guitar. Prompt the rampant speculation of the audience: Will we hear the unprecedented cover of Dolly Parton’s 100 gecs? Kenny Chesney? Or—swallow—"Old Town Road?"
Thank goodness, none of the above. Brady continued to smash the xylophone (I think-honestly it might be an industrial meat grinder) for about 45 seconds, somehow persuading the instrument (or piece of metal) to make a sound I thought I had never heard before, or forever Won't hear it again. There was thunderous applause.
After singing a few more songs, including some unreleased tracks from the expected album, Les and Brady ended with a high profile: their most famous song "money machine", which made us really worry that the floor might collapse. Then they sang two other high notes: "What's that smell?" and "800db cloud". I was embarrassed that these two were all heard in memes. This was a disturbing common theme that night.
But this is also what makes this show so interesting, even though I firmly refuse to listen to 100 gecs in my free time. When Les shouted "What's that smell?" Into the green mist above the stage, I had only one thought: I have never been proud of myself as an ordinary person.
Andrew (AJ) Kolondra Jr. ('22) is a senior, majoring in English and classical literature. He often commented on TV and movies, or reported on local events and festivals in and outside the city. As a native of South Florida, he spends as much outdoors as possible-usually in Centennial Park. He can be reached via [email protected]
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