SAN DIEGO, CA — In a groundbreaking act of digital self-discipline, local woman Haley Mendez, 24, has become the first person in recorded history to actually rewatch the full vertical concert footage she filmed on her phone during a Pierce the Veil show last weekend.
“Most people just take 600 shaky clips and then post a 3-second snippet to Instagram with the caption ‘I can’t believe this happened,’ before forgetting it forever,” said one concert historian. “But Haley? Haley watched the whole thing — every blurry, overexposed, bass-distorted second of it.”
Mendez, who recorded nearly the entire 95-minute set in vertical orientation, reportedly spent her entire Sunday curled up in bed with her iPhone at 75% brightness, reliving the experience exactly how no one was meant to see it.
“It’s not about sharing,” she explained. “It’s about preservation. My hands were numb from holding my phone up the whole time, but it was worth it to have a personal artifact from this night.”
Sources confirm that throughout the show, Mendez blocked the view of at least 11 other fans, including a 14-year-old girl who had been waiting to see the band since 7th grade. Mendez later claimed she was “doing it for all of us.”
Despite the sound being mostly blown-out static and Vic Fuentes looking like a pixelated Sims character, Mendez said she plans to “re-watch it monthly” and may even upload it to YouTube “for the culture.”
At press time, she was already preparing for her next show by clearing 40GB of storage and practicing arm stabilization techniques in the mirror.
