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Behind The Mask

really good for us with touring, and everything During the tour, the band, as they still do, to conduct myself in a certain way just for a VIP
seems to be much, much better than it was the took part in meet and greets with fans. Although, photo.”
last album cycle.” with the members experiencing different emo- “Therein lies the ‘disguise’, so to speak,”
Despite any inner band challenges on that tions themselves, going through tough personal Chris continues, “that I feel people have this ex-
tour, the shows saw the band performing better situations sometimes meant they weren’t the pectation of bands and artists when they are
than they ever had, and appealing to more and smiliest in photos. This partly inspired the song going to see them, that you are supposed to be
more fans. If you were at a show, chances are and album title, ‘Disguise’. acting exactly as they expect you to and there
you wouldn’t have known that anything was Chris says, “Where you’re in a band, you’re are many that are understanding that you are
wrong in the MIW camp. in the public eye, you’re doing VIPs, we’ve ac- human and you have emotions and you’re not
Chris says, “We know that this is our job. I tually had comments before where I used to, if I going to be perfect every day, but there’s an
think, at the end of the day, we all love what we was having a really bad day, either for whatever overwhelming amount that have not been able
do, so going on stage is actually the moment in reason, or mentally, I wasn’t the most smiley, to realize that people in bands and in the public
which you get to put all that other stuff away and happy guy of all time, and we used to get so eye are human as well.”
focus on what you’re out here doing, what you many negative comments about ‘Why do they A few years ago, Justin Bieber cancelled all
love about it. At least that’s for me and I’m sure even do VIP if they don’t even want to be there? of his future meet and greets as he felt drained
the other guys felt that way for the most part. So, Why are they even here if they…?’ and it’s not and unhappy when doing them. It’s no surprise
shows weren’t really the problem. It was really like ‘I don’t want to be here,’ it’s like ‘I’m strug- when you’ve got a hectic touring schedule, and
more behind the scenes where things felt dis- gling with something right now’ and I didn’t, at we actually applaud him for putting his mental
connected.” that point, feel like I should have to force myself health first.
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