The hipster takeover: Soundset addition

Hannah Hansen, Staff Writer

Hipster youth had another chance to bust out the flower crowns and crop tops at a semi-local music festival this past weekend. Soundset, an annual music festival held during the Memorial Day weekend in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area, brought music lovers together – one man bun at a time. Are you wondering what all went down at this year’s Soundset? Have no fear, because I’m here to tell you all of the important details. I didn’t go either, but I didn’t have to in order to expound upon all things hipster at this year’s Soundset. Here are some hipster-fueled trends that (probably) dominated the MN festival:

Two words: Flower. Crowns. I thought we exhausted this trend when word got out that the flowers were actually (gasp) FAKE. But no – the flower crown industry is still alive and thriving. THRIVING, I say. Props to the flower power hipsters – your revival of the flower crown elevated Soundset from a regular music festival to a regular music festival with flower crowns. Nice work.

I always thought robots would take over our world before anything else; I couldn’t have been more wrong. Man buns, the hipster youth’s trademark, are proof that our world, as we know it, is being taken over by more than just robots. Soundset was extremely vulnerable to this man bun apocalypse – I couldn’t even get past the front entrance before I almost died at the sight of one. Protect your children, parents and grandparents. No one is safe.

Just by the sight of the clothing attire at Soundset, it was impossible to predict the climate of this fashionably diverse festival. The scorching heat didn’t seem to interfere with last winter’s fur – and the most infuriating part? The hipsters PULLED IT OFF – both literally and figuratively. I’m not kidding. Some were able to persevere through the 90 degree weather and maintain the “January in May” look, capturing the Antarctica-meets-Minnesota essence. Others stripped down to more than I would like to discuss, which leads me to my next point…

Glitter. I saw glitter in places glitter should never be. NEVER. Must I say more?

Even though I didn’t get to immerse myself in the electrifying music Soundset had to offer, I have a pretty good idea of what went down, what hipster wore what and what my escape plan will be when the man bun finally succeeds in taking over the world.