Back in November, I made the last minute decision to attend a concert by JJ Wilde. I was a bit on the fence going in; while I like her music, she’s never really been a favourite.

This is the song that convinced me to go:

Unfortunately, while JJ and her band put on an excellent performance, the sound quality in the venue wasn’t the best (I genuinely think her voice was too powerful for the equipment), and I also ended up catching one of the worst respiratory infections of my life from the crowd.

According to my rapid test, it wasn’t covid, but it might as well have been considering how sick I got. At one point I had to go a liquid diet for several days because the coughing had ravaged my throat so much I couldn’t swallow solids. Weeks later, I’m still getting the sniffles now and then.

This is still a great song, though, so there’s that.