A special joy

As last year’s Covid restrictions meant a diary full of crossed out live dates, Meagan turned – reluctantly – to livestreaming to get her music heard. “It’s funny, at the beginning I was really opposed to live-streaming, which was less to do with thinking it wasn’t a legitimate alternative to a gig, and more the fact that it made me sad,” she says. “I did a few initially and would get into it, interacting with people – get a little bit of that high of being in that community of people. It felt almost there. But then, the stream would stop and I’d be alone.”

Her attitude began to change, however. “I did start to warm up to it a bit more, and started doing it more consistently over 2020. I started hanging out in some online communities that were really warm and inviting and fun; it was so nice to have that experience. It’s not the same as seeing a dancefloor full of people, but it did help a lot. I think I got a special joy in seeing how people enjoyed it. I imagine that a lot of them had similar feelings of loneliness during that period. It was beautiful actually, to see people come together that way. People will always have that desire to share music.”