Thank Drake for the day!

Abandonment issues

emphasis on that last question I never know when a person is trolling or if they've lost the troll themselves and start believing their own bs

music clicks w them on a deeper level

unemployment

life's so empty they need to live thru someone else

they're losers thats why

same people existed in sports long before music. some people let the attachment grow to the point that their pride is intertwined with the success/perception of the person they stan

Eminem is making a documentary about this very question iirc.

Their fandom becomes a part of their personality so they trick their brain into caring more about it than they should. Just like a sports team

Move to Drake or Kendrick sxn you might find more informed answers there

There's gotta be a level of trolling in it. I just genuinely can't believe a full grown adult is that attached to an artist, athlete, etc..

Wish it was s*** is actually a disease

Such a waste of energy to spend time arguing about your favorite artist online. Never seen anyone change their mind on an artist after an argument here once lol

Slide me a check though and I'll be the biggest super fan you've ever seen

Word to that. I tried looking up a disorder that comes close to stanning but surprisingly, I couldn't find one. The closest one is Obsessive Love Disorder (OLD), but that isn't formally recognized by health professionals. Probably isn't because those behaviors are usually kept confined to the internet though

People on here really didn't wanna discuss this one huh

I think it’s somewhat of a substitute for healthy social interactions for some.
Speaking from experience, when my social life goes through a dry spell, I tend to either throw myself into my work or into whatever I’m interested in at the time, and if that happens to be an artist, in extreme cases it can result in stannary

no job, no loved ones