Fan challenged a woman in the 'Bad Habits' band tee to name 3 songs — she was actually in the band

In a world where social media dominates the lives of many, people are quite accustomed to seeing pretentious individuals. Many put so much effort into being on par with society's fads. That's why, when a person is seen as being absolutely unfiltered, one can't help but question their originality. However, when a stranger questioned the selfhood of a band member because they were wearing their band's T-shirt, the internet wasn't having it. A member of the band "Bad Habits," who goes by @whatisrocknroll on TikTok, shared their encounter with a man at a restaurant who thought he made a snide remark, but, in reality, he was wrong.

The six-second video shows the musician sitting in a restaurant with an expression of complete disbelief. In a typical rock band member's look, they wore a black sleeveless t-shirt that had their band's name, "Bad Habits," written in big, bold letters on it and their arms were covered in tattoos. "Guys, I was casually waiting for my food wearing my band's merch and a guy came up and asked to name three songs," the text overlay read. "I don't know how I should feel about this," they added in the caption. The man apparently thought that they were just trying to look cool wearing a band's t-shirt and the musician couldn't help but laugh it off.

While hilarious, this kind of incident — seeing a person in a band shirt and feeling the need to test if they are a fan — happens a lot. Felix Bräuer, assistant professor at the chair for Theoretical Philosophy/Philosophy of Language at the University of Mannheim, has talked about this exact situation. He says it’s a kind of unfair judgment, where people assume someone’s faking it just because of how they look or what they’re wearing. He argues that this becomes a "testimonial injustice," where assumptions lead others to disbelieve or challenge someone’s credibility simply based on their appearance or identity.

Over a million views swarmed in for this video and turned out that this was quite a common issue among musicians in a band. So, many users were keen on suggesting snarky responses to the man who tried to ridicule the musician. "I heard an amazing comeback for this, 'Name 5 women who feel safe around you,'" said @shapeshiftersystem. "'Oh! Please, you wouldn't recognize the band if they were sitting in front of you,' followed by the most intense stare ever," suggested @akroatje. "You should name a song you are still working on, and when you release he just, maybe, has a really bad flashback," added @waifuccu.

You can follow Bad Habits (@whatisrocknroll) on TikTok for Rock & Roll music content.

This article originally appeared 1 year ago.