Let’s set the record straight: being a fangirl is not a personality flaw, but in 2025 it’s rather a cultural engine helping keep the gears of the independent music industry rotating. What used to be dismissed as “too much” passion is now one of the most powerful forces in new music discovery.
Being a fangirl today isn’t about obsession, it’s about connection. Connection in finding people who feel the same pulse you do when a lyric hits just right, and how it feels to find someone at a concert you can relate to and belt every word with. These connections are real and authentic. The connection that influencer and self-proclaimed “certified fangirl” Gabbyycore cultivates online.
Gabby, or “Gabbyycore” to her more than 130,000 of followers online, has turned her lifelong obsession with music into something bigger than playlists and posts. She’s built a community around what it means to feel music deeply, to live in it, to love it so much that you just have to share it. “I don’t remember a time when I didn’t love music,” she says. “I was a really sad kid and sometimes I just wanted to soak in the sadness, especially when I was numb and just needed to feel something.”
That kind of emotional honesty is exactly what allows her to relate to not only the fans of the music she loves, but also the musicians she now calls friends. Long before she ever had a large TikTok following, she was a fan and music consumer who constantly made playlists for every book she read to help her escape into what she was reading. “The posting really started when I had no way of getting the energy out that I felt when I listened to certain music,” she says. “Social media was that release for me.”
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Gabby never planned on being an influencer. She didn’t wake up one day and think to herself, “I’m going to build a brand.” She just wanted to share the songs that moved her. But somewhere between playlist posts and reaction videos, her genuine love turned into something bigger.
Understanding where this passion comes from, you don’t need to look much further than her music taste. Her very first concert was Hayley Kiyoko, but the shows that truly changed her life were by Sleep Token and Dayseeker. “I cried my eyes out at both of their shows…”
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