The Whitest Boy Alive is a band that contains the member Erlend Oye, one of the most beloved alt celebs of all time. Their show is known as an indie pop fiesta which features dancing + chill vibes... Recently, they played a show in Mexico City, and Erlend Oye had his glasses stolen by the crowd. In the video, you can see the awkward moment as he climbed the balcony, had his glasses removed, then had people yelling "lentes, lentes", which we assume is the Spanish /Mexican word for glasses. Erlend has the ultimate face of 'not chill, bro' to all of the Mexican fans.

Glasses are one of the only ways that people with poor vision can see, so the band immediately quit the show. The glasses were reportedly broken as he climbed into a crowd of Mexi alt teens /a sea of Mexican children.

Fan Account from the exclusive Alt Report TIP LINE:

Yesterday I went to photograph a The Whitest Boy Alive show at a shitty night club (in Mexico city) and when it was about to end, Erlend Oye decided to climb a balcony to sing with some of his fans and obviously all the hipsters there wanted to touch him, so suddenly they broke Erlend's glasses. He managed to keep a piece of the broken glasses but there was another piece missing. He climbed down, and told them: hey, give me my glasses back , I can´t see a thing

No one gave them back and the show ended. There were more than 2000 Erlend clones enraged because they didn´t get an encore.
I think it was pretty funny, you don´t throw yourself at people when you virtually depend on your glasses, or at least you carry another pair for emergencies.

Was the Erlend Oye's fault for climbing into the balcony?
When you go to Mexico, can u expect them to 'play by the rules'?
Would this have happened in America?
Should Mexico pay the bill for his prescription glasses, or do they not have vision / dental coverage with his health insurance?

The Whitest Boy Alive wrote a letter to the Mexican Alt Audience:

dear mexican audience
....i am writing these few words to make one thing clear.

the show yesterday ended like that, because somebody stole erlend's glasses.
that's fucked up, but it does NOT mean the end of the world.
the show was almost at it's end anyway, we were going to play maybe two more songs
so you didn't really miss out on something amazing.

of course there was better ways to end the evening, but you have to know
erlend doesn't see without glasses, and that's why we couldn't continue playing.
yes he was upset, but that's not why we didn't finish properly.
it's just impossible to play, sing, dance and entertain people without seeing them.

let's forget about this strange ending and try to remember the good time we had
and we had some good time.

we are going home now after 3 great weeks in your beautiful country
and we will always come back, don't worry

see you in a year or two
maybe coachella???

marcin

Does the band sound 'pissed'?
Did the band do the right thing by stopping their show?
Should Erlend have had backup glasses / rec specs / contacts / eye surgery?
Was it chill when the crowd started to chant 'culero'?
Have yall ever had something stolen from u / broken by other people in front of u?
Did Mexico ruin this chill, indie pop experience?
Did these Mexican fans think that his glasses were just a silly accessory, but not actually a way for him to be able 2 see?