Music. Banter. Festive. Concert. Singing. Dancing. Laughing. Hiding. Cheating. The shock. The awe. The shame. The game. The internet these days is on an overdrive over the ColdPlay concert Cam video. The video of a couple swaying to a song in a ColdPlay concert is perhaps a norm. Concert team picks up celebrities or cosy couples via spotlight. This then is splashed on the social media to create a hyper hype of the concert. The viral video couple looked to be having a bang and was eligible for the concert pick outs. So far so good; then came the ugly part. As soon as the spotlight came on them, and they realized it, in a reflex action the man left the woman to hide under the railing and women turned her back. To make it worse the singer Chris Martin said, “Are they having an affair or are they really shy”. This reel has been viewed by anybody and everybody.

The social media is invasive. It presents and misrepresents. It exposes and disposes. It speculates and assumes. It makes and fakes. Like a nice juicy gossip out of a movie, this reel has hundreds of memes being made that again are being viewed and reposted. The lives of these two people are being searched and ripped apart. Their company has sent them on leave, perhaps permanent. The public are still waiting for more news. The opinion over them is diverse. There is a segment that is feeling sorry for them. The harshness of public glare has definitely added to the pressure. Many feel that the private lives of individuals do not deserve such exposé. The amount of unwanted attention and exposure is definitely not helping the affected families of these two people. The second school of thought believes that........

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