I parked out on the street about 10.30pm, read the parking sign three times and took a photo of it, as if that made a parking ticket less likely. My 18-year-old son and I then walked towards a night out that had been ages in the planning. He was nervous and filled with anticipation. I was just worried.

It’s been 25 years since I’ve been clubbing, but I clearly remember the anxiety. Would I be let in the door? Was I wearing the right clothes? Making the right moves? I loved dancing, but was always uncomfortable with the late starts, smoke (from machines and in those days cigarettes), dirty toilets with wet floors and thumping in my heart and my head.

Oh, what a night: Lisa Drought’s big night seeing YouTuber and DJ Vikkstar with her son.Credit: Photos: Lisa Drought. Artwork: Jamie Brown

And here I was with my son, about to do it all again as a mum of two in her 50s. What was I thinking? I’d convinced myself that joining him at the Love Machine nightclub for a DJ set by online sensation Vikkstar (12.1 million combined YouTube subscribers, net worth estimated at $40 million) was the same as going to Harry Styles with his older sibling. Just two family members heading out to a concert together, ready to have fun. Except it wasn’t. All that felt the same was the anxiety from 25 years ago.

My younger son has never been to a concert of any kind and certainly not a nightclub. He doesn’t enjoy loud noises, strobe........

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