Bereavement is the state of having lost someone close, and the period of mourning that follows. Contemporary Western culture often privatizes bereavement, expecting it to be brief and quiet. In this story, Alex Warren’s concerts push against that expectation: fans carry their bereavement into a public, musical space, presenting urns for the singer to sign — evidence that communal mourning is finding new venues in pop culture.
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Mentioned in: He Lost Both Parents and Found a Choir of the Bereaved: Alex Warren and the Music of Grief