{"id":1918633,"date":"2026-05-05T13:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1918633"},"modified":"2026-05-05T13:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:16:00","slug":"do-young-people-still-care-about-the-met-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1918633","title":{"rendered":"Do young people still care about the Met Gala?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1024\/86-48-1024-683\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444557.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article longread\">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/fashion\/article\/70203\/1\/met-gala-2026-meet-the-young-superfans-political-boycott-discourse-bezos\" data-article-id=\"70203\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-portrait-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\" data-template=\"Longread Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"1760\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1175\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444557.jpg\" width=\"1175\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Janaiah Lloyd<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-05T13:16:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"05 May 2026\"><span class=\"month\">DateInMeta<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"5\">5,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical vertical - fashion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\">Fashion<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/speakerbox\">Speakerbox<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>Do young people still care about the <span class=\"nowrap\">Met Gala?<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>\u2018We\u2019ve been planning this for months\u2019: Despite the online discourse and calls for a boycott, some superfans were still willing to wait hours for a tiny glimpse of their fave through a <span class=\"nowrap\">blacked-out window<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-05-05T13:16:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"05 May 2026\"><span class=\"month\">May<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"5\">5,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - fashion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\">Fashion<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/speakerbox\">Speakerbox<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-05-05T13:16:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"05 May 2026\"><span class=\"month\">May<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"5\">5,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/laurapitcher\"><br \/>\nLaura Pitcher<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Photography\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Photography<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/JanaiahLloyd\"><br \/>\nJanaiah Lloyd<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-14-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Met Gala 2026 \u2013 Meet <span class=\"nowrap\">the superfans<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumbs\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36998\/0\/met-gala-2026-meet-the-superfans\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-79-1006-670\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444555.jpg\" width=\"1006\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36998\/1\/met-gala-2026-meet-the-superfans\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"897\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1346-897\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444559.jpg\" width=\"1346\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36998\/2\/met-gala-2026-meet-the-superfans\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-74-1043-695\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444564.jpg\" width=\"1043\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36998\/3\/met-gala-2026-meet-the-superfans\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1258-838\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444552.jpg\" width=\"1258\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36998\/4\/met-gala-2026-meet-the-superfans\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-248-1470-980\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444563.jpg\" width=\"1470\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36998\/5\/met-gala-2026-meet-the-superfans\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"913\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-328-1370-913\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444561.jpg\" width=\"1370\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 14 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>What is art without an audience? Yesterday afternoon, just a few hours before the Met Gala\u2019s <em>Costume Art<\/em>-themed red carpet began, I wandered the streets of the Upper East Side with the hopes of running into the youngest and most dedicated fans camping outside. It only took me about three steps before running into about 50 of them behind a metal barricade. A few more steps, and someone asked me if I knew of an afterparty. So, as people online argue over whether the event is still relevant (especially given the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/article\/jeff-bezos-snuck-into-the-met-gala.html\">reports<\/a> that Jeff Bezos and Lauren S\u00e1nchez Bezos spent 10 million dollars to sponsor it), <\/span><span>why do young people still care about the Met Gala?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>To describe the energy outside The Metropolitan Museum and both The Mark and The Carlyle \u2013 two of the event\u2019s most popular getting-ready hotels \u2013 as chaotic would be an understatement. There were conflicting opinions at every turn. One friend group would tell me they don\u2019t know anything about the Met, but want to see BLACKPINK. Another group (dressed in headpieces that read \u2018eat the rich\u2019 and \u2018quiet piggy\u2019) were there in protest, saying that they consider the Met taking Jeff Bezos\u2019 money to be \u201cmoney laundering\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite all the discourse, young superfans were still willing to get outside and wait hours in the pounding sun just for a glimpse of a look through a tinted window \u2013 only, for many, it was less about the event itself than it was their favourite celeb. Ahead, we asked the biggest superfans outside The Met who and what they were hoping for.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>LOUIS AND RYAN, 19<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"9c4b4bf0-b1db-4ada-8a27-b44100c3b89f\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444545.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1600\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444545.jpg\" width=\"2000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Janaiah Lloyd<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span><strong>Louis:<\/strong> \u201cWe got to The Carlyle at 2pm. If we are lucky enough, we will see Beyonc\u00e9, but I love Anok Yai and want to see anyone who brings happiness to my life. I heard about Jeff Bezos coming, and I\u2019m not too happy about that. He\u2019s not someone most people look up to, but he\u2019s a rich man, and that\u2019s who they\u2019re going to invite. It\u2019s not going to change unless something drastic happens.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Ryan:<\/strong> \u201cShe\u2019s real into this. I\u2019m not as well-versed, but I\u2019m really intrigued by the theme of costume art and what their own spin will be.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><span>ANGEL, 21 AND ERIN, 22<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"2b8f5d62-cc17-4cdd-b909-b44100c30dfc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444543.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1600\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444543.jpg\" width=\"2001\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Janaiah Lloyd<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span><strong>Erin: <\/strong>\u201cWe came here on the Amtrak from DC and Virginia, so we\u2019ve been planning this for months. We literally leave tomorrow, but just being here in the street seeing these beautiful people that I\u2019ve admired throughout the years is genuinely so exciting. I want to see Doja Cat.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Angel: <\/strong><\/span><span>\u201cObviously, I\u2019m really excited to see Beyonc\u00e9, but also Teyana Taylor and Charli xcx. I love fashion, seeing all the different creations, and seeing all the inspiration that people take and put into their outfits.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>DIAMOND, 18<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"34dc4fcf-a69f-403a-857c-b44100c38a01\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1346\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444544.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"2016\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1346\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444544.jpg\" width=\"1346\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Janaiah Lloyd<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span><strong>Diamond:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019ve been here ten minutes, but I think I might go home. It\u2019s hot, and there\u2019s no way for fans to see the textures on the outfits. I was just checking it out because today\u2019s actually my birthday. I love Zendaya. I love to see the fashion, makeup and the looks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>MADISON AND KAYLA, 19<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"6dbf6585-1712-46a3-9555-b44100c4b9f9\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444549.jpeg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1600\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444549.jpeg\" width=\"2000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Janaiah Lloyd<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span><strong>Madison: <\/strong>\u201cWe\u2019ve been here probably 30 minutes. I\u2019ve been on TikTok deep diving for the past couple of days, looking at videos from last year and asking what time to arrive under the comment sections. A news reporter replied to me, so I know they come out at 4:45pm. I want to see Kim Kardashian, Beyonc\u00e9 or any of the Kardashians. I saw Kris is here online.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Kayla:<\/strong> \u201cI didn\u2019t really follow any plan. I just went with what she did because we both go to school together. We took the train here. I\u2019ve never been to the Met, but a lot of my friends from school have. It\u2019s a dream for people to come to New York and see this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>SHANTY, 20 AND ROSIE, 26<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"b9ddf0f4-aaec-4b29-9b58-b44100c40091\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444546.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1600\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444546.jpg\" width=\"2000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Janaiah Lloyd<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span><strong>Rosie: <\/strong>\u201dI\u2019m just in New York for three days because I\u2019m a cabin crew member, so I timed my trip for the Met. I\u2019m waiting to see Lisa.\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Shanty:<\/strong> \u201dI\u2019ve been here for like three hours. I am just here to see BLACKPINK. If I wanted to see the Met Gala, I\u2019d be outside there and not at The Mark, hoping to see a glimpse of their face when they\u2019re in the car. I want to see all the BLACKPINK members, and I just guessed they might be here.\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>AMI, 20, BREEZE, 18 AND NATALIA, 18<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"96929fa9-a47b-41d0-aa38-b44100c41abb\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444547.jpeg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1600\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444547.jpeg\" width=\"2000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Janaiah Lloyd<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Ami: <\/strong>\u201c<span>We\u2019re all fashion students, and we love the Met, so we wanted to see it up close. With the theme this year, we were just talking about bodies, especially with different types of bodies being brought to this new demographic. I thought it was going to be interesting to see people interpret the ideal body because there is no such thing, a<\/span>nd we shouldn\u2019t let somebody else tell us what that looks like<span>. So that\u2019s what I came here to stand on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Breeze:<\/strong><span> \u201cThe Met Gala is hope. It\u2019s aspirational for me. Before I got into FIT [The Fashion Institute of Technology], I would watch it walking home from school on my phone. I thought, \u2018One day, I\u2019ll be there\u2019. We\u2019re in an interesting time in the world right now. The zeitgeist is just so active. I wanted to see how the event would come to life in this political climate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Natalia:<\/strong> \u201cI appreciate the community it brings together; so many people sharing a love for art. With that topic, people say it\u2019s dying, so it\u2019s beautiful seeing everyone come together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1>BRU, 24<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"b26eecd6-6958-436a-90c6-b44100c432be\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444548.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1600\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444548.jpg\" width=\"2000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Janaiah Lloyd<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span><strong>Bru:<\/strong> \u201cI figured we live in New York, so there\u2019s a small chance to see somebody, anybody. I\u2019m excited to maybe see Rosalia, Pedro Pascal, and Sabrina Carpenter. I\u2019ve been going to the Met a lot over the past few months because we have a class over there, so I\u2019m into it more for the art aspect.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>LILY, 19 AND GENEVIEVE, 22<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"6a0d1ec8-bf92-4292-8a65-b44100c52576\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1006\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444550.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"1507\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1006\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444550.jpg\" width=\"1006\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Janaiah Lloyd<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Lily:<\/strong><span>\u201d<\/span>I\u2019m not going to lie, I stay in my dorm a lot and am like, \u2018Are all these free things worth it?\u2019 It\u2019s definitely worth it. It\u2019s a way to showcase more avant-garde fashion. And I feel like we don\u2019t have too many opportunities to just focus on that.<span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Genevieve: <\/strong>\u201d<span>I\u2019m from Texas. I feel like, since moving to New York, I\u2019m always looking for different events, but I never really go to them. Every year for the past three years, the Met is around finals time, so I\u2019ll be studying, and just prop my phone up and turn on a live to judge the outfits, like I\u2019m some kind of expert. 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Yesterday afternoon, just a few hours before the Met Gala\u2019s <em>Costume Art<\/em>-themed red carpet began, I wandered the streets of the Upper East Side with the hopes of running into the youngest and most dedicated fans camping outside. It only took me about three steps before running into about 50 of them behind a metal barricade. A few more steps, and someone asked me if I knew of an afterparty. So, as people online argue over whether the event is still relevant (especially given the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/article\/jeff-bezos-snuck-into-the-met-gala.html\">reports<\/a> that Jeff Bezos and Lauren S\u00e1nchez Bezos spent 10 million dollars to sponsor it), <\/span><span>why do young people still care about the Met Gala?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>To describe the energy outside The Metropolitan Museum and both The Mark and The Carlyle \u2013 two of the event\u2019s most popular getting-ready hotels \u2013 as chaotic would be an understatement. There were conflicting opinions at every turn. One friend group would tell me they don\u2019t know anything about the Met, but want to see BLACKPINK. Another group (dressed in headpieces that read \u2018eat the rich\u2019 and \u2018quiet piggy\u2019) were there in protest, saying that they consider the Met taking Jeff Bezos\u2019 money to be \u201cmoney laundering\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite all the discourse, young superfans were still willing to get outside and wait hours in the pounding sun just for a glimpse of a look through a tinted window \u2013 only, for many, it was less about the event itself than it was their favourite celeb. Ahead, we asked the biggest superfans outside The Met who and what they were hoping for.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>LOUIS AND RYAN, 19<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"9c4b4bf0-b1db-4ada-8a27-b44100c3b89f\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444545.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1600\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444545.jpg\" width=\"2000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Janaiah Lloyd<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span><strong>Louis:<\/strong> \u201cWe got to The Carlyle at 2pm. If we are lucky enough, we will see Beyonc\u00e9, but I love Anok Yai and want to see anyone who brings happiness to my life. I heard about Jeff Bezos coming, and I\u2019m not too happy about that. He\u2019s not someone most people look up to, but he\u2019s a rich man, and that\u2019s who they\u2019re going to invite. It\u2019s not going to change unless something drastic happens.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Ryan:<\/strong> \u201cShe\u2019s real into this. I\u2019m not as well-versed, but I\u2019m really intrigued by the theme of costume art and what their own spin will be.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><span>ANGEL, 21 AND ERIN, 22<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"2b8f5d62-cc17-4cdd-b909-b44100c30dfc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444543.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1600\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444543.jpg\" width=\"2001\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Janaiah Lloyd<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span><strong>Erin: <\/strong>\u201cWe came here on the Amtrak from DC and Virginia, so we\u2019ve been planning this for months. We literally leave tomorrow, but just being here in the street seeing these beautiful people that I\u2019ve admired throughout the years is genuinely so exciting. I want to see Doja Cat.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Angel: <\/strong><\/span><span>\u201cObviously, I\u2019m really excited to see Beyonc\u00e9, but also Teyana Taylor and Charli xcx. I love fashion, seeing all the different creations, and seeing all the inspiration that people take and put into their outfits.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>DIAMOND, 18<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"34dc4fcf-a69f-403a-857c-b44100c38a01\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1346\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444544.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"2016\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1346\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444544.jpg\" width=\"1346\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Janaiah Lloyd<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span><strong>Diamond:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019ve been here ten minutes, but I think I might go home. It\u2019s hot, and there\u2019s no way for fans to see the textures on the outfits. I was just checking it out because today\u2019s actually my birthday. I love Zendaya. I love to see the fashion, makeup and the looks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>MADISON AND KAYLA, 19<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"6dbf6585-1712-46a3-9555-b44100c4b9f9\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444549.jpeg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1600\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444549.jpeg\" width=\"2000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Janaiah Lloyd<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span><strong>Madison: <\/strong>\u201cWe\u2019ve been here probably 30 minutes. I\u2019ve been on TikTok deep diving for the past couple of days, looking at videos from last year and asking what time to arrive under the comment sections. A news reporter replied to me, so I know they come out at 4:45pm. I want to see Kim Kardashian, Beyonc\u00e9 or any of the Kardashians. I saw Kris is here online.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Kayla:<\/strong> \u201cI didn\u2019t really follow any plan. I just went with what she did because we both go to school together. We took the train here. I\u2019ve never been to the Met, but a lot of my friends from school have. It\u2019s a dream for people to come to New York and see this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>SHANTY, 20 AND ROSIE, 26<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"b9ddf0f4-aaec-4b29-9b58-b44100c40091\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444546.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1600\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444546.jpg\" width=\"2000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Janaiah Lloyd<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span><strong>Rosie: <\/strong>\u201dI\u2019m just in New York for three days because I\u2019m a cabin crew member, so I timed my trip for the Met. I\u2019m waiting to see Lisa.\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Shanty:<\/strong> \u201dI\u2019ve been here for like three hours. I am just here to see BLACKPINK. If I wanted to see the Met Gala, I\u2019d be outside there and not at The Mark, hoping to see a glimpse of their face when they\u2019re in the car. I want to see all the BLACKPINK members, and I just guessed they might be here.\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>AMI, 20, BREEZE, 18 AND NATALIA, 18<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"96929fa9-a47b-41d0-aa38-b44100c41abb\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444547.jpeg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1600\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444547.jpeg\" width=\"2000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Janaiah Lloyd<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Ami: <\/strong>\u201c<span>We\u2019re all fashion students, and we love the Met, so we wanted to see it up close. With the theme this year, we were just talking about bodies, especially with different types of bodies being brought to this new demographic. I thought it was going to be interesting to see people interpret the ideal body because there is no such thing, a<\/span>nd we shouldn\u2019t let somebody else tell us what that looks like<span>. So that\u2019s what I came here to stand on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Breeze:<\/strong><span> \u201cThe Met Gala is hope. It\u2019s aspirational for me. Before I got into FIT [The Fashion Institute of Technology], I would watch it walking home from school on my phone. I thought, \u2018One day, I\u2019ll be there\u2019. We\u2019re in an interesting time in the world right now. The zeitgeist is just so active. I wanted to see how the event would come to life in this political climate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Natalia:<\/strong> \u201cI appreciate the community it brings together; so many people sharing a love for art. With that topic, people say it\u2019s dying, so it\u2019s beautiful seeing everyone come together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1>BRU, 24<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"b26eecd6-6958-436a-90c6-b44100c432be\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444548.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1600\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444548.jpg\" width=\"2000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Janaiah Lloyd<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span><strong>Bru:<\/strong> \u201cI figured we live in New York, so there\u2019s a small chance to see somebody, anybody. I\u2019m excited to maybe see Rosalia, Pedro Pascal, and Sabrina Carpenter. I\u2019ve been going to the Met a lot over the past few months because we have a class over there, so I\u2019m into it more for the art aspect.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>LILY, 19 AND GENEVIEVE, 22<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"6a0d1ec8-bf92-4292-8a65-b44100c52576\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1006\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444550.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young Met Gala Superfans\" class=\"img\" height=\"1507\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1006\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444550.jpg\" width=\"1006\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Janaiah Lloyd<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Lily:<\/strong><span>\u201d<\/span>I\u2019m not going to lie, I stay in my dorm a lot and am like, \u2018Are all these free things worth it?\u2019 It\u2019s definitely worth it. It\u2019s a way to showcase more avant-garde fashion. And I feel like we don\u2019t have too many opportunities to just focus on that.<span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Genevieve: <\/strong>\u201d<span>I\u2019m from Texas. I feel like, since moving to New York, I\u2019m always looking for different events, but I never really go to them. Every year for the past three years, the Met is around finals time, so I\u2019ll be studying, and just prop my phone up and turn on a live to judge the outfits, like I\u2019m some kind of expert. My friend wanted to come here, and I thought, \u2018Why not?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/article\/70203\/1\/met-gala-2026-meet-the-young-superfans-political-boycott-discourse-bezos&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1024\/86-48-1024-683\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444557.jpg&#8221;] Photography Janaiah Lloyd DateInMeta\u00a0 5,\u00a0 2026 Fashion \/ Speakerbox Do young people still care about the Met Gala? \u2018We\u2019ve been planning this for months\u2019: Despite the online discourse and calls for a boycott, some superfans were still willing to wait hours for a tiny glimpse of their fave through a blacked-out window [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,76],"class_list":["post-1918633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-dazeddigital-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1918633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1918633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1918633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1918633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}