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The fanatical audience made up for this technical fault by singing its heart out to each track on the set list — from the spacious floor of the Masonic to its huge balcony, fans danced and swayed as .Paak and the Free Nationals commanded the crowd to forget the outside world and engross itself in the music.

It’s not very often that you see an orange couch and a coffee table on a concert hall stage. Yet, as R&B group The Internet performed a casual and intimate performance Oct. 22 at the Fox Theater, the living room furniture couldn’t have been a better fit.

Velazquez is doing everything in her power to keep her grades strong: “I’m just really, really adamant about maintaining a strong presence,” she said. “I deserve to be here, and I want to be here. But in order to do that, you have to put the work in.”

As the band played through the rolling R&B sounds of “Come Over,” it became obvious that the crowd had totally recovered from the disappointment of a long wait.

Caesar ended on a high note — metaphorically, because he hardly needed to sing for his final number: his best-known track, “Get You.”

"Hive Mind" is more driven by an analog sound than its predecessors were. Its electronic elements tend to burnish tracks rather than submerge them.

So I’m looking forward to The Internet’s new album releasing Friday, "Hive Mind." Take Monday to catch up on The Internet’s past discography in preparation.

My attention is a currency, passed between entities at the rate of a fraction of a penny per visit, per minute. Thinking about it for too long disturbs me.