Danni Allen and his friend Kenny arrived at Crooked Beat Records at 2:30 a.m. — 11 hours before they opened — to be the first in line for record albums autographed by Ariana Grande.
Grande announced yesterday that 1,000 signed albums would be sold at indie record shops around the country. Crooked Beat Records at 2417 Mount Vernon Avenue in Del Ray was one of two shops in Virginia to sell the collectibles.
It took Danni and Kenny nearly an hour to drive to Del Ray from Silver Spring, Maryland. They waited in the lobby area of Crooked Beat Records, Del Ray’s underground record shop, which opens at 1:30 p.m.
“I’ve been following her since 2014,” Allen said of Grande. “I left my (Ariana Grande-themed) pillow and blankets in the car, but I have a shrine to her at home.”
The third and fourth fans in line, Jonathan N. and Dela S., had been waiting since about 6:30 a.m. Coincidentally, Kenny, Jonathan and Dela didn’t have work today, but Danni unapologetically said, “I was supposed to, but I’m not working today.”
