The Curious Case of the Haim Concert Farter“

Why does every Heim concert smell like someone’s ripping one?”That’s the question everyone’s asking in this absolutely unhinged and laugh-out-loud episode of The Ben and Skin Show. Join hosts Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray as they dive nose-first into the bizarre viral mystery that’s sweeping TikTok and stinking up venues across the country.The band Haim—beloved for their harmonies, indie cool, and ties to Taylor Swift and Hollywood—has found themselves at the center of a very different kind of buzz: a mysterious fart smell that’s allegedly followed them from Dallas to Seattle to Milwaukee. Is it a rogue fan? A prank? A lactose-intolerant fanbase? Or something far more sinister… like fart spray in the HVAC system?

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:08):
Yeah, music News.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
What do you guys know about the band heim I'm
I know a decent amount. I probably know three or
four of their songs, and I know that they're it's
three sisters. One of them was in Licorice Pizza and
Sean Penn. Yeah, and also One Battle after Another. She's
got a role in that. They they do cool harmony stuff.

(00:34):
They use a lot of sampled beats. Uh, they've gotten
really big. They were also high school friends with Kesha.

Speaker 1 (00:40):
Oh yeah, they did a really Yeah. They did a
good song on the Lonely So the Lonely Islands Bash Bros. Documentary.
Oh did they called a shake that nasty butt? Really good.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
I don't know if they're have famous parents or whatever,
but I feel like the things I've seen, I think
they grew up out there in that California seen where
it's a bunch of kids of famous people and all
that stuff. They're they're super tied in with the movie
community and the meat they know every.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
They're friends with Taylor Swift probably get you pretty far
these days.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
It would seem their buddy, one of their one of
the girls in him, did the soundtrack for my nephew's movie.

Speaker 3 (01:18):
I know, I've seen I've seen the Tall One. I
don't know did they do? Have they done some comedy stuff?
Is that what you're saying? Did they are they doing?
Did they?

Speaker 1 (01:26):
For sure? The Lonely Island bash Bro's doc were in
that a bit, but uh.

Speaker 3 (01:31):
I think the the Tall One is maybe real animated
on on stage. Oh yeah, cool facial expressions and stuff
like just fun. She rocks out, for sure, she rocks out.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
And uh so they were in town recently at the
bomb Factory and someone tiktoked of some video some gal
TikTok to video like they're in g A at the
bomb Factory standing and they're basically filming themselves and have
a fart smell on their face. Who farted? This is?
This is so bad? The fart smeller is so bad.

(02:04):
Well then people in the comments are like, yo, I
felt this. I also went and saw them in Seattle,
same smell, So, uh, listen to this girl TikTok in here.

Speaker 4 (02:16):
Okay, So I'm getting kind of a lot of comments
like this. I heard Milwaukee was bad, Seattle was bad.
So I'm starting to wonder why is there a farder
at every TIM show?

Speaker 2 (02:30):
One?

Speaker 4 (02:30):
Is it him themselves or two do they like have
like fart spray going through the air conditioner or what? Like?
Why why is this happening? And allegedly the entire GA
section in Dallas smelt this. I thought it was an
isolated incident near me and my friend. We were literally
trying to figure out who we thought it was, and
we thought they were like right in front of us.

(02:52):
But allegedly everyone else smelt it too. So I'm starting
to think this is like a broader issue.

Speaker 3 (02:57):
Okay, it's bold to say with a female band, a
broader issue. And is this they just can't find the
smoking butt? They don't know they know that. There's some
conspiracy going are Is it just that people that love
heim are lactose intolerant?

Speaker 2 (03:12):
Maybe that that's probably it could be that. Or they
attract the gassy gas maybe maybe a gassy well. Is
their audience more female than male? They have a lot. Yeah,
maybe I don't know that, but I know that's ad.

Speaker 3 (03:28):
Yeah, Christina, have you ever had any real farty friends? No?

Speaker 4 (03:33):
No, no, no, I've never heardlent ones?

Speaker 2 (03:39):
Yeah. Usually old people have silent ones that really smell.
Did uh? That was great music choice for that TikTok.
That really the suspension.

Speaker 1 (03:49):
So in the comments of this post, it's whoever was
asking their pants at the Heim concert please see yourself
out And then the comments light up. Where you guys
stage right? That's where we were and it was awful.
And then so stage right? Is that from the audience
perspective or from the state stage stage perfect? Stage right? Yeah?
So not the big tall bass player. Oh okay, so

(04:12):
will be the little one right.

Speaker 3 (04:15):
But they're but in all fairness based on you know,
uh fart dynamics, their butts are facing the other direction.
They're not facing the crowd. They spent around a lot.

Speaker 1 (04:25):
Yeah they have fans, yeah on stage right.

Speaker 2 (04:30):
Yeah, they're known for spinning and redirecting. Dude, this happened
at the Seattle show. It was so bad. Oh man,
that happened in Austin, too sour.

Speaker 1 (04:40):
The man in front of me at the Milwaukee show
was farting and it smelled like rotten eggs. Where's the
class in decency? Well that man deserves an apology, but
we're finding out unless he's going to every show and
rooting everything, I don't know. This is crazy and I
don't know, like we've all seen bands going big, long tours.
But to get a band like this to be pinpointed
as the fart man. Yeah, I get it if you're

(05:02):
meat Loaf.

Speaker 3 (05:03):
I don't get it if it's them, right, If it's
meat Loaf, there's no question.

Speaker 2 (05:07):
Like man, it's experience. Yeah, it's a rock fart opera
with Meatloaf that's in this segment. All right.

Speaker 3 (05:16):
There you have it, a fart mystery in the world
of rock.

Speaker 1 (05:20):
All right.

Speaker 3 (05:20):
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