They were both attending the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ - Ben was in his sophomore year & Mackenzie was a freshman. It was the Spring semester in April 2014 and both Mack & Ben were headed to Coachella Music Festival for the first time. Mack purchased a wristband several months in advance and Ben was headed out with the intention of sneaking in all three days... how Ben of him! Ben was successful in sneaking in on both Friday and Saturday and it is a very good thing because on Saturday at around dusk, Empire of the Sun was playing in the Sahara. It's technically still up for debate on whether it was TK or Forest that introduced them officially, but both Mack & Ben remember wondering, "How have we not met before considering we have the same friends." Well, everything happens for a reason. They ended up hanging out together the rest of the weekend, convincing security to not kick Ben out and getting to know one another under the desert skies, dancing the nights away. Mack road back to Tucson with Ben and some friends in his family’s van. Everyone in the car fell asleep except for them since Ben was driving and well, you know Mack, she just doesn't sleep :) The car didn't have an Aux Cord, so they listened to the radio & "All of Me" by John Legend had to of played twenty times on the 5.5 hr drive. The two love birds ended up singing along and laughing the whole way back! Back in Tucson, (both were without phones at this point, so they were communicating via Facebook, sorry moms) Ben asked Mack if she wanted to go out on a date with him. She agreed and he said he would pick her up at 7:30pm at the bottom of Coronado (her dorm). He took her up to the top of Mt Lemmon and they sat on a tower, drank fireball, watched the stars and listened to John Mayer and Coldplay all night long. Here we are 7 years later <3 honored that our love story begins with live music, our closest friends and starry nights!