“They’re not big enough to be late,” said Candace Jones, a senior health administration major and member of this year’s Homecoming Court.

New York native, pop/hip-hop duo Timeflies played Florida Atlantic University’s Fall Family Fest this year and, just like the lyrics of their song “Swoon,” they were “fashionably late.”

“I’ve never even heard of them,” continued Jones. “I’m trying to give them a chance, but when will they play?”

The band was supposed to take the stage at the West Lawn of the stadium around 9 p.m., according to the Homecoming events page on FAU’s website, but didn’t make an appearance until nearly a half-hour later to play to a crowd of approximately 200 students and guests.

Previous Homecoming concerts drew anywhere from 750 to 2,400 attendees, according to past UP reports; however, the small turnout didn’t affect the spirit of the crowd.

“I’m obsessed with them [Timeflies],” said Abby Heffern, a sophomore anthropology major. “If they weren’t playing, I wouldn’t have even come.”

This year, the Homecoming Committee chose to combine the annual Fall Family Fest with the concert, offering free carnival rides and food.

“I’m getting real excited,” said Andrew Tabaque, a senior biology student, about the festival. “I haven’t been on a carnival ride in a while.”

The concert began at 6:30 p.m. with local cover band Sekond Nature. They played a variety of older and newer cover songs ranging from Maroon Five’s “Sugar” to Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ “American Girl.”

Sekond Nature played until 7 p.m.,then took a break. At this time, more focus was on the carnival rides and food.

In order to get on the rides set up, attendants were required to fill out a release of liability waiver.

According to the Director of Student Involvement, Shontae L. White, “at least 2,000 waivers” were collected.

As the sun went down, the crowd near the stage grew larger while carnival goers slowly dissipated. A group of girls in the front of the crowd started a chant for Timeflies and D.J. Damon Aiken tried to keep the crowd pumped for the band. By 9:27 p.m., the stage was set.

Out from the fog and bright lights Timeflies appeared. Lead singer Cal Shapiro addressed the crowd, “FAU, y’all ready to party tonight?”

They played a new song they were promoting called, “Time Machine,” which prompted the crowd to sing along.

Shapiro and producer Rob Resnick also covered songs including R. Kelly’s “Ignition,” Sam Smith’s “I’m Not The Only One” and O.T. Genasis’ “Coco.”

They then explained their humble beginnings playing cover songs in their dorm rooms in college. On their YouTube channel, where the duo gained their fame, they had a weekly cover video called “Timeflies Tuesdays.”

Shapiro also told the crowd how he learned how to freestyle by picking random topics and coming up with raps to go along to almost anything. He then freestyled about FAU-specific topics including Chick-fil-A, parking problems, Night Owls, banana spiders and the Shula Bowl.

“It was awesome,” said Alejandro Pittana, a freshman business major. “I knew of this band before tonight, and they’re still blowing my mind.”