A viral Social Experiment became extremely popular in late 2014 on YouTube, gaining over 11 million views in only 6 days. But the viral video wasn't quite everything that it claimed to be. It soon hit news headlines all over the world and the video's aftermath had some serious effects upon those who starred in it...
After Twilight's success, Catherine Hardwicke, the director, ventured once again into fantasy Teen Movies with Red Riding Hood (2011), starring Amanda Seyfried. Prior to its release, a discreet movie novelisation by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright and David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick was published. But in an attempt to prevent spoilers and preserve the ending of the blockbuster movie, bold decisions were made about the book and it's ending. Like *really* bold decisions.
The Ariana Grande stan on Twitter, Thankunext327 broke the internet back in 2019, after her mum confiscated her phone. Dorothy used several different devices to secretly tweet, including her LG Smart Refrigerator. But after some cryptic tweets from Dorothy (Netflix?) and news journalists investigating the tweets, not everything was as it had first appeared with her viral tweets.
In 2019, Lady Gaga's Little Monsters created a fake Starbucks promotion called #SHALLOWBUCKS where they tricked twitter users into streaming Shallow from A Star is Born (2018) for a free Starbucks drink, to help the song reach Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, after Lady Gaga's live performance with Bradley Cooper at the Oscars. The iconic scam went viral and created a legacy on stan twitter, where stans would attempt to trick locals with similar scams.
Uma Kompton was a internet personality, known for their controversial posts and a popular user of stan Twitter. With her new internet fame, Uma began a music career, uploading diss tracks and eventually creating an EP. In 2015, Ricegum created a viral video that shared Uma's tweets and reacting to Uma Kompton's music. This created a feud between the pair, which spanned several videos and millions of views. Uma's music would also end up angering Zayn Malik fans, with her offensive lyrics and 'humour' from a song she uploaded to Spotify. From merchandise to music, Uma Kompton had it all, but who was the real Uma Kompton? And who was the mastermind behind the account? With a little help from Buzzfeed, let's discover the truth.
In 2017, Raini Rodriguez became a meme, after a clip from an interview went viral, where she sang her song 'Living Your Dreams' in Spanish. This clip has been edited many times and stans twitter gave Raini the title of Skinny Legend, as people memed her fiesta salsa quinceañera baila lyrics. Raini's song You Wish You Were Me/ I'm So Much Better Than You was also shared. Stans began tweeting about Raini's vocals and manufactured a beef between Raini and Beyoncé, involving fake snapchats and clips. But what happens when someone becomes a viral meme, but doesn't like it? Here is the story of Raini Rodriguez, when stan twitter goes too far.
In early 2018, Tiffany Haddish revealed that an unnamed actress had bitten Beyonce in the face at Jay Z's party. Soon the whole of twitter was on the case, trying to solve the biggest internet mystery of all time, #WhoBitBeyonce. And while they continued with the detective work, every female celebrity was being accused and were making statements constantly. With Chrissy Teigen hinting on Twitter as to the biters identity, celebrities like Rihanna, Queen Larifah, Jennifer Lawrence and Sanaa Lathan were all amongst the suspects. But which celebrity was it that bit THE Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter?
After Megan Thee Stallion's Hot Girl Summer, Twitter user @lasagnabby created the Christian Girl Autumn meme using an image of 2 Christian influencers. The tweet went viral, as people discussed pumpkin spiced lattes, blanket scarfs and all those typical fall things. Soon the influencers in the picture, Caitlin Covington and Emily Gemma found the meme and quickly became Twitter icons. Then the #ChristianGirlAutumn meme was flipped on its head and became one of the most wholesome stories and memes on stan twitter...
A Taylor Swift fan account, LegitTayUpdates on Twitter, went inactive for 2 months in 2019, as they were in a prison in Israel. Once the Swiftie made a returning tweet explaining their lack of parody updates, the Taylor Swift Updates account went viral on stan twitter. From sneaking in One Direction fanfiction to punching a guard in the face, legittayupdates managed to update their followers of their prison antics, through letters given to a friend. After a series of news articles and a podcast interview that allowed they to educate others, N, the account owner, disappeared after their accounts were removed.
Some funko pop vinyl figures keep me up at night. From Dory to Donkey. Here’s the list.
The Baby this is Keke Palmer stan Twitter meme just came full circle, causing worlds to collide, ripping open the multiverse, like the Scarlet Witch from WandaVision will do in the near future (why my brain has connected these two events together, i do not know). Keke’s timeline-shattering tiktok was the final hoorah for the meme, and I hope the metra train DM meme may finally rest. Please have a good day.
Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, Kris, Kylie and Kendall all make up the Kardashian Cinematic Universe (KCU). This is a collection of people/entities that exist in the same universe as the Kardashians, but my brain for some reason can’t process that they exist in conjunction. #Shorts
Vanity Fair’s Notes on a Scene series are always great, so I’ve done a Celebrity Big Brother Tiffany Pollard David Scene breakdown, in the same style as the Vanity Fair Director videos. Just to clarify I have no involvement with either Vanity Fair or Celebrity Big Brother. All I have is too much time on my hands.
I’ve always wondered why the High School Musical songs sound terrible now, because I used to think they sounded incredible. Mozart 2.0. So I finally did the research and find out why Troy and Gabriella sound bad to our ears now, when you rewatch HSM 1, 2 and 3! #Shorts
Cher’s Twitter is a modern-day enigma. She provides Stan Twitter with competition for the best memes, despite Cher’s being mostly unintentional. Cher's tweets are on another level of humor. I have collected what I believe to be Cher’s funniest moments on Twitter while explaining why the chaotic nature of her tweets resonates (posh word, eh?) with me. Also, this isn’t meant as any disrespect to Cher, she’s amazing! And the voice effect is supposed to resemble her voice in Believe, but I’m not a music producer.
Millennials LOVE buzzfeed quizzes, Hogwarts houses and attaching personalities to inanimate objects, like pizza! So I decided to encapsulate that quirky energy into a single video, where I ( a Gen Z) sort the planets in our solar system into the Harry Potter hogwarts houses, based purely on the characteristics I have made up for them in my own head and the vibes they give off. If you ever wanted to know the planets that belong to Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Slytherin, then watch. I am the sorting hat.