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In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.
In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.
In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.
In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.
In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.
In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.
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About

Afro-Korean Festival refers to memes and jokes inspired by a tweet originally posted by Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón, who was nominated for the "Best Actress" Oscar award for her work in Emilia Pérez in early 2025. In late January 2025, a number of offensive tweets from the actress's Twitter / X account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." The tweet was presumably directed at Daniel Kaluuya and Youn Yuh-jung winning Oscar awards that year. In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.

Origin

On January 30th, 2025, journalist Sarah Hagi[1] unearthed a series of offensive tweets posted by Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón, who was campaigning for the "Best Actress" Academy Award at the time. One of the tweets showed Gascón describing the 2001 Oscars as a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." The tweet was presumably directed at Daniel Kaluuya and Youn Yuh-jung winning Oscars for the "Best Supporting Actor" awards that year.

A tweet by Spanish actress "Karla Sofía Gascón":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets, who was nominated for the Best Actress "Oscar":https://knowyourmeme.com/search?q=oscar award for her work in "_Emilia Pérez_":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/emilia-perez-2024, that described the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." The tweet was presumably directed at "Daniel Kaluuya":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/chris-crying and Youn Yuh-jung winning Oscar awards that year

Variety reported on the tweets on January 30th,[2] while X[3] user @sakcore18 simply wrote, "the phrase afro-korean festival is insane," gathering over 35,000 likes in a week. Also on January 30th, X[6] user @RhodeToLove posted a tweet sharing photos of Daniel Kaluuya and Youn Yuh-jung with their Oscars, gathering over 90,000 likes in a week.

In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.
Spanish actress "Karla Sofía Gascón":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets, who was nominated for the Best Actress "Oscar":https://knowyourmeme.com/search?q=oscar award for her work in "_Emilia Pérez_":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/emilia-perez-2024, wrote a tweet that described the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival" in 2021. The tweet was presumably directed at "Daniel Kaluuya":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/chris-crying and Youn Yuh-jung winning Oscar awards that year.

Later that day, X[4] user @jbbarnxs quoted the post with Tyrese Gibson's "How You Gonna Act Like That" music video edited to make it appear as though he is singing "What If" by the K-pop band EXO.

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Various other internet users also posted jokes about the phrase "Afro-Korean Festival," combining elements of African and Korean culture, and making references to cultural crossovers in popular media.

On January 30th, 2025, X[5] user @marrimi_ tweeted, "Me eating jollof bibimpap at the Afro Korean festival," gathering over 48,000 likes in a week.

In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.

On January 31st, X[7] user @marianated12 posted a scene from the film House Party with the EXO song "Ya Ya Ya" edited over it. The post gathered over 15,000 likes in a week.

On February 5th, 2025, news about Megan Thee Stallion and PSY collaborating on a K-pop show began making the rounds online, prompting renewed interest in the phrase "Afro-Korean festival."

Also on February 5th, X[8] user @artan_ayan quoted a tweet announcing the show KPopped, writing, "the afro-korean festival begins…" and gathering over 34,000 likes in a day.

In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.

Various Examples

In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.
In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.
In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.
In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.
In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.

Search Interest

External References

[1] Twitter / X – KindaHagi

[2] Variety – Karla Sofía Gascón Tweets on Muslims and George Floyd

[3] Twitter / X – sakcore18

[4]  Twitter / X – jbbarnxs

[5] Twitter / X – marrimi_

[6] Twitter / X – RhodeToLove

[7] Twitter / X – marianated12

[8] Twitter / X – artan_ayan

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Afro-Korean Festival refers to memes and jokes inspired by a tweet originally posted by Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón, who was nominated for the "Best Actress" Oscar award for her work in Emilia Pérez in early 2025. In late January 2025, a number of offensive tweets from the actress's Twitter / X account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." The tweet was presumably directed at Daniel Kaluuya and Youn Yuh-jung winning Oscar awards that year. In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.

Origin

On January 30th, 2025, journalist Sarah Hagi[1] unearthed a series of offensive tweets posted by Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón, who was campaigning for the "Best Actress" Academy Award at the time. One of the tweets showed Gascón describing the 2001 Oscars as a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." The tweet was presumably directed at Daniel Kaluuya and Youn Yuh-jung winning Oscars for the "Best Supporting Actor" awards that year.


A tweet by Spanish actress "Karla Sofía Gascón":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets, who was nominated for the Best Actress "Oscar":https://knowyourmeme.com/search?q=oscar award for her work in "_Emilia Pérez_":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/emilia-perez-2024, that described the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." The tweet was presumably directed at "Daniel Kaluuya":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/chris-crying and Youn Yuh-jung winning Oscar awards that year

Variety reported on the tweets on January 30th,[2] while X[3] user @sakcore18 simply wrote, "the phrase afro-korean festival is insane," gathering over 35,000 likes in a week. Also on January 30th, X[6] user @RhodeToLove posted a tweet sharing photos of Daniel Kaluuya and Youn Yuh-jung with their Oscars, gathering over 90,000 likes in a week.


In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.
Spanish actress "Karla Sofía Gascón":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets, who was nominated for the Best Actress "Oscar":https://knowyourmeme.com/search?q=oscar award for her work in "_Emilia Pérez_":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/emilia-perez-2024, wrote a tweet that described the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival" in 2021. The tweet was presumably directed at "Daniel Kaluuya":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/chris-crying and Youn Yuh-jung winning Oscar awards that year.

Later that day, X[4] user @jbbarnxs quoted the post with Tyrese Gibson's "How You Gonna Act Like That" music video edited to make it appear as though he is singing "What If" by the K-pop band EXO.


Spread

Various other internet users also posted jokes about the phrase "Afro-Korean Festival," combining elements of African and Korean culture, and making references to cultural crossovers in popular media.

On January 30th, 2025, X[5] user @marrimi_ tweeted, "Me eating jollof bibimpap at the Afro Korean festival," gathering over 48,000 likes in a week.


In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.

On January 31st, X[7] user @marianated12 posted a scene from the film House Party with the EXO song "Ya Ya Ya" edited over it. The post gathered over 15,000 likes in a week.


On February 5th, 2025, news about Megan Thee Stallion and PSY collaborating on a K-pop show began making the rounds online, prompting renewed interest in the phrase "Afro-Korean festival."

Also on February 5th, X[8] user @artan_ayan quoted a tweet announcing the show KPopped, writing, "the afro-korean festival begins…" and gathering over 34,000 likes in a day.


In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.

Various Examples


In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like. In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.
In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like. In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like. In late January 2025, "a number of offensive tweets":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/karla-sofia-gascon-offensive-tweets from Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón Twitter account began making the rounds online, one of which called the 2021 Oscars a "festival afrokoreano" or "Afro-Korean Festival." In the days following Gascón's tweets, internet users began posting lighthearted jokes about what such a festival could look like.

Search Interest

External References

[1] Twitter / X – KindaHagi

[2] Variety – Karla Sofía Gascón Tweets on Muslims and George Floyd

[3] Twitter / X – sakcore18

[4]  Twitter / X – jbbarnxs

[5] Twitter / X – marrimi_

[6] Twitter / X – RhodeToLove

[7] Twitter / X – marianated12

[8] Twitter / X – artan_ayan

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