Billy Porter's Hat
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Type: Pop Culture Reference Viral Video
Tags: grammy's fringe open close curtain blue sparkling baja east sarah sokol
About
Billy Porter's Hat refers to the crystal fringe blue motorized Baja East hat worn by American performer, singer and actor Billy Porter at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards in January 2020. A short video clip of the curtain-like fringe opening in front of Porter's face on the red carpet became a reaction video on Twitter.
Origin
On January 26th, 2020, Pose Brasil posted a short video of Billy Porter's hat fringe opening to their Twitter account (shown below). The video gained over two million views, 11,600 likes and 1,900 retweets in a day.
Billy Porter no tapete vermelho do #Grammys sendo muito requisitado e causando um alvoroço. pic.twitter.com/oSY2F1xpXX
— Pose Brasil (@PoseBR) January 27, 2020
Spread
On January 16th, 2020, Twitter user @kevin_glueck captioned the clip "Me getting ready to reply, 'per my last email'" and garnered over 9,600 likes and 2,000 retweets in a day.
Me getting ready to reply, “per my last email” pic.twitter.com/ug5QhXwQqd
— Kevin Glueck (@kevin_glueck) January 27, 2020
That same night, multiple Twitter users created various captions for the video. Twitter user @whduncan captioned the video "Me: I can’t go out, I’m trying to save money this week Friend: wanna go to happy hour? Me:" (shown below). The tweet garnered over 4,400 likes and 700 retweets in a day. Paper Mag[1] and Cosmopolitan[2] published articles covering the various Twitter reactions to the hat.
Me: I can’t go out, I’m trying to save money this week
— dunc city (@whduncan) January 27, 2020
Friend: wanna go to happy hour?
Me:
pic.twitter.com/1bPdx0Fzaw
Various Examples
the cashier at the mcdonald’s drive thru when i pull up pic.twitter.com/RTLgLhwVRr
— gabe bergado (@gabebergado) January 27, 2020
Me when a customer has the audacity to ask me a question https://t.co/7nCVtU0Ujb
— kerry jo (@kerry__jo) January 27, 2020
What the Starbucks drive thru cashier sees when I pull up hungover in last night’s makeup and clothes pic.twitter.com/D5NdbfRmEL
— Ryan Schocket (@RyanSchocket) January 27, 2020
when someone mentions potato skins pic.twitter.com/CXLgK23Nyr
— ceeks (@70Ceeks) January 27, 2020
Me: don’t give attention to climate deniers
— Josh Butler (@JoshButler) January 27, 2020
Also me, when there’s a particularly deranged new contribution from a climate denier: pic.twitter.com/OFHMvoBc9H
Me when a customer has the audacity to ask me a question https://t.co/7nCVtU0Ujb
— kerry jo (@kerry__jo) January 27, 2020
Search Interest
External References
[1] PaperMag – Billy Porter 2020 grammys hat
[2] Cosmopolitan – Billy Porter Grammy's Hat
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