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DNC Surprise Guest Rumors
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DNC Surprise Guest Rumors refers to a series of online speculations and jokes about who could be a special guest performance at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. Netizens started to speculate in mid-August 2024 about top celebrities like Taylor Swift or Beyoncé, sharing memes on X related to other celebrities fans would like to see at the DNC convention.
Origin
On August 22nd, 2024, the parody account @Angry_Staffer tweeted about a surprise guest expected to appear on the last day of the 2024 Democratic National Convention[1], writing "If you thought the Ophrah surprise was big, just wait." The tweet has since been deleted and a screenshot of it was reposted by X[2] user @BFriedmanDC a few hours later on the same day, amassing over 19,000 likes and 2,300 reposts in a day.
It was later revealed the surprise guest performers were The Chicks, Pink and guitarist Justin Derrico.[4]
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One of the earliest viral memetic content about the DNC surprise guest was posted by @PanasonicDX4500,[3] who added the Succession TV Show reaction video of Roy looking at his computer nervously with a ton of emails paired with the caption "the DNC's social media manager watching the Taylor Swift/Beyoncé surprise appearance speculation tweets pour in while Lin-Manuel Miranda warms up." The post (seen below) amassed more than 2.9 million views and 75,000 likes in a day.
the dnc’s social media manger watching the taylor swift/beyoncé surprise appearance speculation tweets pour in while lin-manuel miranda warms up
pic.twitter.com/CUo3l49LGk— one dozen rats at a keyboard (@PanasonicDX4500) August 22, 2024
Speculations about DNC's surprise guest sparked a series of jokes and memes on X, especially between Beyoncé and Taylor Swift fans. For instance, on August 22nd, 2024, X[5] user @bornysterday posted a reaction video paired with the caption "Kamala after tricking yall to watch the DNC for a Beyoncé performance," which amassed more than 624,000 views and 23,000 likes in a day. (seen below)
kamala after tricking yall to watch the dnc for a beyoncé performance pic.twitter.com/O16SKqliAH
— shayla (@bornysterday) August 23, 2024
On August 22nd, 2024, X[6] user @OhItsRyan joked about the DNC's surprise guest being singer Katy Perry, sharing an illustration of the United States voters turning majorly Republicans after the announcement (seen below), which amassed roughly 45,000 likes and 1,700 reposts in a day.
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BREAKING: Second surprise DNC guest announced pic.twitter.com/a53qYb5qtW
— Eric Champnella (@champnella) August 23, 2024
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