Emma Roberts Beach Walk To Lana Del Rey
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About
Emma Roberts Beach Walk To Lana Del Rey refers to a viral video and reaction video of actress Emma Roberts walking on the beach, laughing and sticking out her tongue set to the song "Happiness is a Butterfly" by Lana Del Rey. Roberts posted the video to her Instagram page in late July 2021, going viral over the following days. In response to the video's virality, Roberts made a post thanking "the gays and whoever else" for its popularity.
Origin
On July 24th, 2021, Emma Roberts posted a Reel to her Instagram[1] page set to "Happiness is a Butterfly" captioned "Beautiful night with @zimmermann 🧜♀️ 💚 @jodieboland" in which she walks on the beach, casually posing, smiling and laughing (shown below). At one point she also sticks out her tongue. The video gained over 8.9 million views in four days.
On July 26th, 2021, Twitter[2] user @getwellsoongeri posted the earliest known meme with the caption, "me looking at myself on teams before everybody else logs into the meeting," gaining over 3,400 likes and 540 retweets (shown below).
me looking at myself on teams before everybody else logs into the meeting pic.twitter.com/o9AtdctUpw
— will (@getwellsoongeri) July 26, 2021
Spread
The video continued to spread in the following days before it was picked up by media outlets. On July 26th, 2021, Twitter[3] user @Philip_Ellis posted the video with the caption, "Nobody:, The movie detective’s dead wife in a home video:" gaining over 504,000 likes and 56,000 retweets in two days (shown below).
Nobody:
The movie detective’s dead wife in a home video: pic.twitter.com/jbte0FZaU1— Jadzia Vaxx (@Philip_Ellis) July 26, 2021
On July 27th, BuzzFeed[8] posted an article collecting memes from the trend.
Emma Roberts' Response
On July 27th, Roberts posted a story to her Instagram[5] page consisting of a meme reading "Me going viral after 30," the video, and another caption reading, "THANK YOU GAYS AND WHOEVER ELSE⭐" (shown below, reuploaded to Twitter[4]).
Emma Roberts thanks the “gays and whoever else” for making a video she shared on Instagram go viral on social media. pic.twitter.com/o2qLpyGnVz
— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) July 27, 2021
Roberts' response inspired a number of reactions on Twitter,[6][7] mostly positive, including embracing messages from the LGBTQ+ community (examples shown below, left and right).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Instagram – emmaroberts
[2] Twitter – getwellsoongeri
[3] Twitter – philip_ellis
[4] Twitter – FilmUpdates
[5] Instagram – EmmaRoberts
[6] Twitter – emma roberts waking up today
[7] Twitter – emma roberts really said
[8] BuzzFeed – This Emma Roberts Video Is Going Viral, And The Memes Are Hilarious But Kinda Dark
