About

Joe Keery's Haircute refers to a series of jokes and memes regarding the actor Joe Keery's short hair. The actor had been previously known to thick, fluffy hair.

Origin

On September 12th, 2019, photographer Stefanie Keenan published photographs on WireImage^[1] of Keery at the Chanel Dinner Celebrating Gabrielle Chanel Essence. The post was among the first to feature Keery's new hairstyle (shown below).

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The following day, people began making jokes about Keery's hair on Twitter. Twitter^[2] user @tash_dodich shared before and after images of Keery and wrote, "in memoriam: joe keery's immaculate hair [2015-2019]." The post received more than 42,000 likes and 8,300 retweets in five days (shown below, left).

Throughout the day, others posted jokes about the hairstyle. For example, Twitter^[3] user @ira tweeted, "I lost all hope today." The post received more than 2,900 likes and 170 retweets in five days (shown below, center). Twitter^[4] user @gertschase shared a It Can't Hurt You meme that received more tahn 64,000 likes and 12,000 retweets in five days (shown below, right).

That week, several media outlets published articles about the haircut, including PopBuzz,^[4] EyeQuotes^[5] and more.

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