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Art challenge where people redraw some of their favorite album covers in the style of KK slider albums from Animal Crossing

KK Slider Album Cover Redraws

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Updated Apr 22, 2020 at 08:15AM EDT by Y F.

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KK Slider Album Cover Redraws refers to a trend on TikTok and Twitter in which people redraw popular musical album covers featuring the Animal Crossing character KK Slider, as KK Slider is a musical artist in the game with several "albums" with covers of his own.

Origin

On April 11th, 2020, TikTok user annqell posted a video in which she redrew the Gorillaz album The Now Now with KK Slider, gaining over 7,500 likes (shown below).


https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6814575533683133701

Spread

The trend did not begin spreading widely until a week later, when on April 18th and 19th, Twitter users began posting their variations. On April 18th, Twitter user @piusxiii[1] tweeted several metal album covers with KK, gaining over 93 retweets and 290 likes (shown below, left). The following day, user @wheezeroni[2] redrew Tyler, the Creator's Wolf, gaining over 7,500 retweets and 29,000 likes (shown below, right).


moby (of heaven) @_piusxiii kk slider album redraw meme (bull of heaven, nurse with wound, street sects) K.K. POSITION 10:04 PM · Apr 18, 2020 · Twitter Web App Iskoavrll @Wheezeroni decided to do the kk slider redraw thing and um GOLF WOLF WOLF PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT LYRICS PAREN @ WHEEZERONI ADVIS 3:32 AM · Apr 19, 2020 · Twitter Web App

The trend continued over the following several days, attracting media attention from publications including Polygon[3] and Vice.[4] Other popular examples include a tweet by @memedokies,[5] who redrew Marina and the Diamonds' Froot and gained over 11,000 retweets and 40,000 likes, and a tweet by @litchiyuchi,[6] who redrew Red Velvet's Perfect Velvet and gained over 6,500 retweets and 14,000 likes (shown below, right).


deranged gnome @memedokies · 22h kk slider but marina and the diamonds' froot Slider FROOT CCCyooch @litchiyuchi idk whether to laugh or cry at the fact that these came out of my own f------ hands hswebbhefjnfd anyways stream kk slider JANT eave you wanting more, ing for more Will leave you wanting n thirsting for more Will leave you v thirsting for more Will cave you wanting more, thirsting for more Will leave you wanting more thirsting for moke K.R.SLIDER 3:02 AM · Apr 20, 2020 · Twitter for iPad

Various Examples


KK TY YOU THE 7TH MINI ALBUM calemonsi -WCIA K.K. 2SRYS DEMON DAYS KK SLIDER K.K. SLIDER / JOANNE OLASXLINHARE KK. SIDES

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External References

[1] Twitter – _piusxiii

[2] Twitter – Wheezeroni

[3] Polygon – Animal Crossing fans reimagine album covers with KK Slider

[4] Vice – 'Animal Crossing' Fans Reimagine Classic Albums as Made by KK Slider

[5] Twitter – @memedokies

[6] Twitter – @litchiyuchi

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