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Yeezy Foam Runners

Yeezy Foam Runners

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Updated Sep 13, 2019 at 05:07PM EDT by Sophie.

Added Sep 13, 2019 at 04:25PM EDT by Sophie.

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About

Yeezy Foam Runners are a pair of shoes designed by rapper, recording artist and music producer Kanye West set to release in 2020. Online, people reacted to their design by mocking the product and comparing them to Crocs.

Origin

On June 27th, 2019, yeezymafia posted an image of Kim Khardashian West with her daughter North West in new Yeezy prototypes to Instagram[1] (shown below). The image received over 80,600 likes three months.



Spread

On September 12th, 2019, @theyeezymafia[2] tweeted a photo of people modeling the new Yeezy Foam runner shoes announcing that they would be "landing in 2020" (shown below, left). The tweet gained over 10,600 likes and 2,300 retweets in a day. Soon after it was posted many people compared the shoes to Crocs. Twitter user @XLNB[3] posted a side by side photo of some Crocs and Yeexy Foam Runners captioned, "You vs. The Guy She Tells You Not To Worry About" (shown below, right). The tweet garnered over 2,600 likes and 700 retweets in a day.


ΥΕΕΞΥ ΥΕEZY MAFIA MAFIA@theyeezymafia YEEZY FOAM RUNNER LANDING IN 2020 6ORT 1:23 PM Sep 12, 2019 Tweetbot for Mac х @XLNB Replying to @theyeezymafia You vs. The Guy She Tells You Not To Worry About 5:19 PM Sep 12, 2019 Twitter for iPhone

That same day, many Twitter users mocked the look of the shoes and how they would probably be pricey. Twitter user @giantsteps58 tweeted, "Lol. For about 6 bucks you can get a couple of nerf footballs and a box cutter for the same effect" (shown below, left) while @RobWagner79 tweeted that the shoes were just "Crocs for people with a 401k" (shown below, right).


Chris @giantsteps58 Lol. For about 6 bucks you can get a couple of nerf footballs and a box cutter for the same effect 5:58 PM Sep 12, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Rob Wagner @RobWagner79 Replying to @theyeezymafia Crocs for people with a 401k 5:12 PM Sep 12, 2019 Twitter for Android

Various Examples


Josh Brown @josh_brown_57 True crocs: Affordable Easily customizable Adjustable strap for sport or leisure mode 10/10 Yeezy crocs: Super expensive Weird diamond shape Probably can't even fit jibbitz smh Terrible idea, 2/10 6:36 PM Sep 12, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Jonaaa @mxxnfxiryxvhxpe Those Yeezy crocs look like if actual Crocs and those weird ass foam fruit wrapper things had a child 7:28 PM Sep 12, 2019 Twitter for Android Elijha @influencedyou Twitter: Those Yeezy Crocs Are Ugly Af The Same Twitter On Release Day: @slimthiooshop IGHT IMMA GRAB MY CARD 3:37 PM Sep 12, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Tommy LuuZilla @LuuZilla Sep 12 That's o boys heel, they couldn't even give him a correct size Melancholy Requiem @DeltaCrowX Replying to @theyeezymafia This a f------ Croc LMAO PASS f--- off yеezy mafia700 1:41 PM Sep 12, 2019 Twitter for iPhone 10L ΔLTΣMΩΗ @zwiitt Replying to @zwiitt and @theyeezymafia NERF 12:23 PM Sep 13, 2019 Twitter for iPhone

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External References

[1] Instagram – Yeezymafia

[2] Twitter – theyeezymafia

[3] Twitter – XLNB

[4] Twitter – giantsteps58

[5] Twitter – RobWagner

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