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If you haven’t heard today’s bad news, music icon Prince has passed away today at age 57.
While details are still forthcoming, it didn’t take long for Twitter to mourn the legendary artist’s passing. Needless to say, it’s been an outpouring of emotions as fans everywhere express their condolences:
Perhaps Prince somehow knew his time was near. The artist had told fans to ‘wait a few days before you waste any prayers’ on his last appearance on stage.
Meanwhile Prince’s official Twitter avatar has featured an illustration with two eyes closed, but a third eye wide open, since March:
Fans are now interpreting this as a poignant, and perhaps foreshadowing, update.
Prince covered David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ just last month in tribute of his passing. It’s been a sad year for music fans.
This article previously suggested Prince’s Twitter avatar was changed today to reflect the artist’s passing. The article has since been corrected.
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Should Prince's Tweets Be behave a Museum?
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Prince reveals his sense of humor on Twitter
On Tuesday, Aug. 13, at about 5:47 p.m., Prince Rogers Nelson did the seemingly unthinkable: The notoriously private music icon, who once declared “The Internet’s completely over,” joined Twitter. Surely this master lyricist would drop some (diamonds and) pearls of wisdom. His opening missive? PRINCE’S 1ST TWEET… TESTING 1, 2. . .” The follow-up was just as tongue-in-cheek: “PRINCE’S 2ND TWEET.”
By the third tweet, Prince, using the handle of his female rock act 3rdeyegirl, had found his groove. “Did eye add too much pepper?” he asked, posting a shot of a salad shrouded in the seasoning. From there, he turned the selfie on its head (his portrait was literally a cloud of smoke) and displayed an irreverent sense of self-awareness, posting a popular meme: an image of himself, circa 1984, wearing a puffy shirt and holding a red flower, with the words “hi im Prince.”
The Internet went wild. “I should probably stop tweeting:@3rdeye-girl,” tweeted one of thousands of fans who sent messages to Prince. “They’re probably annoyed.”
“Actually,” a playful Prince answered cryptically.
“Actually what?” the follower chimed back.
Prince: “Exactly.”
In just minutes, Prince had already mastered the Twitterverse.
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