Kamala Is Brat | Charli XCX | What Is The Viral Pop Meme That’s Driving The Harris Campaign? | N18G
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Kamala Is Brat | Charli XCX | What Is The Viral Pop Meme That’s Driving The Harris Campaign? | N18G
Subject
"Brat"-ification of Kamala Harris
Description
Kamala Harris is not yet the Democratic Party's candidate for president but her status online is already clear: she is a meme queen. British pop sensation Charli XCX name-checked her in a weekend tweet that called the vice president a "brat". And Harris' campaign is leaning into it. Soon after the artist tweeted "kamala IS brat" on Sunday night - giving Harris the name of her latest album â the U.S. vice president adopted the album's lime green aesthetic for her "Kamala HQ" account. The 'brat' trend joins another Harris viral meme - a 2023 speech that was pilloried before by critics, but is now embraced by Gen Z as a sort of existential philosophy. “You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?'" Harris asks in the speech, quoting what her mother used to say, before laughing and then growing serious. "You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you." The memefication of Kamala Harris is a phenomenon that could help her reach out to younger voters that could play a pivotal role in the Nov. 5 election. Younger voters, who overwhelmingly vote Democratic, had so far been unenthusiastic about a presidential race between Biden and Trump.
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kamla Harris is the first black
0:05
indian-american vice president of the US
0:08
she could be the country's very first
0:09
female president but more than anything
0:11
else right now she is a genen z meme
0:17
Queen how are you feeling since you
0:20
dropped out of the race sir can Harris
0:22
beat Trump hours after Joe Biden
0:24
withdrew from the presidential race and
0:26
endorsed his number two British pop star
0:28
Charlie XCX post Ed kamla is brat on X
0:32
if you're wondering what this means the
0:34
reference was to the singer's most
0:36
recent album brat which has an iconic
0:39
bright green cover brat top charts
0:41
around the world and emerged as a summer
0:43
cultural phenomena among young people
0:46
explaining what it means to be a brat
0:48
Charlie XCX said you're just that girl
0:51
who is a little messy and likes to party
0:53
and maybe says dumb things sometimes who
0:56
feels herself but then also maybe has a
0:58
breakdown but parties through it it's
1:00
very honest it's very blunt and a little
1:02
bit volatile the concept behind brat
1:05
took the Internet by storm with many
1:07
appropriating the album cover style and
1:09
writing funny sometimes outrageous
1:12
messages against a bright green or a
1:14
brat green
1:16
backdrop kamla Harris's campaign has
1:18
leaned into the brat summer Trend their
1:21
fast exploding X account announced the
1:23
creation of an Instagram campaign page
1:25
kamla HQ the pinned post on the
1:28
Instagram account is a photo Carousel
1:30
that includes a screenshot of Charlie's
1:32
exp poost as well as a brat green square
1:35
that says welcome to kamla HQ this is
1:38
the official rapid response page of Vice
1:41
President Harris's presidential campaign
1:43
the post is captioned and when we put
1:46
this to bed the internet will go crazy a
1:49
reference to a song on the album titled
1:51
girl so confusing the kamla HQ account
1:54
bio says providing context this to
1:56
refers to another popular meme
1:58
associated with the vice president in a
2:01
speech in 2023 Harris relayed this
2:04
anecdote everything is in context my
2:08
mother used to she would give us a hard
2:10
time sometimes and she would say to us I
2:12
don't know what's wrong with you young
2:13
people you think you just fell out of a
2:16
coconut
2:18
tree you exist in the
2:22
context of all in which you live and
2:24
what came before you while the GOP War
2:27
Room tried to mock her Harris's
2:29
supporters claim the coconut tree as
2:31
pressure ramped up in recent weeks for
2:33
Biden to step aside and Harris to take
2:35
his place at the top of the ticket
2:37
social media users joked about operation
2:39
coconut tree in the 24 hours since
2:42
Biden's announcement Google searches for
2:44
coconut tree spiked
2:46
dramatically as Democrats started
2:48
endorsing Harris after Biden dropped out
2:51
one of them was Colorado governor Jared
2:52
pois at the end of his statement Pais
2:55
put three emojis a coconut a tree and
2:57
the US flag Hawaii Senator Brian shatz
3:01
posted that he's ready to help the vice
3:02
president alongside a photo of him
3:04
climbing a coconut tree just like the
3:07
coconut meme the Harris campaign turned
3:09
around another one that was originally
3:10
circulated by Republicans Trump's
3:13
campaign shared video compilations of
3:15
the phrase unburdened by what has been
3:17
that Harris has repeated in official
3:19
speeches there are those who are unable
3:22
to see what can
3:24
be um but there are many more who are
3:27
able to see what can be unburdened by
3:29
what has
3:31
been kamla HQ reposted a screenshot of
3:34
an interaction on X in which a social
3:36
media user replied to a trump campaign
3:38
account advising it to drop the usage of
3:40
that phrase now because jenzi loves it
3:44
Republicans have also mocked Harris's
3:46
very public fondness for ven diagrams
3:48
but kamla HQ embraced the meme with a
3:51
new ven diagram of its own showing the
3:53
intersection of Biden's campaign and
3:55
hers as holding Trump accountable a slew
3:58
of celebrities came out to support Kam
3:59
Harris after Biden exited the race one
4:01
of them was Beyonce in a big gesture
4:04
from the singer Harris's entrance at her
4:06
Delaware Campaign Headquarters was
4:08
scored by Freedom which is Beyonce's
4:10
2016 Anthem featuring Kendrick lar
4:14
Harris's team had reached out with the
4:15
request to play the track on the
4:17
campaign Trail and Beyonce's
4:19
Representatives immediately approved
4:21
Katy Perry shared a montage of videos
4:23
featuring Harris with a remix that
4:25
included Snippets of Harris laughing and
4:27
the phrase coconut into her new song
4:30
Woman's World Barry sings It's A Woman's
4:32
World and you're lucky to be living in
4:34
it fans are now wondering if Taylor
4:36
Swift will support kamla Harris with her
4:38
capacity to reach millions of social
4:40
media users Swift is one of the most
4:42
influential people in the world whether
4:44
it's Charlie XCX or a flurry of memes
4:47
this could strike a CT with young voters
4:49
in America with Biden stepping aside the
4:51
game has been fundamentally changed
4:54
Trump is now the oldest Presidential
4:55
nominee in
4:57
history and this gives 59 year- old
5:00
Harris the opportunity to present
5:01
herself as the candidate that is more in
5:03
touch with America's youth Harris has
5:06
routinely been in support of jenz
5:08
highlighted topics and concerns like
5:10
climate action voting rights lgbtq plus
5:13
equality gun control and economic
5:15
Justice she also took a stand on
5:17
abortion rights and was the first vice
5:19
president to visit a clinic providing
5:21
abortion
5:22
Services unlike Biden Harris's outspoken
5:25
stand on Israel's war in Gaza could also
5:28
appeal to young voters her absence from
5:30
Israeli Prime Minister netanyahu's
5:32
address to the US Congress is a clear
5:34
signal about her concerns over civilian
5:36
casualties in
5:38
Gaza this will be the first full genz
5:41
election in
5:42
America every individual within this
5:45
generation will be at least 18 years old
5:47
so come November can kamla Harris step
5:50
into this crucial vote back privileged
5:52
and PR to serve as vice president
0:05
indian-american vice president of the US
0:08
she could be the country's very first
0:09
female president but more than anything
0:11
else right now she is a genen z meme
0:17
Queen how are you feeling since you
0:20
dropped out of the race sir can Harris
0:22
beat Trump hours after Joe Biden
0:24
withdrew from the presidential race and
0:26
endorsed his number two British pop star
0:28
Charlie XCX post Ed kamla is brat on X
0:32
if you're wondering what this means the
0:34
reference was to the singer's most
0:36
recent album brat which has an iconic
0:39
bright green cover brat top charts
0:41
around the world and emerged as a summer
0:43
cultural phenomena among young people
0:46
explaining what it means to be a brat
0:48
Charlie XCX said you're just that girl
0:51
who is a little messy and likes to party
0:53
and maybe says dumb things sometimes who
0:56
feels herself but then also maybe has a
0:58
breakdown but parties through it it's
1:00
very honest it's very blunt and a little
1:02
bit volatile the concept behind brat
1:05
took the Internet by storm with many
1:07
appropriating the album cover style and
1:09
writing funny sometimes outrageous
1:12
messages against a bright green or a
1:14
brat green
1:16
backdrop kamla Harris's campaign has
1:18
leaned into the brat summer Trend their
1:21
fast exploding X account announced the
1:23
creation of an Instagram campaign page
1:25
kamla HQ the pinned post on the
1:28
Instagram account is a photo Carousel
1:30
that includes a screenshot of Charlie's
1:32
exp poost as well as a brat green square
1:35
that says welcome to kamla HQ this is
1:38
the official rapid response page of Vice
1:41
President Harris's presidential campaign
1:43
the post is captioned and when we put
1:46
this to bed the internet will go crazy a
1:49
reference to a song on the album titled
1:51
girl so confusing the kamla HQ account
1:54
bio says providing context this to
1:56
refers to another popular meme
1:58
associated with the vice president in a
2:01
speech in 2023 Harris relayed this
2:04
anecdote everything is in context my
2:08
mother used to she would give us a hard
2:10
time sometimes and she would say to us I
2:12
don't know what's wrong with you young
2:13
people you think you just fell out of a
2:16
coconut
2:18
tree you exist in the
2:22
context of all in which you live and
2:24
what came before you while the GOP War
2:27
Room tried to mock her Harris's
2:29
supporters claim the coconut tree as
2:31
pressure ramped up in recent weeks for
2:33
Biden to step aside and Harris to take
2:35
his place at the top of the ticket
2:37
social media users joked about operation
2:39
coconut tree in the 24 hours since
2:42
Biden's announcement Google searches for
2:44
coconut tree spiked
2:46
dramatically as Democrats started
2:48
endorsing Harris after Biden dropped out
2:51
one of them was Colorado governor Jared
2:52
pois at the end of his statement Pais
2:55
put three emojis a coconut a tree and
2:57
the US flag Hawaii Senator Brian shatz
3:01
posted that he's ready to help the vice
3:02
president alongside a photo of him
3:04
climbing a coconut tree just like the
3:07
coconut meme the Harris campaign turned
3:09
around another one that was originally
3:10
circulated by Republicans Trump's
3:13
campaign shared video compilations of
3:15
the phrase unburdened by what has been
3:17
that Harris has repeated in official
3:19
speeches there are those who are unable
3:22
to see what can
3:24
be um but there are many more who are
3:27
able to see what can be unburdened by
3:29
what has
3:31
been kamla HQ reposted a screenshot of
3:34
an interaction on X in which a social
3:36
media user replied to a trump campaign
3:38
account advising it to drop the usage of
3:40
that phrase now because jenzi loves it
3:44
Republicans have also mocked Harris's
3:46
very public fondness for ven diagrams
3:48
but kamla HQ embraced the meme with a
3:51
new ven diagram of its own showing the
3:53
intersection of Biden's campaign and
3:55
hers as holding Trump accountable a slew
3:58
of celebrities came out to support Kam
3:59
Harris after Biden exited the race one
4:01
of them was Beyonce in a big gesture
4:04
from the singer Harris's entrance at her
4:06
Delaware Campaign Headquarters was
4:08
scored by Freedom which is Beyonce's
4:10
2016 Anthem featuring Kendrick lar
4:14
Harris's team had reached out with the
4:15
request to play the track on the
4:17
campaign Trail and Beyonce's
4:19
Representatives immediately approved
4:21
Katy Perry shared a montage of videos
4:23
featuring Harris with a remix that
4:25
included Snippets of Harris laughing and
4:27
the phrase coconut into her new song
4:30
Woman's World Barry sings It's A Woman's
4:32
World and you're lucky to be living in
4:34
it fans are now wondering if Taylor
4:36
Swift will support kamla Harris with her
4:38
capacity to reach millions of social
4:40
media users Swift is one of the most
4:42
influential people in the world whether
4:44
it's Charlie XCX or a flurry of memes
4:47
this could strike a CT with young voters
4:49
in America with Biden stepping aside the
4:51
game has been fundamentally changed
4:54
Trump is now the oldest Presidential
4:55
nominee in
4:57
history and this gives 59 year- old
5:00
Harris the opportunity to present
5:01
herself as the candidate that is more in
5:03
touch with America's youth Harris has
5:06
routinely been in support of jenz
5:08
highlighted topics and concerns like
5:10
climate action voting rights lgbtq plus
5:13
equality gun control and economic
5:15
Justice she also took a stand on
5:17
abortion rights and was the first vice
5:19
president to visit a clinic providing
5:21
abortion
5:22
Services unlike Biden Harris's outspoken
5:25
stand on Israel's war in Gaza could also
5:28
appeal to young voters her absence from
5:30
Israeli Prime Minister netanyahu's
5:32
address to the US Congress is a clear
5:34
signal about her concerns over civilian
5:36
casualties in
5:38
Gaza this will be the first full genz
5:41
election in
5:42
America every individual within this
5:45
generation will be at least 18 years old
5:47
so come November can kamla Harris step
5:50
into this crucial vote back privileged
5:52
and PR to serve as vice president
Citation
CNN-News18, “Kamala Is Brat | Charli XCX | What Is The Viral Pop Meme That’s Driving The Harris Campaign? | N18G,” Digital Archive, accessed October 16, 2024, https://carolynklin.org/mykitchen/items/show/38.