First Tweets of Drake, Lorde, Katy Perry & Blake Shelton Revisited
. But, there were those select few who seemed to understand the cultural significance of sending a 140-character message out into the world. How one day there would be an online time machine that would allow us to go back, way back, and read that very first tweet. They realized they wanted it to be good. Or at least not completely embarrassing. Many showed their resistance to joining Twitter with their first tweet , including Drake, who in 2009 used his first tweet to announce his defeat. He now has 14.5 million followers. Some early Twitter adopters like Sara Bareilles, who joined in June of 2007, and Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan, who joined in 2009 and was somehow able to acquire the handle @billy, were still figuring out the best way to economize their characters. While other Twitter neophytes realized it was a place where only the quick witted would survive, or more accurately, earn followers. Blink182′s Mark Hoppus, with your 2.61 million followers, we're talking about you. There is one thing we unfortunately can't do, which is accurately rediscover those first tweets from artists who deleted their accounts for good like John Mayer or in the case of someone like Kanye West, those who over the years have made it a habit to delete their feed and start anew. Blake Shelton "I used to think rice was a form of pasta. - Blake Shelton (@blakeshelton) June 09, 2009" Drake " Fine...you got me. - Drizzy (@Drake) March 28, 2009" Lorde - "i think my fingernails are too short to be a member of the twittersphere -Lorde (@lordemusic) November 22, 2012" Katy Perry "Just got into Berlin... feeling better thank you, have my vicks inhaler by my bedside... and P.S. I TWITTTTER! GAH. Such a follower! - Katy Perry (@katyperry) February 21, 2009" Check out the first tweets from Billy Corgan, Kelly Clarkson, .fun, Eminem, Mark Hoppes and more here. Radio.com is an official news provider for antiMusic.com.
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