From Lana's 'Twig' Dress To Barry Keoghan's Styling, The Met Gala 2024 Memes Are Endless
If ever a cultural circus that encapsulated all elements of the zeitgeist were to exist, it would look a lot like the Met Gala.
The annual fundraiser, which is held on the first Monday in May every year to raise funds for New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art’s summer exhibition, is not only a maelstrom of who’s who in Hollywood and beyond, but it’s also a fertile ground for hysterical content.
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In fact, in recent years, it’s been the memes that have emerged as a result of the Met Gala that have started to outshine the themed outfits of its illustrious guests. Rihanna as an omelette! Sarah Jessica Parker as a fire emoji! Doja Cat as an audibly meowing cat! If there’s one thing that our favourite celebrities have spoiled us with it’s laugh-out-loud content hot from the starriest night of the year.
In fact, online content has become such big business for the Met Gala, that the event’s organisers appointed Instagram account, Saint Hoax, as the event’s first ‘meme correspondent’ in 2021.
Regardless of the theme of the event – this year's is 'The Garden of Time', despite the theme of the Met's summer exhibition being 'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion' – there's a joke to be poked and prodded at every single element of the event, from the guests' costumes to the interactions between some of the world's most famous faces.
Among our favourites from this year's event are memes of Lana Del Rey's twig-adorned Alexander McQueen ensemble almost wiping Kim Kardashian out as the pair gave an interview and the barbershop-inspired all-black cape-dress that Rebecca Ferguson opted for. Here are just a few of our favourite memes from this year’s Met Gala.
The best Met Gala 2024 memes
Both of my personalities trying to coexist together #MetGala pic.twitter.com/bWmQ4lJUEm
— Abhay Rana (@Abheythere) May 6, 2024
Me when I’m in the barbers https://t.co/ntzKCRy5iC
— billy (@billydyson_) May 6, 2024
the stylist was charles dickens https://t.co/qRQjT8NUNu
— Zoë Rose Bryant (@ZoeRoseBryant) May 7, 2024
The way Lana Del Rey keeps whacking Kim and Sean in the face with her horns 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/B23OpyMEBX
— honeymoun (@honeymounz) May 7, 2024
call an ambulance but not for me. pic.twitter.com/C4X7eYYFnf
— aidan (@AlDANS_) May 6, 2024
society if #MetGala attendees were physically removed from the premises for not being on theme pic.twitter.com/sMywQkV7M1
— fiona (@mosaicswiftss) May 7, 2024
nara smith is currently making gowns from scratch at the #MetGala carpet pic.twitter.com/Yj5FvwgkT2
— 𝓐. (@antoniiomaraj) May 6, 2024
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