Prince‘s short but amusingly fruitful fling with social media seems to have come to an end with this week’s discovery that the Purple One has deleted his Facebook and Twitter accounts, plus has removed all but a few videos from Youtube.
It’s a bittersweet discovery for Prince’s social media devotees, because while he only joined the world of Facebook and Twitter this year, the enigmatic musician made an major impact with his series of unpredictable and often outright inexplicable posts.
For who could forget Prince’s first dalliance with the Twitterverse just a mere year ago? That time when he stormed onto the scene and navigated his way around, like any 55-year-old would, with some bizarre test tweets. These were followed by a series of selfies, strange Q&A sessions and that one time he checkmated Dave Chapelle.
From lawsuits against fans to declaring once and for all that the internet is “completely over”, it has been an emotional ride. Still this is the internet, where nothing ever truly is deleted, and so dear readers, we invite you to reminisce a little with the gallery below, and remember the social media accounts formally known as Prince.
Gallery: Prince’s Dalliance With Social Media And The Internet
Prince On Social Media
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Lets Go Crazy Prince
It hasn’t always been a storied romance between Prince and the internet. Consider that time he forced a mother to take down a YouTube video of her toddler dancing while Prince's 'Let’s Go Crazy' played in the background. Just look at that face. -
Princes Lawsuit
Or even when he filed a $22 million lawsuit against a group of fans who posted Prince concert videos on Facebook. -
The Internet
Or that time he famously told the Daily Mirror that the internet, like MTV, is “completely over”. -
Prince Social Media 1
But then Prince made his spectacular Twitter debut. -
Prince Social Media 2
Then followed that up with this, his sophomore tweet. -
Prince Social Media 3
He gave us a rare glimpse into the eating habits, and apparent pepper fetish, of the artist currently known as Prince. -
Prince Social Media 4
Selfies followed. This one was grabbed from a Prince parody post floating around the web. -
Prince Social Media 5
And this one is just some purple smoke. -
Prince Social Media 7
Prince got meta and revealed his song 'This Could Be Us', was actually inspired by the infamous #ThisCouldBeUsButYouPlayin meme. -
Prince Social Media 11
The meme began on Twitter earlier this year, attached to photos mirroring the image of Prince and Apollonia riding a motorcycle in the 1984 movie Purple Rain. -
Prince Social Media 6
Then the real magic. Prince unveiled onto the world the insane cover art for his single, 'Breakfast Can Wait', featuring one Dave Chappelle. Game: Blouses. -
Prince Social Media
Prince answers just one question in Facebook Q&A. The first one. About sound frequencies. -
Prince Likes Hugs
Prince's proxy Twitter Q&A. Ever wonder whether Prince likes hugs? -
Prince Likes to Be Held
Apparently not. But he likes to be held. -
Prince Social Media 9_0
This is how Prince stays fit you see. -
Prince Social Media 10
Prince finally revealed what is inside “The Egg” - a building at his Paisley Park Studios. -
Prince Dave Chappelle
Bye for now social media Prince. It really was all worth it for this.
