High lord of cool, the artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as Prince has just launched his official Instagram account, PRINCESTAGRAM. Because of course that’s what it’s called.
Mostly full of shots of him playing live or starting moodily into the camera with smouldering eyes that command “worship me”, he kicked things off with some top notch meme game poking fun at himself.
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Not sure how long this one will stick around as we have all been burned by Prince’s rocky romance with social media before after he deleted his Facebook and Twitter accounts after less than a year back in 2014.
https://instagram.com/p/9J2o6QGLVY/?taken-by=prince
He was dearly missed though, and judging by the gram so far it looks like we might have some more purple magic from the Purple Rain singer soon enough.
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Meanwhile, you can watch the famous Chappelle’s Show Prince sketch her below, and have a leaf through this gallery of his best moments from Facebook and Twitter.
Gallery: Prince’s Dalliance With Social Media And The Internet
Watch: True HollyWood Stories – Prince | Chappelle’s Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miZxYjqqjZM
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. -
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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. -
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Bye for now social media Prince. It really was all worth it for this.
