Few days on Twitter have matched the hilarity of Sunday when the collective Black diaspora came together to make an endless amount of jokes about a photo shared by British singer Adele.
In honor of Notting Hill Carnival, Adele took to Instagram to show off her Bantu knots and Jamaican flag bathing suit, sending the internet into full roasting mode.
The fun photo truly brought out the best of Twitter, which spent most of Sunday making as many Jamaican-Adele jokes as humanly possible.
Here are some of the ones that had us rolling:
Some of the best jokes reinterpreted her lengthy music catalogue with Jamaican stylings.
Mi affi set fire to the rain https://t.co/fkFpAcU7dN
— Black Lives Matter (@HeronChe) August 30, 2020
Nuh worry mi ah go find, someone like youuuuuu
— ???????? 7degrees (@dankveli) August 30, 2020
Playing off her age-related album titles, people mused about potential titles for Adele's next album in light of the photo.
next album bout to be called “Tirty Tree” https://t.co/q838LQ5loV
— Ayo Edebiri (@ayoedebiri) August 30, 2020
Gwan Rollin’ in Da Deep pic.twitter.com/Qq0HPlNM1A
— kayla meyer (@maria__giesela) August 30, 2020
adele said "HELLO PON DI OTHER SIDE" pic.twitter.com/J8usxI2Fw6
— ͏ (@ayce24s) August 30, 2020
One of the funniest things a Twitter user did was take Adele's soulful songs and put them as the background music for classic reggae hits.
Adele said… https://t.co/DUHotqE093
pic.twitter.com/O1cxjFuW3N— The Legend of Whorra (@MrDubC) August 30, 2020
Someone even set a video of people daggering to one of Adele's hits.
— -_- (@doubtcrazy) August 31, 2020
Adele in London right now. pic.twitter.com/LYIFmgv4sW
— ???????????? (@ronthacreator) August 30, 2020
Adele singing Turning Tables: pic.twitter.com/EDIeUd17JR
— Beyoncé’s Accountant (@JaytheAngell) August 30, 2020
Adele said pic.twitter.com/kG2Cuz4Qj7
— big funky ass coochie monster (@yahsiirr) August 30, 2020
The jokes were endless and took a variety of forms that had most of us crying all Sunday.
Adele: ????
Her scalp: pic.twitter.com/iEYDikfeyl
— no❤️ (@AmariBailey) August 30, 2020
Adele said pic.twitter.com/kG2Cuz4Qj7
— big funky ass coochie monster (@yahsiirr) August 30, 2020
Adele watching everyone clown her right now pic.twitter.com/XfVCTIPzSh
— Matta (@matta28x) August 30, 2020
#adele 's new music video pic.twitter.com/gg69BjL60c
— ????????????Ƥρy???????? (@jade19805990) August 31, 2020
As with most things online, the moment ignited thinkpieces about appropriation.
But Jamaicans and Black British people overwhelmingly loved the photo and thousands of people showed out online to thank Adele for participating in their culture. Many online questioned why Black Americans would be offended by something that was not their culture and did not offend others.
"I’m Jamaican and we f–king love when other people celebrate us! Matter of fact our motto is OUT OF MANY, ONE PEOPLE!!! so there is no this is mine or this is yours, this is OURS!!! Jamaica is full of mixed races and cultures and we love and appreciate them all!!! Adel you slayed this f–king look and now you’re Jamaican we are claiming you," Billboard quoted one Twitter user writing.
Like many other people, Adele was lamenting the coronavirus-related cancelation of Notting Hill Carnival, a traditional West Indian festival celebrating the music, food and good times had by Jamaicans and other Caribbean cultures.
CNN noted that Notting Hill Carnival has been a staple event in London since it started in 1966 but was being done virtually this year due to the pandemic.