200 Words’ 20 Top Tweeters Of 2012
I hope to have already made clear that Twitter is an amazing service. If I haven’t: Twitter is an amazing service. It provides artists with the opportunity to reach a bigger audience, to plug their music or to tell more about themselves. For us, as music-followers, it’s just a brilliant way to be right where the action is. I showed how Twitter can provide a discussion forum, by displaying some tweets concerning Rihanna’s ‘Unapolagetic’. Also, I cheered the ways in which Tyler and Captain Murphy used Twitter to represent themselves in their own way.
However, there’s a flipsideto the Twitter-coin. As an artist you could present us with things we don’t want to see, express controversial views on things you don’t seem to understand, lose your mind publicly (aight Kanye?) or you could, the biggest fear of every artist, let people come to the conclusion that you’re just plain boring.
What about Chris Brown getting banned from the medium after calling a woman who questioned his dignity ‘a ho’? Or what about little old Hannah Montana, showing she can stand up to teasing Tyler? Let’s forget the Chris Browns and focus on the Miley’s: Who are the twenty Top Tweeters of 2012?
20. Diplo
19. Lil B
18. Clams Casino
17. Prince’s Fake Account
16. Captain Murphy
15. Hudson Mohawke
14. Earl Sweatshirt
13. How To Dress Well
12. Grimes
11. Frank Ocean
10. Action Bronson
I hate Rappers.
— SWEET JONES (@ActionBronson) December 4, 2012
Action Bronson is a Tweeter as he is a rapper, a guarantee for controversy.
9. Justin Vernon (Bon Iver)
“@bensigurdson:RT @scottfeschuk: dear Justin Vernon. you may wear a headband or a hoodie. you may not wear both.” ok, BOLTH it is!
— Jdev (@blobtower) September 11, 2012
Justin Vernon may look like a serious man on stage, but his Instagram and tweets prove otherwise.
8. Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend)
my children will not eat chicken until they are mentally prepared to eat it off the bone. we must end the nuggification of American culture.
— Ezra Koenig (@arzE) September 16, 2012
In his busy Vampire Weekend-life Ezra Koenig luckily has enough spare time to be as witty on Twitter as his music is.
I have walrus balls
— Thundercat (@Thundercatbass) November 11, 2012
Thundercat asks himself, which planet am I on, looking at his tweets I’m also not sure which planet he’s on.
6. Jessie Ware
I got flowers given to me on stage tonight! Felt like Pavarotti
— Jessie Ware (@Jessie_Ware) December 4, 2012
BECAUSE I LOVE HER. THAT’S WHY.
5. Flying Lotus
HahAhHAHaaha
— Flying Lotus (@flyinglotus) November 29, 2012
FlyLo is the example of what a truely valuable and interesting tweeter should be like. He tells us everything we want to know, and is funny at the same time.
iTS OKAY TO HAVE SEX WiTH A PROSTiTUTES AS LONG AS THEY ARE YOUR WiVES AND THEY DONT HAVE SEX WiTH ANYONE ELSE
— RiFF RaFF (@JODYHiGHROLLER) October 6, 2012
Mad-Decent signed Riff Raff is a living parody of himself, however, his tweets are very witty and clever.
white friends don’t let white friends record acoustic (or ukulele) covers of rap songs.
— ☁ryan ♡ hemsworth☁ (@ryanhemsworth) December 4, 2012
So much wisdom and nerdy randomness in such a young, but damn talented producer that’s going to dominate 2013.
2. Tyler, The Creator
Hey Yall Its Just Me Jumping Over A FUCKING CAR CAUSE I HAVE NIGGER LEGS WHATS GOOD instagr.am/p/Swc20pnACP/
— Tyler, The Creator (@fucktyler) December 3, 2012
Tyler’s tweets make clear what a crazy teen can become when puberty, talent and fame collide.
We all know Kanye can go crazy, and nothing is funnier than to be there when the lightning strikes. Prepare for some rants of hundreds of tweets, but no worries, afterwards you can relax for some time. His tweets give a lot to talk and think about, but sadly, he removes them after some time.
Written by Peter Buurman. List made together with Peter Buurman.
