Susan Boyle’s Hashtag Malfunction Invites You to Her Anal Bum Party
A really embarrassing mistake turned into a joke that then turned into a whole lot of free publicity.
Susan Boyle has a new album coming out, and the PR tweets about it may or may not have been given the ill-conceived hashtag #susanalbumparty. This seems harmless enough — until you put on your naughty goggles and look at it a bit more closely.
Let us know when you get there.
Over the past few days, a slow burn of amused tweets about it have spread across the Twitterscape. Some users are split on the issue – all puns are perpetually intended – while others think it’s a massive PR fail and still others believe it to be a stroke of pure trending genius.
But is the SuBo market really the anal party hashtag market? Is inviting people to Su’s Anal Bum Party really going to sell records?
Pretty sure we’ve unraveled the mystery below.
First, check out a few of these responses. If nothing else, she’s already got the name of her next album:
When Susan Boyle has an Album Launch she knows how to party..The Record company picked theHashtag #susanalbumparty or Su’sAnalBumParty!!
— Jim Sheridan (@Jim_Sheridan) November 21, 2012
If you had to create a hash tag for Subo record launch, you wouldn’t choose #susanalbumparty would you? They did. WORST MENTAL IMAGE EVER.
— Jamie East (@mrjamieeast) November 21, 2012
Wouldn’t have pegged Susan Boyle as the type! #susanalbumparty …bit presumptuous Susan!
— Savine van As (@Savine_vA) November 21, 2012
can’t wait for the big release #susanalbumparty
— Padhraic Comerford (@pjc1991) November 21, 2012
Susan Boyle, the ‘butt’ of all jokes! Anyone fancy going to a #susanalbumparty ?
— Lucy Edwards (@juicylucy86) November 21, 2012
Just been invited to #susanalbumparty. Do you bring your own lube? Or is it provided?
— Star Wars VII (@Ed__Harris) November 21, 2012
I’m hosting a #susanalbumparty and you’re all invited. Bring your own lube, nibbles provided.
— Johann Fux (@JohannFux) November 21, 2012
Nice!Susan Boyle’s hashtag #susanalbumparty… Is inspired. Something a fan can get behind.
— ad.lib (@adxlib) November 21, 2012
@londonjustin I’m pretty sure the #susanalbumparty is open to all. I’m sure they can squeeze you in.
— Mark Ampersand (@tobiasampersand) November 21, 2012
Susan Boyle’s new album promotion seems to be drawing quite the attention from the seedier side of the Craigslist community#susanalbumparty
— Chris Angel (@TheChrisAngel) November 21, 2012
My mind’s telling me noooo, but my body – MY BODY is also telling me no.#susanalbumparty
— Ian (@ianc90) November 21, 2012
She must be learning to sing from both ends.#susanalbumparty
— randomisms (@randomisms) November 21, 2012
So what really happened?
While the Twitter account for Susan’s own fansite may have (non-ironically) used the hashtag a few times, it seems the singer’s official page used it once about a month ago but quickly caught the underlying filth and corrected it.
How did it rear up (we kill ourselves) again? We may have found what appears to be the genesis of the resurrection.
And now, the rest is history.
Today I heard a rumour that Susan Boyles PR team *nearly* ran a hashtag promo for her album launch with #susanalbumparty. Surely not true?!
— Nick Marsh (@choosenick) November 13, 2012
Uh oh. Looks like #susanalbumparty is now starting to trend. Oops. @tomwm @andrew_jazaerli you were there at the start!
— Nick Marsh (@choosenick) November 21, 2012
@tomwm @andrew_jazaerli I am pretty sure it’s true. Have been told it has trended before at the time, but do think we kicked this one off!
— Nick Marsh (@choosenick) November 21, 2012
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