Here’s a quick peek at what’s been trending on Twitter
Twitter trend 1: Zayn Malik as left Twitter
Zayn Malik, one-fifth of British boy band and former
finalist for the original X-Factor, One Direction, has left Twitter with one
final tweet saying “the reason I don’t tweet as much as I used to, is because I’m
sick of all the useless opinion and hate that I get daily. Goodbye Twitter.” which
left his five million followers no other option but to bid goodbye to his
micro-blogging account.
Here’s the back story: One Direction’s record label is
trying to market the boy band in the United States. Because the label wants the
boys to concentrate on music ad work, they have insisted on a sex-ban for all
five members, including those that are single. Obviously, this is difficult for
the lads to take as they would want to enjoy all the female attention they are
getting in the US. Unfortunately, their management has given them strict
security even outside their hotel rooms so that no female visitors may enter
the boys’ quarters.
Even more unfortunate is the fact that one female fan who
happened to be sleeping next door from Mr. Malik took a video of Zayn trying to
get a girl past his security and inside
his room, even instructing her to come back after thirty minutes as he assures
the girl that the security officers would be gone by then. To that, Malik’s
body guard simply replied that he has decided to stay out(side the room) longer
to keep the female fan away, much to the One DIrectioner’s frustration.
So the video made it online, went viral, and caused fans to
be infuriated with their idol because he has a highly publicised relationship
with Perrie Edwards, one-fourth of the girl group, Little Mix who won X-Factor
in 2011. Now that he has been getting crap about this affair and a lot more
hate tweets, the musical hot property has decided to exit the social networking
site. Will this do well for his career considering that Twitter is
fast-becoming one of the most effective marketing platforms? We shall wait and
see.
Twitter trend 2: Prince Harry flashing the Royal Jewels
So Prince Harry’s nude photos are circulating and have now
gone viral. The source, TMZ, alleges this happened during a game of strip pool
where the royal who is third-in-line to the throne obviously lost.
In these photos, Harry is shown wearing only a necklace and
a watch covering his “jewels” with both hands. In another, he is shown
bear-hugging another person who is also nude and is yet to be identified as
male or female.
Nobody close to the Prince has made a statement but the
palace has warned newspapers within the UK not to print the photos as it was a
breach of privacy. There are no uncensored versions of the photos online as the
ones posted by TMZ had strategically placed stars on them.
Twitter trend 3: Nicki Minaj to join Mariah Carey as the
latest judge on America Idol
It seems like there will be two divas this year on American
Idol’s judging table as Nicki Minaj is set to join Mariah Carey during the next
season of the talent show. However, Twitter-users have been talking about some endorsement
problems as the female rapper is a top endorser for popular soft drink company,
Pepsi while American Idol is sponsored by Coca Cola.
This has not been the first time a conflict of sponsors had
to be ironed out as last season’s judge, Jennifer Lopez had to get clearance
from a car brand she endorsed to be on the show sponsored by a competing brand.
More rumors are flying on Twitter about Mariah Carey’s
displeasure about the news that she was not going to be the only female judge
this year. Reports say that Mariah eve hung up on American Idol execs who were
in the process of telling her that Minaj was going to be sitting alongside her
in the judges table.
Carey and Minaj have done a duet a couple of years back but
rumors say Carey is not keen on sharing the spotlight with somebody who hogs it
with her outrageous outfits and even more outrageous attitude.
Meanwhile, Mariah is Twitter-campaigning for her good
friend, Lenny Kravitz, to be one of the judges on Idol’s next season. Some of
the others actually considered by the show to sit on the judging table are
Filipino-Latin crooner Enrique Iglesias and Disney baby, Nick Jonas from the
Jonas Brothers.
