The Brief: A simple but dark meme pairs the title of the Buggles song "Video Killed The Radio Star" with an image of a killer and their victim(s).
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These image macros take the cheerful Buggles song and give it a disturbing twist by making parallels to how video “killed” the radio star with notorious murders, celebrity deaths, and more.
What does this mean pic.twitter.com/UW3RmQjQQV
— art boy (@ka5sh) November 21, 2018
i haven't stopped thinking about this meme for an hour pic.twitter.com/j84zLxryxR
— joe (@aijiujoe) November 22, 2018
— ᴀɴɢᴇʟ 🔮 (@ang1verse) November 23, 2018
— maya michele (@mayadelphia) November 23, 2018
— Guido Villar (@guidens) November 24, 2018
Think I got the hang of this… pic.twitter.com/LcaotA7SNr
— 🇺🇸NaijaMerican🇳🇬 (@NicoDiala) November 24, 2018
Of all the "video killed the radio star" memes I've seen in the last couple of days… This is the one that stings.
Oh, Artax.
I'm sorry, Twitter. pic.twitter.com/kDC6RfPEw7
— Evalicious (@deliciouslybad) November 25, 2018