The Met Gala Memes of 2024 Are Top Tier and I Can’t Stop Scrolling
Ray Tamarra
In a tradition almost as time-honored as the Met Gala itself, the Met Gala memes from 2024 have officially arrived on the internet, and we’re already seeing some themes. Most of them Zendaya related.
In her first look, a peacock-colored gown by Maison Margiela, Zendaya at the Met Gala was compared by many to both Yzma from The Emperor’s New Groove and Effie Trinket from The Hunger Games.
Others compared Z to a variety of fictional evil witch queens. “The look of a woman who just cursed Baby Aurora in her cradle and DGAF,” said one commenter, comparing the actor to Sleeping Beauty’s Maleficent.
But Zendaya memes were just the tip of the Met Gala memes 2024 iceberg.
Dan Levy’s Loewe suit, featuring a sober black jacket fading into a jaunty floral pattern on the bottom, was interpreted as a metaphor for the transitory feeling between joy and sadness. “The bank holiday joy seeping out of my body,” as one Twitter user put it. Or, “Both of my personalities trying to coexist together,” as someone else wrote.
Most social media users agreed that Barry Keoghan, in his velvet suit and voluptuous white ascot, was giving either 19th or 18th century. “He looks like he wants to be in the room where it happens,” tweeted one person.
Lots of people had fun with Lana Del Rey’s tree-inspired look, with at least one person comparing her to Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree.
But the most popular meme format to come out of the 2024 Met Gala wasn’t about any particular look. Rather, folks have been joking that such-and-such person—who was not at the Met Gala—had “arrived at the Met Gala.” Usually with an accompanying photoshopped image. Shoutouts included The Traitors’ MJ Javid, Broadway diva Philippa Soo, and the three fairies from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty.
“The Oompa Loompa from the Willy Wonka Experience in Glasgow has arrived at the Met Gala,” joked one person. Another person wrote that Lord Yoshii Toranaga from Shogun had arrived at the gala.
Because sometimes the most important thing isn’t what was worn or who was absent. It was all the memes we made along the way.
Originally Appeared on Glamour
