Suemonella

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Years active2022
Last updated: September 24, 2024

suemonella [1] , formerly known as secretsue94, was a social experiment TikTok account ran by YouTuber George Mason. [2] [3] Mason impersonated as Harry Styles from February 10, 2022 to February 24, 2022. [4] The account mimicked Styles' old Vine shorts [5] and showcased the Spotify Billion Streams Plaque for Watermelon Sugar, which Mason bought that same year. [6]

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Motive

Mason bought the plaque for £3,900 pounds [5] after finding a loophole for ordering one. He chose Styles' Watermelon Sugar which had over 1 billion streams on Spotify. [6]

Timeline

secretsue94 was created on February 10, 2022 and the first video was uploaded that same day which referenced Styles' vine with disappearing fruit. Mason drew a cross tattoo using Sharpie. The video was captioned 'first tick tock [sic] reminds me of vine'. [7] [8]

On February 11, Mason created multiple hoax accounts for Styles' friends, such as Mitch Rowland and Sarah Jones. [8] Mason didn't make any videos on February 12 as Styles was spotted in public recording for a music video. [9]

On February 13, the second video was uploaded, featuring 'Styles' going up pink stairs in a sudden cut fashion. Mason chose to use pink stairs after learning that Harry Styles has pink stairs in his house. [10] 3 days later, paparazzi pictures were taken of Mason carrying the Spotify Plaque and TikTok open on his phone and they were sent to multiple Harry Styles update accounts. [8] [10] [11]

Mason uploaded the 3rd video on February 19, which had Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield playing in the background while Mason ran in the video. 1 day later, the 4th video was uploaded, taken from an Instagram story from keyboardist Ryan Malcs. [8] Mason changed the username to suemonella in-between the 4th video and 5th videos. [8]

The final videos were uploaded on February 24, 2022, which was recorded inside a professional filming studio. It featured the Spotify Plaque and a stack of paper with the text 'HS3 ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO'. [12] Mason uploaded a screen recording of him scrolling and 'finding' the video [8] [ better source needed ] and uploaded it to his Harry Styles update account. [8]

Reception

Response to the account was mixed. Videos on TikTok were uploaded analysing the account. [8] The term #HS3ANNOUNCEMENT went trending on Twitter. [8]

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  6. 1 2 Mason, George (2022-04-09). How I Tricked Spotify Into Giving Me A 1 Billion Streams Plaque . Retrieved 2024-09-24– via YouTube.
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