Social media just got more funky. Prince joined Twitter this week, announcing his presence in hilarious, typically self-aware Prince-ian fashion—and the Twitterverse is all the better for it.
Using the Twitter handle @3RDEYEGIRL (3rd Eye Girl is a band that he assembled and is promoting), Prince made his Twitter debut with a series of tweets that spot-on answer the once-hypothetical question: “What would it look like if Prince was on Twitter?”
His first two tweets were, bascially, Prince announcing that they were his first two tweets. Obviously:
It all led to the glorious “PRINCE’S 3RD TWEET,” a photo of his salad. Obviously:
Everything that has followed has been absolutely delightful. A throwback photo, alerting the Twitter younguns to what Prince looked like at peak Prince fierceness:
Then, the best selfie ever:
How does Prince’s debut rank against other icons’? Let’s take a 140-character tour through history:
Warren Buffett (in the house):
Beyoncé, letting us all know that it’s OK to call her just “B”:
Oprah, the queen, FEELING REALLY 21ST CENTURY:
Lady Gaga, appropriately befuddling:
Alec Baldwin, gettin' tipsy:
Roger Ebert, perfectly profound:
Samuel L. Jackson, using his favorite word:
Hillary Clinton, giving due credit to the Texts From Hillary meme:
Bill Clinton, giving due credit to Stephen Colbert:
Tom Hanks, making a perfect old man joke:
James Cameron, “King of the World,” revealing the power of Ryan Seacrest:
Barack Obama, being all political:
Pope Francis, back when he was still Pope Francis:
And, of course, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey:
