There are a few moments in the year which unite the Internet in one singular goal: to drop the spiciest memes around.
Monday night's Met Gala was one of them. This year’s theme “camp” - after Susan Sontag’s seminal essay on the movement - had an extraordinary guest list including co-chairs Lady Gaga and Harry Styles.
Here's a few creative ways the Internet reacted to outfits on the red carpet.
Met Gala 2019 memes
Katy Perry's chandelier look lit up the pink carpet
Celine Dion's ensemble sparked some ideas
Jared Leto's severed head was a talking point
There was an inevitable loofah reference
Lady Gaga's entrance threw back a Britney moment
Followed by Billy Porter's opening performance
The ruffles of Harry Styles came with some references
Liza Koshy dressed as a delicious Triscuit
Frank Ocean turned up as... security?
Everyone at home did this
Met Gala 2018 memes
Reactions to Rihanna's Pope outfit
Beyonce's holy ghost memes
Darren Criss' self portrait
Jared Leto's Disney costume
Jaden Smith's unexpected plus one
The ultimate Black Panther showdown
Grimes and Elon Musk making their first appearance as a couple
Selena Gomez's overenthusiastic tan
Tom Brady's moment of magic
Frances McDormand's headdress
Kris Jenner reviving an age-old meme
Ocean's 8 storming the Met Gala
The Internet watching at home
Met Gala 2017 memes
P. Diddy lying down on the stairs
Being sidelined at the Met Gala
Rihanna's sculptural dress
Katy Perry's red wedding
Priyanka Chopra's dress
Hugh Dancy being #husbandgoals
Jaden Smith bringing his own shaved off dreads to the Met Gala
Bella Hadid's 'revenge' jumpsuit
Sarah Paulson at the Met Gala (fangirling over Madonna)
Beyonce's literal revenge dress
Kim-3PO with Kanye West
Kylie Jenner's fierce bob
Zayn Malik, the ultimate Avengers fanboy
The predictable outfits
Met Gala 2015 memes
Rihanna's Guo Pei dress
Sarah Jessica Parker's fiery headpiece
The ultimate Rihanna x SJP crossover
Anne Hathaway's intergalactic look
Another Disney cosplay
Older Met Gala memes
Special mention: Jason Derulo “falling down the stairs”
Every year without fail, somebody will tweet that Jason Derulo has fallen down the stairs at the Met Gala.
The tweet will be accompanied by a comical set of pictures of a man - who is clearly not Jason Derulo - falling down a red staircase. The photos, which are actually of an as-yet unidentified man at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, has become part of an annual Internet conspiracy to fool people into thinking it was actually the pop singer.
The meme appears to have originated from this photo set in 2015, where a user tweeted out three photos accompanied by the words, “IM CRYING JASON DERULO JUST DIED.”
And it resurfaced in 2016 to the tune of over 6,000 retweets:
And in 2017 to nearly 9000 likes:
And then in 2018:
Derulo actually addressed the meme back in 2015, confirming that it was not actually him and that he was at “rehearsal in LA” (adding a “f*q y’all” to his message). Beyond the prank, the picture has also birthed a new meme thread of its own:
