Beyonce Reading Menu

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About

Beyonce Reading Menu refers to a series of image macros using a photo from singer Beyonce's Instagram of her reading off a restaurant menu to a server. The meme became popular on Twitter, where people captioned what they imagined Beyonce said to the server.

Origin

On April 26th, Beyonce posted a series of images to her Instagram^[1] account, including one of the singer examining a menu with a restaurant server. The photo has received more than 2 milllion likes within the first 16 hours.

Within minutes of Beyonce's post, Twitter user @thetrillgent^[2] posted the image to Twitter with the caption "I only had an appetizer & a water…" Within the first 16 hours, the post had received more than 3,700 retweets and 5,800 likes.

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That night, Twitter user @animalfriespls^[3] Tweeted the photo with the caption "I, as Beyoncé, will just have vegan icewater. The twins will have fried chicken, catfish nuggets, fries, mac & cheese, red beans & rice." The tweet received more than 34,000 retweets and 64,000 likes in the first 13 hours.

News media coverage

Later that night, Twitter^[8] published a Moment, documenting the meme. By April 27th, several news media outlets began covering the meme, including TIME,^[4] Huffington Post,^[5] NME,^[6] The Fader,^[7] and more.