Jonas Brothers vs. One Direction

About

Jonas Brothers vs. One Direction refers to the pop group The Jonas Brothers' comeback after a 6 year hiatus and pop singing group One Direction fans being disappointed that it isn't One Direction getting back together instead.

Origin

On February 28th, 2019, The Jonas Brothers^[1] announced on Twitter that they will be debuting their new single at midnight (shown below). The tweet gained 5,200 replies 81,600 retweets and 213,000 likes.

On March 1st, The Jonas Brothers music video for "Sucker" was released. The video accumulated 8.8 million views and over one million likes in 10 hours (shown below).

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On February 28th, Twitter user @ubiquitousnjh^[2] tweeted "if the jonas brothers can come back after a six year break, so can one direction" (shown below). The tweet gained 13,300 likes and 4,900 retweets in a day.

Many Twitter users followed @ubiquitousnjh's lead. That same day @aalmaa_cx^[3] tweeted "so the jonas brothers are back but not one direction???? ight. das coo" (shown below, left). The tweet accumulated 3,270 retweets and 8,900 likes in a day. @tughker^[4] posted an image of a man praying with the caption "one direction stans watching jonas brothers stans" (shown below, right). The tweet gained 50 retweets and 150 likes in a day.

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