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Michelangelo Was Only 24 Years Old is a a Twitter phrasal template which began trending on Twitter in November 2019 with the message "Michelangelo was only 24 years old when he completed the Pietà sculpture." Twitter stans replaced Michelangelo, his age and accomplishment with various pop singers and artist's name, age and accomplishment.

Origin

On November 2nd, 2019, Twitter user @hotgirIroxy^[1] tweeted an image of the Pietà with the caption, "Michelangelo was only 24 years old when he completed the Pietà sculpture" (shown below). The tweet garnered over 54,100 likes and 8,600 retweets in five days.

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On November 4th, 2019, Twitter user @ImLizzieM^[3], the official Twitter account for the Disney Channel show Lizzie McGuire tweeted, "I was only 14 when I exposed Paolo, performed at the colosseum and became an international popstar" referring to the Lizzie McGuire Movie (shown below, left). The tweet accumulated over 14,100 retweets and 96,200 likes in three days. The next day, Twitter user @chuuzus^[2] tweeted, "Rihanna was only 19 when she invented Umbrella" which received over 3,200 likes in two days (shown below, center). Twitter account @popcrayye^[4] also tweeted a popular variation about Taylor Swift which gained over 2,600 likes and 400 retweets in two days.

Related Memes

Michelangelo at 26, Bernini at 23

Michelangelo at 26, Bernini at 23 refers to a series of social media posts parodying a tweet about sculptors Michelangelo and Bernini creating some of their best works at a relatively young age. In memes, the post is captioned with various jokes, such as personal achievements of modern artists and esports players being likened to those of the sculptors.

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