The Blueprint

About

The Blueprint is a slang term used in stan culture in which people claim their idol was the first person to start a fashion or pop culture trend, making them the "blueprint" others built off of.

Origin

On January 6th, 2014, Urban Dictionary ^[1] user lavitadulce posted a definition for the term "blueprint" which reads, "A guy or girl so incredibly perfect that they are the original design."

Spread

The term began spreading on Twitter in early 2020 as stans began claiming their favorite celebrities were the "blueprint" for what came after them. For example, on January 4th, user @imchained2katy^[2] suggested Katy Perry was the blueprint for several trends other pop stars used in their music videos, gaining over 170 retweets and 790 likes (shown below, left). On February 25th, user @prismatickxty^[3] made a similar tweet with Katy Perry, gaining over 460 likes (shown below, right).

By April of 2020, posts about "The Blueprint" began to grow more humorous. For example, on April 10th, 2020, user @harshnoiseangel^[4] posted a series of goth teens on daytime television saying "they were the blueprint," gaining over 16,000 retweets and 80,000 likes (shown below, left). On April 19th, Twitter user @phendetta^[5] posted a tweet showing an ancient clay doll, gaining over 950 retweets and 5,000 likes (shown below, right).

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