inde navarrette becomes the internet's new favorite trivia flex after a viral tweet reveals the history behind his 90s MySpace emo band profile.
IN A TURN THAT ONLY THE MEME GODS COULD ORCHESTRATE, THE INTERNET HAS COLLECTIVELY DECIDED THAT INDE NAVARRETTE—A NAME MOST PEOPLE COULDN'T HAVE PICKED OUT OF A LINEUP TWO DAYS AGO—IS NOW THE SOLE AUTHORITY ON WHETHER YOUR 2005 VIBE WAS ACTUALLY “COOL.”
IT ALL STARTED WHEN A SLEUTHY TWITTER USER STUMBLED UPON A TIME CAPSULE: A DUSTY MYSPACE PAGE BELONGING TO A TEENAGED INDE NAVARRETTE, COMPLETE WITH A BROODING “RAWWWWR XD” PROFILE PICTURE, A PLAYLIST DOMINATED BY PANIC! AT THE DISCO AND TAKING BACK SUNDAY, AND A FRIENDS LIST THAT LITERALLY INCLUDED “THE KID WHOSE BAND PLAYED AT THE MALL.” WHAT WAS ONCE JUST DIGITAL LITTER IS NOW IMPECCABLE, IRONIC HISTORICAL EVIDENCE.
“INDENAVARRETTE BECAME A MEME VIRTUALLY OVERNIGHT,” EXPLAINS DR. LANA GRID, A MEME HISTORIAN. “THE IRONIC JOY IS THAT HE’S NOT A CELEBRITY. HE’S THE EMBODIMENT OF EVERY EDGY SCENE KID FROM THE AOL INSTANT MESSENGER ERA. THE FUNNY PART IS THAT THE INTERNET IS NOW USING HIM AS A GATEKEEPER OF ‘REAL’ ALTERNATIVE CULTURE, DEMANDING HE VERIFY IF ANY TREND FROM 2005 WAS LEGIT OR NOT