Grimes and Elon Musk are a celebrity couple so committed to trolling that the latter's company routinely suffers massive revenue hits because of it. The canvas for their latest bit? Their newborn son.
Claire Boucher gave birth to a baby boy last night (her first: Musk has five children from his previous marriage). After confirming that Grimes and the baby were "all good" Musk revealed to a random Twitter commenter that the baby boy's is X Æ A-12 Musk. Whether it's a joke or not (and it's entirely possible that it's not), the internet has taken the bait.
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It only took a few hours for Twitter to illustrate the entire arc of the child's life in gifs. Is it a little off-color? Yes. Did this baby choose to be born into this mess? No. Is the content good? Yes.
The only debate unsettled is if X Æ A-12 a cyborg, an alien, a computer program, or a combination of all three. Besides that, Twitter has it all figured out, starting with how the baby was named.
Actually pretty obvious how they named X Æ A-12 https://t.co/EnvN5tLRIW— Jeff Kasanoff (@Jeff Kasanoff) 1588700749.0
What the birth was like:
the doctor walking into Grimes’ delivery room as she gives birth to X Æ A-12 https://t.co/sRHZFv2XOx— jake faris (@jake faris) 1588690792.0
How X Æ A-12's infancy will go:
X Æ A-12 popped outta grimes cut his own umbilical cord and walked over to Elon and said “for the last 9 months I’v… https://t.co/a7GkyDLnsi— Lil Sasquatch (@Lil Sasquatch) 1588708815.0
first known image of grimes baby nursery https://t.co/8rOI8pvoUk— aj (@ aj) 1588653239.0
Grime: Where's the baby? Elon Musk: Outside in the new self-pushing Tesla pram! X Æ A-12 travelling around: https://t.co/sjBdQgE8Ck— Corono she better dont (@Corono she better dont) 1588702754.0
X Æ A-12 waking grimes up at 4am because he puked https://t.co/zIVubRQxwn— 💫awdummy🍇 (@💫awdummy🍇) 1588700895.0
damn X Æ A-12 already learning how to walk https://t.co/WIo6FyQrWY— zx (@zx) 1588705803.0
His traumatic middle school years:
"and X Æ A-12...tell your daddy we want heated steering wheels on model Y" https://t.co/Q2Dz5o0vTo— Lil Sasquatch (@Lil Sasquatch) 1588710362.0
grimes in front of company: "go on and do that lil dance you be doing" X Æ A-12: https://t.co/AaGWFsnla0— luwi (@luwi) 1588703537.0
grimes: how was your day at school honey? X Æ A-12: https://t.co/HlAOIOwTkK— Monk Moa (@Monk Moa) 1588698996.0
X Æ A-12 Musk running to catch the school bus https://t.co/8Nn8iirehB— Bob Vulfov (@Bob Vulfov) 1588701042.0
His rebellious teen phase:
X Æ A-12 about to roll up like https://t.co/kbyCDoLHGJ— draingel (@draingel) 1588706294.0
Elon Musk and Grimes trying to adjust the code for their son X Æ A-12 when he starts acting up https://t.co/95wKZgutk8— Aisha (@Aisha) 1588699530.0
All the way up to college. By the way, fellow new mom Chloë Sevigny also gave birth to a son this week.
Tompkins Sevigny seeing X Æ A-12 at NYU class of 2041 orientation https://t.co/izkGMJs325— Cigarettes After Sweetgreen (@Cigarettes After Sweetgreen) 1588699655.0
Oh yeah, and the crossover Parasite content is golden.
me on my way to be X Æ A-12’s art therapist https://t.co/AkCt7NZDyO— nadia (@nadia) 1588704880.0
"We're naming him X Æ A-12..." https://t.co/7GMBGbS0Jc— ✨ Mallorie Jessica Udischas✨ (@✨ Mallorie Jessica Udischas✨) 1588689450.0
In all seriousness, congrats to the parents and little X Æ A-12! May his childhood be peaceful and offline, and may the next Grimes album slap.
@flcnhvy @TeslaGong @PPathole @priscillabanana https://t.co/lm30U60OtO— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1588660456.0
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