“It was my birthday party,” said Willa, last name redacted, host of last weekend’s now- infamous “Bushwick lesbian rooftop party.” And to clarify, no the party wasn’t in Bushwick, it was technically in East Williamsburg. 

At least once a month, it seems like a hot ticket item or event in Bushwick becomes a trending or viral moment on the internet, mostly for laughs. The neighborhood’s place as a lasting center of the city’s alternative culture has made it a great punchline, time and time again. So, if you’re on ‘X’, formerly known as Twitter, or just an overall Bushwick humor enthusiast, you might’ve heard the phrase ‘Clairo Shade’ ruminating around. Perhaps you’ve seen it recently in brat green letters on a cake with pink frosting followed by the words “a twink fell through the skylight.”

Posted by ‘Jaques’ (username: “flamencolambada”) and starting with a single viral sentence (“So obsessed with the chaos of this rooftop party in Brooklyn”) on Monday, the tweet has already gathered over 80,000 likes, turning details of this party into a memeable bit. The thread collected hilarious screenshots of party attendees and dissected further the timeline of the party in question. One of the screenshots was a post from Willa herself (username: “poIarseltzer”) where she captioned a photo of her birthday cake with “whole party lowkey felt like clairo shade.” Clairo, the referenced lo-fi singer-songwriter, would eventually respond herself to Willa’s post with a simple “:/”