Overview
- Harlow’s new “Say Hello” video drew more attention to an oversized olive utility hat than to the song, with influencers like KevOnStage joking they had never seen a hat like it.
- Social posts compared the look to early-2000s neo-soul fashion and turned it into memes, with some calling the cap a “woke chef hat.”
- The reaction builds on March comments to The New York Times’ Popcast that he “got Blacker,” which drew charges of cultural appropriation and blackfishing.
- Monica, released March 13, opened at No. 40 on the Billboard 200 with about 19,200 first-week sales, marking his weakest debut to date.
- The online pile-on now shadows a 17-date Monica tour set to start August 4 in Brooklyn, which could test whether the backlash affects turnout.