This week in the Twitterverse, users are uniting in an attempt to answer one very important question: Is Ariana Grande's pose on the My Everything album cover even possible?
As Cosmopolitan reports, the debate started when BuzzFeed's Jesse McLaren attempted to recreate the pose himself. He tweeted the results, concluding, "I've done the research and there's no way her ass is sitting on that stool."
I've done the research and there's no way her ass is sitting on that stool. pic.twitter.com/AIGNpcJn6G
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) October 15, 2017
Responders started to criticize his attempt, claiming that the whole pose is thrown off without the heels or iconic ponytail. McLaren defended his "research," unintentionally sparking a playful argument that went viral.
You're only seeing one photo of an album
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) October 15, 2017
Nice try. pic.twitter.com/suAW82a8Q9
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) October 15, 2017
Other curious fans began to conduct analysis of their own, and the results are downright hilarious.
pretty hurts. I remade it because I strive for perfectionist pic.twitter.com/msiz4AIVPD
— kenny(@Slhut) October 16, 2017
hard to control for variables like stool size but i think it’s real pic.twitter.com/gWMKgC5gvW
— Michael Gregry (@schmoyoho) October 17, 2017
Easy ! @ArianaGrandepic.twitter.com/fI7kuYMzFr
— Daniel (@Lekmind) October 16, 2017
We too have researched @bethh_kindermanpic.twitter.com/MPGtgSUTmM
— Rachel Lane (@rachlane1) October 17, 2017
People started to speculate that the album cover is Photoshopped, but the plot thickened when one user drew attention to the album shoot's outtakes.
LOLbelieve it or not she actually did, here are the outtakes from the shoot pic.twitter.com/XWYJfMgyZP
— Jimmy (@JimBoy_Grande) October 15, 2017
What encouraged so many people to take time out of their days to solve this online dilemma? The world may never know. What we do know is that the internet rocks, and Ariana seemed to get a kick out of the whole thing, too.
next week on mythbusters https://t.co/1tgyXtfyC6
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) October 16, 2017
Look what you started, Jesse.