Ja Rule's luxury island getaway the Fyre Festival was marketed to the Instagram influencer crowd as the ultimate festival experience, with ads featuring Kendall Jenner and bikini models cavorting around an island resort. What festival goers got was chaos.
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00:00 Ja Rule's Fyre Festival was hyped as a luxury music and food experience on a
00:03 private island in the Bahamas. What attendees got was cancelled flights,
00:07 dirty tents, and cheese sandwiches. Tickets ranged from $2,000 to sometimes
00:12 $12,000. Must be nice to have $12,000 in the bank. Hmm, wonder what that's like.
00:18 Ja Rule's luxury island getaway, the Fyre Festival, was marked to the Instagram
00:22 influencer crowd as the ultimate festival experience, with ads featuring
00:26 Kendall Jenner and bikini models cavorting around an island resort. And
00:29 instead, what people got was complete and utter chaos. No festival organizers could
00:34 be found, flights were cancelled, it was a total disaster. The futuristic tent
00:39 suites that some attendees purchased were flimsy and nearly blowing over in
00:42 the wind. The culinary experience was more like a cafeteria, with catering
00:47 offering two flimsy pieces of toast, prepackaged cheese slices, and a soggy
00:51 salad. Leave it to rich people to voluntarily strand themselves on a
00:55 deserted island, and then complain about the food. But seriously, a lot of people
01:00 were actually really PO'd about the situation, and I also would have been
01:03 really upset if Ja Rule and Kendall Jenner had taken me for $12,000.
01:08 They don't need more money. After headlining act Blink-182 cancelled, the
01:12 word was out that the Fyre Festival had fizzled out. The local airport was jammed
01:17 with unhappy travelers heading home, some needing help from the US Embassy to get
01:21 out of the Bahamas. Personally, if I ever went to the Bahamas, I'm not entirely
01:24 certain I'd want to leave anyway, but I get where they're coming from. Lots of
01:28 people on social media have actually been enjoying watching the Fyre Festival
01:31 meltdown, and Charlie tweeted this. "Not a good year for Kendall Jenner sponsored
01:35 things, eh?" One Twitter user likened the Fyre Festival's flameout to the epic
01:40 disaster that was Dashcon, tweeting this. "As compensation for any ill will caused
01:45 by Fyre Festival, official staff has announced all attendees will get an
01:48 extra hour in the ball pit." Love the ball pit. A lot of the drama has been collected by
01:54 Twitter user @FyreFraud, who's been warning people that the festival was a
01:57 scam since March. "Fyre Festival is a fraud. They sold tickets to a festival on
02:02 a private island once owned by Pablo Escobar, when really it's to a sandals
02:06 resort." The Fyre Festival Instagram account released this wonderful
02:10 statement. "Fyre Festival set out to provide a once-in-a-lifetime musical
02:14 experience on the islands of Exuma. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we
02:19 must postpone this experience. We are working tirelessly to ensure each guest
02:23 leaves the island safely and asks for everyone's patience and cooperation as
02:27 we continue to provide ongoing updates via email and our official social media
02:31 channels as they become available, including refund information." Wow, that
02:36 sounds like so much fun! They're just postponing the worst
02:38 festival ever, and we get a refund! So are you as excited as me to head to the
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