When you look back at January of 2024 what do you remember? Was it all a blur of days going by? Here are 24
pop-culture events to refresh your memory of the past year.
January
No.1 Alaska Airlines flight door fell off mid flight.
2024 was kicked off with a frightening event. An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 plane door fell off during a flight. This event caused much panic as to whether these planes are safe.
No.2 Gypsy Rose begins her internet takeover.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, known for planning the murder of her mother, fills the internet with interviews after she gets released from prison.
No.3 Ryan Gosling’s ‘I’m just Ken’ won a critics choice award.
‘I’m Just Ken’, one of the hit songs from the ‘Barbie’ movie became everyone’s favorite song of summer and, to everyones surprise, won a Critics Choice Award.
April
No.4 Taylor Swift drops a new album and two hours later drops 15 more songs.
No.5 JLO’s tour was canceled due to low ticket sales.
No.6 Challengers movie takes off.
Zendaya’s anticipated edgy romance movie premiered. Fans enjoyed this movie for its unique portrayal of young love and adulthood.
No.7 Kendrick V Drake Battle
Rappers Kendrick Lamar and Drake, both dropped diss tracks on each other. Drake’s diss track was called, “Push Ups”, and Lamars was, “They Not Like Us”. This feud has been going on since 2011 but took off in the public eye this year.
May
No.8 Charli XCX releases a new album causing “Brat” summer to begin.
Charli XCX released an album called, “Brat” right as summer began. This album inspired many fashion and tik tok trends that happened over the summer.
July
No. 9 Break dancing in the olympics.
Australian Breakdancer, Molly Chapman, became one of the biggest memes of 2024 for her performance at the Paris Olympics.
August
No.10 Very Demure, Very Mindful.
The popular tik tok trend, “Very Demure, Very Mindful”, was all over the internet. People would film themselves saying something and following that up by saying, “Very Demure, Very Mindful.”
No.11 2024 Paris Olympics highlighted by Simone Biles, Pommel Horse guy and remarkably good sharpshooter Yosef Dikecheq.
No. 12 Chappel Roan freaks out about her fans not giving her enough privacy.
Due to a quick rise to fame, Chappel Roan offends many of her fans by saying how she needs more privacy and does not enjoy when herds of fans comes up to her after her performance.
September
No. 13 Diddy Trial
Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested for federal sex trafficking. The world was in shock to learn about the secrets behind this rapper.
No. 14 Menendez brothers documentary receives backlash for inaccuracy.
Netflix released a show highlighting the Menendez brothers case. Both brothers, still in prison, criticized how the show harshly and inaccurately portrayed them.
No. 15 Brain Rot
Terms like Gyatt, Skibbidy toilet rizz, alpha and sigma were used frequently by the younger American population on the internet.
No.16 Miley Cyrus gets sued for taking lyrics from Bruno Mars’ song ‘When I Was Your Man’ in her song ‘Flowers’.
No.17 Chappel Roan wins Best New Artist at the 2024 VMAs.
October
No.18 Maya Rudolph impersonates Vice President Kamala Harris remarkably well on SNL.
No. 19 Timothee Chalmet look alike contests take place in New York City.
No.20 Chappel Roan wins Best New Artist at the 2024 VMAs.
November
No.21 Trump reaches 34 criminal charges and still wins the 2024 elections.
December
No.22 Wicked, Moana 2 and Gladiator 2 all premeried on the big screen in the month of December.
No.23 Elton John suffers from eye damage, causing him to lose most of his vision.
No.24 To wrap up 2024, the spotify wrapped was released and everyone had their mixed opinions about their top artists and songs.
