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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