Sign O’ the Times: Everything That Went Purple For Prince
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Underneath the purple rain — that’s where we stood yesterday at the news that musician Prince Rogers Nelson died at just 57 years old. Suddenly, the world seemed bathed in purple as Prince’s signature color cascaded throughout the Internet, across magazine covers and national monuments and everywhere in between. Like the artist himself, the tributes ranged from subtle and poignant to big and bold. Here are a few of our favorites.
NASA looked to the heavens.A photo posted by Josue Barrera (@josuetankx) on Apr 22, 2016 at 8:50am PDT
Niagara Falls fell for purple.A purple nebula, in honor of Prince, who passed away today.
— NASA (@NASA)
Cheerios tweeted, then backtrackedis now purple!
— Niagara Falls USA (@NiagaraFallsUSA)
Here’s that insanely stupid and now-deleted tweet about .
— Andy Paras (@AndyParas)
Melbourne Arts Center Spire glowed purple.
Tributes spanned the globe like this one from fans in Australia.
The Minnesota Twins baseball team hit a home runThe Arts Centre in Melbourne is lit up in memory of Prince.
— Rhiannon Irons (@Ahlephia)
Minneapolis’ Lowry Avenue Bridge reigned purpleThe Minnesota Twins pay tribute to Prince by lighting their stadium purple
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone)
The New Yorker revealed its next cover.The I-35W Bridge will reign purple tonight.
— MnDOT (@mndotnews)
Snapchat shares a special filter.In honor of Prince, an early look at next week’s cover, “Purple Rain”:
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker)
Snapchat introduces Purple Rain filter following Prince’s death.
— 98FM (@98FM)
Spotify snowed in April.
With most of his songs removed from its catalog, the service posted a condolence tweet.
Google doodled violetWe join the world in mourning the loss of a genius, a legend, and an inspiration to generations of artists and fans.
— Spotify (@Spotify)
The Purple Line?Google has gone Purple
— Matt Navarra ? (@MattNavarra)
MTV mourned through this thing called life? Prince Street ?
— Signe Pierce (@sigggnasty)
Hamilton made a special tribute.You will be missed, Prince ???
— MTV (@MTV)
The cast of The Color Purple Belted Out Purple Rain chimed in, too.Watch “Hamilton” Cast Pay Tribute to Prince With “Let’s Go Crazy”
— Comic Book Resources (@CBR)
3M took mourning corporateSuch a beautiful tribute to from cast of
— Jennifer Bulandr (@JenniferBulandr)
Pornhub also got its Prince on.Brands awkwardly try to pay tribute to Prince
— Matt Thompson (@mt_det)
Pixar also paid purple tribute.Pornhub even paying respects to Prince
— Benjamin N (@ben666_)
On Pixar’s company homepage today.
— andrew stanton (@andrewstanton)
Meanwhile, at the New Orleans Superdome…
It was a stadium-sized gesture.
The Orlando EyePurple Reign: Eiffel Tower, New Orleans Superdome and More Light Up in Honor of
— Kay Dougherty (@BlBrTravel)
All of BuzzfeedIn honor of legendary music icon Prince, The Orlando Eye will be lit in purple this evening.
— The Orlando Eye (@theorlandoeye)
The Empire State Building beams purple.The lights in the hallways on every floor at HQ have been turned to purple in honor of Prince.
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity)
Chevrolet revs up a little red Corvette.The Empire State Building is purple for Prince.
— History In Pictures (@HistoryInPix)
— Chevrolet (@chevrolet)
Related: Remembering Prince: What the Purple One Can Teach You About Creativity
Underneath the purple rain — that’s where we stood yesterday at the news that musician Prince Rogers Nelson died at just 57 years old. Suddenly, the world seemed bathed in purple as Prince’s signature color cascaded throughout the Internet, across magazine covers and national monuments and everywhere in between. Like the artist himself, the tributes ranged from subtle and poignant to big and bold. Here are a few of our favorites.
NASA looked to the heavens.A photo posted by Josue Barrera (@josuetankx) on Apr 22, 2016 at 8:50am PDT
Niagara Falls fell for purple.A purple nebula, in honor of Prince, who passed away today.
— NASA (@NASA)
