Fortnite gets glamorous as Ariana Grande makes her grand entrance. At her Tomato Town virtual concert, she brought along a set of aesthetic items for the players and the LGBTQ+ Community approves!
She gave the excited fans an opportunity to get their hands on two Ariana Grande skins. This stood out, flaunting her iconic high ponytail. Fans also had the opportunity to buy other battle items like a diamond-like hammer and a sparkling shiny glider
Ariana Grande x Fortnite
Whimsicality is synonymous with Fortnite, but Grande’s grand entry raised the excitement levels sky-high. The popular pop star with a global fan base has intrigued the players.
In addition to being the most-streamed female artist ever and having had 71 of her songs listed on the Billboard Hot 100, Grande has a huge fan following. Her entrance into the game has captured the interest of a much wider audience of gamers beyond just her fans.
LGBTQ+ Community
- Players of the LGBTQ+ community have spoken! Many of them think that it is great to have a character skin that suits “the girls and the gays.”
- Though the skin might have been made for Ariana’s fans, the overlap of the fan community with the LGBTQ+ community has made the appeal to a wider audience. This has been going around in social media platforms such as TikTok as well!
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- It is not new to assign female pop stars as hyper-feminine or a “gay icon”. Ariana Grande is a new addition to Lady Gaga and Madonna.
- Fans have stated that it feels great to be a “bad guy with a crystal gem gun with a giant diamond hammer.” It has also been stated that in FPS games, there has been hostility toward anything visually feminine and that this is a welcome change, running in the opposite direction.
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