suemonella, formerly known as secretsue94, was a social experiment TikTok account ran by YouTuber George Mason. Mason impersonated as Harry Styles from February 10, 2022 to February 24, 2022. The account mimicked Styles' old Vine shorts and showcased the Spotify Billion Streams Plaque for Watermelon Sugar, which Mason bought that same year. Motive Mason bought the plaque for £3,900 pounds On February 11, Mason created multiple hoax accounts for Styles' friends, such as Mitch Rowland and Sarah Jones. On February 13, the second video was uploaded, featuring 'Styles' going up pink stairs in a sudden cut fashion. Mason chose to use pink stairs after learning that Harry Styles has pink stairs in his house. 3 days later, paparazzi pictures were taken of Mason carrying the Spotify Plaque and TikTok open on his phone and they were sent to multiple Harry Styles update accounts. Mason uploaded the 3rd video on February 19, which had Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield playing in the background while Mason ran in the video. 1 day later, the 4th video was uploaded, taken from an Instagram story from keyboardist Ryan Malcs. Mason uploaded a screen recording of him scrolling and 'finding' the video<ref name":0" /> and uploaded it to his Harry Styles update account.<ref name":0" /> Reception Response to the account was mixed. Videos on TikTok were uploaded analysing the account.<ref name=":0" /> The term #HS3ANNOUNCEMENT went trending on Twitter.<ref name=":0" />
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