20 Wild Pop Culture Moments That Truly Embody the Year 2020

Dolly Parton donated $1.37 million to the Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, where Moderna performed research and trials. This led to Moderna including the Dolly Parton COVID-19 Research Fund as one of its listed sponsors.

No Swiftie could’ve predicted that Taylor Swift would release two albums in one year, but 2020 was really her year after losing the rights to her masters in 2019. The musical masterpiece that are albums Folklore and Evermore definitely served as the soundtrack to our 2020 tears.

Quibi lasted, well, a Quibi. The short-form streaming service shut down after only six months of service due to a lack of interest, complications from COVID-19, and legal issues.

We probably could’ve devoted a whole list to the what the f*ck moments from Netflix’s Emily in Paris. What really stood out to us was just how bad she was at social media, yet seemed to be a highly sought after influencer? She used the wrong characters in a hashtag that would’ve negated it . . . and she has a master’s in the subject. It’s all so wrong.

It’s not like we were really paying attention to anything Mike Pence said, but as soon as the fly landed on his head during the Vice Presidential debate, nothing else mattered.

Jada and Will’s Red Table Talk addressing Jada’s controversial “entanglement” with singer August Alsina, turned heads; particularly with Will’s acceptance. It also gave people a new word to use when trying to describe complicated relationships.

The Pentagon released three short videos showing “unidentified aerial phenomena,” essentially acknowledging the existence of UFOs.

Somehow Donald Trump‘s team booked the family business Four Seasons Total Landscaping instead of the Four Seasons in Philadelphia for a press conference. The jokes wrote themself and even Four Seasons Total Landscaping got in on the laugh by creating merchandise.

In a scene from Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Rudy Giuliani is caught in a compromising position with Borat’s daughter. “I only later realized it must have been Sacha Baron Cohen. I thought about all the people he previously fooled and I felt good about myself because he didn’t get me,” Giuliani said of the incident. Cohen denied Giuliani’s claims by explaining how they filmed the scene.

In October, Lil Wayne tweeted, “Just had a great meeting with @realdonaldtrump @potus besides what he’s done so far with criminal reform, the platinum plan is going to give the community real ownership. He listened to what we had to say today and assured he will and can get it done. 🤙🏾” He later confirmed his support in his mixtape No Ceilings 3. As a result, Wayne’s girlfriend Love B. Scott dumped him.

While it was wild that Meghan and Harry left the royal family, what was truly horrendous and had us saying “what the f*ck” is how terribly the press treated Meghan. It didn’t matter what she or Harry did, they were almost instantly scrutinized by the press in a way that Prince William and Kate Middleton never have been.

On July 4, Kanye West announced he was running for president. It wasn’t until his name started showing up on the ballots that people took him seriously and he received around 60,000 votes in the election. His actions had real-world repercussions and solidify the idea that voting isn’t a joke and celebrities can’t just do what they want.