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Sirena Bergman
Oct 16, 2019

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It seems Lady Gaga is neither a gamer nor someone who spends a lot of time around Gen-Zers (aka the teenage woke evil geniuses coming for our millennial relevancy).
She let it slip in a tweet which was either the most cringey out-of-touch thing anyone's seen in a while, or a hilarious troll, and no one really knows what to think.
What’s fortnight— Lady Gaga (@Lady Gaga) 1571164184
What we can safely say is that she was probably referring to Fortnite, the wildly successful video game. Still, lots of delightfully pedantic people were making the same joke:
@ladygaga It’s another word for two weeks, aka the longest we should have to wait for the lead single to LG6— Sam Stryker (@Sam Stryker) 1571164259
@ladygaga @jojowuko A unit of time .. about 2 weeks— 〈 Berger |🎄| Dillon 〉 (@〈 Berger |🎄| Dillon 〉) 1571208091
@ladygaga @mattdpearce You're welcome, queen. https://t.co/GjTi6KaIZs— Kno (@Kno) 1571164569
One person had an unpopular take:
@ladygaga A game for gigantic losers who can’t play football. I’m a youth football coaching legend, and I once wrot… https://t.co/17p7p8DFsc— Three Year Letterman (@Three Year Letterman) 1571164272
And the rest of the internet wasn't in the mood to be helpful either.
@ladygaga Girl u just playing at this point https://t.co/769adiIIKP— Roem (@Roem) 1571164252
@ladygaga you right now https://t.co/oGMET7IUwW— gaganetwork | fan account (@gaganetwork | fan account) 1571164244
@Charalanahzard @ladygaga The assumption that @ladygaga knows Bayonetta is my favourite part of this tweet.— Michael Cleghorn (@Michael Cleghorn) 1571194790
@ladygaga Me- where is #lg6 Gaga- what's fortnight Me- https://t.co/bUt3QcwGSL— ada (@ada) 1571167228
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