‘Most Cringe Sh*t I Have Ever Seen’: Tech World Goes Wild On Lin-Manuel Miranda As Amazing Canva Hip Hop Routine Goes Viral
A presentation at a tech event went viral on Sunday as hundreds of social media users compared it to — or blamed it on — Lin-Manuel Miranda’s work on Broadway, with users in the X trending topic suggesting the Tony winner be taken to the Hague to answer for his “crimes” against humanity.
The video from Thursday’s Canva Create event in Los Angeles shows a hip hop performance that certainly does evoke the style of Miranda’s “Hamilton” judging by the fact that it was Miranda’s name that was trending, not the product itself, over the weekend. And not in a flattering way.
During the event at which Canva, a graphic design and software company, debuted updates to its namesake app, two presenters acted out an intro, saying they heard music from offstage and exiting to stage left before a troupe of dancers came out and put on what many users described as a “cringe” performance.
“You can redesign your work, Canva got that glow up. We redesigned errything from the flo’ up. Customize your workspace and make it your own. Oh, now you’re making magic when you up in the zone,” began the song, and it continued in that style throughout.
It was tech professional Alex Cohen, sharing the clip posted by fellow tech veteran Andy Allen, who really got the ball rolling on X when posting that it was “the most cringe shit I have ever seen in my entire tech career.”
This is the most cringe shit I have ever seen in my entire tech career pic.twitter.com/RPEaUxtLyT
— Alex Cohen 🤠 (@anothercohen) May 26, 2024
Yikes pic.twitter.com/6qWzF4CdnL
— Andy Allen (@asallen) May 25, 2024
That’s when the Miranda references started coming in by the dozens, as well as other less than enthusiastic reactions.
Hamilton and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. https://t.co/2wUOyJsutC
— Dissproportionately (@dissproportion) May 26, 2024
send lin-manuel miranda to the hague already https://t.co/1VsnnM7ln5
— Danya (@dandoon_danya) May 26, 2024
This is Lin Manuel Miranda’s fault 😭 https://t.co/JOZD1xxmIY
— Han (@FilesSandwich) May 26, 2024
Lin-Manuel Miranda must be hard up for work https://t.co/CMuTOXzsem
— Costco Wine Enthusiast (@misha_loves_you) May 26, 2024
Call 911 I'm having a cringe overdose https://t.co/MfAWI1bwiG
— Finn McKenty (@thefinnmckenty) May 26, 2024
Feels like one of those stage performances to for kids to warn them of the dangers of drugs
— Tim Isenman (@TimIsenman) May 26, 2024
Someone do a photoshop of Lin Manuel as Oppenheimer. https://t.co/H19Izt41lF
— Christian Finnegan (@ChristFinnegan) May 26, 2024
Lin-Manuel has a lot to answer for in normalising this https://t.co/DwGo7Vstdt
— Ciaran Howley (@CiaranHowley) May 26, 2024
There’s no project important enough for me to spend a long weekend watching Canva the Musical https://t.co/lCVEGdoJ1L
— Katrina Davis (@katrinasivad) May 26, 2024
I wish more founders arrived on Zoom calls to pitch in rhyme with backups dancers https://t.co/D8kHePqg8i
— Ryan Hoover (@rrhoover) May 26, 2024
There were some caveats, though.
I will still use Canva regardless of this cringe.
That is a testament to the product 😂
— Steve Darlow (@StevenDarlow) May 25, 2024
I think Hamilton is more cringe than this because there's something genuinely impressive in saying "our workflow app should be advertised exactly like a Lin Manuel Miranda song" and then 100% nailing that for some reason https://t.co/CCN030BZOx
— Rather than better myself, I (@GarlicCorgi) May 26, 2024
Cringe is super trendy right now pic.twitter.com/gZfQsoUVgO
— 𝒟𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓀 (@derkolstad) May 26, 2024
bro this is actually fire wtf
— Dhravya Shah (@DhravyaShah) May 25, 2024
And past tech cringe made some appearances as well, some saying Canva has failed to grab the title.
Not even close. pic.twitter.com/DPlyiasZ7f
— Lazar Stojković ⚡️ (@LazarStojkovic) May 26, 2024
hold my beer, it’s a cringe off with gogol pic.twitter.com/YsDtvyapdB
— Crypto The Kid 🤠 (@thatcryptobul) May 26, 2024
Makes Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer dancing to the Rolling Stones’ “Start Me Up” in the 1990s look cool https://t.co/NvBzeaXQ7Y
— 🇺🇦🇮🇱 Steven Walk (@realStevenWalk) May 26, 2024
If you’ve never seen that last one … allow us the honor of introducing you.
At the time of this post, Lin-Manuel Miranda has not responded to calls for him to be referred for crimes against humanity or ruining tech.
