A mysterious, yet vaguely familiar figure surfaced on Twitter on Monday, making his grand entrance onto the social media platform with a concise, one-word proclamation: “chillin.”
chillin
— Diplo (@_diplo_) July 17, 2017
That figure would be Diplo, the EDM super-producer who fronts Major Lazer and constitutes one-half of electro-duo Jack Ü alongside Skrillex. Except it’s not actually Diplo. The parody Twitter account belongs to James Van Der Beek, the former Dawson’s Creek heartthrob who will portray the producer in the upcoming Viceland comedy, What Would Diplo Do?
Van Der Beek has completely immersed himself in this new role for promotion’s sake. Based on this writer’s extremely shallow understanding of the Random White Dude Be Everywhere producer, the actor’s Diploisms seem hilariously accurate. Enjoy some of Van Der Bee—I mean, Diplo’s best tweets below.
some people dont believe its me tweeting, here’s your proof. what more do you want? pic.twitter.com/RlC6FCsrkZ
— Diplo (@_diplo_) July 18, 2017
EDM used to stand for Essential Diplo Music back in 2002 when i was the only one doing it.
— Diplo (@_diplo_) July 17, 2017
been p annoying watching the phrase get stolen
that being said ive lowkey produced way more hits than him lol
— Diplo (@_diplo_) July 18, 2017
idea: reality show where i fix all the world’s problems by playing free concerts and tweeting at presidents
— Diplo (@_diplo_) July 18, 2017
the show is called Diplomacy
ur mcm says hes “in the studio” but the studio just the same ikea desk in his room where he watches porn
— Diplo (@_diplo_) July 19, 2017
3 keys to success in EDM
— Diplo (@_diplo_) July 19, 2017
-jogger pants
-fisheye lens photography
-massive emotional twitter meltdowns every few months
I ❤️Dubstep!
— Diplo (@_diplo_) July 19, 2017
D ude
U knew in college
B ought protools
S tarting to
T hink he’s an
E xperienced
P roducer
📂Documents
— Diplo (@_diplo_) July 20, 2017
└📁 Music
└📁 Non-Diplo Related Artists
└📁 Good Songs
└⚠️ This folder is empty
https://twitter.com/_diplo_/status/888083375315013633
What Would Diplo Do? premieres on Aug. 3 on Viceland.
H/T Billboard
