SINGAPORE: Brooke Lee, a Singaporean content material creator at present finding out on the College of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has been posting content material about Coachella on her TikTok account not too long ago, together with suggestions for fellow college students who need to attend the huge music pageant.
Nonetheless, the posts which have gotten probably the most consideration are those the place Ms Lee wears a baseball cap with a quote from none apart from Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s founding Prime Minister.
The content material creator first wore the cap on the pageant’s first day, together with a white lace prime and a crimson skirt.
The white hat has Mr Lee’s identify and a quote from him that reads, “Whoever governs Singapore will need to have that iron in him.”
“I’m right here in my hat and I do know everybody in Palm Springs is so jealous of my hat,” Ms Lee says, and, as if on cue, a commenter writes, “why does the lky hat actl look so good on you? i’m crying.”
She posted one other video from that day the place she mentioned that an individual requested her “from 10 ft away” if she was Singaporean due to her hat.
“(She’s Malaysian) Even the Malaysians love my Lee Kuan Yew hat,” she wrote within the caption.
The 9-second video went viral, with plenty of TikTok customers expressing curiosity within the hat. A person on the platform commented, “QUEEN I LOVE UR HAT UR SO PRETTY WHERES THE HAT FROM LOVE U QUEEENB.”
She obliged with a screengrab saying that the hat is from Durangoism, from whom the enterprising content material creator requested for a reduction “actually properly in true Singaporean vogue, so I can prevent guys cash.”
The hat retails for US$32 (S$40.85), so a reduction could be welcome.
Not everybody has had constructive issues to say about Ms Lee’s outfit, nevertheless. Whereas one referred to as the hat “iconic,” one other wrote, “In fact, the Singaporean needs to be performative.”
Others, in the meantime, requested Ms Lee why she code-switched to a extra Singaporean accent.
In a publish from the identical day, she additionally posted a photograph of herself studying an e-book on her telephone.
“Singaporean woman studying Lee Kuan Yew’s memoir at Coachella whereas holding a Jisulife fan, oil on canvas, 2026,’ she quipped.
This sparked feedback reminiscent of “That cap is DOPE! LKY lives on!”
Later, Ms Lee admitted that she had deliberate her total first-day outfit across the hat. /TISG
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