A tweet from the official Twitter account for Peppa Pig — the anthropomorphic British cartoon character — referenced a discrepancy between Pitchfork ratings for Peppa’s sophomore album “Peppa’s Adventures: The Album” and Kanye West’s “Donda.”
“Donda” was released on Sunday (and the artist later said that his label, Universal Music, did so without his permission.) Pitchfork, the Condé Nast music publication, gave the album a 6.0 rating, with contributing editor Dylan Green calling it a “data dump of songs searching for a higher calling.”
Pitchfork also recently reviewed the new Peppa Pig album, giving it a 6.5 rating. Contributor Peyton Thomas called it a “charming and self-assured celebration of family, friendship, and muddy puddles.”
In the wake of “Donda’s” release, multiple popular tweets noted the discrepancy. Eventually, the official Peppa Pig Twitter account joined in by quote retweeting one such tweet comparing the reviews.
“Peppa didn’t need to host listening parties in Mercedes-Benz Stadium to get that .5,” the account wrote in a since-deleted tweet, followed by microphone and pig snout emoji. The tweet referenced the “Donda” listening party that West held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in July.
The tweet, which was removed from the account several hours after it was posted on Wednesday, was accompanied by a quote-tweet of a post from user @seeohhellbeewhy that juxtaposes screenshots of both albums’ ratings from Pitchfork.
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Since then, the meme of Peppa as pop icon has stuck around. There’s even a Twitter account dedicated to comparing Pitchfork reviews to that of “Peppa’s Adventures: The Album.”
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