4 of some of my favorite albums… Love is Hell – Ryan Adams Continuum – John Mayer Worship and Tribute – Glassjaw The Very Best of Deacon Blue – Deacon Blue to generate yours HAPPY MONDAY" (shown below, right). That day, Instagram user posted a version with the caption, "Wrap your head around this mix. Another random music challenge, but with a Bill Clinton shaped twist." You can search for any album and the website uploads the album cover for you and edits it into Bill Clinton's arms. ![]() To join in with this challenge all you have to is search 'Bill Clinton swag' and click on the first website. On April 20th, 2020, the website HITC reported on the posts, associating it with another Instagram social game "the Nine Albums Challenge." They wrote, "Another music challenge has made its way to Instagram and this one features Bill Clinton sitting amongst your four favorite albums. President Bill Clinton sitting down on the floor with several vinyl records, which is often customized by Internet users to showcase their favorite albums. Days later, on April 14th, Instagram user shared a variation that received more than 600 likes (shown below, center). Meme Generator eBaums World About Bill Clinton Swag is an exploitable photoshop meme featuring a template image of former U.S. The post received more than 475 likes in less than one month (shown below, left). ![]() That day, Instagram user shared a variation of the meme. One of the earliest from this time appeared on April 10th, 2020. In April 2020, the meme found renewed life on Instagram. In the coming months, the Bill Clinton Swag generator was featured on various news sites, including BuzzFeed, Rap Genius, Metafilter and Vocamania. ![]() On May 16th, 2013, Redditor Raptor_Jesis submitted a link to the site on the /r/InternetIsBeautiful subreddit. On September 26th, 2012, the earliest known instance was posted in a thread accompanied by green text reading "tfw you will never have listening session of your favorite records with Bill Clinton." On October 20th, 2012, the website Bill Clinton Swag was launched by " Canadian data engineer Thomas Millar, which allows users to select four albums from a search bar to generate a customized image of Clinton sitting with the four records (shown below). Photoshopped versions of the image are often posted to 4chan's /mu/ ( music) board as a way of showcasing a user's four favorite albums. On November 3rd, 1999, The Onion published a satirical news article titled "Clinton Writes Fan Letter to Joan Jett," which featured a photoshopped image of Clinton seated on a floor holding the Joan Jett and The Blackhearts album I Love Rock and Roll while listening to a record player through a set of headphones (shown below).
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