Try explaining this to Grandma: A member of boy band One Direction just surpassed Barack Obama with the second-most retweeted tweet of all-time.
Barack Obama's "Four More Years" tweet was edged out of its silver medal spot by One Direction member Louis Tomlinson, whose "Always in my heart @Harry_Styles. Yours sincerely, Louis" tweet got over 770,000 retweets.
Always in my heart @Harry_Styles . Yours sincerely, Louis
— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) October 2, 2011Four more years. pic.twitter.com/bAJE6Vom
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 7, 2012The most retweeted tweet of all-time is, of course, the Ellen Oscar selfie.
If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014This was noticed by BuzzFeed staffer and huge One Direction fan Matt Bellassai.
This 1D tweet just surpassed Barack Obama’s tweet as the second most RT’d tweet OF ALL TIME behind Ellen’s selfie. pic.twitter.com/Ipw6ekJY4R
— Matt Bellassai (@MattBellassai) January 12, 2015ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7o8HSoqWeq6Oeu7S1w56pZ5ufonywusRmm6KqlZjBqrvNZquwnZWpenN8kG5kag%3D%3D