Social media is a place where people notoriously make mistakes, and CNN had a doozy today. Luckily, it’s more funny than tragic, and we can all appreciate how hilarious it is that they mixed up country singer Faith Hill with Faith Evans, the R&B singer and widow of The Notorious B.I.G. The two Faiths are pretty far apart in musical style, to say the least.
CNN was simply trying to share the news Evans and B.I.G. currently have a duets album coming soon and the first single was recently released. But, when they went to share the news on Twitter, someone was either asleep at the wheel, or listening to “The Way You Love Me” in the background while working, because they tweeted out the message “Faith Hill is releasing an album of duets with The Notorious B.I.G, 20 years after his murder” along with a photo of Faith Evans and B.I.G.
Faith Hill is releasing an album of duets with The Notorious B.I.G, 20 years after his murder https://t.co/AFZrE2RnjG pic.twitter.com/XBzxS8wejv
— CNN (@CNN) February 3, 2017
Of course, Twitter users caught the slip-up immediately and were quick with the replies, eventually sending “Faith Hill” to the top of the trending charts.
Faith who? pic.twitter.com/iaiLSn0ASy
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) February 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/taddmike/status/827581218975789058
https://twitter.com/taddmike/status/827584898391236608
social media manager after they sent the tweet like pic.twitter.com/xS87h3daT0
— Trap-Man Scoop (@2CueSea3) February 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/DylanRey/status/827629321095348230
https://twitter.com/JayGibbs_/status/827590786917289984
Hill actually ended up hopping in on the conversation, too. The singer took the gaffe in stride and even took the time to send out a playful response of her own. “This sounds awesome! ?,” she wrote.
This sounds awesome! 😀 https://t.co/jzmyUHKaxU
— Faith Hill (@FaithHill) February 3, 2017
Now, for anyone curious on what a B.I.G.-Faith Hill collaboration could potentially sound like, we took the liberty of putting together a little mash-up sample, which actually has quite a bit of potential. That or we’re all a bit delirious at the end of a long work week.
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