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Google CEO Sundar Pichai totally stans ‘thank u, next’
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Hearing Google CEO Sundar Pichai mention pop star Ariana Grande’s smash hit during an investor earnings call was endlessly amusing.
While talking up YouTube’s success Monday, Pichai included the detail that Grande’s “thank u, next” music video broke records, with more than 50 million views within 24 hours of premiering on the Google-owned video streaming site last November.
During the dry, formal phone call with investors, listeners were caught off guard hearing the CEO drop the artist’s full name and slang-tastic song title after listing revenue numbers and percentage gains.
We weren’t the only ones amused by the juxtaposition.
I just wasn’t prepared for Google CEO Sundar Pichai to mention “Ariana Grande’s ‘thank u, next'” during this earnings call
— Emily Birnbaum (@birnbaum_e) February 4, 2019
Sundar on earnings call: “Thank u, next”
Ok he was simply mentioning the title of the Ariana Grande video, which premiered on YouTube, but it’s funnier this way
— Richard Nieva (@richardjnieva) February 4, 2019
what is it about hearing Sundar Pichai talk about how popular Ariana
Grande videos were on YouTube during an earnings call that just sounds like he isn’t likely to dance to her music or perhaps anyone else’s?— Laura Sydell (@Sydell) February 4, 2019
THANK U, NEXT
*shot*
Sundar talking about how great YouTube Premieres has been (plus other features) highlighting Ariana’s music video debut $GOOG
— Kerry Flynn ? (@kerrymflynn) February 4, 2019
It was a subtle moment of levity during the cut-and-dry earnings call which discussed Google parent company Alphabet’s more than $31 billion in earnings.
We can totally see Pichai rocking out and we’re so f*cking grateful.
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