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{{Infobox TikTok personality|name=suemonella|alsoknownas=secretsue94 (formerly)|yearsactive=2022|followers=492.2 thousand|likes=2.2 million|stats_update=September 24, 2024|nationality=|birth_name=|page=suemonella}}
'''suemonella'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry Styles fans convinced they’ve found his secret TikTok account |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/harry-styles-secret-tiktok-name/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Capital FM |language=en}}</ref>, formerly known as '''secretsue94''', was a [[social experiment]] [[TikTok]] account ran by YouTuber George Mason.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Comrie |first=Sam |date=2022-05-01 |title=Harry Styles fans left baffled by incredible TikTok hoax account |url=https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/harry-styles-fans-left-baffled-by-incredible-tiktok-hoax-account-1814875/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Dexerto |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Man Successfully Impersonated Harry Styles on TikTok — For a While |url=https://www.insidehook.com/music/man-faked-harry-styles-tiktok |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=InsideHook |language=en-US}}</ref> Mason [[Impersonator|impersonated]] as [[Harry Styles]] from February 10, 2022 to February 24, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mason |first=George |title=suemonella [@suemonella] |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@suemonella |url-status= |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=[[TikTok]]}}</ref> The account mimicked Styles' old [[Vine (service)|Vine]] shorts<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Press-Reynolds |first=Kieran |title=Meet the YouTuber who tricked half a million Harry Styles fans with a hoax TikTok account |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/youtuber-george-mason-harry-styles-spotify-plaque-prank-2022-4 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> and showcased the [[Spotify]] Billion Streams Plaque for [[Watermelon Sugar]], which Mason bought that same year.<ref name=":2">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKXu3Ts49y0 |title=How I Tricked Spotify Into Giving Me A 1 Billion Streams Plaque |date=2022-04-09 |last=Mason |first=George |access-date=2024-09-24 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
== Motive ==
Mason bought the plaque for £3,900 pounds<ref name=":1" /> after finding a loophole for ordering one. He chose Styles' [[Watermelon Sugar]] which had over 1 billion streams on [[Spotify]].<ref name=":2" />
== Timeline ==
On February 11
On February 13
Mason uploaded the 3rd video on February 19, which had [[Unwritten (song)|Unwritten]] by [[Natasha Bedingfield]] playing in the background while Mason ran in the video. 1 day later, the 4th video was uploaded, taken from an [[Instagram]] story from keyboardist Ryan Malcs.<ref name=":0" /> Mason changed the username to suemonella in-between the 4th video and 5th videos.<ref name=":0" />
The final videos were uploaded on February 24, 2022, which was recorded inside a professional filming studio. It featured the Spotify Plaque and a stack of paper with the text 'HS3 ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=Ashley Gale Off-Platform Staff |date=2022-02-28 |title=Fans Believe Harry Styles Has a Secret TikTok, Teasing Potential New Music |url=https://www.newsweek.com/fans-believe-harry-styles-has-secret-tiktok-teasing-potential-new-music-1683471 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref> Mason uploaded a screen recording of him scrolling and 'finding' the video<ref name=":0" />{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=September 2024}} and uploaded it to his Harry Styles update account.<ref name=":0" />
== Reception ==
Response to the account was mixed. Videos on TikTok were uploaded analysing the account.<ref name=":0" /> The term #HS3ANNOUNCEMENT went [[Trending on social media|trending]] on [[Twitter]].<ref name=":0" />
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