Dream's 2023 Live Tour

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Overview

Dream's 2023 Live Tour refers to the live music tour of Minecraft YouTuber Dream, also known as Dreamwastaken or Clay, which took place in late 2023. The five American concerts took place in September 2023, causing a slew of reactions and memes. Many internet users reacted to photos of Dream on stage with the microphone, specifically two that centered on his side profile akin to memetic discourse about his face reveal earlier in the year.

Background

On August 4th, 2023, Dream posted an announcement on X,^[1] revealing that he was going on tour later in the year, gaining roughly 29,200 likes in one month (shown below, left). The announcement immediately spawned reactions with fans expressing excitement on X.^[2]^[3] Also, others reacted more humorously, such as X^[4] user @FilmsBub who quoted the post on August 5th, writing, "imagine the smell," gaining roughly 6,900 likes in a month (shown below, right).

Online Reactions

The first show on Dream's tour was in Orlando, Florida on September 16th, 2023. From the first night, many fans posted to social media about the show, such as X^[5] user @CoffeeeCatss on September 17th, who captioned a photo of Dream with, "HOLY F--K," gaining roughly 2,100 likes in 13 days (shown below, left). On September 18th, X^[6] user @ammizukii posted fan art of the photo, gaining roughly 1,600 likes in 12 days (shown below, right).

On September 22nd, 2023, X^[7] user @endedbyjessica posted two photos of Dream, writing, "Dream looks an absolute mess 😭," gaining roughly 1,300 likes in one week (shown below, left). In turn, many made fun of the tweet's first photo showing Dream's side profile, such as X^[8] user @willelfilms on September 23rd, who compared Dream to a map of Hurrican Matthew, gaining over 900 likes in six days (shown below, right).

On September 23rd, 2023, X^[9] user @s1eezisdead asked, "am i trippin or did dream glow up?!???" comparing Dream's Face Reveal to a photo of him on tour, gaining roughly 3,100 likes in five days (shown below, left). The post gained humorous ridicule, such as a quote posted by X^[10] user @upblissed on September 24th, writing, "yes ur tripping nigga," gaining roughly 121,400 likes in four days (shown below, right).

On September 26th, 2023, X^[11] user @EverythingOOC posted both photos of Dream side-by-side, writing, "This can't be real 😭," receiving roughly 169,600 likes in three days (shown below).

During the same timeframe, various reactions surfaced on TikTok, such as a video shared by TikToker^[12] @noahglenncarter on September 15th, 2023, in which he claimed that people were upset with Dream for going on tour. The video received roughly 1.8 million plays and 266,300 likes in two weeks (shown below, left). On September 29th, 2023, Twitch streamer tnickelss posted a video to TikTok^[13] reacting to Dream's tour, receiving roughly 63,900 plays and 13,400 likes in one hour (shown below, right).

During the same timeframe, reactions and memes about Dream's tour surfaced on Instagram,^[14] among other platforms.