The Fortnite Festival’s official Twitter page announced the incorporation of new Jam Tracks into the game on Tuesday, February 29th, and the user went to through the post the main attraction that new music is coming on Thursday – matching the mood, which it is.” The announcement post instantly created a big confusion among the players, and the discussion regarding the musical direction of the game was on. Besides, many players had already begun to count “Iris Out” among the newly released tracks. The update shows that Epic Games has not changed its policy of constantly refreshing the rhythm game mode in Fortnite, which already happened several times before.
Essentially, the Fortnite Festival account reveals this major news that new Jam Tracks are on the way and that it’s going to be a regular Thursday. The netizens behaved pretty much as expected and the whole thing resulted in a pretty unusual manner?? It was not merely the usual ecstatic “yay, new tunes” reaction. Literally, this turned into a drama fest, a wishlist generator, and a credit-correction committee simultaneously. So let’s dig into it because it was really something.
To begin with, the track “Iris Out” had the strongest support from the players. For instance, the player Sen (@HK_ZER042) straightforwardly said, “i love iris out, thank you john fortnite,” which is rather… a mood. Mari~ (@Kanamaisteri) shared a very energetic video and added the caption, “IRIS OUT REZEEE,” while MineFroggy just expressed his excitement by writing “YES!!! IRIS OUT!!!” in uppercase letters. Thus, it is very likely that this track will be one of the major highlights on the Festival main stage on Thursday. Frankly speaking, who is John Fortnite anyway? Perhaps, we will never know but we certainly pay our regards to him.
Then, the things began to get complicated. The account @OliviaInFort, which is targeting, as you might have guessed it, to get Olivia Rodrigo into Fortnite, tweeted, “livies still need new olivia jam tracks!!!” A slight debate ensued in the responses. ELIXIR (@ElixirTweets42) replied, “You got plenty,” but Razor 🍉 (@Razor_Thundered) countered, “They don’t even her best 3 songs so no, it’s not enough 😊.” This whole scenerio is just so funny and the lyrics wrwters deserve all the credit. It’s a rough ride coming through the Olivia Rodrigo fandom; they demand the tracks to be in place already so they could just roll around with their license blaring through the Battle Bus speakers.
But, wait, it gets crazier. A user named Claw (@_Claoo1) took it upon himself to voice his displeasure, “Can u stop adding Anime Intro ahh music? What about variety? Chapter 6 ended u can stop with japanese music, dead mode.” This… did not go down well. At all. Mr. Serious Pants Manul (@GorgGor81614788) did not give any slack and asserted: “Bro this is the variety?? Plus almost every Japanese song in this game is a complete banger so like genuinely shut up please and thanks.” Others, like Local Stormtrooper (@Trooper66102), said that they are “acting like they are not allowed to add what they want.” MineFroggy even called out everyone to “piont and laugh at the baiter🫵🤣.” So it is clear that the community did not take long to kill that negativity. The appreciation for the Japanese artists such as Kenshi Yonezu (who was specifically mentioned by @Kaazrah) and the expectation of more Hatsune Miku songs (from @xTrahpper) are very much alive and strong.
Then, there’s the mystery part. A few users, for instance, People (@People31884111), tweeted the Festival account they had been notified about doing something wrong in a cryptic way. Harry (@HarryLe77212177) questioned, “Didn’t they already post this?” Apparently, there was a little behind-the-scenes editing that happened. Drac💫 (@DracReborn_) explained they “Updated it cause it had credits for another singer not on the track,” and Manimal (@Manimal1014) shared a meme about the “twitter guy realizing he did the wrong credits.” So probably the social media manager had a mini panic attack, fixed a typo, and re-posted. It happens even the best of us!
The responses are also a very rich source of random requests. Uncle Ruckus Gaming is in for Halloween and “tegridy” tracks. ChrisThompsonCTMusic posted a complete list asking for Queen, Smash Mouth, and Lit, and at the same time, pointed out the reason why licensed songs are muted.
