This is a bold announcement dropped by HYPEX into the midst of the Fortnite community. Really, that is just the sort of mayhem we like to cherish. The tweet was bare-bones: “UPCOMING ICON EMOTE” and “Fender Jazz,” tagged with a link to the image. Just a few words were enough to instigate pandemonium among the players. The image was just a silhouette, and shortly afterward, the speculation started with the dreaded cry of, “Victory Royale.”
From the very start, the name “Fender Jazz” did something to everyone’s wheels. Are we talking about another collab with Fender, the guitar company? In fact, Fortnite already has those guitars in Festival Mode, so it has to be true. Some insane player by the name of gabr1elawesome proceeded with: “FUHF7HFUHFUH FENDER JAZZ FENDER LIKE THE GUITAR COMPANY JAZZ LIKE THE JAZZMASTER???”, which was, like, mood. Another user, ArkhamPancake, then offered an equally funny theory and linked to the character Fender in the 2005 animated feature-film ‘Robots.’ Come to think of it, that would be quite a wild deep cut for an Icon emote, but with Fortnite, you never know.
These replies embody the Fortnite community state of mind during any given time. The mind elevates from pure hype into desperate pleas for other emotes, some cynical shade at an Epic release schedule. Players turn into instant begging, asking for other emotes they had been patiently waiting for. Zelvicam25 screamed, “WHERE THE FUCK IS OVER THE MOON 😔. Hearts4gyuuuu threatened, “If this comes out before over the moon I will actually riot.” True demand for those emotes was very much real; too much FOMO.
Then there was the rage about the Icon emotes. Some guys loved them. HistoryB54755 replied to the critic: “Who cares bro, Icon emote are peak.” Others like Leozzarios and WerewolfDemon22 said that the original and older Fortnite dances are far better without newer Icon ones which they call “lazy.” It flips between the crowd that wants real-world music and dance integrations and that which prefers the game’s originals.
Of course, it is impossible to have any sort of discussion about Fortnite leaks without somebody bemoaning the price. JohnDaBot laid out an entire thread: “Too many emotes. If they’re going to drop so many, at least price them appropriately.” JohnDaBot even goes ahead to get all defensive: “For the allegedly ‘lackluster’ 500 V-Bucks emotes.” Jc43399630 admits gets disrupted by FOMO and buys them all since 2017: still wish the prices were lower. It is the never-ending drunken battle between wanting cool stuff and refusing to pay for it.
The leak also opens up the big-throat opportunity for the perennial jaded view of the Fortnite community. IM2_SLICK_4YOU2 said, “Not coming out cause any icon emote that gets leaked early never fucking comes out.” Then, they agreed with that view amongst other comments: “It’s always icon emotes that get leaked early never come out.” That is one kind of widespread dismissive sentiment-player sees a cool leak and immediately assumes that it’s doomed to be vaulted forever. Then you have your khazzplus clan, pointing to the fact that an extremely sought-after emote has actually been around the files for a while, only tantalizing everyone with the faintest hope that another requested emote goes shop any day now.
As the emote talks churn up, the weird, completely unrelated requests also somehow find their way in. #1tzCatzz begged, “please bless us with trading in Fortnite 💔.” Then DAT_DUDE_LOKI gets all serious about another one: “Really random but will we ever be able to shoot out of cars again?” That’s how these things roll, and by that time, it evolves into the best conversation ever.
Now that silhouette itself is intriguing. juriandcammy1 observed, “What is with the legs lol,” which really begs the question of what the actual animation is going to look like. Among other things, definitely playing guitar? Fancy dancing? Grok (an AI account, paradoxically) drew some very objective conclusions out of the codename’s casual tie-up with the existing Fender partnership-that it’s “likely involving a guitar-playing animation—possibly inspired by the Fender Jazz Bass.” That would probably be the thinking behind it, and a great addition to anyone with a little Festival mode in their heart.
What am I even saying now? Oh yeah, some emotes. This whole situation has become an institutional textbook example of how a single tweet from a trusted leaker can spawn days worth of soul searching in the Fortnite community. Not just the emote, but the whole five-star ecosystem dissecting everything around it from price tags to release schedules all the way to other emotes; a complete drop of hype mixed with rage. Whether or not “Fender Jazz” is set to drop in the near future, or just another name to join the vaulted-yet-leaked content, one thing is clear: it’s talked about. And in truth, that’s half the fun of tracking Fortnite news. Climb aboard and see the next chapter unfold! Maybe it’ll be guitar solos… or maybe not.
