On Saturday, one day after Kim Kardashian posted a photo to Twitter letting fans know she was more than ready to give birth, came the announcement from on high.
He's here! https://t.co/KlWQrG3Ri9 pic.twitter.com/NRLQCeQ5H4
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) December 5, 2015
Today, the newest member of the Kandashian family was give a name: Saint West. The announcement was accompanied by an emoji interpretation of Kim, Kanye, daughter North, and son Saint, because this is how empires are built.
This news has sent waves of traffic to the Twitter account of Canadian musician Saint West, who hasn’t tweeted from that account since 2011, though his last tweet was especially prescient.
With Saint West anointed with a name that could easily carry a clothing line, people on Twitter quickly weighed in.
https://twitter.com/sadydoyle/status/673960844179435520
https://twitter.com/TheTazTaylor/status/673958018778697732
https://twitter.com/socarolinesays/status/673954802066329600
SAINT WEST, A HAIKU:
— Above Average (@AboveAverage) December 7, 2015
You’re a new baby
You will always have money
We are all garbage
I think of what Saint West will put up with for the next 18 years and suddenly his name is brilliant.
— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) December 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/christinefriar/status/673966239287517184
But apparently the name isn’t that original: Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz had the name first. Celebrity problems!
um well Pete Wentz named his kid Saint first so pic.twitter.com/ODGJjfGkAL
— emily (@emilyxinfinity) December 7, 2015
Illustration by Max Fleishman