"Nobody will be going" —fans poke fun as Charli XCX and 50 Cent are announced as Parklife Fest 2025 headliners

Music festivals are not strangers to controversy, but Parklife Festival 2025 managed to stir the pot with just one announcement. Charli XCX and 50 Cent have been announced as headliners of the festival, and the internet's reaction has been, let's say, mixed. From memes to utter disbelief, fans have taken to social media to express their opinions in the most hilarious ways possible.

Although Charli XCX has been a very iconic pop queen carving out her lane with experimental bangers and 50 Cent's hits-like In Da Club-are truly timeless classics, their pairing as the festival's headliners has raised a few eyebrows. Some fans have questioned the decision and asked for refunds. Others? They just wanted to witness chaos and laughter.

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Parklife Festival 2025 Announcement Goes Viral

These posts went viral, not only because of the announcement per se but also because they hit a raw nerve amongst fans, who found the lineup either confusing or comic. Many felt it was a mismatched recipe for a set that had combined the hyper-pop sound of Charli XCX and the early-2000s rap nostalgia courtesy of 50 Cent. Memes started flooding timelines within hours of the news breaking, with fans making fun of everything from Parklife's booking strategy to how they would imagine crowd dynamics between the two sets.

“We won’t be attending… They could have invited relevant artists right now,” echoing the sentiment of many who felt the lineup didn’t reflect current music trends.

Critics of the festival’s choices were harsh, with one unimpressed fan saying, “How lame is that concert going to be? 50 Cent hasn’t been relevant in music since 2006, and he only has two songs.”

Charli XCX didn’t escape unscathed either, with someone adding, “She can’t string a note together.” Ouch.

The bizarre pairing left people scratching their heads about what the two artists could possibly collaborate on. "What do they possibly want to sing together?" one user joked, probably imagining an unlikely mashup of Vroom Vroom and Candy Shop.

Skepticism continued: "Nobody will be going," said one fan, while another joked that Parklife couldn't seem to pull off a modern, cohesive lineup.

But, if anything, the reactions have been a riot of entertainment value, whether it was the unfiltered snark or the creativity of memes. The fans took that frustration and made it into comedic gold, proving that, if nothing else, Parklife has given us something to laugh at.

Love it or hate it, one thing's sure: Parklife 2025 is talking. Which, of course, is what festival lineups are meant to do nowadays. Maybe, in the currency of social media buzz, this was the unlikely marriage that would see Parklife dominate the conversation.

Whether that combination of Charli XCX and 50 Cent pays off on stage remains to be seen. For now, fans are roasting, defending, and meme-ing their hearts out. Who knows? Perhaps once the festival kicks off, those jokes become pure festival magic. Or maybe not. But for sure, this will be a show to remember.