Fans react with memes as Playboi Carti’s ‘MUSIC’ racks up 139.3M streams

Playboi Carti fans have been starving for new music, and when he finally dropped MUSIC, they feasted. Well, some did. Others spit it right back out. The album racked up 139.3 million first-day streams, making it the biggest debut of 2025 and the seventh biggest of all time, a ridiculous number considering it didn’t even get a full 24 hours. But if you thought the conversation was going to be about Carti’s artistic evolution, think again.

Instead, the internet did what it does best: it turned the moment into pure meme chaos. While some celebrated the numbers, others side-eyed the entire situation. And, of course, the memes were immaculate.

Playboi Carti’s Record-Breaking Streams Send the Internet Into a Frenzy

Carti breaking streaming records is something to talk about. Whether you love or hate his music, 139 million streams in a single day is no joke. Even Kendrick Lamar stans had to take a deep breath when they saw Carti knocking him down a spot.

The reactions came in waves. Some fans were calling it the "album of the decade," while others were questioning whether the streams were real. The debate got so heated that people started digging into Spotify numbers as if they were forensic analysts. "There’s no way this is real," one user wrote. "Carti got the Minecraft Villagers streaming this."

Look, Playboi Carti fans are built differently. They ride hard for their guy, but even some of them had to admit this album wasn’t exactly Whole Lotta Red. One viral meme summed up the general confusion:

"This album is ass, but hey, straight men will listen to anything." Brutal.

Then there was the classic shocked lady meme representing the sheer disbelief over the numbers.

Another fan simply wrote, "The fraudulence, henny," like they were delivering a dramatic monologue.

But the real chaos came when Playboi Carti’s success was compared to Kendrick Lamar’s. One meme featured a GIF of a man counting wads of cash, as if to say, "Yeah, the numbers don’t lie, but neither does my bank account."

Another had someone dramatically claiming, "He really took Kendrick’s spot," which naturally led to a whole separate war between fanbases.

Of course, some people just wanted to laugh at the spectacle. A tweet with Mariah Carey’s ‘I don’t know her’ gif perfectly captured the energy of certain hip-hop purists refusing to acknowledge Carti’s impact.

At the same time, Playboi Carti fans were partying in the comments like they’d just won a championship.

Love it or hate it, Playboi Carti’s MUSIC is the biggest thing in hip-hop right now. The numbers are insane, the reactions are hilarious, and the internet has once again proven that memes are the real currency of pop culture.

Will people still be talking about this album in a month? Who knows. But for now, Playboi Carti is sitting comfortably at the top, sipping tea while the internet fights over whether MUSIC is genius or a complete scam. Either way, he’s winning.