#AccordionTwitter Aflame with New 🪗 Emoji 😍

As you may have heard, there’s a new emoji in town 🪗!
(How to Successfully Create an #AccordionEmoji.)

The announcement of an Accordion Emoji 🪗, to be released over the course of 2020, raised a flurry of responses. My Accordion Noir co-host Rowan and I combed #AccordionTwitter (as usual) to document this cultural event.

The #AccordionEmoji met a long-felt need 😢

my kinda day! 💃🕺 🎼
wait, no accordion emoji?!! #WorldAccordionDay

— Raffi Cavoukian (@Raffi_RC) May 6, 2018

Just went looking for an accordion emoji as if there was actually a chance of there being an accordion emoji

— diane (@dnizzzy420) July 1, 2014

There was even a request the day before it was “announced” 🤔

I believe @apple2europlus made this the last request for an #AccordionEmoji on twitter, hours before it was officially accounted today!@ComradeRobot

— Accordion Emoji Yes! (@AccordionEmoji) January 30, 2020

accordion emoji i need you pic.twitter.com/MtQ4G1kcHG

— ⚡⚡ (@CABlNETMAN) January 29, 2020

Then came the announcement 📢

Hooray!

Have some #AccordionCake with your #AccordionEmoji! pic.twitter.com/8Q85UXqVYk

— Accordion Emoji Yes! (@AccordionEmoji) January 30, 2020

BREAKING: ACCORDION EMOJI!!!!! https://t.co/pzCE1AfXVg

— Grace's Music Thoughts (@iluvthispart) January 29, 2020

“Weird” Al voiced his support 👍🏼

Yes, I know there are a lot of horrible things going on in the world right now, but can we all just stop and take a moment to appreciate the fact that they’re finally coming out with an accordion emoji?? pic.twitter.com/TjRyurnUIi

— Al Yankovic (@alyankovic) January 30, 2020

Billboard boosted the story, and many, many click-bait sources copied their tweet 👀

Weird @alyankovic is pumped about the new accordion emoji https://t.co/KdF1WfbNU4

— billboard (@billboard) January 30, 2020

Al’s Fans Were Overcome 👏🏼

behold the almost all-powerful accordion emoji
hey Al you think if everyone took accordion lessons it might help with world peace?

— Raven BlueFeather (@RavnBlueFeather) January 30, 2020

Now every time I tweet about all things @alyankovic I can do it in style with an accordion emoji!! {{{{[0]}}}}} pic.twitter.com/PmLZQypluq

— Devlin Wilder (@DevlinWilder) January 30, 2020

We're calling this an accordion emoji? I think it's a super awesome custom Weird Al emoji. They would have made it of your face and head but the hair wouldn't have fit, so accordion it must be!

— DeepWhispersASMR (@asmr_deep) January 30, 2020

#AccordionTwitter Blew Up 🔥

i will be using Only the accordion emoji from now on

— hex (@childishcult) January 29, 2020

Congratulations, @AccordionBruce and @AccordionEmoji, the people have spoken and they are enthusiastically welcoming the fruit of your hard work on the #AccordionEmojiNow campaign! https://t.co/D2NdS3ojPY

— Accordion Noir (@AccordionNoir) January 29, 2020

where was the accordion emoji during the run of Great Comet? where was the beetle emoji during the run of Beetlejuice? https://t.co/j07Y50LmXh

— 🌙☀️ – 24 ☺️🎧 (@hayleystjames) January 29, 2020

🪗 Just tweeting a bunch of 🪗 accordion emoji 🪗 in preparation for when twitter supports it later this year 🪗🪗🪗🪗🪗🪗🪗🪗🪗🪗🪗🪗🪗🪗🪗 🎉😍

— Julien Lallevé 🌈🐵✨ (@jlalleve) January 30, 2020

@tmbg Accordion emoji confirmed for 2020. We done it!!! Congratulations!!! https://t.co/uKndjChDfy

— jean jean ✨👹✨ (@nattobeanjean) January 29, 2020

#AccordionTwitter took care of that for you

Happy day 😸🎉💪🏼

— Accordion Emoji Yes! (@AccordionEmoji) January 30, 2020

Don't just sign a petition! #YourInstrumentEmoji would take a while, but anybody can propose one

The Xylophone/Vibes/Marimba/Glockenspiel family hasn't been represented yet 🤔

I wrote up the story of the #AccordionEmoji here:https://t.co/L5M5Op3UeC

— Accordion Emoji Yes! (@AccordionEmoji) February 1, 2020

There were doubters, but demands for an Accordion Emoji were included in the original proposal 📊

So we're getting an accordion emoji yet we still don't have an emoji to describe when you're getting shoes thrown at you by your neighbor Linda when she sees you taking your recycling out in the middle of the night.

— Paul (@ThePJBentley) January 30, 2020

So…a lot of requests for an accordion emoji, eh?!

— Ana_Starfish (@Clay_Starfish) January 30, 2020

There were questions about the Emoji process 🤓

I answered with background on Unicode and the fantastic help we received from the great folks at EmojiNation. I detailed the story on our blog here:
Accordion-Emoji Coming in 2020!

The big tech firms and others, including the fabulous people’s advocates at @emojination, meet about four times a year and go through the long process of approval for new emoji@emojination was super helpful and important to seeing this successfully through
🎉🙏🏼👏🏾👍🏽🥰

— Bruce Triggs (@AccordionBruce) January 30, 2020

When and how can I get that accordion emoji? I need it for reasons.

— atom robinson (@atomrobinson) January 30, 2020

Doing the proposal was an amusing break while my book was being copyedited@emojination helped a lot!

— Accordion Emoji Yes! (@AccordionEmoji) January 30, 2020

It was a tweet from @AOC about Sundance (?) in 2018 that somehow led me to you and @emojination ☺️

Backstage with the successful #AccordionEmoji:https://t.co/L5M5Op3UeC

— Accordion Emoji Yes! (@AccordionEmoji) January 31, 2020

@AccordionEmoji congratulations on what I can assume is the best day of your life.

— A.J. Robinson (@AJRobinson9) January 30, 2020

Definitely the best day for this twitter account@AJRobinson9 https://t.co/QtfaofsHxt

— Accordion Emoji Yes! (@AccordionEmoji) January 30, 2020

Oh happy day!!! An accordion emoji! Time to celebrate with a polka or your choice. https://t.co/JCVdJZastv

— Italo-American Accordion (@italo_accordion) January 30, 2020

@alyankovic

We are partying over here at @AccordionEmoji HQ

💪🏼🎉🎶🥰🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/j2JFPp9cI4

— Bruce Triggs (@AccordionBruce) January 30, 2020

The Latinx responses were well-represented ✊🏽

Excellent day not only the accordion, but the Tamale, Piñata, Chancia, Arepa flat-bread, and the pepper emoji!

New emojis are coming and we're finally receiving a tamale emoji! Other notable hispanic emojis coming include the chancla, pinata, pepper, and accordion. 🇲🇽🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/zWjZpmft5N

— A J Lopez III 📸 (@ajl3photo) January 30, 2020

Mexicans gettin a piñata, tamale, and accordion emoji?? Dubs! https://t.co/hWZrz7UCPg

— G Lerma (@LegendaryLerma) January 29, 2020

the accordion and tamal… they rlly said mexican rights https://t.co/IcF7pMMaNX

— Park Jimin⁷ (@mochiwrId) January 29, 2020

!! these LATINX EMOJIS coming out soon: piñata, chancla, tamal(e), arepa – hell I'll take the accordion for the culture too lol https://t.co/jhosm88eV6

— Isaac Elias #NoWar (@BrainScraps) January 29, 2020

Una gran noticia para el género Vallenato, el acordeón fue aceptado y este año lo tendremos como emojis.
Atentos @alvarotriplea @blogvallenato @Laporterestrepo @elpilon @elheraldoco @jaimelisfonseca

Gracias a @AccordionEmoji @AccordionBruce por lucha incansable. https://t.co/Uge356QRh0

— El Gran Pipe Muñoz ❁ (@ElGranPipeMF) January 31, 2020

also here for the rock and accordion

— Andrea回⁷ (@thewishingspell) January 29, 2020

#TransVisibility Was Big News Too 🏳️‍🌈

the new emoji update is adding an italian hand, trans pride flag, sewing needle, and accordion i feel seen

— boppa (@iansuchon) January 30, 2020

📢 NEW EMOJI KLAXON 📢 Bubble tea, lungs and an accordion are on the way https://t.co/9oRTdZGDsL

— Evening Standard (@standardnews) January 30, 2020

Happy to be in this company! #TransEmoji 🏳️‍🌈@Emojipedia https://t.co/SexL4m3dFw

— Bruce Triggs (@AccordionBruce) January 31, 2020

#AccordionTwitter and #GLBTTwitter are having a little party over here 🎶😻🎉 pic.twitter.com/LPnA1qiA1G

— Accordion Emoji Yes! (@AccordionEmoji) January 30, 2020

I don’t use emojis and never plan on using them, but we now have a trans flag and accordion emoji, which is pretty neat. No, not one emoji that combines both of them. That would be cool, though.

— Lcd101 (@Lcd_101) January 30, 2020

TRANS FLAG AND ACCORDION AND A DODO

THIS IS MY YEAR

— Will 🔮 ⚣ (@ParapsychoIogy) January 29, 2020

A highlight of the day was when Mary Steenburgen (celebrity composer and accordion-playing actor) heard the news 🤗

So happy about this! RT @AccordionEmoji: @TheTallestCoop @MarySteenburgen There is now!

Just announced!https://t.co/maVLCiN4Va

— Mary Steenburgen (@MarySteenburgen) January 30, 2020

beirut's manager probably just sent zach condon a text to get the band back together and record another album because there's an accordion emoji now

— josh terry (@JoshhTerry) January 30, 2020

The #AccordionEmoji Party Continued 🎂

can’t wait to use that accordion emoji looks fucking delicious https://t.co/8kQPfilOql

— rocky (@spicyboyrocky) January 30, 2020

#AccordionCake for the #AccordionEmoji ! pic.twitter.com/wLPgWE6YW5

— Accordion Emoji Yes! (@AccordionEmoji) January 30, 2020

Hooray!!! pic.twitter.com/7SmVASrauC

— ser julie beth of tarth 💎🗡 (@juliebeth) January 30, 2020

@tmbg Accordion emoji confirmed for 2020. We done it!!! Congratulations!!! https://t.co/uKndjChDfy

— jean jean ✨👹✨ (@nattobeanjean) January 29, 2020

@STElich overuse of the accordion emoji, here we come.

— todayinmyteenangst (@hannahleanne) February 2, 2020

where was the accordion emoji during the run of Great Comet? where was the beetle emoji during the run of Beetlejuice? https://t.co/j07Y50LmXh

— 🌙☀️ – 24 ☺️🎧 (@hayleystjames) January 29, 2020

Will Mass-Transit Rebrand the #AccordionBus? 🚎 🚌 🚟 🚃 🚈

We're here for the accordion #Emoji2020 https://t.co/B0Vqw4NP1Q

— King County Metro 🚏 🚌🚎⛴🚐 (@kcmetrobus) January 29, 2020

Is that Accordion Bus Rapid Transit?

— baby škoda 🚋 (@pyry) January 30, 2020

pic.twitter.com/nBVEpmIgtL

— Accordion Emoji Yes! (@AccordionEmoji) January 30, 2020

I am over the damn moon for the accordion 🥺

— 🌙☀️ – 24 ☺️🎧 (@hayleystjames) January 29, 2020

The Piano/Button keyboard controversy is real 🎹 🔘

Tension remains between button and piano accordions. No word yet from #BandoneonTwitter

Should we assume anything from @Emojipedia tweeting an image of a *piano* accordion?

— skybrian (@skybrian) January 31, 2020

The original proposal suggested a button accordion, so there’s still some hope one of the platforms will go with that

If @nokia went with their unique chromatic button vrsiob that’d be awesome

The proposal includes #NettaSkog playing CBA pic.twitter.com/yD4OuqcGHz

— Accordion Emoji Yes! (@AccordionEmoji) January 31, 2020

… Each platform will also design their own image—so they’ll all look a bit different—which will be fun to see 👀

Here’s the @Emojipedia version, a button version from the original @AccordionEmoji proposal, and more from the @unicode page:https://t.co/7Nl7GMUWof pic.twitter.com/GLT2vccmKs

— Bruce Triggs (@AccordionBruce) January 30, 2020

THE DIATONIC ACCORDION TAKES ITS RIGHTFUL PLACE https://t.co/Zl0cGTym85

— Wubb (@engxtrome) January 30, 2020

The proposal had a button box, and referenced a ton of international styles. We’ll see if any of the tech companies decides to go with buttons pic.twitter.com/OtlCHTGu00

— Accordion Emoji Yes! (@AccordionEmoji) January 30, 2020

Still much work to be done 📌

I, for one, have been secretly longing for a matryoshka doll emoji. But I didn't know until now how badly I needed a fondue emoji (& fondue irl rn, pls!). Ofc, the accordion will DEFFO get heavy use, as will the realistic heart & lungs + additional insects. 😏
But wtf is celery?!

— Luna (@moon_phases) January 30, 2020

I was trying to write a tweet where I said I would only use X emoji for the rest of my life but I couldn’t decide between the accordion or the magic wand or the matryoshka or the man with veil or the tamale or the tombstone with flower or the boomerang or the ninja or th https://t.co/K7NH8KuMXi

— Abby 🌤️ (@abbyisnotcool) January 30, 2020

#GlockenspielTwitter better get on that

I’d say a marimba/glockenspiel/xylophone Emoji would fill a gap in the musical families represented @unicode seems to like things that can be used metaphorically in sentences

I like the idea of representing distinct instrument families

— Bruce Triggs (@AccordionBruce) January 31, 2020

The Wait for the Emoji Commences 🎶 😸

If I'm being sucked into an accordion Twitter, you're comin' with me, and we're blaming it on Noah Reid and his mad squeezebox skillz [insert future accordion emoji here] WHERE IS THAT DAMN EMOJI WHEN U NEED IT??

— Kismetic 💛🖤💛 (@bejeweled_one) February 1, 2020

Once this happens, I will end all communications with an accordion emoji. https://t.co/6Il54zlwLl

— Autumn Wright (@akijade) January 30, 2020

Definitely the best day for this twitter account@AJRobinson9 https://t.co/QtfaofsHxt

— Accordion Emoji Yes! (@AccordionEmoji) February 4, 2020

This is awesome and a testament to the tenacity and hard work of @AccordionBruce https://t.co/tBcMAepAWw

— Jeff Jetton (@Jeff_Jetton) January 30, 2020

FINALLY! Thanks to @AccordionBruce for his tireless efforts on this. Can't wait to use the accordion emoji in every text, email, tweet, etc., until the end of time. https://t.co/e7gCzQi7VS

— Chris S (@csaccheri) January 31, 2020

FINALLY pic.twitter.com/rSKEjQzP2q

— rickardo₇☻ (@namgiszn) January 29, 2020