From skinny ジーンズs to baggy trousers! How 'four lads in ジーンズs' 直面するd vicious trolling after snap of pals enjoying a night out in Birmingham went viral in 2019 - as '2024 昇格' 誘発するs hilarious memes
- The group rose to fame after a picture of them wearing tight 着せる／賦与するing went viral?
In 2019, a group of friends unwittingly 始める，決める social マスコミ alight when they 提起する／ポーズをとるd for a photo while all wearing tight skinny ジーンズs.
Jamie Philips, Connor Humpage, Kevin Rooney and Alex Lacey rose to internet fame when their group 発射?became a immortalised in the meme hall of fame as the? 'four lads in ジーンズs'.
Five years on, the friends decided to show their updated look, this time with baggier ジーンズs and 貨物 pants.
But にもかかわらず fans going wild for their new '2024 昇格', things 港／避難所't always been plain sailing for the quartet.
When the 初めの picture was 地位，任命するd, Mr Humpage 直面するd relentless online いじめ（る）ing, 誘発するing them to remind people: 'We 現実に are real people and it does 影響する／感情 you'.
But their 人気 急に上がるd when they decided to own their 'four lads in ジーンズs' personas, with 多重の parodies and a TikTok ビデオ of the men appearing to sing the sea shanty Wellerman.
They have since even featured on BBC 無線で通信する 1's Live Lounge and appeared in 広告 （選挙などの）運動をするs for McDonald's and Sony noise-cancelling headphones.
The 'four lads in ジーンズs' took to Birmingham city centre donning tight cropped trousers and polo shirts 支援する in 2019?
The friendship group 溝へはまらせる／不時着するd tight ジーンズs and chinos for edgier 着せる／賦与するing items, such as 貨物 pants for the 2024 発射?
Jamie Philips, Connor Humpage, Kevin Rooney, and Alex Lacey (from L to R) 株d their? new look on Instagram
For a year and a half after the 2019 photo was taken outside Birmingham's New Street 駅／配置する, online trolling outweighed the 商業の 利益s of 存在 famous.?
Mr Lacey, a plumbing and heating engineer, said he received abusive phone calls and texts after his work number was 漏れるd and his mother was 的d on Instagram.
He said: 'She got trolled 説 'your son's this, your son's that' ? that was a low point.
'You don't see the good in it for a long time. It did massively knock me on my 長，率いる. It changed me a lot.?
'I don't understand why the 政府 isn't looking more into social マスコミ and online いじめ（る）ing.
'If I 肉体的に いじめ（る） someone it's 違法な, but online it's not. I don't understand the 司法（官） in that.'
Mr Humpage, a tattoo artist, was also 衝撃d by how the?group's image has been used to 伝える opinions or beliefs not 提携させるd with their own.
He explained: 'As a tattoo artist, I was 製図／抽選 a portrait of George Floyd out of 尊敬（する）・点 and in 尊敬の印, then I think it was that day someone was making these memes 名誉き損，中傷ing 黒人／ボイコット Lives 事柄?above our picture.
'確かな people are thinking they're our words and we've said it and stereotyping us just for 存在 us… I hope people realise we aren't those types of lads.'
After the 乱用, the group saw a 上げる in 人気 when their?picture was 連合させるd with a viral sea shanty by Scottish singer Nathan Evans.
Three of the 'four lads in ジーンズs' squatted 負かす／撃墜する in 前線 of their new statue for a few 宣伝の snaps
Mr Phillips, 28, who 作品 in 製造業の, explained: 'Before the sea shanty song, I would have taken the photo 支援する very quickly… in a heartbeat.
'It was very boring, very annoying every day… but the good that has come from it now, I wouldn't take it 支援する.
'I can look 支援する in 20 years' time and say I've worked with Sony, McDonald's, say I've been on 無線で通信する 1 with Scott Mills ? no one can take that away from me. I've spoken to Piers Morgan, that's 抱擁する.'
In August 2022, the lads were honoured with a statue in the 位置／汚点／見つけ出す where the famous photo was taken.
It was created by the artist William Douglas, also known as Tat 見通し, who 明かすd it outside All 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 One in Grand Central, Birmingham.
The sculptor said they made it from women mannequins in tight-着せる／賦与するing, with 追加するd papier-m?ch? and PVA glue, covered in bronze paint.
Before the 広大な／多数の／重要な 明かすing, the artist wrote on his Instagram page: 'Come 負かす／撃墜する and see my four lads in ジーンズs bronze statue [on] Saturday outside All 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 One Grand Central.
'A 尊敬の印 to these lads 奮起させるd by them old Greek statues.
'These four men ready for an adventure like the first bit in ホームラン's 長期冒険旅行, before the adventure.'
Turning to 2024, the 歓迎会 has been more 肯定的な?as they recreated the snap with a modern 新たな展開.
提起する／ポーズをとるing outside Birmingham's Bull （犯罪の）一味 shopping centre, the group 株d the image to Instagram, captioned: 'Wide-脚 >>> Skinny. Are you team Wide-脚 or are you team Skinny?'
The group of friends 提起する／ポーズをとるd in the same order they had been standing in the picture from five years ago.
Many X/Twitter 使用者s were left stunned by the 変形?
The men had undergone a major 変形, 溝へはまらせる／不時着するing tight 着せる／賦与するs for items 含むing a North 直面する gilet, beanie, and ざん壕 coat.?
It quickly racked up hundreds of likes and many took to the comment section to 株 their thoughts. One joked on X/Twitter: 'They were no longer four lads in ジーンズs they were four men.'
A second 追加するd: 'Excellent 晴雨計 of how the fashion has moved on. 中央の 1990s 法案 Gates chic now.'?
A third wrote: 'Ah, the 進化 from Topshop and BooHoo Man to Palm Angels and North 直面する. A classic timeline, typically 遂行する／発効させるd.'
'They have beaten then skinny ジーンズ wearing 主張s', said a fourth.
A fifth 追加するd: 'Ah, the 進化 from Topshop and BooHoo?Man to Palm Angels and North 直面する. A classic timeline typically 遂行する／発効させるd.'
One person pointed out: 'All 選び出す／独身 in the first picture, all in long 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 関係s in the second.' Another said: 'The four horsemen of UK fashion TikTok.'?
The 'four lads in ジーンズs' have a 立証するd Instagram profile, which has 蓄積するd over 22,000 信奉者s, where the group repost memes created by people online.
