Mirfanda

English Etymology en Miranda fan. Pronunciation en /mɪɹˈfæn.də/ en ændə 3 Noun en fandom slang A fan of the fictional character Miranda Sings. en Abbe Sparks Mirfandas Infiltrate Highland Park from across the country for Midwest Premiere of Miranda Sings Live! TribLocal Chicago Tribune https://web.archive.org/web/20110110010823/http://triblocal.com/highland-park-highwood/community/stories/2010/11/mirfandas-infiltrate-highland-park-from-across-the-country-for-midwest-premiere-of-miranda-sings-live/ 22 November 2010 YouTube sensation Miranda Sings’ Midwest Premiere of her hilarious cabaret musical comedy Miranda Sings Live! Saturday night attracted ‘Mirfandas’ from across the country to Highland Park. Starring New York-based actress and singer Colleen Ballinger as Miranda Sings, the two performances were a smashing success with ‘Mirfandas’ storming the area from California to Minnesota, Milwaukee and Chicago proper. en Dale Roe Big, funny names on their way to Austin w:Austin American-Statesman Austin, Tex. 29 March 2014 E8 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/435055154/ 6 A performance at Cap City Comedy Club last year saw dozens of teenage girls (self-proclaimed “Mirfandas”) lined up wearing the character’s signature pulled back hair, surprised eyebrows, bright red (and poorly applied) lipstick and crooked smile. en Sam Sklar I went to a Miranda Sings show and became a ‘Mirfanda’ w:The Badger Herald https://web.archive.org/web/20140419012607/https://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2014/04/15/went-miranda-sings-show-became-mirfanda/#.U1HQt3bP32c 15 April 2014 These “Mirfandas” were extreme, to say the least. Things got even wilder as Miranda took the stage. The show has officially made a “Mirfanda” out of me. en Jack Dura Editor’s Choice: Something for Everyone this Labor Day Weekend The Spectrum https://issuu.com/spectrumslides/docs/spectrumaug28 118 1 28 August 2014 9 3 Actress/comedienne Miranda Sings makes a stop at 7 p.m. Friday night in the Fargo Theatre, bringing her bad singing, messy lipstick and other quirks to the stage for all her “Mirfandas.” 3 December 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231203131837/https://issuu.com/spectrumslides/docs/spectrumaug28 3 December 2023 en w:Bruce Dessau YouTube clown keeps it real w:Evening Standard London 22 September 2014 42 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/711754146/ 1 She has built up her teenage following – her “Mirfandas” – through her YouTube videos. en AJ Brinnand Miranda Sings Live At Cadogan Hall Ten Eighty Magazine https://web.archive.org/web/20140927031212/https://teneightymagazine.com/2014/09/24/miranda-sings-live-at-cadogan-hall/ 24 September 2014 Colleen opens the show by transforming into Miranda live on-stage and proceeds to guide the audience through a Self Help Seminar on “PORN, love, BULLIES and Self isteam [sic]“. This quickly captures the hearts of dedicated ‘Mirfandas’ while setting the obscure tone for any newcomers. Whether you’re a die-hard Mirfanda or a stranger to her videos, you’re sure to enjoy the original flavours and quick-witted humour that Miranda has to offer. en Jim Caruso Jim Caruso’s Ultimate Party BLEEP https://issuu.com/bleepmag/docs/bleepmag411 411 December 2014 69 Now she’s performing hundreds of concerts every year all over the world, and just made an appearance on “The Tonight Show” as the guest of the newest Mirfanda, Jerry Seinfeld. 3 December 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231203131833/https://issuu.com/bleepmag/docs/bleepmag411 3 December 2023 en Anna Lu Celebrity Worshipping: Hey Girl, Ryan Gosling Will Never Be Your BF Verde https://issuu.com/verdemagazine/docs/v16.4_online 16 4 April 2015 66 1 I AM A SWIFTY, DIRECTIONER and Mirfanda. I unashamedly succumb to my weekly dose of the Celebrity Apprentice, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, TMZ and occasionally, while sitting in an orthodontist waiting room preparing to enter two hours of torture, Seventeen Magazine. My iPhone is my best weapon — with it, I am able to follow my favorite celebrities’ every move through tabloids, Instagram and Twitter. en w:Santa Barbara Independent https://issuu.com/santabarbaraindependent/docs/sbi_517_12-10-15 10 December 2015 32 There will be special appearances by the Ballinger family, other YouTube friends, and, for all you Mirfandas and baes, Miranda Sings! 7:30 pm. Granada Theatre, en Alice E. Marwick You May Know Me From YouTube: (Micro)-Celebrity in Social Media P. David Marshall; Sean Redmond A Companion to Celebrity Wiley Blackwell 2016 342–343 https://books.google.com/books?id=mPTzBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA343 10.1002/9781118475089.ch18 978-1-118-47501-0 In each video, Miranda calls out particularly nice or mean comments, inspiring some Mirfandas to post negative comments in hope that they might be featured. While her real identity is hardly a secret, as Ballinger posts bloopers of Miranda videos on her personal YouTube channel and gives interviews out of character, fans delight in their shared knowledge of Miranda’s performance and the talentless hopefuls she is skewing. Mirfandas can take pleasure in their communal understanding that they are “insiders.” en Vlog It! The Quiz Book London Scholastic 2016 978-1-407-17427-3 Are You A Mirfanda? You may subscribe to MirandaSings, but are you a true Mirfanda? Use this quiz to prove that you’re not a hater! en Zoella & Friends: Vlogging Activities & Dot-to-Dots London Studio Press, Templar Publishing, Bonnier Publishing Group 2016 14 https://archive.org/details/zoellafriendsdot0000unse/page/14/mode/1up 978-1-78370-709-6 Miranda Dot-to-Dot / Haters back off. Only Mirfandas are welcome to join the dots here. en Todd Spangler Miranda Sings Leads the Way for Digital Stars Leaping to TV Variety 21 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160622123948/https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/miranda-sings-colleen-ballinger-youtube-netflix-1201799533/ She has attracted legions of fans for both her online output and her in-person live tours; these “Mirfandas” follow her across YouTube (6.5 million subscribers), Instagram (4.4 million), Twitter (2.3 million), and other platforms. en Kathleen Walsh Is 'Haters Back Off' Based Off Of Miranda Sings' YouTube Channel? MirFANdas Will Be Happy Romper https://web.archive.org/web/20210305041226/https://www.romper.com/p/is-haters-back-off-based-off-of-miranda-sings-youtube-channel-mirfandas-will-be-happy-20506 Bustle Digital Group 14 October 2016 Is 'Haters Back Off' Based Off Of Miranda Sings' YouTube Channel? MirFANdas Will Be Happy [title] en Sean Fitz-Gerald Netflix's 'Haters Back Off!' Is the 'Napoleon Dynamite' of TV w:Thrillist https://web.archive.org/web/20161202161226/https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/haters-back-off-netflix-review-miranda-sings 14 October 2016 How much of an O.G. Mirfanda are you? That's not to say the show is only for Mirfandas. Sure, Haters contains Easter eggs. (Look for a "Where My Baes At?" kernel.) But it also answers burning questions -- "Why the heck does she wear her lipstick like that?" "Where did her name come from?" -- and fleshes out a bizarre world in ways both newbies and diehards can enjoy. en Calendar of Events Vicinity Magazine https://issuu.com/vicinity/docs/vicinity_1116vi Fairfield, N.J. Vicinity Media Group November 2016 14 3 Be part of an audience of “Mirfandas” for the hit live comedy show of YouTube sensation Miranda Sings, the zany character performed by Colleen Ballinger-Evans. en w:Jamie Loftus Miranda Sings Is the Ultimate Expression of Ironic Teenagers Inverse https://web.archive.org/web/20161129082908/https://www.inverse.com/article/23074-miranda-sings-and-haters-back-off-profit-from-teenage-irony 2 November 2016 Art from a Mirfanda. While Ballinger’s efforts to engage fans as herself outside of the Miranda character have been somewhat successful, her interactions with “Mirfandas” in character are the more compelling ones. A wall full of fan art, much of it from actual Mirfandas, decks out Mirandas bedroom walls in all their crayoned glory. Mirfandas, believe it or not, function similarly — of course, they view everything that Ballinger uploads and attend live events but are also committed to putting in time outside of mere watching to keep the project going through fan art, questions, and requests. And so the Mirfandas return to their natural state. It’s almost like Haters Back Off! never happened, if the YouTube and fan reactions are any indication. en Liz Kyle Miranda Sings Makes her Netflix Debut in “Haters Back Off!” w:Flyer News https://web.archive.org/web/20201124121843/https://flyernews.com/ae/miranda-sings-makes-her-netflix-debut-in-haters-back-off/11/07/2016/ 7 November 2016 Miranda’s passion and confidence inspire her “Mirfandas” to let the haters back off and never be afraid to be yourself. en Harriet Paul Vlogs, Tags & Hauls London Studio Press, Kings Road Publishing, Bonnier Publishing Group 2017 32 https://archive.org/details/vlogstagshaulsfa0000paul/page/32/mode/1up 978-1-78370-555-9 With over 7 million Mirfandas, a Netflix show, two tours and a book under her belt, we’re thinking Adele better watch her back! en Kate Taylor YouTube star Miranda Sings brings clueless, inspiring act to Portland w:The Oregonian https://web.archive.org/web/20200807112120/https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2017/01/miranda_sings_haters_back_off.html 4 January 2017 Mia Lewis, a 15-year-old Mirfanda and freshman at Milwaukie Academy of the Arts, makes friends easily and loves performing in musical theater. That wouldn't be so, she insists, without Miranda's influence. en Marty Kearney Recommended GNI MAG https://issuu.com/lambpromotions/docs/gni_mag_issue_28 28 Belfast Lamb Promotions Ltd October 2017 12 2 Sometimes the videos are just not enough for us #MIRFANDAS (the word used to describe Miranda Sings fans) so we have a Netflix show to show us what it’s like for a day in the life of Miranda Sings. en Stephanie Ironson Will ‘Haters Back Off’ Season 3 Happen? Angela Kinsey Is Definitely Ready – EXCLUSIVE w:Elite Daily https://web.archive.org/web/20171020031411/https://www.elitedaily.com/p/will-haters-back-off-season-3-happen-angela-kinsey-is-definitely-ready-exclusive-2954927 20 October 2017 Elite Daily had the chance to sit down with Kinsey to talk about her experience on the show, what we can expect from Season 2, and everything Mirfandas need to know about the possibility of Haters Back Off Season 3. Haters Back Off Season 2 hits Netflix Oct. 20, so get ready to binge, Mirfandas! en Sonja Haller New to Netflix in June 2019: The best kids, tweens and teens movies to stream w:USA Today https://web.archive.org/web/20190531132654/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2019/05/31/netflix-new-coming-june-2019-best-kids-teens-shows-movies-families/1278440001/ 31 May 2019 Colleen Ballinger and her YouTube alter-ego Miranda Sings performs for her "Mirfandas," reading snippets of her diary and singing songs through some of the weird comments she receives. en Dan Rice cyberwaves w:TV Week 16 June 2019 44 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/847179410/ 2 Filmed in front of a packed house of “Mirfandas,” “Miranda Sings Live … Your Welcome,” currently available on Netflix, has the talent reading snippets of her diary and singing through some of the weird comments she receives. en Garnet Fraser Miranda Sings pushes Toronto show back to November w:Toronto Star https://web.archive.org/web/20231203112701/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/miranda-sings-pushes-toronto-show-back-to-november/article_4a07c480-60ca-5bee-bd86-edf850b3005a.html 13 April 2020 She performed to a Sony Centre full of young “mirfandas” as part of the JFL42 comedy festival in 2015. en Laura Bradley YouTuber Colleen Ballinger Can’t Sing Her Way Out of These Allegations w:The Daily Beast https://web.archive.org/web/20231203122728/https://www.thedailybeast.com/youtuber-colleen-ballinger-cant-sing-her-way-out-of-these-allegations 30 June 2023 A member of her management team suggested that they begin collecting fans’ emails to start a “Mirfanda club.” en eponyms en Fans (people)