Why 'Jalebi Baby' fame Tesher joked about calling a lawyer over Threads logo

Canadian rapper Tesher joked about calling his lawyer over the Threads logo. (Image: @TesherMusic/Twitter)

Meta officially launched its Instagram Threads app on Wednesday and sent the internet in frenzy mode for a plethora of reasons. Well, Threads is being dubbed as a competitor of Elon Musk’s Twitter firstly. The second reason behind the flutter on social media is that if one tries to delete their Threads account, they will have to delete their Instagram account as well. Lastly, Musk confirmed today that the reports of the lawsuits against Meta-owned Threads were true.

Now, let’s come to the hulabaloo on social media about the Threads logo. So, Canadian rapper Tesher joked about calling his lawyer over it. Why, you ask? Well, he claimed that it was eerily similar to his famous song Jalebi Baby’s symbol. 

“I am calling my lawyer,” he wrote on Twitter while sharing both the logos together.

I'm calling my lawyer #threads #jalebi pic.twitter.com/6Re2aqtkDX

— Tesher (@TesherMusic) July 6, 2023

He also shared another post regarding the same on the microblogging site.

https://t.co/CiykROwrxa pic.twitter.com/HOiWCKlAdW

— Tesher (@TesherMusic) July 6, 2023

Tesher wasn’t alone in thinking that the Threads logo resembled a jalebi.

Nothing just took a bite off THREADS LOGO#Threads #threadapp pic.twitter.com/uMcaQMOr66

— Gowher Ali (@gowherAly) July 7, 2023

#Threads logo symbol
pic.twitter.com/fpcpFQwlRE

— AskToRahulSingh©️ (@AskToRahulSingh) July 7, 2023

Moreover, some users thought that the logo was either inspired by the letters in the Tamil and Malayalam alphabets.

A user named Shosanna thought that the logo resembled a “90-degree clockwise rotation of a Malayalam letter pronounced as “thra”.

Is it me or does anyone feel that the logo of the upcoming Threads app appears like the 90-degree clock-wise rotation of the Malayalam letter (pronounced as 'thra') rhyming with 'thr' in Threads. #Threads #ThreadsApp #Meta pic.twitter.com/PbfbQZu73l

— Shosanna (@the_shosanna) July 4, 2023

Another user pointed out that it looked like the Tamil letter pronounced as “Ku”.

I feel like it's similar to Tamil letter (ku)

— Pavendiran (@venthan97) July 5, 2023

Meanwhile, Alex Spiro, Musk’s lawyer, has also written to Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg and has accused him of "unlawful misappropriation of Twitter's trade secrets and other intellectual property".

What do you think about the logo?