'Animal Crossing' Challenge Has Fans Turning K.K. Slider Into Album Covers
Recreating album art from Lana Del Rey, Harry Styles and more.
The latest digital trend to sweep social media, the “Animal Crossing Art Challenge” has players of the wildly popular Nintendo Switch game re-creating their favorite album covers using K.K. Slider, the islands’ celebrity character, as the centerpiece.
K.K. Slider, a guitar-playing dog, has been a mainstay of Animal Crossing since the video game‘s initial release in 2001. Now, fans are applying his likeness to re-imagined versions of albums, including Lana Del Rey‘s Born To Die, Childish Gambino‘s Awaken, My Love and Harry Styles’ Fine Line.
Though it’s unclear where exactly the trend originated, fans are sharing their own versions of the Animal Crossing Art Challenge across TikTok, Instagram and Twitter. Scroll down to see some of our favorite iterations and while you are here, get the lowdown on the Pillow Challenge taking over Instagram.
