For the Record: How to Mourn Prince

It’s true; we’ve lost yet another music icon. But before you shake your fist at 2016 or burst into tears while singing “When Doves Cry,” you can instead try one of these coping mechanisms to honor and mourn him:

 

 

Wear purple

 

Bonus points if it’s a purple suit with some chunky heels.

 

 

 

 

 

Change your name to an unpronounceable symbol

 

There’s an 80% chance your name is Mohamed or Sara anyway.

 

 

 

 

 

Party like it’s 1999

 

 

While your party lasts.

 

Make a tiny raspberry beret 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grow a moustache 

 

Or draw one in.

 

 

 

 

 

Rebel against the music industry

 

But only if you can produce ridiculous quantities of amazing music.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Learn how to play guitar 

 

And make it weep instead.

 

 

 

Fall in love 

 

Or just get freaky.

 

 

 

WE SAID THIS: The world lost a lot of magic.