“Banksy” was both the sixth search term on Google Trends and the number six trending topic on Twitter (where it remains to this morning), all because of the elusive street artist’s unbelievably dark and meta story boarding of the animated series’ infamous intro, which Fox just removed from YouTube for copyright violations.

Before Fox pulled it down, the YouTube video had currently amassed 42,305 views, and it’d be safe to say that almost none of us actually watched it on TV, to the point that there was even quickly dispelled speculation as to whether or not the segment had actually aired.

While tech leaning blogs Gizmodo, Mashable and even Daring Fireball had no qualms about blogging this immediately despite it not having any direct relationship to the verticals they usually cover (Oh Business Insider!), Forbes Tech tried a bit harder and came up with the pretty impressive “Pop Artist Banksy’s Intro on The Simpsons Makes Cultural Commentary on Outsourcing” this morning.

My point is that without the Internet and Youtube, many people would not be aware Banksy did the Simpsons intro — it wasn’t mainstream news worthy until we said it was. In fact, Banksy himself wouldn’t have gained notoriety without the Internet and cyberculture as his [IRL] identity still remains a secret.

In short, in today’s pop culture there’s always a constantly evolving tech angle. Those of you who missed the video can still view it here.

Photo via JBOY via Laughing Squid, where many of us actually saw the video for the first time.

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Authors: Alexia Tsotsis

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