Flash Sale Don't miss this deal. A week ago, Adrian Lopez, 17, was just an average high school student in Eastvale, California. He made the invitation on Monday, specifying a time p. Something about the specifics of the invite felt hilarious to those who encountered it. Overnight, it became a meme. Internet celebrities and creators including the music artist 24kGoldn, members of FaZe Clan and Noah Beck posted about it.
By the weekend of the event, TikTok videos with the hashtag adrianskickback had attracted nearly million views. At first, Lopez and Hernandez thought the viral attention was fun. They were enjoying their 15 minutes of fame, DMing with high-profile people who had hyped up the event. But Friday night, they began to get nervous. People were posting about flying in from around the country for the event.
One person said they were driving 18 hours with a group of people to be there. And on Friday night, the night before the kickback, around 1, people showed up to Huntington Beach looking for a party.
The police quickly shut it down, but Hernandez and Lopez no longer felt in control. Connor Hickman, 16, who came to Huntington Beach on Saturday, echoed that sentiment. Because of the viral nature of the event, it also attracted content creators. Meanwhile, many other people had not gotten word that the event had been moved to Los Angeles and a crowd began to grow at Huntington Beach. Thousands of teenagers poured onto the beach ready for a party. They formed a mosh pit, blasted music and cheered as some took turns scaling a flagpole and climbing on top of a stoplight.
Some set off fireworks, ran through the traffic intersections, or jumped from high locations into the crowd below. When police began trying to disperse the crowd, things turned violent. The windshield of a police car was smashed and some people threw bottles and other objects at the police. The police shot nonlethal rounds into the crowd. Eventually, authorities issued an emergency overnight curfew and nearly attendees were arrested. The address, which was never officially shared with ticket holders, leaked.
