Eight years ago today, Twitter was founded and the internet world changed forever. From a journalistic standpoint, the game had been flipped on its head. To celebrate, Twitter launched the First Tweet website where you can look up the first tweet ever sent by a specific account. With that, we dug up some of the best first tweets from musicians to share with you.

Ah, the days when we had no idea how to form the past tense of “tweet.” Simpler times…

My first Twit.

— Questlove Jenkins (@questlove) August 21, 2008

Can’t tell if sleeping or tweeting…..

sleeping. just joined this thing.

— St. Vincent (@st_vincent) December 31, 2008

Prince’s Twitter. Still no confirmation if it’s real or not. But a normal person doesn’t say “follow me in the purple afterglow.”

i’m prince. i want 2 tweet 2 u. follow me in the purple afterglow.

— Prince (@PrinceTweets2U) April 10, 2012

Easily the go-to opener tweet. Sort of like a Twitter soundcheck.

tweet

— Grizzly Bear (@grizzlybear) March 4, 2011

One of Twitter’s most active members, UM bassist Ryan Stasik made his triumphant Twitter debut in 2009 (when it officially got cool) by declaring himself as The Reverend.

I am now Reverend Ryan Stasik

— Fo❌❌❌iK (@ryanstasik) October 9, 2009

The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy is still in Facebook mode. It’s okay, we all were for the first week or so.

is surveying the lilac.

— colin meloy (@colinmeloy) January 12, 2009