--- title: Beyonce and Jay Z Twin Kids Born: Best Internet Reactions description: Beyoncé's long-awaited twins have finally arrived and even her fellow celebrities have lots of feelings about the birth. canonical: https://time.com/4800213/beyonce-kids-born-internet-reactions/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-18T13:49:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:03.883Z og:title: Here's How the Internet Reacted to Beyoncé's Twins Birth og:description: They all are bowing before the Queen og:url: https://time.com/4800213/beyonce-kids-born-internet-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte98b3b717804c79d/6988b886097b906cb09b8c08/beyonce-pregnancy-photo-album.jpeg?branch=production&width=686&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 686 og:image:height: 386 og:image:alt: beyonce-pregnancy-photo-album og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's How the Internet Reacted to Beyoncé's Twins Birth twitter:description: They all are bowing before the Queen twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte98b3b717804c79d/6988b886097b906cb09b8c08/beyonce-pregnancy-photo-album.jpeg?branch=production&width=686&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Losing It Over the Birth of Beyoncé and Jay Z's Twins > Sponsored content. 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Beyoncé poses for her pregnancy announcement which became the most liked photo of 2017 on Instagram.Beyoncé.com  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 18, 2017 1:49 PM UTC After much anticipation, [Beyoncé and Jay Z’s twins have finally arrived](http://time.com/4656929/beyonce-pregnant-twins/) much to the joy and delight of not only the [Bey Hive](http://time.com/3912684/beyonce-vegan-fans-angry/), but seemingly the entire world. At least that’s the conclusion one can come to after a quick scroll through the old social media feeds, where fans were openly ecstatic about the birth of Queen Bey’s new heirs — going to show that [it’s an emotional time](http://time.com/4658035/beyonce-pregnant-twins-celebrity-reactions/). While the couple has not officially announced their new additions, sources confirmed to [People](http://people.com/babies/beyonce-jay-z-welcome-twins/) that the twins arrived. When Beyoncé announced that she and Jay Z would be expecting not one, but the two new additions to the family in February of this year with an artistic [an artistic Instagram photo](http://time.com/4657826/beyonce-pregnant-twins-photos/), she sent the Internet into a tizzy for days. The birth is no exception. See the very best reactions online to the birth of Beyoncé and Jay Z’s newborn twin babies below so far. > [](https://twitter.com/MellyMel320/status/876411698969817093) > [](https://twitter.com/ThePlugSociety/status/876279275044864000) > [](https://twitter.com/GregoireBickers/status/876435707199459328) > [](https://twitter.com/toriwankenobi/status/876433445953699842) > [](https://twitter.com/WeLoveRobDyrdek/status/876317049575886848) > [](https://twitter.com/heatherrthomson/status/876432310270406656) > [](https://twitter.com/SylviaObell/status/876294498812383232) > [](https://twitter.com/dstnysgranchild/status/876267389473759232) > [](https://twitter.com/lifeof%5F%5F/status/876390484087799808) > [](https://twitter.com/RealPattyWap/status/876263950320492546) > [](https://twitter.com/ezekielfiguero/status/876245286619828224) > [](https://twitter.com/XINCHTRE/status/876183455805169669) > [](https://twitter.com/FocRoy/status/876099155948654596) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4800213/beyonce-kids-born-internet-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4800213/beyonce-kids-born-internet-reactions/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Losing It Over the Birth of Beyoncé and Jay Z's Twins","datePublished":"2017-06-18T13:49:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:03.883Z","description":"Stars — they're just like us","url":"https://time.com/4800213/beyonce-kids-born-internet-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Beyonce","Jay-z","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte98b3b717804c79d/6988b886097b906cb09b8c08/beyonce-pregnancy-photo-album.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte98b3b717804c79d/6988b886097b906cb09b8c08/beyonce-pregnancy-photo-album.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"beyonce-pregnancy-photo-album","caption":"Beyoncé poses for her pregnancy announcement which became the most liked photo of 2017 on Instagram.","creditText":"Beyoncé.com","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4800213/beyonce-kids-born-internet-reactions/","name":"The Internet Is Losing It Over the Birth of Beyoncé and Jay Z's Twins"}}]}] ```