--- title: JK Rowling Had to Clear Up a Misunderstanding with Blondie description: After playing a Twitter game that poked fun at Debbie Harry's band name, Rowling and Harry had a social media exchange. canonical: https://time.com/5097305/jk-rowling-blondie/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-10T19:13:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:22.718Z og:title: J.K. Rowling Had to Clear Up a Misunderstanding with Blondie og:description: And now we know that Rowling is a fan of Debbie Harry's music og:url: https://time.com/5097305/jk-rowling-blondie/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: J.K. 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In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Harry Potter author J.K.Rowling revealed that she wrote a manuscript for a new fairy tale and while she decides whether or not to publish it, she’ll keep it hanging in her closet_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 10, 2018 7:13 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 10, 2018 7:13 PM UTC One of the most amusing parts of Twitter is the daily, seemingly infinite hashtag games that take place on the social media platform. From #RejectedProductNames to #CreativeNamesForWinterStorms, users attempt to one-up each other with puns, viral stories and plays on words. On Tuesday, the hashtag [#MakeABandLessInteresting](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23MakeABandLessInteresting&src=tyah) started trending, prompting people to come up with their funniest twists on classic artist titles. So of course [queen of Twitter](http://time.com/5021405/jk-rowling-writing-advice/) J.K. Rowling got in on the fun, submitting “Blandie” into the mix — as a significantly less exciting replacement for the iconic [band Blondie](http://time.com/106324/review-blondie-ghosts-download/), of course. (For reference, others went the route of monikers like [“Panic! At the Costco”](https://twitter.com/proud%5Fand%5Ftall/status/950813364267225088) and “[Extremely Mild Bell Peppers.”](https://twitter.com/KuckHammett/status/950799686243438594), toning down the rebellious spirit of those rock bands.) But Blondie’s [Debbie Harry](http://time.com/3328219/blondie-interview-debbie-harry-chris-stein/) plays the Twitter game, too, and happened upon Rowling’s message. “Ironic, cause we have on occasion gotten a crap review that’d go there,” Harry’s official account resonded. To which Rowling tweeted: “Never from me,” appending a heart emoji. Looks like all’s well that ends well in the Twitterverse — and now we know that Rowling herself is a Blondie fan, too. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/950738737109045248) > [](https://twitter.com/BlondieOfficial/status/950741685721542656) > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/950806440318468098) ## Transcript [00:00] I don't know whether I'll ever publish that but I I [00:06] will tell you this. The theme of my 50th birthday [00:11] which I held at Halloween even though that's not really [00:13] my birthday was [ UNKNOWN ] [00:16] private nightmare. And I went as a lost manuscript. [00:19] [ LAUGH ] And I wrote Over drafts, most [00:23] of that book I wrote it. So, that book I [00:29] don't know whether it will ever be published, but it's [00:30] actually hanging in the wardrobe, currently .>> Oh, my [00:32] this is a J. K. Rowling scoop, I'm sorry. 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