--- title: Blue Ivy on Vacation Is Summer's Most Aspirational Meme description: Blue Ivy Carter redefined what vacation goals are when she was spotted sipping a cool drink in a crystal blue pool. canonical: https://time.com/5351341/blue-ivy-vacation-meme/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-27T16:24:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:03.434Z og:title: Blue Ivy on Vacation Is Summer's Most Aspirational Meme og:description: Living her best life og:url: https://time.com/5351341/blue-ivy-vacation-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt053972b2b967b14a/6989367d7cdbaca5efd5d856/blue-ivy-vacation-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Roaming Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Blue Ivy on Vacation Is Summer's Most Aspirational Meme twitter:description: Living her best life twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt053972b2b967b14a/6989367d7cdbaca5efd5d856/blue-ivy-vacation-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Blue Ivy on Vacation Is This Summer's Most Aspirational Relaxation Goals > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for NARAS) Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for NARAS  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 27, 2018 4:24 PM UTC [Blue Ivy Carter](http://time.com/5122478/beyonce-blue-ivy-grammys/) redefined what vacation goals are when she was photographed sipping a cool drink in a crystal blue pool in a picture posted on Beyoncé’s [website.](https://www.beyonce.com/) In the photo, the six-year-old heir to the Knowles-Carter dynasty and [accomplished freestyle rapper](http://time.com/4848919/blue-ivy-freestyle-rap-reactions/) wore a black and white ruffled swimsuit, a pair of chic sunglasses, and held a refreshing orange beverage, looking unbothered and completely in her element. The photo appeared to be taken during the European leg of the Carters’ _On the Run II_ tour. As might be expected, the Internet couldn’t get enough of Blue Ivy’s chill and casually bougie summer vibes and quickly turned the already iconic photo into the summer’s most aspirational meme to express their most luxurious and carefree feelings. > [](https://twitter.com/Wh1tneyyy/status/1022331732580687872) > [](https://twitter.com/jacobiware1/status/1022324821038981126) > [](https://twitter.com/mayathemuse/status/1022319852575436800) > [](https://twitter.com/%5FiPiiNKYPROMiSE/status/1022318968802041857) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5351341/blue-ivy-vacation-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5351341/blue-ivy-vacation-meme/"},"headline":"Blue Ivy on Vacation Is This Summer's Most Aspirational Relaxation Goals","datePublished":"2018-07-27T16:24:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:03.434Z","description":"Living her best life","url":"https://time.com/5351341/blue-ivy-vacation-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt053972b2b967b14a/6989367d7cdbaca5efd5d856/blue-ivy-vacation-meme.jpg?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/blt053972b2b967b14a/6989367d7cdbaca5efd5d856/blue-ivy-vacation-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"60th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Roaming Show","caption":"60th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Roaming Show","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for NARAS","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/5351341/blue-ivy-vacation-meme/","name":"Blue Ivy on Vacation Is This Summer's Most Aspirational Relaxation Goals"}}]}] ```