
Nyle DiMarco, activist
DiMarco, the winner of both America’s Next Top Model and Dancing with the Stars, previously tweeted Vevo (the music video platform) when Grande released her music video for ‘thank u, next,’ in November 2018. He raised concerns about the fact that not including captions in her video meant they were missing out on servicing 466 million people with hearing loss.
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He then tweeted Grande herself, asking her to reach out to Vevo.
Could you ask @Vevo to add captions for 466 million people with hearing loss
— Nyle DiMarco (@NyleDiMarco) November 30, 2018
(Deaf here and we do enjoy your music) 🤟🏽https://t.co/e0YSC0lBJg
This time, after the release of the ‘7 Rings’ video (which did include captions), DiMarco, with director Jake Wilson, released an American Sign Language-version.
Grande retweeted it, saying in part, “love this so much.”
beyond 🖤 love this so much https://t.co/mO0LSPpal5
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) January 28, 2019
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