The world is mourning Prince, who passed away Thursday at the age of 57. Among social media reactions and memes, the image messaging platform Snapchat has created a new geofilter, which allows users to add purple rain to a new image.
Snapchat lets users take and share photographs with funny edits, which include emojis, animations, face swaps and more. Many on social media have added the filter to images of Prince, condolences and images of themselves mourning the late musician.
And @Snapchat has a purple rain filter. pic.twitter.com/Ate7QQmF3K
— Chris Harrington Ⓥ (@chrisharrington) April 21, 2016
RIP Prince (I love the purple rain in the snapchat filter; so fitting & it's raining outside rn) ☔️☂☔️ pic.twitter.com/HYXSD145bB
— allegiant ca (@AllegiantCA) April 21, 2016
How To Add Purple Rain Filter To Snapchat Photos
- Open the Snapchat application
- Take a photo
- Swipe to the left
- This will apply a filter. If the purple rain filter does not appear immediately, keep swiping
Purple Rain is the name of Prince’s sixth studio album, which released in 1984 and accompanies a movie and single of the same title.
According to reports, the singer, whose full name was Prince Rogers Nelson , succumbed to complications from a the flu , which he had been battling for several weeks prior.
