Instagram debuts new logo, Internet promptly freaks out

Everybody just breathe for a second. Are we all sitting down? OK: Instagram has a new logo.

SEE ALSO: Instagram just changed its logo in a big way

The company debuted a new icon featuring a multi-color gradient and minimal lines. The app also features a new black and white interface. 

As is the case with updates of any kind of beloved apps, the Internet has a lot of strong feelings about the new addition to our home screens:

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Casey Neistat 

✔‎@CaseyNeistat

guess i have to update my instagram tattoo

7:22 PM - 11 May 2016 · Manhattan, NY, United States

 
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Megan Hess 

✔‎@mhess4

Is the new Instagram logo just throwing shade at everyone's crappy sunset instagrams

7:24 PM - 11 May 2016

 
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Andrea Romano 

✔‎@theandrearomano

When u open ur phone and see the new Instagram logo.pic.twitter.com/uPrz90PAXr

7:29 PM - 11 May 2016

 
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Kevin Droniak ‎@kevindroniak

Does instagram realize they shouldn't fix something that's not broken?

7:27 PM - 11 May 2016

 
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Peter Allen Clark 

✔‎@peterallenclark

Instagram’s new logo loos like the Phillies Phanatic took LSD and wants to know why it’s missing an eye.

7:31 PM - 11 May 2016

 
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Erik Carter ‎@erikinternet

lol the instagram logo is 3 of the 4 default colors in the "4-color gradient" effect in after effects ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

7:33 PM - 11 May 2016

 
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Chloe Bryan ‎@chloebryan

amazing that this portal to a Grateful Dead concert was chosen as the new Instagram logo

7:36 PM - 11 May 2016

 
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4h

Mike Rundle ‎@flyosity

OMG it's glorious. Love the squircle. pic.twitter.com/yHk5UO9zLT

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Mike Rundle ‎@flyosity

OH: "They took all the color out of the app and jammed it into the icon."

7:17 PM - 11 May 2016

 
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Stefan Constantine 

✔‎@WhatTheBit

For the next three hours, we'll make fun of Instagram's logo. Then we'll make fun of the bad jokes about the new logo. Then we won't care.

6:53 PM - 11 May 2016

 
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