Twitter to rebrand to X after Musk’s tweet bender

Elon Musk has confirmed Twitter’s iconic blue bird will soon be replaced by an interim X logo, in another major shake-up to the platform’s identity since his takeover.

Musk, owner of Twitter and chief executive of Tesla, tweeted for hours on Sunday about an imminent brand change for Twitter to become a platform called “X”.

Twitter bird

Say goodbye to the blue bird

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