The Unexpected Kid Taking Over The K-Pop Industry: Viral Star Topher
An unexpected person is taking over the K-Pop industry, and his name is…
Topher.
The boy is already 2023’s viral star. His sister user @allycat.03 posted a TikTok video on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2022, and it quickly went viral.
The video showcased their relatives, telling the camera which family member they would warn someone about when being introduced for the first time. A couple of the kids answered, “Topher.” When it was his turn to speak, he appeared with red eyes (thanks to the camera’s flash) and replied with a heavy Southern accent, “Y’all already know who I am; my name’s Topher,” before choosing Olivia.
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This is not even his first time going viral. Some might also recognize him as the “Sprite kid” in another viral video posted by his sister. Yet, the recent video garnered over 34 million views and five million likes and ultimately inspired other TikTokers.
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After a couple of weeks, our FYP pages are filled with edits of Topher, fancams, memes, and more. If you’re interested, you can even check out #TopherTok, the hashtag dedicated to this content.
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One of the most popular Topher-themed edits is taking a scene from a movie, show, or even another viral video, where persons/characters are introducing themselves only to be replaced by Topher.
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As with any viral trend, it’s also found its way into the K-Pop community.
Since there are many videos of K-Pop groups’ members introducing themselves, it is more than easy to participate in the Topher trend. So, many users are trolling each other by claiming that a group introduced or “replaced” a member, only for it to be Topher at the end. So, Topher is not only the 6th member of TXT…
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He was also the 6th member of SHINee.
Did you also know he is the 10th member of the popular girl group TWICE?
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Some have said Topher is BTS‘s 8th member. Others have joked that he’s the “replacement” for Jin while he is fulfilling his mandatory military enlistment.
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In a shocking turn of events, the original Topher video is no longer viewable on TikTok, though. For an unknown reason, his sister’s account was banned.
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