Bella Poarch

Bella Poarch is a Filipino-American social media personality and singer rose to prominence after creating the most liked TikTok video.

The video was uploaded to TikTok in August 2020, and featured a zoomed-in view of Poarch’s face lip-syncing and bobbing her head to the beats of Millie B’s viral song, “Soph Aspin Send”, also known as the M to the B song. Poarch was born on February 9, 1997, in the Philippines. Her parents were poor and could not afford to take care of Poarch.

Poarch did join the Navy as soon as she was able and shortly after retiring from the Navy, Poarch joined the popular video-sharing app TikTok in April 2020. Poarch had no idea she was going to become an overnight sensation and quickly saw her account gain over 80 million followers in less than eight months. This was mostly thanks to her record-breaking video that boasts over 57 million likes, more than any other video on the app. Poarch’s TikTok account is currently the third-most followed account after Charlie D’amelio and Khaby Lame.

Poarch often posted her acoustic covers of popular songs while playing the ukulele on her TikTok account, which eventually became so popular that it helped her earn a music record deal with Warner Records in 2021, which was followed by the release of her debut single, “Build a Bitch”.

Poarch won the Streamy for Breakout Creator of the Year in 2021, won the iHeartRadio Music Award’s Social Star Award, and she is also an honorary mention in Forbes 30 under 30 in the social media category list of 2022.

Poarch first joined TikTok in early 2020 when she reportedly created her TikTok account In January. Her account initially experienced a very slow start with her first few months not being noteworthy at all due to her not being active on TikTok. The following April saw Poarch get active on TikTok for the first time, with a lot of her content being primarily based on gaming and cosplay.

Poarch started gaining some attention during this period of time, but truly stepped into the spotlight in August when her zoomed-in lip-syncing video went viral on TikTok. In the video, Poarch can be seen rhythmically bobbing her head to British rapper Millie B’s song ‘M to the B’, also known as “Sophie Aspin Send”. The video went viral and became the most liked video in TikTok’s history with a whopping 57 million likes as reported by Vogue.

Poarch became an overnight superstar and eventually decided to follow up on her TikTok success by joining Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch in the subsequent months.

Apart from being one of the top three content creators on TikTok, Poarch commands an impressive presence on all other leading social media platforms as well. Currently, Poarch has an impressive 89.6 million followers on TikTok, 5.94 million subscribers on YouTube, over 171,000 followers on her Twitch account, a popular streaming platform, and over 1 million followers on Twitter. She also has over 14 million followers on her Instagram account, which provides more insight into her professional and personal life.

Poarch is well aware of the influence she wields and in a bid to convert her massive following into a commercial stream of revenue, Insider.com reported Poarch collaborated with RIPNDIP, a clothing brand, to create her limited-time clothing line, RIPNDIP X Paca in 2020. It features Poarch’s giant alpaca stuffed toy that has featured in a number of viral TikTok videos.

In December, later the same year, Poarch’s skyrocketing popularity caught the attention of two of the largest professional esports organizations in North America, 100 Thieves and FaZe clan. They were rumored to be attempting to sign Poarch to their respective brands as their star content creator as revealed on the 100 Thieves podcast which featured the CEOs and owners of 100 Thieves, CouRage and Nadeshot.

After becoming a TikTok star, Poarch diversified her content and often posted videos of her singing covers of popular songs on her social media accounts, which garnered enough attention to warrant a record deal with Warner Records in May 2021.

Poarch formally announced her signing by releasing her debut single ‘Build a Bitch’ later that same month. Billboard described the music video, which features a number of influential social media personalities like Valkyrae, Mia Khalifa, Bretman Rock, and ZHC, as “an audacious, darkly comic slice of new-school pop”. The song was created with producer-songwriter Sub Urban.

In the same podcast “The CouRage and Nadeshot Show,” Poarch revealed how she felt after she signed with Warner Records, after realizing her childhood dream of becoming a professional singer who seemed impossible at the time given how unsupportive and abusive her adoptive parents were.

Since 2022, Bella Poarch's career has only gained momentum, evolving from her beginnings as a social media sensation to making a name for herself in the music industry. In August 2022, she released her debut EP, "Dolls," which highlighted her artistic growth and ability to merge pop with darker, more introspective themes.

The EP was well-received, with Rolling Stone praising its "darkly hued pop" and Poarch's distinctive attitude, solidifying her transition from TikTok influencer to serious recording artist. Riding the wave of her EP's success, Poarch continued to drop new tracks and collaborate with well-known artists.

In September 2023, she joined forces with Lauv on the single "Crush," a vibrant pop anthem that further diversified her musical style and showcased her talent for appealing to a wide audience.

Even as she ventured deeper into music, Poarch maintained a strong grip on her social media presence, especially on TikTok, where she kept her 90 million-plus followers engaged with a blend of lip-syncs, dance challenges, and teasers for her music.

Beyond music and social media, Poarch's influence expanded through brand deals and endorsements. As a prominent Filipino-American in the entertainment world, she also played a significant role in increasing visibility and representation for the Asian-American community in mainstream media.

She was recently appointed as the brand ambassador for HyperX, the gaming division of Hewlett-Packard, as the face of their Quadcast S microphone and as a figure in the brand's mission for gaming inclusivity. She has also been sponsored by brands like Moncler, Google, Tinder, and NYX Cosmetics as reported by Seventeen. She recently joined the likes of Marshmello and Ninja, by teaming up with Epic Games to have her emotes added to the popular video game Fortnite.

Bella Poarch's net worth is $16 million as per Celebrity Net Worth as of July 2024. Poarch makes up her impressive valuation mostly from her presence as a social media personality and influencer. Aside from her social media career, Poarch’s other sources of income include her YouTube and Twitch channels, brand endorsements, her merchandise line, TikTok NFT collaboration and finally, her music career. Get detailed information about Bella Poarch's net worth.

Shortly after going viral thanks to the “M to the B” TikTok video, Poarch appeared in rapper Tyga’s TikTok video, which quickly prompted rumors about the two being in a relationship. However, neither party has confirmed or denied these rumors.

Not a lot of information exists about the Poarch’s personal life to an extent where multiple sources have questioned whether Poarch’s real name is Bella Poarch. A picture posted on her Instagram prior to her days as a TikTok celebrity shows Poarch in her Navy uniform with her last name tag reading “Taylor”.

This content creator is no stranger to controversies. In another pre-TikTok fame era controversy, ​​Poarch was accused of being racist when she called one of her African American friends in the navy as “Harambe”. Harambe was the name of a gorilla that was killed in 2016 following the fall of a child into the gorilla’s enclosure in the Cincinnati Zoo. Poarch later responded to these accusations and defended her usage of the phrase, stating that was his nickname back when they were stationed together in Japan.

It is no secret that this TikTok sensation has many tattoos which she flaunts proudly. However, recently, one of her tattoos got her into trouble. The Korea Herald reported that Poarch was criticized for her Rising Sun Flag tattoo, which is considered to be a symbol of Japanese Imperialism and is considered widely offensive to countries in the East as well as South-East Asia, notably countries that Japan colonized. Poarch was forced to apologize and later got a cover-up tattoo in September 2020.

Following the pandemic and spread of hate crimes against people of Asian descent and ethnicity, Poarch took to TikTok to voice her support and fight against anti-Asian racism and uploaded a video where she spoke about how Asians were being targeted unfairly.

In an interview with Vogue, Poarch has claimed she was treated differently and even attacked on random occasions as a teen after she moved to the States from the Philippines prior to the outbreak of COVID-19.

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Here’s a list of awards and nominations Poarch has received:

• Nominated in 2021 for an MTV Millennial Award in the Global Creator category.

• Nominated in 2021 for an MTV Video Music Award for her music video, “Build a Bitch” in the Best Visual Effects category.

• Nominated in 2021 for a People's Choice Award in the New Artist catergory.

• Nominated in 2-21 for UK Music Video Award for her music video, "Build a Bitch" in the Best Pop Video – International category.

• Won the Breakout Creator of the Year at the Streamy Awards 2022

• Nominated for the Creator of the Year award at the Streamy Awards 2022.

• Nominated for the Short Form awards of the year at the Streamy Awards 2022.

• Won the Social Star Award at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in 2022.

• Nominated for Best Music Video at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in 2022 for her music video, “Build a Bitch”.