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Bella Poarch
Poarch in 2021
Born (1997-02-09) February 9, 1997 (age 27)
San Fabian, Pangasinan, Philippines
Occupations
  • Social media personality
  • singer
Years active2020–present
Spouse
Tyler Poarch
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​
(m. 2019; div. 2022)​
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
LabelsWarner
Military career
Allegiance United States
Service / branch United States Navy
Years of service2017–2020
RankE-4
AwardsNational Defense Service Medal, Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist insignia
TikTok information
Followers92.2 million
Likes2.2 billion
Last updated: October 25, 2022
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2020–present
Subscribers6.33 million[2]
Total views624.62 million[2]
100,000 subscribers2021
1,000,000 subscribers2021
Last updated: October 25, 2022

Bella Poarch (/pɔːrtʃ/ PORCH;[3] born February 9, 1997) is a Filipina-American singer and social media personality. On August 17, 2020, she created the most liked video on TikTok, in which she lip syncs to the song "M to the B" by British rapper Millie B. She is the most followed TikTok contributor in the Philippines.[4][5][6] In May 2021, she released her debut single "Build a Bitch".[7]

As of July 24, 2022, she has over 90.8 million followers on TikTok,[8] ranking as the third most-followed individual on the platform behind Khaby Lame and Charli D'Amelio.[9] She signed a music record deal with Warner Records in 2021.[7]

Early life

Bella Poarch was born on February 9, 1997,[10] in the Philippines[9] to Filipino parents. She was raised by her grandmother in the slums until the age of three and was then adopted by her adoptive family.[11] Her adoptive father is an American who had served in the US military and her adoptive mother is Filipino; both adoptive parents had met in Saudi Arabia where her adoptive father was stationed, before settling in the Philippines. In an interview, she recounts that she and her adopted brother were heavily abused all throughout her childhood, up until her enrollment in the military.[12] She lived on a farm with her family: two older (adopted) sisters, her adoptive parents, and her brother. She had many of the responsibilities for the farm, even as young as seven years old. She recounts that her adoptive sisters did not receive the same treatment as her. Poarch says that her father was verbally and physically abusive, while her mother did not get involved. Her family (except her two older sisters who still reside in the Philippines) moved to San Francisco to live with her aunt for a couple of months, before the family moved to Texas when she was 13[9] due to her father's need for bypass surgery. She says that the abuse decreased, but she still faced some mental abuse from her father at home.[12]

Musical career

Poarch shows her Tik-Tok makeup routine for Vogue Taiwan in 2021.

In January 2020, Poarch created her TikTok account. She started actively posting on TikTok based on gaming and cosplay content in April 2020. She gained notability in August 2020, when her lip sync videos went viral, most notably her video where she is lip-syncing to "Sophie Aspin Send" by Millie B. The zoomed-in video of her lip-syncing to that tune and rhythmically bouncing went viral and became one of TikTok's most liked videos of all time. Following her TikTok success, she launched a YouTube channel and Twitter page in the months after she joined TikTok.

Poarch is also associated with her alpaca stuffed toy.[13][14] In 2020, she released a limited clothing line RIPNDIP x Paca Collaboration.[15]

In December 2020, Poarch's rising popularity peaked when she reportedly grabbed the interest of two large professional Esports organizations – 100 Thieves and FaZe Clan, which apparently showed interest in her, a live streamer and gamer at the time, as a content creator under their respective banners.[16] In May 2021, Poarch signed a record deal with Warner Records.

On May 14, 2021, Poarch released her debut single "Build a Bitch".[17] The associated music video, which appeared on YouTube, was described by Billboard as "an audacious, darkly comic slice of new-school pop", created with Daniel Virgil Maisonneuve, the producer-songwriter better known as Sub Urban."[7] The video features other notable internet personalities including Valkyrae, Mia Khalifa, Bretman Rock and ZHC.[18]

On an episode of the 100 Thieves podcast "The CouRage and Nadeshot Show",[19] Poarch said that the song traces back to her own history of being bullied as a child. Poarch said on the podcast that she had wanted to become a singer since she was a child.[20]

Poarch released her first EP, Dolls, on August 12, 2022. It includes her previous singles, "Build a Bitch", "Inferno", and "Dolls", as well as new tracks "Villain", "No Man's Land", and "Living Hell". A music video for "Living Hell" debuted alongside the EP. In addition to co-starring in the music video for "Dolls", Grimes features on "No Man's Land".[21] Rolling Stone praised the dark pop tone of the EP.[22] In addition, "Villain" would be used for WWE's Extreme Rules premium live event in 2022.

Military career

Poarch is a U.S. Navy veteran.[23] She enlisted in the Navy in 2017 as an aviation ordnanceman and served for three years, having been stationed in Japan and Hawaii.

Personal life

Poarch resides in Los Angeles.[24]

She has publicly expressed her support in the fight against anti-Asian racism because of the rise in hate crimes towards the Asian-American community. On March 19, 2021, she uploaded a video to TikTok to speak on the topic and spread the message.[25] She also shared her experiences with Vogue, saying that she can relate to this situation because she has been "treated differently" and "randomly attacked and assaulted" as an Asian teen after moving to the U.S. from the Philippines.[26]

In September 2020, Korean social media users criticized Poarch for having a tattoo similar to the Rising Sun Flag in her videos. The specific tattoo resembled a symbol of Japanese imperialism which may be considered offensive to Southeast and East Asians. She apologized and had it covered and later removed.[27][28] Poarch married Tyler Poarch in 2019. She filed for divorce from him in November 2022.[29]

Discography

Extended plays

Title Details
Dolls
  • Released: August 12, 2022[30]
  • Label: Warner
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles

List of singles, with year released, selected chart positions, certifications, and album name shown
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[31] 		AUS
[32] 		CAN
[33] 		GER
[34] 		IRE
[35] 		NOR
[36] 		NLD
[37] 		NZ
[38] 		SWE
[39] 		UK
[40]
"Build a Bitch" 2021 56 28 28 86 23 25 78 24 65 30 Dolls
"Inferno"
(with Sub Urban) 		—[a] — 61 — — — — —[b] — — Hive and
Dolls
"Dolls" 2022 — — — — — — — — — — Dolls
"Living Hell" — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that failed to chart, was ineligible for the chart, or was not released.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Category Result Ref.
2021 MTV Millennial Awards Herself Global Creator Nominated [46]
MTV Video Music Awards "Build a Bitch" Best Visual Effects Nominated [47]
People's Choice Awards Herself New Artist Nominated [48]
UK Music Video Awards "Build a Bitch" Best Pop Video – International Nominated [49]
Streamy Awards Herself Creator of the Year Nominated [50]
Breakout Creator of the Year Won
Short Form Nominated
2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards Social Star Award Won
"Build a Bitch" Best Music Video Nominated [51]

Notes

  1. ^ "Inferno" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number four on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Chart.[44]
  2. ^ "Inferno" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 13 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[45]

References

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  3. ^ "Bella Poarch Never Learned How To Swim... But Was In The Navy??! | 17 Questions | Seventeen". YouTube. September 6, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  4. ^ Jennings, Rebecca (December 8, 2020). "Why Bella Poarch's 'M to the B' video was the top TikTok of 2020 Bella is the most followed Filipino Tiktok star". Vox. Archived from the original on February 17, 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  5. ^ Strapagiel, Lauren. "Here's Why People Can't Stop Watching Those Bella Poarch Tiktoks". BuzzFeed. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021.
  6. ^ Kastrenakes, Jacob (December 2, 2020). "TikTok says Bella Poarch's 'M to the B' was its biggest viral video of the year". The Verge. Archived from the original on February 17, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c Lipshutz, Jason (May 14, 2021). "TikTok Star Bella Poarch Signs With Warner Records, Shares Debut Single". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  8. ^ "Bella Poarch (@bellapoarch) Official TikTok". TikTok. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
  9. ^ a b c Collin, Hattie (May 14, 2021). "TikTok Star-Turned-Musician Bella Poarch on the Impossibility of Beauty Standards and the Value of Therapy". Vogue. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  10. ^ "When is Bella Poarch's birthday?". Capital XTRA. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  11. ^ Poarch, Bella. "Bella Poarch – H3 Podcast # 247". H3 Podcast. Retrieved September 21, 2021. When I was three, before I was adopted, I was living with my grandma and it was in the slums. We were very poor.
  12. ^ a b Bella Poarch – H3 Podcast # 247, retrieved June 18, 2021
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  14. ^ "TikTok where Paca is directly referred to".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  22. ^ Johnston, Maura (August 12, 2022). "Bella Poarch Delivers Darkly Hued Pop With a Winning Sneer on 'Dolls'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
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