On January 18, Kapamilya actor Joshua Garcia trended worldwide after uploading his latest Tiktok content.
On his Tiktok account, Garcia posted a video of him dancing to a remix version of Lil Wayne’s 2009 song Lollipop.
As of this writing, the video garnered over 23.6 Million views, 3.7 Million likes, and 163.3 thousand comments on Tiktok less than 48 hours after its upload.
https://www.tiktok.com/@iam.joshuagarcia/video/7054487964960787738?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id7022887893035451906
As a result, netizens reacted to his post, making the actor trend again on social media, but this time it went global.
https://twitter.com/marhoeger/status/1483636193850183680
Soooo here's this Filipino Actor, Joshua Garcia, who dances to trending TikTok songs ang guess what I saw in the comments😭😭💙 pic.twitter.com/xudWMJwpId
— kate⁷ ✘ (@jiminiscalicooo) January 18, 2022
1HR 📢📢📢
4.1M views
791.3K LikesTrending No.9 ORGANICALLY
Joshua Garcia ata 'yarn 🙌🙌🙌@iamjoshuagarcia pic.twitter.com/cL3FAxWrH7
— BloomingOnASnow (@Ayyiie_Cuarts20) January 18, 2022
JAEMIN GARCIA AND JOSHUA GARCIA TRENDING!!!! pic.twitter.com/QTjV1I66j4
— ꕤrien (@jaemjen15) January 18, 2022
effortless trending oppa, that’s
Joshua Garcia for y’all! @iamjoshuagarcia | #JoshuaGarcia pic.twitter.com/QGu3VCXJQL— Mother Mheck (Chamz) (@inang_mheck) January 18, 2022
Some netizens have already hailed Garcia as the “Tiktok King of the Philippines.”
Is Joshua Garcia the new King of PH Tiktok? pic.twitter.com/3G88U6T4Uw
— MARK ANGELO ROMA (@FACTbuddyMoTo) January 18, 2022
Others cited that the Korean singer Yeonjun might follow after Garcia’s post and post a similar dance video on Tiktok.
https://twitter.com/TXTREAUSERSCLV/status/1483401215677702151
https://twitter.com/sellendipity/status/1483395889742114816
joshua garcia did another challenge on tiktok and u know what that means right? manifesting yeonjun to join the challenge haha ✨ pic.twitter.com/hiSkwhr6w5
— the hani chapter: wants to be a rock!! (@naegabyeonhaesm) January 18, 2022
Some expressed their hopes of seeing a collaboration between Garcia and Yeonjun.
JAEMIN GARCIA AND JOSHUA GARCIA COLLAB WHEN 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/rIK5PxHst6
— tricia♡ (@jwooshiluvr) January 18, 2022
https://twitter.com/yjtrack/status/1483396919917375488
In December 2021, Garcia trended on social media after creating his Tiktok account and uploading his first video dancing to the Ginseng Strip 2002 challenge.
Because of his success in Tiktok, other celebrities such as Zaijian Jaranilla, Andrea Brillantes, Seth Fedelin, and Joao Constancia uploaded their version of Garcia’s trending video.
Garcia started his career in 2015 in Pinoy Big Brother: All In. From then on, he worked on Kapamilya projects such as The Greatest Love, Barcelona: A Love Untold, Vince Kath & James, Love You to the Stars and Back, The Good Son, and the Killer Bride.
Currently, he stars in the Kapamilya teleserye Viral: Scandal alongside Charlie Dizon. He’s also one of the main cast of the upcoming Kapamilya fantasy series, Darna with Jane De Leon.
