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Mr. Fantasy, you’re within the huge leagues now, child. KJ Apa’s Hannah Montana-like alter ego from TikTok has made all of it the best way to Rockefeller Middle for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, somewhat over every week after he was seen within the viewers for Dancing with the Stars. He’s not below contract to any broadcast community, a free hen! The celebrity Mr. Fantasy joined the oldest float within the parade, the Jolly Polly Pirate Ship, to carry out his titular music “Mr. Fantasy,” forward of latest music popping out on November 28. He climbed and danced throughout the ship, surrounded by kids dressed as pirates, who most likely thought that Mr. Fantasy was part of some kind of Lazy City spin-off. I don’t suppose he exhibits up on their FYP.
When Apa was locked out of his TikTok account, he discovered a brand new, unusual however productive method to cope by posting and selling his music as Mr. Fantasy, the place he wears a brunette f*ck ass bob wig, faux tooth, and actual sun shades. “All of it begins with the music. The music helps me to get particular. Mr. Fantasy is at all times altering relying on which world he’s getting into, and the music is the pioneer. The music is the nice grasp that pulls Mr. Fantasy into these worlds,” he advised Individuals in an interview final month. And for the world of the Thanksgiving Parade, Mr. Fantasy is a pirate. Arg!