Pinkydoll
Pinkydoll | |
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| Born | Fedha Sinon 1995 or 1996 (age 28–29)[1] |
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| Years active | 2023–present |
| Known for | Viral NPC livestreams on TikTok |
Fedha Sinon, better known by her online alias Pinkydoll, is a Canadian internet personality and online TikTok streamer. Her NPC TikTok livestreams, in which she reacts to gifts sent to her with repetitive phrases and motions, went viral in 2023.
Life and career
Before starting her social media career, Fedha Sinon[1] worked as a stripper and webcam model. She ran a cleaning company in Montreal,[1] but lost the company after traveling to Seychelles for her stepfather's funeral.[2] Looking for a new way to make money, Sinon began livestreaming under the name Pinkydoll on TikTok.[2] Starting in January 2023, she began "NPC streaming", a phenomenon in which livestreamers on TikTok react to tips sent to them as cartoon "gifts" with repetitive, mechanical movements and phrases as though they were a non-player character in a video game, after a commenter wrote that she looked like an NPC.[3][4] She often streamed while popping popcorn using a hair straightener and partially based her persona on NPCs from the video game series Grand Theft Auto after watching others play it.[1][5]
Screen recordings of Pinkydoll's livestreams on TikTok went viral on social media in July 2023 as phrases from her livestreams, such as "ice cream so good" in response to the ice cream cone gift and "gang gang" in response to the GG gift, became memes.[4] The virality of her livestreams prompted a rise in NPC streamers using her phrases as well as parodies of her.[2] Her TikTok account reached 400,000 followers that same month, while her livestreams began to earn her as much as $7,000 in a day[6] as they reached hundreds of thousands of viewers, including Timbaland and ATL Jacob, two of her top viewers during one of her livestreams.[7] Her appeal has been attributed by critics to the uncanny valley of her movements,[2] the confusion caused by her persona,[3] Pinkydoll's "star quality" and "voice like honey",[5] a "surreal combination of sexiness and smooth videogame character body language",[8] and her livestreams being considered fetish content.[1] Also in July 2023, she received backlash after announcing she would be accepting a gig in Hollywood during the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes.[9] By August 2023, she had more than one million followers on TikTok.[10] While presenting at the 13th Streamy Awards in August 2023, social media users observed that her skin was darker than in her livestreams and accused her of "light skin fishing".[11][12] Also in August 2023, she released the song "Ice Cream So Good" in collaboration with fashion retailer Fashion Nova.[13]
Personal life
Pinkydoll has one son.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Kircher, Madison Malone (17 July 2023). "How PinkyDoll Mesmerized the Internet". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d Cole, Samantha (17 July 2023). "Viral TikTok NPC Streamer Pinkydoll Doesn't Care What You Think". Vice. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ a b Shugerman, Emily (17 July 2023). "15 Minutes With PinkyDoll, the NPC Streamer Baffling the Internet". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ a b Park, Gene (17 July 2023). "Why TikTokers are pretending to be robots and saying 'ice cream so good'". Washington Post. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ a b Greig, James (17 July 2023). "What is NPC streaming, and why is everyone so obsessed with it?". Dazed. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ Chan, Wilfred (2023-07-19). "$7,000 a day for five catchphrases: the TikTokers pretending to be 'non-playable characters'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ^ Price, Joe (17 July 2023). "Timbaland and ATL Jacob Were the Top Viewers of 'Ice Cream, Yes Yes' TikTok Sensation Pinkydoll". Complex. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ Baker-Whitelaw, Gavia (11 July 2023). "'Proof that society is crumbling right in front of our eyes': Why are people paying this TikToker to pop corn kernels with a hair straightener?". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ Evans, Greg (23 July 2023). "PinkyDoll sparks backlash after announcing Hollywood job during actor and writer strikes". Indy100. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ Moore, Julia; Lee, Michelle (28 August 2023). "Pinkydoll Strikes a Pose at the 2023 Streamy Awards in an Icy Blue Catsuit — and Bejeweled Pedicure!". People. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ Cooper, Sayou (August 29, 2023). "After the Streamy Awards, the internet is confused about Pinkydoll's complexion". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
- ^ Germain, Tabie (August 30, 2023). "TikTok Star Pinkdoll Shuts Down 'Light Skin Fishing' Claims Following Streamy Awards Appearance". BET. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
- ^ Renshaw, David (August 21, 2023). "Yes yes yes, Arca really played PinkyDoll's "Ice cream so good" meme in her Field Day set". The Fader. Retrieved November 26, 2023.