“Can I sing for you?” That’s the usual opening line from Harry Daniels, a Gen-Z TikTok sensation and rising vocalist whose presence on social media has skyrocketed in latest months. In the event you’ve ever discovered your self trapped within the limitless scroll, burning via your retinas (responsible as charged), you’ll possible know him because the maestro of monitoring down as we speak’s largest stars. Having met a formidable roster of A-listers—from Dua Lipa and Margot Robbie to Jacob Elordi and Timothée Chalamet—Daniels possesses a singular expertise for delivering cringe-worthy serenades to stars…and I imply in essentially the most painful but oddly mesmerizing approach. “I’m trolling everybody, initially,” Daniels confesses to Vogue. “Some folks assume I’m being critical, and I’ve to make clear each time—it’s my on-line persona; efficiency artwork, maybe.”

Rising up in Lengthy Island, Daniels discovered himself deeply enamored by stars like Billie Eilish and Dua Lipa, even earlier than they hit the worldwide highlight. “I keep in mind attending certainly one of Dua’s earliest live shows—I’ve been to many since then—the place she carried out for a crowd of perhaps 15 folks as a result of she hadn’t but damaged via within the US. I used to be an enormous fan even earlier than she exploded,” he says. “My admiration for these artists led me to look into their journeys, to grasp what propelled them to the place they’re as we speak—and that’s after I began determining methods to attach with them myself.”

What was Daniels’s first “Can I sing for you” second? “It occurred at a Sabrina Carpenter CD-signing occasion, the place you bought to satisfy her when you purchased a report,” he remembers. “I had already met Sabrina a couple of instances, so my associates egged me on to prank her. I made a decision to play alongside, claimed I used to be a singer, and belted out a music… and, nicely, folks discovered it humorous, so it sort of grew to become a factor.”

Since that fateful encounter, Daniels has serenaded a galaxy of stars, some extra amused than others. Both approach, it’s all the time a riot (and a problem) to witness: amongst his targets have been Cher, Adam Sandler, Olivia Rodrigo, Kylie Minogue, Charli XCX, Megan Thee Stallion, Omar Apollo, Lorde, Emma Chamberlain, and Michael Cera. However how does he summon the braveness to strategy these celebrities in such a approach? “It turns into second nature after some time, and when you’ve interacted with sure people a number of instances, the nerves simply go away,” he explains. And naturally, I needed to ask: How does he persistently bump into these well-known folks? He merely shrugs, remarking, “I attend many of those press occasions hoping to cross paths with folks, however oftentimes it’s by likelihood. I’ll strategy them, they usually’ll acknowledge me and know precisely what’s about to go down. I don’t chase, I entice.”