Island Entertainment would've never guessed to get over 58 million views on a video from a local sweet sixteen party. What was even more unexpected though, was the fact it only blew up because of people making an internet meme about it.
A family owned business by the name of Island Entertainment, run by Joseph Delvillar and his son Michael Delvillar, was a small party planning company that was accustomed to posting on social media for traction. Unbeknownst to them, and thanks to TikTok, they would get over 20,000 visits to their website; after only having an average of 200 views a month. They have potential customers reaching out from places like Dubai and New Zealand asking to fly them out for a party. It’s a dream come true.
But what exactly is a TikTok Rizz Party? Well the original idea is actually unrelated to Island Entertainment as a whole. The video that became viral was a clip from a student’s sweet sixteen birthday party. It features the people we will be talking about later singing parts of Carnival by Kanye West.
It wasn’t until a little after, though, that a tiktoker posted a sped up video of the kids with an image of a “TikTok Rizz Party '' flier overlaid.
The original image of this flier was posted to the internet over a year ago and we have no real sources about the origin or context to it.
So why did the poster make this connection? There is no real reason they have stated, but it’s likely they did this because the people in the clip seemed cringe or immature to them, like they would imagine the people at the real TikTok Rizz Party would be.
This is only the tip of the iceberg, however, because this Parody of Island Entertainments clip would spark a wide known trend among TikTok users. Videos about or related to the TikTok Rizz Party have accumulated over 100 million views. But it seems all the videos aren’t even about the party itself, instead about multiple kids caught singing on video.
There are four main characters people like to talk about. The first one, or one on the far right in the photo, has various nicknames but “Sigma Group Leader” and “Blue Tie Kid” have stuck the most. The next one, or the one on the far left, people call “Tomato Boy” because of his very red face in the video. Then there is “White Shirt Guy,” the one with the obvious white shirt or the one next to Tomato Boy. Lastly, there is Turkish Quandale Dingle, easily the most dynamic and well received character from the whole group.
TikTok users have made “lore” about the group which is what really kicked off the trend, because people then made videos about said lore and kept expanding the story further. The surface level story goes as follows: Blue Tie Kid is the leader of the friend group, people infer that because of the way the other members look to him “for approval” or “to impress him.”
Tomato Boy and White Shirt guy don’t have much backstory to them. White Shirt guy is said to be “second in command” or Blue Tie Kid’s best friend. There have been some people saying White Shirt was going to overthrow Blue Tie Kid to become new group leader, but it’s not agreed on by all the fans.
Finally, Turkish Quandale Dingle, or TQD for short. People gave him that name because of a different meme that was trending in 2022, Quandale Dingle is an internet persona with a big nose, and because of his appearance they thought that name was fitting. TQD is a fan favorite among many. People also say he is going to overthrow the group leader and become the new “Alpha.” There is a video from the sweet sixteen of him dancing and sticking his tongue out that people mainly use for Turkish Quandale.
TQD’s alternate story is a very different change of pace to the rest of the story though. People say Turkish Quandale Dingle likes, in a romantic way, Blue Tie Kid. They named their ship “BlueDingle.” There have been countless edits and videos about them. Apparently, the story is that Blue Tie is straight, but TQD likes Blue Tie and is gay. Blue Tie does have a girlfriend in real life, and this story has nothing to go off except for the videos of them singing and dancing together.
Obviously, a fantasy made about strangers online isn’t real, but the kids behind it have been almost playing into it, basically reveling in the fame. Blue Tie Kid and TQD have agreed to doing many public interviews together to answer any questions people may have. Blue Tie Kid’s real name, or name he likes to go by, is Sebby, and TQD’s name is Mike. As Sebby states in one interview, “We’re just like, a group of friends that happen to go viral.”
The TikTok Rizz Party isn’t really all that it has been said to be but all the members involved have been in good spirits about their online attention and at the end of the day everyone is having a good time.
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