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About
Abraham Beglin, often known as @hambeglin on TikTok, refers to a TikToker who seems to be an older, British man who posts picture slideshows on the app that both present lonely, depressive selfies with beer or images of him and his different, dad-age pals on the pub or at residence having enjoyable. Abraham Beglin gained a mass following on TikTok and Instagram in late 2022 and early 2023, principally as a result of distinction between his apparently outdated age and the savvy, Gen Z signifiers of his TikTok content material. As he grew a following, many turned skeptical of Abraham Beglin’s age and identification, believing that he was enhancing and photoshopping his pictures utilizing the age filter on FaceApp.
On-line Historical past
On August seventh, 2022, TikToker hambeglin posted his first video, merely being a photograph of John Deere tractor and a text-to-speech voice singing, “John Deere tractor.” The video obtained roughly 47,900 performs and over 400 likes in 5 months. On August eighth, 2022, he posted a TikTok that confirmed his face for the primary time, gaining roughly 111,000 performs and 1,800 likes in 5 months (proven beneath).
@hambeglin I noticed a robotic immediately #robotic #fyp #enjoyable ♬ Convoy – C. W. McCall
Quickly after, on August tenth, 2022, TikToker hambeglin posted his first picture slideshow on the app, writing in textual content overlay on the primary picture, “At simons funeral social gathering.” The remainder of the images had been selfies that described what else he did at “simons funeral social gathering.” Over the course of 5 months, the slideshow obtained roughly 869,200 performs and 78,500 likes (images proven beneath).
On August thirteenth, 2022, TikToker hambeglin posted a slideshow that was his first to obtain over 1 million performs, incomes roughly 2.9 million performs and 329,000 likes in 5 months. The slideshow was about making a “huge bowl of crab” for his pals (major picture proven beneath, left). On the subsequent day, August 14th, 2022, TikToker hambeglin posted one other slideshow that obtained over 1 million performs, gaining roughly 3.3 million performs and 350,000 likes in 5 months. The slideshow was about him leaving his spouse and boarding a flight whereas barefoot (major picture proven beneath, proper).
Going into the rest of 2022, hambeglin continued incomes mass engagement on his picture slideshows. Over time, sure themes emerged in hambeglin’s slideshows equivalent to mourning his deceased son, hanging out together with his pals, being British and documenting lonely nights spent consuming together with his cat Dave. As an example, on October seventh, 2022, TikToker hambeglin posted a slideshow wherein he is seen consuming “wine and limoncello” alone together with his cat, gaining roughly 2 million performs and 276,500 likes in three months (images proven beneath).
Age Filter Accusations
As TikToker hambeglin gained a following, skepticism arose in regard to his precise age. As an example, on November twenty ninth, 2022, TikToker mr_big_red_shirt posted a video that screen-recorded a selected development of FaceApp filters used on one picture of Beglin’s alleged son. The primary FaceApp filter proven was a “Face Swap” with High Gear host Jeremy Clarkson. Then, he used the “Glasses” filter that added eyeglasses to the edited face. The end result gave the impression to be Abraham Beglin. Over the course of a month and a half, TikToker mr_big_red_shirt’s video obtained roughly 77,200 performs and 6,900 likes (proven beneath).
@mr_big_red_shirt @hambeglin it was all a lie 😩 #hambeglin #hambeglinsigma #hambeglinedit #abrahambeglin #tiktok #trending #viral #viralvideo #fyp #foryoupage ♬ Do not Look Again In Anger – Oasis
Following
Over the course of 5 months, Abraham Beglin amassed roughly 445,700 followers on TikTok and roughly 7,200 followers on Instagram.
Numerous Examples
