Meet Xurrasco 021, 17-year-old TikToker from Rio de Janeiro who ‘has the honey’

Wake up, Pedro. Your time has passed and the obsession of the moment on TikTok is Xurrasco, a young man with paraffin hair named Gabriel Luiz. He is the owner of the profile entitled Xurrasco 021, where he shows his dances to more than 2 million followers, adding about 30 million likes.

Among his fans is the comedian Paulo Vieira, who honored the influencer with a portrait at BBB 23 this Wednesday (15). Social networks noticed the image of Xurrasco, who appeared in the foreground in reality.

Xurras, as he is also called, is 17 years old and lives in Bangu, in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro – where the “021” in his profile comes from. TikToker first went viral in August 2022, when sharing videos in which he makes viral choreography and others of his own. In some, he is alone. He is the star. In others, he dances alongside a group of at least four pairs, the so-called “Xurrasco troop”.

It was the video to the sound of “Lovezinho”, by Mc Tracey, that put Xurrasco in everyone’s sights. Ali, the boy, prays in football uniform straight top, sometimes in tight T-shirts, he began to show his insinuating twerk for the cameras. No vulgarity, no overdoing it. In this video specifically, as she danced and flashed her silvery smile at the camera, lightning seemed to explode in the sky. People went crazy. “Simply in the timing of lightning back there, angels are rejoicing in heaven as Xurrasco spreads on earth,” they wrote on Twitter.

Interacting with followers also makes a name for a TikToker. The montage that the “espetinhos” (as Xurrasco fans are called) made from a video with the song “The Less I Know The Better”, by the Australian psychedelic rock band Tame Impala, attracted the attention of another public. , without ceasing to please those who, until then, had only seen him dancing to the sound of “forbidden funks”.

The ease in the choreography earns praise for Xurrasco, but the appearance and evident self-esteem also draw the attention of TikToker admirers, described as “strangely beautiful” by Internet users. “He has honey,” commented a follower. Another said she was “emotional dependent” on the boy, whom she intimately calls Xu.

Xu, or rather, Gabriel, likes to post videos and photos on his networks, but he rarely talks or writes about himself. Subtitles on networks are rare and economical. His voice is barely audible, except when he sings. In the information he posted about himself on Instagram, the dancing boy from Bangu is succinct in defining himself: an artist.