Someday this week, a TikTok star was born — and she or he wore an orange, spandex jumpsuit and an outsized pretend, yellow mustache. I am speaking, in fact, about @_ashbyflorence_.
You have seemingly seen Ashby should you’ve logged onto TikTok within the final week or so. Perhaps you’ve got seen her on a reside stream, otherwise you’ve seen the viral clips, otherwise you’ve seen folks reacting to the clips, otherwise you’ve seen others speaking about how humorous she is. Regardless, she’s lately change into a fixture on FYPs all over the place, mine included.
Maybe you are like me, randomly spouting quotes from a girl on TikTok dressed because the Lorax or Alexander Hamilton. Issues like, “I am baaaashful” in a vaguely Midwest accent, or “I am joooking,” or protruding your tongue, lizard-like, as a punchline. I am unable to think about I am alone on this expertise, the unusual, viral comedy of Ashby worming into your day by day life.
So…who’s Ashby?
Greatest I can inform, Ashby’s actual title is Ashby Florence and she or he works an actual job doing PR for an leisure firm. (Mashable has reached out to Florence and can replace if we obtain a response)
However we’re not speaking Ashby the IRL individual, we’re speaking the all of the sudden viral comic. Like others on TikTok lately, she gained some traction lately dressing up as Alexander Hamilton, which someway turned a pattern. This lip sync publish, as an illustration, racked up practically 12 million views.
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Normally, Ashby channels a model of Hamilton that was fed up and pressed for time. It is fairly humorous.
However the perfect stuff, the funniest stuff — in my view — is Ashby’s livestreams. They’ve created a complete ecosystem of clips, particularly those with Ashby dressed up because the Lorax. Now…why the Lorax? Properly, visually, it is humorous, and others have dressed like the Lorax on TikTok earlier than. However you have not actually seen it till you see Ashby do it. Her comedic timing, plus the vaguely Midwest accent, plus the massive mustache, the massive ft, the stomach, it is simply…excellent. I imply, simply watch this publish from Ashby that’s half Lorax, half Norm from Cheers, half Andrew Cube Clay, half Tim Robinson… half…I do not know.
Why does she stick her tongue out for a punchline? Who is aware of, however I adore it. Why the tough edits? Once more, ditto. Why pronounce squirrels like that? Once more, adore it. Folks on TikTok have taken to clipping her reside streams, pouring over their favourite moments. It is fairly hilarious stuff, and completely unusual, and has taken my FYP hostage.
Ashby is an ideal creator for 2025. She’s admitted she hasn’t seen The Lorax and overtly says “give me cash” adopted with a ITYSL-esque “I am jokinnnn.” She actually talks (in Lorax voice) about milking her viral second. She re-treads catchphrases like “I am baaaashful” and makes crass, foolish jokes. To not learn too a lot right into a humorous individual dressing up because the Lorax, however Ashby overtly mocks the thought of creators performing like they do not publish for the money. And other people actually adore it. The response on-line has been practically universally optimistic, so far as I can inform.
So, what now?
So far as I can inform, the world of Ashby’s content material is huge. There are movies of her because the Lorax and Hamilton, in fact, but additionally Pitbull (in fact) and, properly, herself. There are many clips to peruse via as a result of livestreams clearly last more than the everyday TikTok.
And Ashby additionally has one other livestream deliberate for Tuesday round 9 p.m. ET. It is solely listed as a shock character with the outline, “I hope I don’t get too bashful.” My private hope is we get extra of the Lorax. However no matter it’s, we will relaxation assured it’s going to be humorous and really unusual.
