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WorldOfTShirts | |
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| Born | Joshua Block August 7, 2001[1] |
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| Years active | 2017–present |
TikTok information | |
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| Followers | 3.5 million |
| Likes | 239.7 million |
Last updated: October 21, 2024 | |
Joshua Block, better known as WorldOfTShirts on TikTok, is an American social media personality. He is best known for his TikTok videos about his life in New York City. Block regularly wears a captain's hat, which has led fans to occasionally refer to him by the mononym Captain.
Career
editIn 2017, Block created a t-shirt company called World of T-Shirts, which later became his social media handles for both Instagram and TikTok.[2]
Block initially went viral on TikTok for singing Empire State Of Mind in Times Square on March 14, 2021.[3] In many of his subsequent viral videos, Block repeated this trend, including one instance on a helicopter.[4]
Block continued to go viral while documenting his daily activities, as well as when fans would record and upload videos of their confrontations with Block.[5] Throughout his continued content creation, Block began to offer tours of New York City to customers, often including pub crawls as part of the itinerary.
Discography
edit| Title | Year |
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| Normality | 2020 |
| Coffee & Boba | 2020 |
| 1700 Somewhere | 2024 |
| Forever Drunk | 2024 |
| Drink on | 2024 |
| Whiskey neat (Radio Edit) | 2024 |
Personal life
editBlock's mother passed away in 2015.[2] After her passing, his grandfather became his legal guardian.
Block has autism.[2] Regarding his autism, Block has said that it "is not a disability, it's a different ability".[7]
It has been widely speculated that Block suffers from alcoholism, but Block himself has denied this.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Who is Joshua 'Worldoftshirts' Block and why is he so obsessed with New York?". The Tab. 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ a b c Grasso, Nicholas (2021-12-31). "Meet Joshua Block, a recent Patchogue-Medford grad who attracts millions on TikTok". Greater Long Island. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ worldoftshirts (2021). "TikTok video by worldoftshirts". TikTok. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ a b Holmes, Helen (2023-12-22). "The Voyeuristic Obsession With One Binge-Drinking TikToker". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ Asarch, Steven (2023-09-19). "An Honest Review of the WorldofTShirts Experience". Passionfruit. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
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- "Joshua Block". Spotify. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- "Joshua Block". Spotify. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ "World of T-Shirts | Videos". World of T-Shirts. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
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