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Mr. Fantasy, you’re in the big leagues now, kid. KJ Apa’s Hannah Montana-like alter ego from TikTok has made it all the way to Rockefeller Center for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, a little over a week after he was seen in the audience for Dancing with the Stars. He’s not under contract to any broadcast network, a free bird! The superstar Mr. Fantasy joined the oldest float in the parade, the Jolly Polly Pirate Ship, to perform his titular song “Mr. Fantasy,” ahead of new music coming out on November 28. He climbed and danced all around the ship, surrounded by children dressed as pirates, who probably thought that Mr. Fantasy was a part of some type of Lazy Town spin-off. I don’t think he shows up on their FYP.
When Apa was locked out of his TikTok account, he found a new, strange but productive way to cope by posting and promoting his music as Mr. Fantasy, where he wears a brunette f*ck ass bob wig, fake teeth, and real sunglasses. “It all starts with the music. The music helps me to get specific. Mr. Fantasy is always changing depending on which world he’s entering, and the music is the pioneer. The music is the great master that pulls Mr. Fantasy into these worlds,” he told People in an interview last month. And for the world of the Thanksgiving Parade, Mr. Fantasy is a pirate. Arg!
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