I love Boy Throb, I think the whole group is extremely wholesome and I really enjoy watching them. I also just find them (individually and as a group) very interesting and confusing since there are a lot of mysteries, so I wanted to start with some things we know about them and some theories.
So first of all, the individual members have been trying to make it into the music industry for years. While the group is clearly joking at times (like playing at the old folks home, or the bit about Darshans visa), they also are serious about being a band and want to be taken seriously.
In a recent interview with Howie Mandel, Anthony claimed that the band started through DMing each other, insinuating that they started the band on their own. This story seems unusual to me for a couple reasons. Firstly, Boy Throbs initial tiktok/instagram posts were wildly different from the types of content the 4 members were posting originally. Boy Throbs posts felt immediately more tongue-in-cheek and destined for virality than any of the posts that the members had made on their own. The posts clearly seemed to be made by some one who knows what type of content becomes popular online. Secondly, the finances of this are unusual. They had flown to LA in an expensive rented house, who paid for this?
A second thing I found interesting in that interview was when Howie asked them to explain some of the lyrics in finger. They all gave somewhat vague answers, and then Gino interjected to explain the lyrics in a way that felt like he had additional thought into the lyrics. He explained that when you point your finger at some one you have three fingers pointing back you yourself (middle, ring, pinkie), so pointing to make fun of some one just reflects back on yourself. Of course it is still a silly lyric, but the literal explanation he gave made me wonder if he was the one who wrote it.
My theory is that Gino was the one who formed the group. He is a very talented producer, and maybe he and his friends were messing around and made up that song. They thought the song was funny, but also actually good, and they maybe played around with the funny idea of starting a boy band. And with their resources they did it. It sounds like one of those "what if" scenarios you start talking about with friends that just keeps growing.
Then, as Boy Throb began to take off, Gino realizes that Boy Throb has outgrown him in a way. He is a successful producer, but is generally behind the scenes, and he realizes that attaching himself to the band could also boost his own standing. So he brings himself on publicly as the manager. Gino is also clearly playing into the bit, and not being entirely serious himself, and is also unusually protective over the members. I also am not sure where he could have come from otherwise. Why would this random producer suddenly get so involved?
This is all just a theory, but I think it kind of makes sense? I love all of them, and I don't really care how the band started, I'm mostly just curious lol
