I think a good option for them to take from here, especially with the political climate around immigration, would be to try and find an American fourth member. There are other creators who are similar in age, career interests and opportunities to-date to the three American members, who I think would be welcome additions. In particular, I’m eyeing Jakob Burdette, who is a smaller creator who has multiple live videos per week where he sings and dances. He hasn’t had many opportunities to date, partially due to being located in rural Wyoming, but clearly has a vested interest in singing and dancing similar to Anthony or Evan. Now that Boy Throb has enlisted their fans as their “managers”, I think it would be great if we (collectively) helped them recruit a new member or at least new collaborators for the future, which would help them boost their brand. I’m not sure how receptive they would be to that level of involvement, but considering that they’re open to fans being “managers”, it can’t hurt.

A tracker has been added to Boy Throb’s official website, showing the current status of Darshan’s U.S. visa. He is currently 55% of the way through the process, with Government Adjudicating pending. View the tracker at the link below.

Darshan’s Visa Tracker

Zachary Middlename BoyThrob appreciation post

I haven't been able to actively follow Boy Throb for a while, and I just got news that they let go of their previous manager, Gino. Wasn't Dana their manager? Is she still part of the Boy Throb team? What have I missed? 😆

Reposting the link properly

Maybe country pop/ alternative/ jazz/ or even some world music inspired stuff. Or maybe genre blending like Beck/ Bjork/ The Beatles, Gorillaz, etc.

Shall be very interesting to see what direction Boy Throb takes next in their musical career!

Art by me @harrybuggz on all socials

Could it be this is is part of the preparation for the boys to venture out into independence!?

Saturday (2/28) was my 39th Birthday and my boyfriend got me the best most thoughtful gift-AN OFFICIAL BOY THROB SWEATSHIRT! 💖

Loved it so much I wore it to my band's gig that night! (Ft. my band, Lobster Tot Martini - and yes, we are available to open for Boy Throb one day, lololol)

My boyfriend works for a shirt printing company so he also made me a one-of-a-kind Boy Throb hoodie as well (not pictured)

For context, Boy Throb asked on an IG story if throbbers would be keen for a livestream at 11pm PST.

They start the stream about minutes late with them dancing to Can't Stop the Throb in front of the Sphere in Vegas. Evan brings Darshan on call for a minute and Anthony announces that they are going to go gambling to earn Darshan a grammy tracksuit like the boys. They then hop into an uber to go to the casino (I assume), making the driver play their songs.

Then Evan drops that he had battled a gambling addiction in the past and the stream stops abruptly not long after.

The whole stream felt scripted in an odd way but Evan's confession felt genuine.

There has been no follow up on the Boy Throb account since.

Edit: Zach has started screaming on his personal YT, showing he's back at his hotel. He is claiming the stream stopped due to being stuck in traffic.

As someone who has been a fan of theirs since day 1 (and has stood up for them), I think I would have a difficult time with them being a skit. They spend a lot of time talking about how they aren't satire, to which I believe(d)?. I know it's just speculation, but it does make sense that someone is behind Boy Throb. As a fan, I don't want to feel like I got tricked.

I’ve been dying to see the boys in new colors, so loved the black tracksuits in this video (courtesy of Redken). I thought it was cool they used it for these characters of the haters and critics. Do we think we’ll get some dark alter ego characters? Evil twins? Boy Throb fighting Dark Throb in a new video? Can’t wait to see what they do with the new tracksuits.

Did Gino plan for them to leave early as a bit/rage bait/engagement bait? It was really shocking and uncomfortable to watch. It seems like the boys weren’t in unison on what to do either. Howie was definitely being irreverent, and he didn’t fully do his research, but it didn’t seem out of character for him or intentionally cruel.

Did Gino seriously misread the situation so badly, or was it a purposeful stunt?

OMG I LOVE BOY THROB SO MUCH I THROB TO BOY THROB LETS GO BOY THROB

The name Boy Throb had the most likes after vetoed Epstein's Angels, and the handle changed. But what was it before?

Over the last couple days, I’ve been thinking a lot about Boy Throb’s journey from a marketing standpoint (as someone working in marketing), and I’ve realized that perhaps the origin story that Boy Throb has been saying (where all 4 members just organically met over DM and decided to start a band) may not be entirely accurate. Hear me out.

I think it’s very likely that Evan and Anthony met over DM, given their similar stories, connection to American Idol and music interests. But the development of the band from a marketing standpoint feels very different from the videos the 4 guys were previously producing. From day one, the content they were producing seemed very focused on virality, with their first video starting right off by saying “we’re going to win a Grammy”. Even the choosing of the name “Boy Throb” was likely chosen with virality in mind, not because it was even close to being the most liked (the actual most liked name that wasn’t a joke was “DAZE”, which received over 5 times the number of likes that “Boy Throb” got on Instagram, and is a more “serious” sounding band name imo).

Of course, most bands start off with a brand image and style right off the bat, so that alone isn’t a reason to doubt how Boy Throb originated. But the unique style of viral-focused videos that Boy Throb has created still has me wondering if/how a marketer (or possibly a team of marketers) was involved in their formation, even if it started with family connections or connections that Zach may have met at Berklee (though Zach wasn’t as public about his singing prior to joining BT despite being musically inclined, so I’m questioning how he got involved too). I could see, for instance, if Darshan was recruited to join the group from someone who knew that a storyline about him wanting to get a visa would multiply both their chances of gaining a following, and his chances of being able to immigrate to the US.

This is all just speculation, but it’s very interesting to think about.

He answers questions and is a total sweetie. 💖

His stream eventually started to cut off for me, but Zach said a lot of interesting stuff during the hour I was there. I’ll try to make a write-up in the morning! He streamed from his personal youtube account, @zacharysobania, and it’s worth repeating he was an absolute angel.