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Denarie Bautista Taylor (born February 8, 1997), known professionally as Bella Poarch ( PORCH), is a Philippine-born American social media personality, singer, and United States Navy veteran. On August 17, 2020, she created the most liked video on TikTok, in which she lip syncs to the song "M to the B" by British rapper Millie B. She is the most followed TikTok contributor from the Philippines. In May 2021, she released her debut single "Build a Bitch".As of February 8, 2023, she has over 92.8 million followers on TikTok, ranking as the third most-followed individual on the platform behind Khaby Lame and Charli D'Amelio. She signed a music record deal with Warner Records in 2021. Early life Poarch was born on February 8, 1997 in the Philippines. She was raised by her grandmother in the slums until the age of three and was then adopted. Her adoptive father is an American who had served in the US military and her adoptive mother is Filipina. Both parents met in Saudi Arabia where her adoptive father was stationed, before settling in the Philippines. In an interview, she recounts that she and her adopted brother were heavily abused all throughout her childhood, up until her enrollment in the military. She lived on a farm with her family: her adoptive parents, and three (adopted) siblings, including two older sisters and her brother. She had many of the responsibilities for the farm, even as young as seven years old. She recounts that her adoptive sisters did not receive the same treatment as her and her brother. Poarch states that her father was verbally and physically abusive, while her mother did not get involved, but remained complicit. Her family (with exception of her sisters who still reside in the Philippines) moved to San Francisco to live with her aunt for a couple of months, before the family moved to Texas when she was 13 due to her father's need for bypass surgery. She states that although she was no longer subjected to physical abuse, her father still emotionally maltreated her at home. Musical career In January 2020, Poarch created her TikTok account. She started actively posting on TikTok based on gaming and cosplay content in April 2020. She gained notability in August 2020, when her lip sync videos went viral, most notably her video where she is lip-syncing to "Sophie Aspin Send" by Millie B. The zoomed-in video of her lip-syncing to that tune and rhythmically bouncing went viral and became TikTok's most liked video of all time. Following her TikTok success, she launched a YouTube channel and Twitter page in the months after she joined TikTok. Poarch is also associated with her alpaca stuffed toy. In 2020, she released a limited clothing line RIPNDIP x Paca Collaboration.In December 2020, Poarch's rising popularity peaked when she reportedly grabbed the interest of two large professional Esports organizations – 100 Thieves and FaZe Clan, which apparently showed interest in her, a live streamer and gamer at the time, as a content creator under their respective banners. In May 2021, Poarch signed a record deal with Warner Records. On May 14, 2021, Poarch released her debut single "Build a Bitch." She stated that the song was inspired by her experiences with being bullied as a child, disclosing "Growing up, I used to get bullied and stuff ... I wanted my first song to have a good meaning to it and to help a lot of people just to be like, more confident about themselves." The associated music video was described by Billboard as "an audacious, darkly comic slice of new-school pop," created with Daniel Virgil Maisonneuve, the producer-songwriter better known as Sub Urban." The video features other notable internet personalities including Valkyrae, Mia Khalifa, Bretman Rock and ZHC.On an episode of the 100 Thieves podcast "The CouRage and Nadeshot Show,” Poarch stated that she wanted to become a singer since she was a child.Poarch released her first EP, Dolls, on August 12, 2022. It includes her previous singles, "Build a Bitch," "Inferno," and "Dolls," as well as new tracks "Villain," "No Man's Land," and "Living Hell." A music video for "Living Hell" debuted alongside the EP. In addition to co-starring in the music video for "Dolls," Grimes features on "No Man's Land." Rolling Stone praised the dark pop tone of the EP. In addition, "Villain" would be used for WWE's Extreme Rules premium live event in 2022. She released a song and music video with Lauv on September 15, 2023 titled “Crush.” Military career Poarch is a U.S. Navy veteran. She enlisted in the Navy in 2017 as an aviation ordnanceman and was in the musical division. She served for three years, having been stationed in Japan and Hawaii. Personal life Poarch resides in Los Angeles.She has expressed her support on social media for the Asian-American community due to the rise in reports of hate crimes against them. She also shared her experiences with Vogue, saying that she can relate to this situation because she has been "treated differently" and "randomly attacked and assaulted" as an Asian teen after moving to the U.S. from the Philippines.In September 2020, Korean social media users criticized Poarch for having a tattoo similar to the Rising Sun Flag in her videos. The specific tattoo resembled a symbol of Japanese imperialism which is considered offensive to East Asians. She apologized and had it covered then later removed. Poarch married fellow seaman Tyler Poarch in 2019. She filed for divorce from him in November 2022.In August 2021, she shared that she was a victim of sexual assault. Discography Extended plays Singles Other songs Awards and nominations Notes References External links Bella Poarch at IMDb  Bella Poarch's channel on YouTube. Discover the Bella J popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Bella J books.