NOEL MAKES INDIA GO CRAZY!
Cop’ to Gulabi Sadi inside From Gulabi Sharara with ‘dancing Mumbai local — the Tiktoker gets locals grooving to his tunes
[I didn’t come to India sooner because] I was growing very fast on TikTok. And India doesn’t have Tiktok. I didn’t want to interrupt my growth. NOEL ROBINSON, Tiktok influencer
He came, he danced, he conquered! Germany-based Tiktoker, Noel Robinson, better known by his handle name Noel Goes Crazy, is in India, making reels of his dance encounters on the streets of Mumbai. While he had planned for a month-long stay in the country, he had to be in France to attend the ongoing Cannes Film Festival for a briefly. But before heading there and with a promise to return soon, Robinson tells us how he’s ‘crazy’ in love with India during a special shoot with HT City in Mumbai.
“I travelled by local train, and it was crazy — so many people! But it (the experience) turned out to be so good (laughs),” says Robinson. While here, he made the most of his time in the megapolis and danced with strangers on the streets, shopkeepers, as well as Mumbai Police’s dancing cop, Amol Kamble. All his India visit reels on Instagram have crossed 200 million views in just 10 days.
His followers from this side of the world often ask what took him so long to visit the country. To this, he replies, “I was growing very fast on TikTok; I have 40 million followers now. But India doesn’t have TikTok, so I didn’t want to interrupt my growth. I also wanted more time on hand to explore India. I plan to visit Delhi, Agra, Kerala and Chennai, too, very soon.”
Robinson also tried a variety of desi food in Mumbai, among which “lamb tikka masala, pav bhaji and chicken curry” are his favourites.
His hair has a separate fanbase, so of course we ask him how he maintains it. “The good thing is that afro hair doesn’t get greasy; I only have to wash it once a week,” he shares.