Chrissy Chlapecka

Christine Nicole Chlapecka (/ʃəˈpɛkə/; born April 11, 2000) is an American TikTok personality, activist, and musician. She is best known as a key figure in "#BimboTok", a TikTok subculture centered on reclaiming the bimbo stereotype and aesthetic in a queer, feminist, and leftist context. In advance of her debut single "I'm So Hot", Rolling Stone named Chlapecka one of "The Brightest Pop Stars to Watch in 2023", writing, "With notes of Paris Hilton's short-lived pop stardom and Britney Spears' Blackout, Chlapecka has the charisma to become the new reigning star of this year's dance floors." Originally from St. Charles, Illinois, Chlapecka grew up performing musical theatre and initially intended to pursue a career in it, but ultimately decided against it. She subsequently dropped out of college, and for a time worked three jobs to afford rent. Around 2021, Chlapecka began earning enough money through social media content creation to leave her job as a Starbucks barista.  Chlapecka created her TikTok account in 2019 and began posting videos during the COVID-19 pandemicout of boredom. She first went viral with a reenactment of an uncomfortable encounter with a stranger at Walgreens, which quickly received over 500,000 likes.  She gained prominence on the app through late 2022, with upbeat bimbo-themed content geared toward female and queer audiences ("girls, gays, and theys")  and adamantly critical of capitalism and Donald Trump. As of June 2022, she had over 4 million TikTok followers. Chlapecka was featured on singer Boy Hazy's 2021 album Divinium Armor, including the single "Love In The Wind". She began teasing her own music in late 2022, and a preview of her single "I'm So Hot" went viral on TikTok. In advance of its release, Rolling Stone named Chlapecka one of "The Brightest Pop Stars to Watch in 2023", writing that she had "the charisma to become the new reigning star of this year's dance floors." The song, recorded in Los Angeles with co-writer Alex Veltri and producer Dallas Caton, was released on February 3, 2023. She also teased a second single, an EP and an eventual tour. Chlapecka has a presence on Cameo, where she sells commissioned personalized videos. From April to June 2021, Chlapecka and Craig MacNeil co-hosted the podcast Chrissy & Craig. Chlapecka had previously appeared on MacNeil's main podcast, Craig & Friends. Other podcasts she has appeared on include We're Having Gay Sex, Don't Let This Flop, and The Comment Section with Drew Afualo. Chlapecka has hosted several live comedy shows at the Zanies Comedy Club in Chicago. In 2022, she appeared at Los Angeles Pride alongside Dylan Mulvaney and other TikTok creators and at VidCon, where she participated in a panel entitled "Hot Gurlz Only" with fellow TikTokers Sarah Schauer and Drew Afualo. Drag performer Bimini Bon-Boulash praised Chlapecka in their 2021 autobiography Release the Beast: A Drag Queen's Guide to Life, calling her "part of a new wave of women subverting [the] male gaze by playing up to the bimbo stereotype on camera while asserting their own feminist politics.