UK band The 1975 has certainly made quite the racket these past few days, especially lead singer Matty Healy. After their actions led to the cancellation of this year’s Good Vibes Festival, many have spoken up about the troubles the vocalist had caused.
Some netizens claimed that they never even heard of the band until the incident and to everyone’s surprise, one even pointed out that a Malaysian celebrity is far more famous than the band who’s been in the music scene for 20 years. That celebrity? None other than MsPuiyi.
Yesterday (Sunday, 23rd July), a netizen who goes by @hazmeowcat tweeted a photo to compare the number of followers MsPuiyi has on Instagram in comparison to The 1975. In the screenshot posted, it was proven the local DJ has over 22.3 million followers on the social media platform while the UK band has only 3.7 million. “Apparently they’re not that famous. Our very own MsPuiyi is even more famous,” the Twitter user captioned the post.
After a quick check on both artists’ Instagram pages, we can confirm that the information above is very true. The tweet quickly went viral with many Malaysian netizens being baffled by this discovery. One netizen even pointed out that the former OnlyFans creator has more followers than Siti Nurhaliza and Neelofa combined, as seen in the screenshot above.
We did the math (so you don’t have to) and we can confirm that this is also true. While congratulating the influencer on surpassing the UK band’s fame, many also took this opportunity to share other local and international celebs who have more followers than The 1975 on Instagram.
Now that this info is going viral, if Good Vibes Festival returns next year, perhaps the organiser can consider inviting MsPuiyi as one of the performing DJs. Either way, she’s certainly doing well for herself. Were you surprised by this comparison?
