(OPINION) Musician and internet personality Gabbie Hanna is trending online and raising concern after posting dozens of TikTok videos in just 24 hours, many of which include controversial topics.
Many of the videos, at least 100 of them in the past day, concern religion and race. Most have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times as viewers follow what they have dubbed a “psychotic break.” As Hanna made more videos, the view count went up, with several of them having been watched more than 1 million times; her most recent video at the time of publishing has hit more than 6 million views.
The 31-year-old first rose to internet stardom in 2013 through the now-defunct social media app Vine. Since then, she’s amassed millions of followers across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. Hanna has made headlines before for getting involved in internet feuds and for publishing a highly-controversial poetry book in 2017.
Her recent string of TikTok videos has increasingly worried viewers as they are convinced they’re witnessing a “mania episode.” Hanna has been open about being diagnosed with a personality disorder before, but in the recent videos, claims to have “beat them” as she speaks about religion, philosophy, and race.
At one point, she claims to have “teleported to heaven” she could save “your souls.” In another video, she says if people believe she “could actually be the second coming of Jesus Christ” they should share her videos with others to “share the good news.”
