Glorb

Overview

Glorb is a content creator known for producing purportedly AI-assisted rap songs sung by SpongeBob SquarePants characters. Glorb posted his first song preview to TikTok in June 2023, posting the full version of the song to YouTube that month, followed by numerous other tracks over the next few months, garnering hundreds of thousands of followers on both sites. Glorb's music is likely inspired by the AI song "MR. KRABS X SQUIDWARD – SECRET FORMULA" by Kash Krabs. Some of his most viral songs include "STD," "FUN" and "THE BOTTOM."

History

"THE FORMULA"

On June 3rd, 2023, TikToker^[1] @glorbworldwide posted a preview for a song titled "THE FORMULA," a rap song performed in the voice of Mr. Krabs, garnering over 45,000 views in a month. The TikToker^[2] also posted a slideshow containing the song that day, garnering over 600,000 views in the same span of time. On June 4th, Glorb posted the full song to YouTube,^[3] set to AI-generated imagery, garnering over 557,000 views in a month (shown below).

Although Glorb's process for creating the songs is unconfirmed, many believe the lyrics are rapped and recorded by a human and then run through an AI voice program that converts the audio into various characters' voices, in this case, SpongeBob characters.

"STD"

On June 10th, 2023, TikToker^[4] @glorbworldwide posted a video previewing a new song, "STD," sung by Plankton, garnering over 8 million views in a month. On June 11th, Glorb posted the full song to YouTube,^[5] garnering over 2 million views in a month (shown below).

"FUN" and "KYS"

Glorb continued to release new tracks to YouTube^[6][7] over the following weeks, often previewing them on TikTok first. Some notable releases include the song June 23rd song "FUN," sung by SpongeBob, garnering over a million views in a month and the June 27th song "KYS," sung by Plankton, garnering over 768,00 views in the same span of time (shown below, left and right).

"THE BOTTOM"

On July 4th, the @glorbworldwide TikTok^[8] page posted a preview for the song "The Bottom," featuring Squidward, Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob, garnering over 2.9 million views in three weeks. Glorb posted the full song to YouTube^[9] on July 6th, garnering over 1.5 million views in the same span of time (shown below).

Online Presence

Several of the original sounds for Glorb's song previews have gone viral on TikTok, including their original sounds. For example, the original sound^[10] for "STD," posted on June 10th, 2023, was used over 3,900 times in just over a month, including in lip-dub videos and reactions. On June 27th, YouTuber^[11] Sc6ut posted a fan music video for "STD," garnering over 396,000 views in a month (shown below).

The songs have also become the subject of reactions. On July 14th and 18th, YouTubers^[12][13] Dwayne n Jazz and FoolishTV reacted to "STD" and "KFC." respectively, garnering over 53,000 and 25,000 views in two weeks (shown below, left and right). Streamer Kai Cenat also reacted to one of the songs around July 26th.^[14]

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