Benji Krol

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> *This article is about the social media influencer. For the song from Villain Mode, see benji krol.*
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## General information

### Years active

2017 - present

**Benjamin Aleksander Krol**, better known as Benji Krol, is a Brazilian-Canadian social media personality, known for his presence on social media platforms such as TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram.

## History

Krol has regularly collaborated with other TikTokers, with some of the most notable being Nic Kaufmann and Abby Roberts. He has also collaborated with the Russian TikToker Liza Anokhina with whom he sometimes pretends to be siblings with.

In November 2022, Krol created a new, collaborative YouTube channel called "LOST" with Nic Kaufmann and Nils Kuesel.

### Rise to fame

Krol's rise to fame first began in late 2018 to mid 2020, a time when social media platforms were gaining a large amount of popularity. Embracing platforms like TikTok, Krol showcased his ability to craft engaging and relatable content that resonated with audiences across the globe. His witty humor, authenticity, and personality drew people in and contributed to the exponential growth of his online following.

### Sunrisemusic

Around 2016, Benji created the account 'Sunrisemusic' on Musical-ly, posting remixes/mashups of songs that people on the platform could then use. The account would go viral, with popular users such as Jacob Sartorious and Loren Gray using the song remixes, something that Benji has stated was not intentional, stating that the account was initially only created for him and his friends to use.

In November 2019, he would post a video of himself on the account, and would afterwards use the account as a 'spam account', no longer posting song remixes.

## Personal Life

Benji was born in Brazil to an Argentinian mother and a British and Polish father. He has lived in multiple countries, such as Canada, Switzerland, and currently resides in Switzerland. *[As of November, 2023]*

He has completed his schooling from "Kings College the British School of Madrid", Soto de Viñuelas, Spain. He revealed that he went to a private school in the description of one of his YouTube videos.

## Cameron Reid

### View on Benji

Benji is one of Cameron's influences and celebrity crushes. Cam has stated that Benji has inspired him to be a better version of himself and to be more confident in his sexuality since him and Benji both identify as bisexual males.

### Fandom

On Instagram, Cameron is very known figure in Benji's fandom. He runs camluvsbenji, benjioftheweek *(Double fan account for Benji and Benoftheweek)* and dovekroloftheweek *(Triple fan account for Benji, Ben, and Dove Cameron)*. Despite having those account, most Benji fans follow him on his primary Instagram account. Cameron's fan accounts are semi-active (excluding dovekroloftheweek, as it was banned) and post edits usually of Benji, Benoftheweek, Dove Cameron, or the three of them all-together. On dovekroloftheweek, Benji liked two posts on that account before Instagram deactivated the account, since Instagram always does that to new accounts.

### Music

Cameron has made one song about Benji. The song uses Benji's name stylized in all-lowercase and samples Benji at the very beginning. The sample is from Benji's YouTube video entitled "i almost died" and in the segement that was sampled, Benji discuses the two times he attempted suicide and how he grew from it. Aside from the song about Benji, Cameron has also brought up Benji in other tracks on Villain Mode by using puns based off Benji's name or things he has done. He has done this on so damn angry where he mentioned Benji's infamous Strawberry Cow look and on fallen angel where Cam mentions how watching Benji's videos are his happy place.

Cameron has also created an AI version of Benji on Voicify for AI cover and concepts purposes. This model was later recreated by Dawn Rooney for Weights.gg, which Cam uploaded to Voicify under his account since Dawn does not have a Voicify account nor does she use it.

### Games

Cameron has put Benji in his Miitopia and Super Smash Bros Ultimate games as a Mii and the upcoming Villain Mode game as an NPC. However, Miitopia is the most notable one. Benji's mii is a party member on Cameron's team. He was introduced in Wave 2 after being the mayor of Greenhorne but later being replaced with Robin. Cam and Benji's miis have hit the maximum relationship level of 99 in the game.

## Controversies

### Grooming Allegations with JeyJey

In August 2020, an anonymous Twitter user who claimed to be 15 years old stated that Benji and his former boyfriend, JeyJey, had groomed him and had participated in a sexual FaceTime call with him. Benji would later tweet a response apologizing to the accuser, along with stating that some of the accusations were true, but that there were a lot of rumors. Benji had also stated that he tried to take his own life and was thus hospitalized, which is why the response to the accusations wasn't very quick.

On September 25, 2020, Benji would post a 29-30 minute YouTube video entitled 'clearing things up'. In the video, he would state and show screenshots about how JeyJey had pressured Benji into the FaceTime call with the accuser, and how JeyJey tended to block him and not speak to him for days, which he was afraid of happening. In the video, he also stated that the accuser had claimed to be 16, which is the age of consent in Spain (where Benji resided at the time). He also stated that he had been in contact with one of the accuser's friends, who had stated the accuser had posted the accusations because of Benji rejecting him/not wanting to send him nudes.

## Trivia

* There is an inside joke about Benji saying "billion" instead of "million" when talking about his fans
* Benji renounced his Canadian citizenship, who his friend, Benoftheweek, who is also canadian, wasn't too happy about
* Benji is said to have two songs. One called *Polaroids* and the other being *Train Ride*. These songs were posted on Genius under Benji's (allegedly) official account. Although, these songs were never discussed by Benji despite it being said that he wrote them and having a release date between June - September 2020.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4gDUdR8nfUBI3DCU7S-5gw
2. ↑ https://youtu.be/H0XZmsBiy7k?t=538
3. ↑ https://www.voicify.ai/custom-benji-krol
4. ↑ https://www.voicify.ai/custom-benji-krol-v2
5. ↑ https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/tiktok-star-benji-krol-hospitalised-following-sexual-assault-allegation/news-story/0afaa2d4e5922344d43109baa63f9c7e
6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q3EtcSKgVs
7. ↑ https://twitter.com/BenjiKrol/status/1364596807247011843
8. ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@benjikrol/video/7078008916965215493
9. ↑ https://twitter.com/BenjiKrol/status/1697070364025598055
10. ↑ https://genius.com/Benji-krol-polaroids-lyrics
11. ↑ https://genius.com/Benji-krol-train-ride-lyrics