Troy Zarba on TikTok Transitions, Ships, & Coconut Oil

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Troy Zarba, who you probably know better as @zarbruh, is a true TikTok OG! After gaining popularity in the early days of the app thanks to his signature spot-on transitions and being Addison Rae's first TikTok crush, the New York native now lives in L.A. where he pursues his passion for skateboarding! Young Hollywood catches up with Troy via Zoom to find out more about his TikTok habits, including how long it typical takes him to film and post a video, his fave TikTok couples, and his reactions to a few hilarious comments! We also play a game of "This or That" to find out his preferences on things like Call of Duty or Fortnite and Snapchat or Instagram, plus we get him to describe himself in 3 words!
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You are kind of known as a transition king on TikTok.
I guess so, yeah, yeah.
How long does it usually take you to make one video?
It definitely depends on the video. Some might take like five hours and others might take like 20 minutes, but the ones I really like are the ones that take all night and then I don't sleep and then I wake up and I'm like, well then I do go to sleep, but it's like 6:00 AM.
Is it five hours straight? Or that you have to take a break because you're overwhelmed?
Five, like five hours straight. I'm just like, it gets pretty stressful sometimes, but I'm kind of like a perfectionist, so it has to be perfect.
How many times, what's the most time you've redone one like little clip?
Oh, okay, probably like a hundred times, over a hundred times.
Who is your favorite TikTok couple right now?
Couple? Yeah.
Well, you made a video with Sienna and Jack. Do you like that?
Yeah, either Sienna and Jack or Baron and Zoi. Has to be, yeah.
How was, you know, the third wheel TikToks that you made with Sienna and Jack?
They were great. Loved it, loved it.
Do you usually find that you're third-wheeling people?
Yeah, yeah. Sometimes, right? Like usually when I'm hanging out with TikTokers cause a lot of them are in a relationship and I'm not, so.
Okay so, we're going to do read between the lines. It's a little game. So, I'm gonna read off some of the comments that you've gotten on your videos. Okay. And then you're going to react to them. All right. Okay so, you might've seen them before, but you didn't like any of these ones, so we'll see. Okay. So, the first one is Troy, I'm gonna need you to pay child support, now.
I've probably seen that one. Yeah, I've probably seen that.
And there was multiple comments of that all through your TikTok, too.
Yeah, there's a video of my dad, when I first started doing TikTok, reacting to my comments and it's hilarious.
This is another comment. They said everyone is talking about shipping him with people, but to be honest, I ship him with myself.
That's one I see a lot too. I do see that. That's a good one, though. That's pretty clever.
Who's your TikTok crush?
I don't have one. I do not have one 100%.
Vinnie and him together are so unproblematic. So, Vinnie has been all over the place over the past couple months. How do you feel about his new everyone being obsessed with Vinnie Hacker?
Oh, I love it. Vinnie's been my friend for a while. Like he used to make videos, like transition videos and then be like, sorry we are or whatever. And then we would make videos like back and forth and that was pretty fun. And then I met him at Playlist and then we became like really close friends and I was just with him last night. Well, I just saw him.
So you're going to buy the coconut oil or am I?
That was a comment? Oh my god.
Yeah, I thought I'd bring it up because of the trend because everyone is talking about the video right now, obviously.
I did not see that one. And I'm pretty glad I didn't.
I'm pretty sure it's on one of your recents, too. One of the last three that you posted. So, if you want, if you're bored later.
I can't believe someone said that.
Phone call or text?
I think it depends on the person, but text.
Netflix or YouTube?
Netflix.
Slide in or they slide in? What do you prefer?
I slide in sometimes, usually. Like I don't, I kind of like it when I slide in cause then I know what I'm getting myself into, kind of.
What is the hottest thing a girl can reply in your opinion?
Reply? Like from me saying like hey or something?
Yeah. Or just something a girl can say.
Just a hey back honestly.
Okay so, in order to get you just say hey, got it.
Yeah. Everybody knows. Call of Duty or Fortnite? Call of Duty.
Nice car or nice house?
Oh my god. So, that's a good question. Nice house, nice house.
New shoes or new clothes?
New clothes. I got a lot of crappy looking shoes.
Snapchat or what's another app? I guess Instagram. Snapchat or Instagram?
Instagram.
What's your longest snap streak?
I will look right now.
Whoa, I don't really... Are you the type of snap replier that takes forever? Or do you reply right away?
I don't, I only use Snapchat like I'm on there every other day like snapchatting my friends, but I'll post to my story a lot, but what is my longest streak? Nine days. I think nine days is my highest streak right now.
Wow, wow. But in middle school I had like, I think I had like a 500 day streak or something. Skateboarding or TikTok?
Skateboarding.
What's one word to describe you? What's one word you would use?
One word to describe me? That is so hard to answer.
Or three, you can get three.
Okay three, I would say I'm easygoing. Positive. Fun.
Okay, well okay. Those are really unique words that I liked it.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Troy Zarba
The interviewed TikTok creator
- Addison Rae
Mentioned as Troy's first TikTok crush
- Sienna
Mentioned as part of a favorite TikTok couple (with Jack)
- Jack
Mentioned as part of a favorite TikTok couple (with Sienna)
- Baron
Mentioned as part of a favorite TikTok couple (with Zoi)
- Zoi
Mentioned as part of a favorite TikTok couple (with Baron)
- Vinnie Hacker
Friend of Troy's, discussed due to his rise in popularity
FAQ
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