Moriah Pereira is an enigmatic American musician; she was named Moriah Rose Pereira but is now mostly called Poppy. Aside from being a singer-songwriter skilled in playing various musical instruments, Moriah has done well for herself as a social media personality (YouTuber).
She has also thrived as a model and an actress. Being a talented entertainer, Poppy’s persona which is often described as robotic and creepy has earned her a lot of attention. She’s vastly regarded as a big deal for the pop culture and has already bagged some of the most coveted awards in the industry.
In 2017, she received the Streamy Award for Breakthrough Artist and the Unicorn Award for Iconic Moment of the Year. The next year, Moriah got another Streamy for being the Best in Weird.
Owing to Poppy’s personality, it has been contended in some quarters that she’s not human; others argue she’s a robotic pawn and there are those who have chosen to proclaim her a member of Illuminati. Below are 7 facts that throw more light on who she is.
Seven things to know about Poppy
1. Age, Ethnicity, and How Poppy Got Her Nickname
It’s quite common to come across people asking questions like “what is the age of Poppy” or “How old is Moriah Pereira”. The reason for this isn’t far-fetched. When Moriah stormed the limelight newly, she was very reluctant to talk about herself and proudly refused to identify the persona she conveys with an age. As one would expect, this only piqued a lot of people’s interest in her age.
Anyway, it’s no longer a secret that the entertainer was born on the 1st of January 1995. Although she was born in Boston, Massachusetts, Poppy was raised in Nashville, Tennessee. Various reports have it that she moved to where she now resides (Los Angeles, California) at the age of 18. Yeah, she did that in pursuit of a career in entertainment. It’s no secret that Moriah is a citizen of the United States, but her ethnic heritage has been difficult to trace as almost nothing is known about her family, apart from the identities of her parents and siblings.
The musician is also called Poppy Chan, Moriah Poppy, and That Poppy. According to her, she got the Poppy name from a friend, the friend always referred to her as such and the name eventually stuck.
2. She Has Her Own Religion
This is not a joke; Moriah Pereira is a religious leader. Apparently, there are some Poppy Seeds (her fans) so fascinated with her public persona that they deemed her worthy of their reverence and adoration, such accorded to a deity.
The leader of the Poppyism religion went as far creating a digital church – poppy.church. She once explained that she created the church because people were saying she was in a cult. The church is now closed and Poppy is yet to disclose why she decided to put an end to it.
According to the website of the church, it lasted for two years and in that period, it had over 60,000 members and shared millions of messages.
3. What Happened to Poppy and Titanic Sinclair
Poppy’s popularity has a lot to do with her videos and it is well-know that Titanic Sinclair whose real name is Corey Mixter, directed most of the videos.
They worked together for several years until December 2019 when Poppy unfollowed Sinclair on social media and removed the directing credits accorded to him in a good number of her videos on YouTube. Thereafter, Titanic deleted Poppy’s pictures on his Instagram page and unfollowed her from the platform. We haven’t been able to authenticate why they fell apart.
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4. Moriah Pereira Is Also an Author
It was sometime in January 2019 that Poppy released her graphic novel titled Genesis 1. She co-wrote the book with Titan Sinclair and Ryan Cady.
Genesis 1 explores the origin of the Poppy character while addressing the varying opinions that revolve around who she is. That’s not the only book she has published. Early in 2017, the YouTuber released The Gospel of Poppy.
5. What is her gender and who is she dating?
Now, when it comes to the gender of Poppy, it is something that she stated she has not yet identified. To this end, she claimed that she is gender-neutral.
This is what brought about the gender-questioning theme; Am I A Girl? which came from her album. The singer claims there are times They (the pronoun Poppy prefers) feel like a boy and sometimes like a girl.
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6. Who is she dating?
More so, she is not known to be in any relationship at the moment and she has always kept info about her personal life well hidden. There were those who believed Titanic was her boyfriend, but they cleared the air that they were not dating.
7. What Is Poppy’s Net Worth?
From what we have discussed so far, it is apparent that Moriah Pereira has multiple sources of income. She earns from being a YouTuber as much as she earns from being a musician.
Moriah accumulates a good measure of income from the merchandized products on her site (impoppy.com). In all, Poppy’s net worth has been estimated at over $1 million.
