Cheryl Chin (Content Creator)

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Cheryl Chin. Photo from Instagram.

Cheryl Chin (born 18 June 2001) is a content creator, influencer, and singer who is best known for her role, Cheryl in TEAM TITAN’s Titan Academy series.

As of March 2023, she has amassed over 105,000 followers on Instagram and 2,312 followers on Twitter.[1][2] As a singer, she also regularly shares content on her YouTube channel, which has since grown to just over 10,500 subscribers.[3] She also has a joint YouTube channel with her husband, Titus Low. The channel has 6,270 subscribers as of March 2023.[4]

Cheryl Chin and her family. Photo from Instagram.

Background

Family

Born in Malaysia, Cheryl Chin has a brother, Clement Chin.[5] Her family currently resides in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[5]

Personal life

Cheryl Chin and her fiancé, Titus Low. Photo from Instagram.

Cheryl currently lives in Singapore, but she often travels to Los Angeles, USA and Melbourne, Australia. She’s even lived independently in Australia for a period of time.[6] According to her fiancé Titus Low, she had officially moved to Singapore to reside with him, but the couple plans to move to Los Angeles in the near future.[7] On 5 June 2022, she hinted at an engagement with a Twitter post saying that she’s “definitely engaged”. The next day, she appeared on Titus Low’s Instagram post in what appeared to be an engagement party.[8][9]

Finally, the engagement was officially confirmed by Titus in a YouTube video titled, “I Guess Im Engaged?”.[7]

Pregnancy announcement

A screenshot of Titus Low’s TikTok announcing the birth of his baby girl. Photo from TikTok.

On 21 September 2022, Cheryl and Titus announced in a YouTube video that they are expecting a baby.[10] In the video. Cheryl shared that she is 3-months pregnant and starting her second trimester soon. Cheryl first told Titus that she was pregnant 7 weeks ago.[10] “I thought it was a prank,” Titus said about his initial reaction to seeing the positive pregnancy test. However, the couple shared that there have been signs leading up to the pregnancy, including Cheryl’s refusal to eat raw food, drink alcohol, and a request for ear plugs when her surroundings were too loud.

Titus also clarified that his marriage to Cheryl was not a shotgun wedding because of her pregnancy.[10]

On 9 March 2023, Titus revealed in a TikTok video that Cheryl had given birth to a baby girl.[11][12] The child remains yet to be named.[12]

Cheryl Chin played Cheryl in the old TEAM TITAN series, Titan Academy. Photo adapted from YouTube.

Career

Titan Digital Media (2019 - Present)

Cheryl Chin represents Titan Digital Media under its Gaming, F&B, Beauty, Lifestyle, and Pets segments.[13] Under the company, she is a Key Opinion Leader who frequently appears on Jianhao Tan’s YouTube channel, particularly its Titan Academy Series.[14] One of the very first episodes that she appeared on was 16 Types of Students on Picture Day, which was uploaded in 2019.[15] She plays the recurring character, Cheryl who is a straightforward and hardworking student.

In TEAM TITAN’s new series, The Titan Academy, Cheryl Chin reprises her role of Cheryl. She joins the new class, T1-T5.[16]

YouTube

Cheryl opened her personal YouTube account in December 2013 and has since amassed over 10 million views on the platform.[6] She began sharing content such as challenges and personal vlogs at the age of 15 and over the years, she has continued to grow her account.

In 2020, she also began utilising the platform to launch her music career. She posted an audio clip of her first single, YOU on 17 September 2020.[17]

Music (2020 to Present)

Cheryl Chin launched her music career on 17 September 2020, releasing her first single, YOU on YouTube and Spotify; she released it on Apple Music later in December.[17][18][19] In the same year, she and producer Kaz Benson released a single titled love myself.[20]

Subsequently, she went on to release tracks such as new beginnings, pain i bleed, and the one to cry.[21][22][23] Of which, she released her first music video for the single, pain i bleed on 29 January 2022.[24] She even shared a Nightcore rendition of her debut single, YOU.

During her free time, Cheryl posts covers of popular mainstream tracks such as Heartbreak Anniversary by Giveon and Hold On by Justin Bieber.[25][26]

Cheryl with grammy-nominated record producer, TOKiMONSTA at Lions Share’s Web3.0 Panel. Photo from Instagram.

8SIAN

Cheryl represents the asian-centric NFT movement 8SIAN as an Advocate for Asian Empowerment.[27] Under the organisation, she also frequently promotes female roles in Web 3.0, particularly Web 3.0 in fashion.[28] Web 3.0 is the third generation of virtual infrastructure and services that are enabled by blockchain technology.

On May 13, 2022, she was invited as a speaker for the Web3.0 Panel organised by Lions Share.[29] She was joined by other prominent women within the AAPI community, including artist Amber Park and grammy-nominated record producer, TOKiMONSTA.

Newsworthy incident

Titus Low’s TikTok video with Ms Puiyi (2022)

A screenshot of the now-deleted TikTok showing Ms Puiyi and Titus behaving intimately with each other. Photo from Mothership.sg.

On 4 October 2022, Ms Puiyi, a Malaysian model and influencer posted a now-deleted TikTok with Cheryl’s husband Titus, hinting at a possible collaboration.[30] In the video, the pair were seen behaving intimately, with Ms Puiyi leaning against Titus’s chest as he strokes her chin.[30]

Following this, Cheryl commented "I guess this is content but there's boundaries, no? 😅" under the video, but the comment was soon deleted.[30] Cheryl also posted a now-deleted video with the caption, "Nobody in the world deserves to go through this even if it was all for content.". Cheryl was also seen crying in the video.[30]

Netizens comment on Titus’s actions. Photo from Mothership.sg.

Titus received intense backlash from netizens following this incident, with many saying that he should not have behaved like that, especially as a married man.[30] Both Ms Puiyi and Cheryl have since cleared the air, stating that the whole incident was a “misunderstanding”.[30]

Cheryl later clarified that the video of her crying was from “a previous mental breakdown” and apologised again for “airing [her] dirty laundry”.[31] She also said that she was “aware” of the potential collaboration between Ms Puiyi and Titus.[31]

Ms Puiyi and her team also released a statement saying that they “will not be uploading any collaborations or any teasers or any collaborations in any near future until the issues are resolved.”[32]

Titus himself released a TikTok video addressing the incident.[33] In it, he reiterates the communication issue between the three parties involved and said that he would “take care to ensure that [it] will not happen again”.[33]

Citations / References

  1. Cheryl Chin. “cherb8ar”. Instagram. n.d. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  2. cheryl. “cherb8ar”. Twitter. n.d. Accessed on 10 March 2023.
  3. Cheryl Chin. “cherbear”. YouTube. n.d. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  4. Titus & Cheryl. “About”. YouTube. n.d. Accessed on 10 March 2023.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Cheryl Chin. “cherb8ar”. Instagram. June 5, 2022. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Cheryl Chin. “About”. YouTube. n.d. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Titus Low. “I Guess Im Engaged?”. YouTube. June 14, 2022. Accessed 17 June 2022.
  8. Titus Low.”tituslow22”. Twitter. June 6, 2022. Accessed 7 June 2022.
  9. Wiki.sg. “Titus Low”. Wiki.sg. n.d. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Titus & Cheryl. “We're having a Baby!”. YouTube. September 21, 2022. Accessed on 22 September 2022.
  11. tituslow. “call me daddy now 😮‍💨”. TikTok. March 9, 2023. Accessed on 10 March 2023.
  12. 12.0 12.1 Cai, Candice. “'Call me daddy': Titus Low and Cheryl Chin welcome baby girl”. AsiaOne. March 9, 2023. Accessed on 10 March 2023.
  13. Titan Digital Media. “OUR INFLUENCERS”. Titan Digital Media. n.d. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  14. Jianhao Tan. “Jianhao Tan”. YouTube. n.d. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  15. Jianhao Tan. “16 Types of Students on Picture Day”. YouTube. March 3, 2019. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  16. Jianhao Tan. “THE TEAM TITAN ACADEMY New Episodes (School Series)”. YouTube. n.d. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  17. 17.0 17.1 Cheryl Chin. “Cheryl Chin - YOU [Audio]”. YouTube. September 17, 2020. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  18. Cheryl Chin. “YOU”. Spotify. n.d. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  19. Cheryl Chin. “You - Single”. Apple Music. December 2, 2020. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  20. Cheryl Chin. “love myself (ft. Kaz Benson)”. YouTube. December 24, 2020. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  21. Cheryl Chin. “CHERYL - new beginnings (Audio)”. YouTube. June 17, 2021. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  22. Cheryl Chin. “pain i bleed”. Spotify. January 21, 2022. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  23. Cheryl Chin. “the one to cry”. Spotify. April 1, 2022. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  24. Cheryl Chin. “cherbear - pain i bleed”. YouTube. January 29, 2022. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  25. Cheryl Chin. “heartbreak anniversary cover (by Giveon)”. YouTube. April 27, 2021. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  26. Cheryl Chin. “Hold On Cover by @Justin Bieber”. YouTube. April 7, 2021. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  27. Cheryl Chin. “FAQ”. 8SIAN. n.d. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  28. Cheryl Chin. “cherb8ar”. Instagram. May 13, 2022. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  29. Lions Share. “lionsshare.world”. Instagram. May 17, 2022. Accessed 8 June 2022.
  30. 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 30.4 30.5 Tan, Fiona. “Titus Low apologises for acting intimate with M'sian model Siew Pui Yi in TikTok video”. Mothership.sg. October 6, 2022. Accessed on 10 March 2023.
  31. 31.0 31.1 cherb8ar. “☺️”. TikTok. October 5, 2022. Accessed on 10 March 2023.
  32. ms_puiyi. “🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♀️”. TikTok. October 5, 2022. Accessed on 10 March 2023.
  33. 33.0 33.1 tituslow. “❤️”. TikTok. October 5, 2022. Accessed on 10 March 2023.