2025 was the year IpohBoyMedia officially started. With the help of chatgpt, writing was a lot faster, but many a times, it is being written in such meticulous and inhumane manner, in which I have to edit by myself again.
Not everything went viral.
Not every post travelled far.
Top 1: AI, Merdeka, and a Wrong Jalur Gemilang 🇲🇾
📹 YouTube Shorts (Total View: 96,000):
https://youtube.com/shorts/NoRZ02iKeNw?feature=share
https://youtube.com/shorts/wm3zvxHLjIk?feature=share
During Merdeka celebrations, an AI-generated anime video went viral online. At first glance, it looked impressive. But a closer look showed an obvious mistake in the Malaysian flag.
Many Malaysians noticed it immediately. It became a small reminder that while AI can generate beautiful visuals, it doesn’t understand history, symbols, or cultural meaning.
And that responsibility still falls on humans — to check, to question, and to correct. Technology moves fast. But accuracy still matters.
Top 2: Barbie Hsu’s Passing, and How the Internet Mourns
📹 YouTube Shorts (Total Views: 20,000) :
https://youtube.com/shorts/PxgaKj5p2WY?feature=share
🎵 TikTok (Total Views: 7000):
https://www.tiktok.com/@ipohboymedia/video/7467037747283381522?_r=1&_t=ZS-92oNPV9JN3d
Barbie Hsu’s death shocked the Chinese-speaking world. Despite she is not my favourite's artist, she had been in the scene for so long that it became a norm to see her. The videos spread quickly on TikTok and YouTube Shorts — not out of sensationalism, but because she represented a shared memory for an entire generation.
In the same year, there were other losses too. Legends like Cheng Pei Pei passed away, but their news travelled more quietly.
https://youtube.com/shorts/XLdrzgCuBqk?feature=share
It made me think:
Virality doesn’t measure importance.
Sometimes, it only shows who the algorithm remembers.
Top 3 “KLIA on Fire?” — Viral First, Confirmed Later
🎵 TikTok (first viral by Ipohboymedia Tiktok) Total Views: 240,000 views :
https://www.tiktok.com/@ipohboymedia/video/7577368234232417543?_r=1&_t=ZS-92oNRJehuwX
🧵 Threads (later attention by NST) Total Shares: 142 :
https://www.threads.com/@ipohboymedia/post/DRj9VYCknam?xmt=AQF0HMsjJ4NEH9KuG1KyVdov1yKC-etc5sbDVhEg8FcSVw
📰 NST confirmation:
https://www.nst.com.my/news/regional/2025/11/1324995/minor-fire-klia2-quickly-extinguished-operations-unaffected
A smoke video surfaced online, with many claiming it was KLIA on fire.
The clip went viral on TikTok first.
Later, it caught attention on Threads by NST. Eventually, NST confirmed it was a minor fire at KLIA2, quickly extinguished, with operations unaffected.
Anyhow, ipohboymedia in its multilingual media, has upper hand in gathering different stories at anytime, anywhere and any languages
Top 4: A Christmas Rewatch, and a Familiar Face 🎄by Ipohboymovie
📹 YouTube Shorts (Total Views: 6900)
https://youtube.com/shorts/Ck8vehnmZl0?feature=share
One Christmas, while rewatching Home Alone 2, something felt familiar. Then it clicked.
That was Donald Trump.
A small cameo, easily missed years ago, now impossible to ignore. The clip went viral not because it was new, but because time changed how we see it.
Not a Viral Year, But Not a Wasted One
In 2025:
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IpohBoyMedia managed to publish 8 posts (with a lot of help from ChatGPT),
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while IpohBoyJourney only produced 2 posts.
The main reason being that IpohBoyMedia is now aiming for Google AdSense. My viewers, please do help to read and share if you find my post interested.
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