She’s going to a restaurant. She’s ordering takeout. She’s getting in an Uber. In every instance, she makes sure to drop her name: Chanty Beluga.
\n\nWho is this smiling, millennial blonde woman whose videos have gone viral on TikTok? And where did that hypnotic and unique name come from?
\n\nThe character is the alter ego of comedian and actor Courtney O’Donnell, who posts TikTok videos of herself as Chanty Beluga.
\n\nCheerful and demurely dressed, Chanty Beluga is always finding herself in situations where she has to use her goofy name. She’s checking in at a restaurant, ordering takeout, and introducing herself at a pool party.
\n\nThe videos are quick and simple. Just a woman casually saying her ridiculous name, which seems to roll off the tongue and promote repeat listening. The character has already spawned multiple fan accounts on TikTok.
\n\n“This is so dumb and I see myself becoming rapidly obsessed with it,” one follower commented on a TikTok video of Chanty at a coffee shop. “No notes. Just a woman named Chanty Beluga in situations where she makes her name known.”
\n\n“Classic Chanty,” another one wrote.
\n\n“I would die for Chanty Beluga,” another commented.
\n\nO’Donnell is a Los Angeles-based…
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