51. What Is This Behavior with Lav Chloe

In this episode of Before We Get There, host Nicholas Braman interviews Lav Chloe, a Malaysian content creator known for her accents and impressions.

She went viral in December last year from a one-take video she made for her friends and meant to delete. It passed a million views, then kept climbing, and it became her whole career.

They talk about the line she walks doing accents without mocking anyone, and why she so often ends up defending people in her own comments. She makes the case that Malaysian humor comes from something heavier, generations of hardship turned into a way of laughing at pain. They also get into being wired differently and diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, why she resists being called an influencer, and where she wants to take all of this next.

Lav's links:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sorude_/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sorude_ Podcast links:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2h9gsrWKH9C1KY1OzR12kr?si=2a4d19970632465f Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/before-we-get-there/id1775182252 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beforewegettherepodcast/Linktree: https://linktr.ee/nicholasbraman Website: https://nicholasbraman.com/podcast

00:00 Podcast and Lav intro04:20 Respectful Impressions06:25 Handling Haters10:07 Privacy And Boundaries16:10 ADHD Diagnosis Journey21:58 Culture And Awareness26:08 Neurodivergence As Magic28:11 Malaysian Humor Roots36:49 Authenticity Over Performance43:15 Five Year Definition Of Success44:21 Where To Find Lav