The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa

There's a new boy band that's going viral on social media. They're called Boythrob. This is Boythrob. Boythrob debuted on TikTok in November. Their vibe is lighthearted, and the boys are often decked out in a set of pink velour tracksuits. Think NSYNC meets k pop, but on a smaller budget. We're the world's next biggest boy band. And we're gonna win a Grammy. Allow us to enter There are four members, Evan Papier, Anthony Key, Zachary Sibania, and Dershan Magdoon. Evan. Anthony. I'm Dershan. I'm stuck in India. We each just flew from around the country to rent out This is one thing that really makes the band stand out. While three of the boythrobs dance in sunny California, the fourth one, Darshan, is pasted into their videos using a green screen because he's in Mumbai, in India. We feel incomplete without Darshan. Our immigration lawyer told us we need 1,000,000 followers in order for Darshan to be given a visa so he can sing and dance with us on US soil. We'd really love to meet him. Will you help bring him to America by following us? To make their musical dreams come true, the band wants to get Darshan to The US. But for that, he needs a visa. And so they started singing about it. Here's our colleague Michelle Hackman who covers immigration and these days, boy bands. So this video comes out and, like, three people almost instantaneously text me this Instagram reel because I guess it's like peak Michelle content. Like, it's it's really on the nose for me. And they're singing about the o one visa, which is, like, kind of a deep cut visa. It's not even the one that, like, most people know, and it's very accurate. For someone who's, like, a huge immigration nerd, I was like, what? To schedule this can take a month, so while we wait we sing. And if all this goes according to your plan, he'll be here in the spring. I will be in America soon. Straight boy drop. But actually getting Darshan stateside is not that simple, because boythrob needs to earn one big fan, the US government. Welcome to The Journal, our show about money, business, and power. I'm Jessica Mendoza. It's Monday, February 16. We've got a lighter listen for the holiday weekend. Coming up on the show, boythrob's quest to bring Darshan to The US. For adults with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis symptoms, every choice matters. Tremfya offers self injection or intravenous infusion from the start. Tremfya is administered as injections under the skin or infusions through a vein every four weeks, followed by injections under the skin every four or eight weeks. If your doctor decides that you can self inject Tremfya, proper training is required. Tremfya is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease and adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis. Serious allergic reactions and increased risk of …