Garron Noone
{{Short description|Irish musician, comedian and TikToker}}
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| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland
| known_for = Instagram, TikTok and YouTube videos
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Garron Noone (born 5 June 1994) is an Irish musician, comedian, spokesmodel, and TikToker. He is known for his reviews of foods and Irish towns.
Personal life
Noone was born in Dublin, but when he was one year old the family moved to be closer to his mother's family, who run a sheep farm in Mayo.{{r|dee}} Noone and his three younger siblings grew up in Ballina, County Mayo.{{r|dee|beat}}
Noone suffers from agoraphobia, which led to him being housebound for three years.{{r|dee|big}} Due to this, Noone dropped out of school at 15.{{r|dee}} He returned to Youthreach at 21 to earn his Leaving Certificate.{{r|dee}} Noone overcame his agoraphobia through exposure therapy, starting with taking 10 steps outdoors and expanding that over time.{{r|dee}}
Noone does not drive, preferring to travel by train.{{r|dee}}
Music career
Noone's mother played the guitar and his father sang in an Elvis tribute band, sparking his interest in music as a child.{{r|dee}} As a teenager, he got his first gigs playing the guitar in pubs and taught himself music production.{{r|dee}}
When the Covid-19 pandemic broke out he returned from Galway to Ballina.{{r|dee}} He started uploading tutorial videos on creating dance music and music production, which led to people asking him for private lessons.{{r|dee}} A university in the United Kingdom also asked him to teach modules for their master's course.{{r|dee}}
In 2024, Noone played the Acts of Big Love concert on Grafton Street in Dublin to support those with mental illness.{{r|dee}}
Social media
Noone was named one of Ireland's "breakthrough stars" for 2023 on TikTok.{{r|star|dee}} He rose from having just a few thousand followers in early 2023, while posting music tutorials, to over a million in February 2024 after transitioning to comedy.{{r|dee}} As of March 2025 he has 284,000 subscribers and 75 million views on YouTube, 1.8 million followers on Instagram, and 1.8 million followers and 54.2 million views on TikTok.{{efn|As of July 2023, he had 3,670 subscribers on YouTube and 238,200 on TikTok.}}
His catchphrase, "Follow me, I'm delicious" came about when he made a video that he did not think was particularly funny, so he randomly added it to the end.{{r|dee}} When he made future videos without it, he got comments from viewers asking for it.{{r|dee}} People now shout the phrase at him on the street and send him photos of objects with the word "delicious."{{r|dee}} The phrase was the inspiration for an ad campaign for a coffee company where Noone served as spokesman.
In 2024, Noone won the Gossie Award for newcomer of the year.{{r|gossie}} Later that year, Noone released his podcast Listen, I’m Delicious, named after his catchphrase.
Anti-Immigration Controversy
On March 21, 2025, Noone deactivated his social media accounts following backlash over a video in which he discussed immigration.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=21 March 2025 |title=Garron Noone deactivates social media accounts after backlash over immigration video |url=https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/garron-noone-deactivates-social-media-accounts-after-backlash-over-immigration-video-1742944.html |work= |location= |publisher= |access-date=23 March 2025}} In that video Noone claimed that, "There absolutely is an immigration issue in Ireland" and followed up these comments by claiming that “our towns and especially our cities are becoming much less safe”. https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2025/03/24/why-is-irish-social-media-star-garron-noone-at-the-heart-of-a-controversy-on-immigration/
Three days later, Garron returned to social media, stating that he stood by his statements but they were misinterpreted.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=24 March 2025 |title=Garron Noone back on social media posting nine minute video reply |url=https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/garron-noone-back-social-media-31272405 |work= |location= |publisher= |access-date=24 March 2025}}
Support for his views came from controversial personalities such as Katie Hopkins and Tristan Tatehttps://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2025/03/24/why-is-irish-social-media-star-garron-noone-at-the-heart-of-a-controversy-on-immigration/
Comedy
Noone's stand-up comedy was featured on the BBC program, Big Comic Energy.{{r|bce|debut}}
Notes
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References
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{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.ie/videos/tiktokers-guide-to-ordering-chinese-food-in-ireland/42342427.html |title=TikToker's 'guide' to ordering Chinese food in Ireland |date=14 February 2023 |accessdate=20 July 2023 |publisher=Irish Independent}}
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Category:People from Ballina, County Mayo
Category:21st-century Irish male musicians