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TikToker Denise Julia Alberto dreams of joining showbiz

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17159254421821715923073745Denise.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>Singer-content creator Denise JuliaMANILA -- Denise Julia Alberto, a TikTok creator who has almost 5 million followers and over 102 million likes, hopes to be a recording artist and join show business.</div>&quot;Actually I really want it because I want to go on tour and perform in different places. However, my priority right now is to graduate in college, BS Accountancy, which is really a hard course. That&#x27;s my focus right now,&quot; Alberto told ABS-CBN News in a phone interview on Thursday.Alberto, a second-year college student in Pampanga, shared that it is her childhood dream to become a singer, having watched Disney films as a young girl growing up. &quot;I always say that I want to perform on stage. I want to sing. I want to be in front of the camera,&quot; she said.Alberto, who also writes songs, said part of her goal is to try her luck in show business by auditioning in talent and reality shows. &quot;After achieving my priority (which is to graduate), I really want to audition for example in Star Hunt and make my name more known in the industry. And continue writing songs because I feel I have so much more to put out there,&quot; Alberto said. Alberto, who is one of the artists under <a href="https://cornerstoneent.ph/artists/denise-julia/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cornerstone Entertainment, </a>is known and being praised by her followers for her soothing voice.<div>From TikTok to vlogging </div>The 20-year-old content creator started doing videos on TikTok in March 2020.&quot;Almost every day, every night I post covers,&quot; said Alberto, who admitted that she was also surprised when TikTok users started to like and follow her because of her covers.Alberto said she based her content, which are mostly covers, on what is trending.  &quot;I usually based it from my experience or (what&#x27;s trending) for example breakup season. I see it on my &#x27;for your page&#x27; and then I will connect it to songs,&quot; explained Alberto, who shared that her motivation to continue creating is the fact that she loves what she is doing.&quot;Other than those who support me, and even if there&#x27;s no one who will support me, I will continue to create content because it&#x27;s what my mind and heart want and I feel like it&#x27;s really my passion that I really want to do every single day even if I&#x27;m tired or even there&#x27;s no one is watching it. It&#x27;s my outlet. Whether I&#x27;m happy or sad I get to express it through my content,&quot; she said.According to Alberto, her favorite TikTok videos are her covers of her idol Justin Bieber&#x27;s songs. She said that for those who wants to make a career from TikTok, it&#x27;s better if they are consistent, knows how to engage to audience and really love doing what they do.&quot;Be true to what you actually want and what actually makes you happy. ... If everyday you are posting what you truly want, you are genuine to yourself, you won&#x27;t really care about the numbers anymore. People will see if you really do it because you are happy or you are just faking it. So that&#x27;s my motto -- &#x27;Do what makes you happy.&#x27; Cliché but it&#x27;s true,&quot; she said.<div>Sama name</div>In the interview, Alberto also shared the challenges she encountered as a creator, one of which is the fact that she shares the same name with R&amp;B singer Denise Julia, whose single &quot;NVMD&quot; is also popular on TikTok.&quot;When she started I was also at the peak of TikTok that&#x27;s why a lot of audience get confused. They are not sure if it was me or if it&#x27;s her,&quot; admitted Alberto. &quot;That&#x27;s why I&#x27;m trying to find my voice now or like my niche.&quot;Despite the confusion, Alberto stressed that she will continue using her name. TikTok gave her a verified badge l<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">ast July but after few months the blue check mark was taken away from her TikTok account name <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@deniseejuliaa?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Denise Julia</a>. That&#x27;s why, Alberto also appealed to TikTok to give back her blue badge.Aside from TikTok, Alberto recently started <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW6ifNcQqtweYZ-5n-GDO_g" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">vlogging</a> as well. &quot;I realized that if I will just do covers, my audience has no chance to know me better. What I want is for me to have a connection with my audience, that&#x27;s why I started to do short vlog and show them my college life,&quot; said Alberto, who is also inspired by vlogger Kryz Uy.Right now, Alberto is busy uploading daily life vlogs or study vlogs, which are warmly embraced by her audience.Before the interview ended, Alberto shared her message to her fans and followers.&quot;Just stay with me. I will never leave social media. There will be times that I will be busy, sometimes I will be consistent on putting up contents, sometime I need to take a break,  but just stay with me because I will never leave you guys. And, I will forever do this,&quot; Alberto told her loyal followers.<div> </div>