Warehouse worker Nathan Apodaca is enjoying the ride of online fame from a 22-second TikTok video in which he chugs cranberry juice and sings along to Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” while cruising down an Idaho highway atop a longboard.
Warehouse worker Nathan Apodaca is enjoying the ride of online fame from a 22-second TikTok video in which he chugs cranberry juice and sings along to Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” while cruising down an Idaho highway atop a longboard.
The video has racked up more than 33 million views and counting since he posted it last month, with thousands of others posting their own versions, including politicians and even Mick Fleetwood.
“I’ve just been getting flooded with everybody, even just a little boy drinking juice,” he said from the RV where he lives in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Apodaca, 37, said his vehicle broke down Sept. 25, so he skated to work, singing, filming and drinking as he went.
Ocean Spray, whose cranberry juice Apodaca is seen swigging in the video, latched on to the moment as a marketing opportunity. This week the company gave him a new truck filled with as much juice as he could drink.
“Yeah, the truck and the juice was wow, that was just amazing,” he said.
Streams of the 1977 Fleetwood Mac track have soared, and band co-founder Mick Fleetwood posted his own video emulating Apodaca’s. The 73-year-old drummer wrote on TikTok: “@420doggface208 had it right. Dreams and Cranberry just hits different.”
Apodaca says he’s hoping for additional partnerships with Ocean Spray but doesn’t have a grand plan to capitalize on his newfound fame.
“I hear of things coming up,” he said. “But if this just stops right now, I’m fine with it.”
