These days, my earworm is not a song, but a monologue. 

I know I’m not alone. These past few weeks, not a day has gone by without hearing “what hafen Vella?” either while scrolling through TikTok or Facebook, overheard in conversations, or literally just playing in our heads.

“What hafen Vella? Why you crying agen? I know, vamfyre, ryt? Vamfyre will feyt to me!” 

@zeinvcxy What hafen vella….Why u crying again? I know….vamfire! right? Vampire will feyt me! I trusted to protect bella!!but you did not!I will sure you die edward!!….. I will sure you die!…….. #itsshowtime #kalokalike ♬ original sound – Filipino Twilighttok 🍎 – Filipino Twilightok 🐀

The viral spoof originated from a 2013 “It’s Showtime: Kalokalike” contestant, Cristopher Diwata. The fish dealer from Bataan came on the program as a lookalike of Taylor Lautner and, to showcase the similarities, performed a solo skit as Lautner’s character Jacob Black from the “Twilight” series.

Diwata’s passionate portrayal of Black was actually an entirely made-up scenario, he revealed in an interview. The lines he has now become so famous for are not even in “Twilight” franchise. 

While the video of his now decades-old performance has been making the rounds online for years, it once again resurfaced this month, with hundreds of iterations being posted all over social media. The virality of “what hafen Vella” has also gotten brands jumping onto the trend (Diwata even got his own brand deals, too, recreating that years-old performance).

Here are some of our favorite takes:

What better way to promote “Twilight”’s availability for streaming, “ryt?”

Our March cover girl Kaila Estrada couldn’t resist, too:

@kailaestradaaaI just had to♬ original sound – Filipino Twilighttok 🍎 – Filipino Twilightok 🐀

SB19’s Pablo takes it a step further by not just simply dubbing the monologue, but instead, saying the lines himself:

@officialsb19 wah haffen Vella? #SB19 ♬ original sound – SB19 Official

Shopee gets me:

@shopee_phWat hafen Vestie?♬ original sound – Shopee Philippines

This meme can’t get any more Pinoy than this:

@mazziima 😭😭😭😭 wah haffen vellah #fyp #twilight ♬ original sound – YUMS code:red – Jhi

In response to the recent election results:

ryt? pic.twitter.com/oe6C8fhEpg

— Janella Salvador (@superjanella) May 13, 2025

Recreating memes sounds like a great father-and-son bonding activity, if we’re taking it from Piolo and Inigo Pascual:

@inigopascual Vamfyre naman kase talaga rayt?@Piolo Pascual ♬ original sound – Filipino Twilighttok 🍎 – Filipino Twilightok 🐀

Literally, what hafen Bela?

@bela050390Ha?!♬ original sound – YUMS code:red – Jhi

Filipinos will stop at nothing to get the original Jacob to do the “what hafen Vella?” trend (check the comments):

@taylorlautner♬ never told anyone this before – Lincoln Hoppe