A viral video that has nearly 8 million views on TikTok appears to show Sam Smith crowdsurfing and planting his face when the crowd fails to catch him after a stagedive.

But is it really him?

Fans were easily tricked into believing the hoax video, but it’s hard to blame them. The video, posted by @brandonlatham5, is captioned “Sam Smith stage diving in Seattle” and shows a man who looks like the singer. The man wears a neon green, seemingly inflatable costume. The video shows him jumping off the stage and failing spectacularly.

@Brandon Latham 5 Sam Smith stage diving in Seattle #sam smith #stage diving #samteman #Seattle #fyp # for your page #for you ♬ Original song – Brandon Latham

The disastrous results were enough to disgust everyone, and eventually a crowdsurfing video that was all a joke took the social media by storm.

The stunt apparently backfired, as the concert crowd was unable to catch him and the jumper crashed hard to the ground.

However, Sam Smith fans need not worry. The stuntman was later revealed to be a man who attended the Vanilla Ice concert in Oregon on Saturday, The New York Post reported. report. Most people would agree, video jumpers look a lot like stars.

The instructions came quickly, but not fast enough. Social media was already ablaze when the man’s identity was revealed to be someone other than Sam Smith. (Related: Jussie Smollett’s attorney appeals hate crime hoax conviction)

“Sam Smith tried cloud surfing, it went well as expected,” a person I have written.

“Sam Smith crowdsurfing at Seattle concert. 5 dead, 43 injured,” he wrote. another.

“Haha Sam Smith trying crowd surfing is the best thing I’ve seen today.” Said another social media user.