Daryl Aiden Yow attracts clients after comeback, other influencers don't mind working with him

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Mandy How | December 22, 2018, 09:41 PM

Singaporean influencer Daryl Aiden Yow is bouncing back.

Half a year after the saga about him passing off doctored photos as his own broke, Yow has returned to Instagram with about 10,000 more followers and an exhibition in collaboration with ASUS.

Despite enormous backlash from the incident, brands are not averse to having Yow front their campaigns.

One example is Viu, a streaming platform in Singapore.

Using doctored images to own and address the issue, Viu has Yow starring in a campaign with the #ViuNoSleepNoFOMO hashtag.

The series of paid photos features Yow photoshopping himself into Benjamin Kheng's travel photos (because #FOMO, apparently).

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We’re here in Switzerland!!! I gotta say, I’m pretty impressed at @benjaminkheng’s ability to keep still for this shot with almost no sleep for 3 days. 😏 What do ya think? #ViuNoSleepNoFOMO

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“If you fall asleep down by the water. Baby, I’ll carry you all the way home.” 😂 It’s definitely been tough on @benjaminkheng with no sleep, but I believe it’s because of my care and affection that he’s pushing on!! 🤪 #ViuNoSleepNoFOMO

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On Dec. 20, a few days after the first photo was posted, Yow revealed that it was a paid campaign after all:

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Now that the fun’s ALMOST over, I just wanna say that I wasn’t in Switzerland nor were the birds in this photo!!! 😝 Wasn’t trying to fool you guys (although so many of you told me to wear more clothes and not catch a cold! Thank you for caring!!!), I was just Photoshopping my FOMO away ‘cos I couldn’t be in Switzerland with Ben 😔 Swipe to see how I inserted myself into Ben’s photos! Hahahaha. #ViuNoSleepNoFOMO

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The campaign is supposed to promote Viu's upcoming show, No Sleep No FOMO, hosted by Paul Foster and featuring a number of guests:

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We are officially on the road for the first episode of my new travel series "No Sleep, No FOMO"! Joining me in Bali is @hanatam from Hong Kong and we will be competing against each other and the clock to complete 60 missions in 60hrs! #herewego #ViuOriginals #ViuNoSleepNoFOMO #travel #travelinstyle #adventure #host #bali #indonesia 💪🏻

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Switzerland is sooo beautiful, and definitely made better with our bro couple, @benjaminkheng & @paulfosterrr ! 🤜🏻🤛🏻 Can't WAIT to watch this episode of #ViuNoSleepNoFOMO 😏 #ViuOriginals #ViuEngage

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Other influencers on board

Besides Kheng, other influencers, such as Prettipls and Dee Kosh, also participated in the same campaign.

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baby it's cold outside ❄ but not in my heart!!! Ben missed me so much while he was in Switzerland that HE did this amazing photoshop job of us 🤭 step aside Daryl Aiden, and no he does NOT wanna build a snowman 🚫⛄ #ViuNoSleepNoFOMO

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It appeared that they were also paid to be featured alongside Yow, despite having previously put him in his place during the saga:

In a YouTube video during the saga, Dee Kosh called out Yow's "intentional deception".

But the YouTuber was glad that Yow apologised for it -- but not before joking that he wondered if the apology photo by Yow -- showing a plain black background -- was also a stock photo.

"Like I said in my live video, I really think he's quite talented lah.... At photoshopping. Ahahahahaha. But whatever. To me it's not a big issue. I'm just going to make him the butt of my photography joke forever."

Top image from Daryl Aiden Yow's Instagram