The 2017 Filipino television series “La Luna Sangre” has resurfaced in popularity on X (formerly Twitter) after a post went viral claiming a seven-year-old Russian girl learned to speak Filipino by watching the show on YouTube. The original post, which humorously warned against giving children unrestricted access to gadgets, detailed how the child, from the Caucasus region, unexpectedly started speaking Tagalog, baffling her family.
La Luna Sangre, Supremacy! ❤️🔥
— The ANGEL LOCSIN (@boutangellocsin) May 13, 2024
Angel Locsin, you will always be famous!!! ✨ https://t.co/ytQHScWbNE pic.twitter.com/vsRukEzWyK
The series, starring Kathryn Bernardo and Angel Locsin, initially aired from June 2017 to March 2018 on ABS-CBN and featured a storyline involving vampires, gaining significant viewership. This unusual method of language learning sparked a mix of amazement and humor among online users. Some expressed astonishment at the child’s ability to pick up a new language through television, while Filipino users playfully joked about the potential for children to “turn Filipino.”
As the story gained traction, it amassed over 72,000 likes and 11 million views on the original post, while a Pinoy user’s jesting comment received over 71,000 likes and 3.4 million views, highlighting the global reach and cultural impact of the series.