Manoel Gomes is a Brazilian singer from Maranhão who became a national viral phenomenon in 2019 with Caneta Azul, a homemade video that spread across YouTube and WhatsApp. His direct romantic songs and sincere, off-kilter performances made him a lasting meme figure in Brazil, far beyond that first hit. Beber Veneno circulates in its complete form because fans share longer excerpts of his singing as soundboard clips and WhatsApp audios, preserving the full complaint rather than a single cut-off phrase.