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Even global pop stars aren’t immune to the pressure of a tight parking spot.
A seemingly routine moment turned into a viral New York scene when TikToker @neha.nas posted a video of Joe Jonas attempting to parallel park on a city street.
The on-screen text captured the moment: “I love New York because I’ve been watching Joe Jonas parallel park for the last 7 minutes.” She set the scene to the Jonas Brothers’ own song “Burnin’ Up,” adding an extra layer of irony as the clip unfolds.
The lighthearted video quickly took off, pulling in more than 8.5 million views as viewers tuned in to watch the pop star work the curb. Some viewers even point out that Jonas appeared visibly stressed as the minutes ticked by.
Jonas soon realized he had an audience and jumped into the conversation with a playful response of his own. “And I saw you watch and not help once 😞,” he wrote in the comments.
The TikToker didn’t miss a beat and fired back with equal charm. “Listening. Learning. Will do better next time,” she replied.
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Brands and fans alike flooded the comments with their own takes on the parking saga. Slim Jim joked, “First rule of parallel parking in NYC: park somewhere else,” while QuickBooks UK quipped, “he’s not burnin’ up… he’s just tryin’ to back it up.”
Others kept the joke rolling with quick one-liners of their own. “He’s still parking as we speak,” one person wrote.
Jonas later kept the joke going on his own Instagram with a video of himself stumbling out of a New York City shop called Sora as if he’s being kicked out, while his belongings are tossed toward him and he redresses as he walks.
He captioned the clip, “just finished up parallel parking from yesterday,” tying the viral moment into yet another punchline.
