The internet has a funny way of making a very big world feel tiny. Breckie Hill and Alix Earle are a pretty good example. Years before millions of people were following their lives online, both creators were students at the University of Miami. Now, according to Hill, they have somehow ended up under the same roof.
“It’s honestly so random,” the 23-year-old said in a statement sent to The Blast. “Alix and I were at UMiami at the same time, and now we live in the same building. It’s funny how that worked out.”
At Miami, Earle was studying business, while Hill had an entirely different future in mind. “I was going to be a doctor,” she recently told Adam22 during an August 20 appearance on “No Jumper,” adding that internet fame “never crossed my mind.”
Fame found her anyway. A few unexpectedly viral TikToks eventually became a full-time career, with Hill building an audience of millions across social media. Not that the influencer necessarily sees it that way. “I use the term famous lightly,” she said. “I don’t think I’m famous.”
Breckie Hill Reflects On Watching The ‘Alix Earle Effect’ Take Shape
As for Earle, she graduated from Miami in 2023 with considerably more than a business degree. By then, the New Jersey native had built a massive following with her candid “Get Ready With Me” videos, eventually turning what became known as the “Alix Earle Effect” into a full-fledged business empire.
“Alix was a little ahead of me, so it was cool watching her figure out social media while I was still figuring out what I even wanted to do,” Hill said. “She had a way of making everything feel really natural, and I think that’s a big part of why so many people gravitated toward her.”
Since then, Earle, now 25, has grown her audience to more than 13 million followers across TikTok and Instagram, finished second on “Dancing with the Stars,” launched Reale Actives, and landed a spot on the cover of the 2026 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Netflix is next.
Breckie Hill Shares Her Thoughts On Alix Earle’s Upcoming Netflix Series
“Earle Meets World,” an eight-episode unscripted series premiering September 4, follows Earle through the “real-time messiness” of work, travel, relationships and family life, with sister Ashtin, their blended family and close friends along for the ride. The project was first announced by Netflix on January 21 and comes from Fulwell Entertainment, the Emmy-winning production company behind Hulu’s “The Kardashians.”
“There’s only so much you can show online before it starts feeling like a highlight reel,” Hill said. “So I think it’ll be fun to see more of Alix when everything isn’t edited down to 30 seconds.”
Their unexpected connection also highlights how quickly social media can reshape a person’s plans. Neither woman appears to have entered college with the career she ultimately built, yet both found an audience while still navigating what came next. For Hill, the shift was dramatic. Her original plan involved medicine, not viral videos, brand opportunities or potential entertainment projects.
Earle, meanwhile, turned an approachable online presence into a career that now extends across television, fashion and unscripted entertainment.
Hill’s Own Next Chapter Could Be Just As Unpredictable
Living in the same building adds another surprising chapter to a story that began before either creator reached her level of visibility. Their paths are not identical, but the overlap gives Hill a rare perspective on Earle’s rise. She saw part of the process before the follower counts, major partnerships, and Netflix cameras became central to the conversation.
The timing also makes Hill’s comments particularly relevant as Earle prepares to offer viewers a more expansive look at her life. Short-form videos helped introduce both women to enormous audiences, but a reality series gives Earle far more room to show the relationships, routines and complications that cannot fit neatly into a brief social media post.
For Hill, her own next chapter may prove unpredictable.
Breckie Hill Has Her Sights Set On Hollywood
Hill may not have a Netflix crew following her around, but Hollywood doesn’t appear completely out of the question. Sydney Sweeney reposted her Euphoria-inspired Cassie Howard recreation earlier this year, and a Venice Beach lifeguard shoot this summer set off calls for her to join the Baywatch reboot.
Whether a red swimsuit actually turns into a call sheet remains to be seen. Hill, however, has already floated “acting or singing” when asked what might be next.
