Who is Alex from Target?

If you woke up this morning, looked at Twitter and Facebook and wondered, “Who the hell is Alex from Target?” you’re not alone. It's all about #alexfromtarget

Short story, he's a kid who works at Target who suddenly became famous after Twitter user @auscalum posted a photo of him in his uniform.

She later posted that the photo wasn’t hers, but it was too late: The Internet had become attached. He is the newest teen heartthrob.

The real Alex from Target, at least according to his Twitter bio, is Twitter user @acl163.

On Sunday afternoon, a girl shopping at a Target in Texas tweeted a photo of a boy at the checkout. By Sunday night, the photo had amassed enough retweets, faves, and general teen chatter that Alex himself (whom the teens had digitally tracked down) had reached over 300,000 Twitter followers. Girls and boys everywhere shared photos he had posted, learning about his life, his friends, his family, and his story.

This morning, Alex From Target had made it to CNN, thanks entirely to a single photograph.