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TikTok Mania (Updated)
TikTok is the hottest social media app in town with over 800 million users worldwide and counting. The short video app filled with lip syncers and dancers has minted new overnight stars like Charlie D’Amelio and rapper bbno$. Discover the origins and rise of TikTok, how it’s impacting culture and music, and why the US government is so wary of it all.
mmLast Updated: Jun 19th, 2020
TikTok didn’t start as TikTok. It was a failed education app.
Hear the humble beginnings of TikTok to how it became a billion dollar acquisition by Chinese company, Byte Dance.
mm recommended:Jan 12th, 2020
Really insightful history and analysis about the consumer breakout app TikTok. Did not know it was a US-first company that started as Musical.ly even thought I’ve heard of them. Origin story included a failed education app, some teens on the Caltrain, a lip syncing contest show, and a copycat app. F...Show More
TikTok
by Acquired
Now TikTok is completely changing the music industry.
Find out how artists are creating music with a distorted DIY aesthetic to appeal to the TikTok lip sync dancers.
Who's Afraid of the Sound of TikTok? (w Cat Zhang)
Switched on Pop
36:08 | Dec 17th, 2019
1 recommendation
Bass distorted to the edge of audibility; voices croaking out dark and violent lyrics; a hacked-together DIY aesthetic. This isn't a fringe musical movement, this is the sound of TikTok, the video app...Show More
Lil Nas X’s song ‘Old Town Road’ reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart because of TikTok dancers. But not everyone’s happy about it.
This is why:
rmmiller364 recommended:Jan 22nd, 2020
The podcast explains how Old Town Road is basically a pure distillation of everything that is going on in the music industry right now. It’s really fascinating!
Lil Nas X: Country at the Crossroads
by Switched on Pop
📺 Watch the most famous TikTok star, Charlie D’Amelio, dance to ‘Old Town Road’:
TikTok can turn little known musicians famous overnight.
Learn how kids in China know about the Canadian-based rapper, bbno$ and his smash hit song ‘LALALA.’
bbno$: The Canadian rapper talks about his journey from internet success to mainstream hitmaker
Q with Tom Power
17:56 | Mar 11th, 2020
Alexander Gumuchian, better known as bbno$, is the Vancouver-based rapper that took the internet by storm with his viral earworm, Lalala. Now he's up for two Juno Awards for breakout artist and fan ch...Show More
🎶 Listen to this Spotify playlist on viral TikTok hits you can’t get out of your head.
Warning: Being TikTok famous may be fleeting and mentally damaging.
Hear why once-famous TikTok stars are struggling with mental health when the spotlight disappears.
How the app can turn teens into Internet stars and just as quickly forget them. Featuring Maia @mxmtoon Rebecca Jennings @rebexxxxa Links to resources discussed: Tikked off: What happens when TikTok...Show More
Top TikTok star Charli D’Amelio has over 40 million followers. The catch? She has no idea how she got so famous.
Hear her talk about the ups and downs of TikTok fame with Gary Vee.
The Ups and Downs of TikTok Fame w/ Charli D’Amelio
The GaryVee Audio Experience
54:40 | Dec 21st, 2019
In this episode I sit down with Charli D'Amelio and her family to discuss what it's been like since Charli blew up on TikTok. We hit real topics like being true to yourself and how to deal with hate. ...Show More
Whatever you do, don’t curl your lashes and talk about Uighurs on TikTok or you may face consequences from Big Brother.
The US government launched a national security review of TikTok because they’re weary of the app’s owners in China.
TikTok, the video sharing app that has taken the tweens and 2019 by storm, is now facing stiff competition, concerns over censorship, and a federal investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...Show More
📺 Watch the TikTok video that got censored:
In the face of censorship and the gamble to fame, many still aspire to be TikTok stars more than doctors.
These two Gen Z podcaters dissect why:
Once upon a time little kids used to dream of becoming doctors, lawyers, astronauts, musicians or actors. Cut to 2020 and kids are not only dreaming, but also actively working on becoming TikTok famou...Show More
Inmates are going viral on Tiktok.
Hear what ‘prison TikTok’ is all about:
phocks recommended:Jul 19th, 2020
I had heard about phones being smuggled into prisons but I hadn't really considered prisoners using social media, let alone going viral on TikTok. Amazing stories here.
TikTok in prison
by Recode Daily
Trump vowed to ban TikTok in the US. What would life without TikTok look like?
All the kids are talking about it. And now, so are government officials and corporate bigwigs. An app typically known for short, clever videos (and lots of dancing), TikTok has recently found itself a...Show More
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