Celebrity Life
And the First Streaming Service to Partner With TikTok Is…
It's the blockchain-powered Audius, rather than Spotify or Apple Music, that will let artists upload songs into TikTok's Sound Kit in one click
How Carmela Soprano Became a Gen-Z Style Icon
"She’s super feminine but has big dick energy, and is also just quintessential Jersey Italian mom"
Import #CarGirl Culture Finds Its Fast Track on TikTok
A community of women in underground import car culture has been steadily growing — but TikTok is bringing a new generation together
Song You Need to Know: LVL1, ‘FVN!’
The "pure dynamite" track is a fast-moving hit on the cat-centric wing of TikTok
A $100,000 Chicken McNugget Triggered a Child-Sex-Trafficking Conspiracy Theory
This is what happens when a months-old story about a BTS-McDonald's collaboration — and the rare Among Us-shaped nugget it spawned — gets picked up by the far right
Inside the 24/7 Influencer Competition for a Major Record Deal
The round-the-clock livestream competition Song House Live — basically the twisted love child of The Real World and Songland — will offer a Capitol Records label contract to one winner
She Sampled His Hit on TikTok. Then All Hell Broke Loose
KueenD went viral after flipping Kstylis' 2013 single "Booty Me Down." But by not clearing the sample, her breakthrough moment became a career-stalling ordeal
Vaultboy Is the King of Sad Songs — But His Happy One Went Viral
vaultboy, Jamie Miller, Dhruv, and Jillian Rossi are the latest breakouts to get a crucial boost from listeners in Southeast Asia, giving further support to the "Trigger Cities" theory of artist growth
A Video Spreading Conspiracy Theories About a Satanic Sex-Trafficking Ring Is Going Viral
The documentary, which contains extremely explicit and disturbing accounts of child sexual abuse and promotes Islamophobia, is being widely shared on YouTube and TikTok
Thanks to Vin Diesel, There’s a ‘Fast and Furious’ Musical Being Written on TikTok
Hot off the success of "Ratatouille," TikTok creators are coming together to make a musical for "Fast and the Furious." Just one problem: they've never actually seen the franchise
Her Sex-Positive Video Went Viral. Why Did TikTok Keep Taking It Down?
LilyIsThatYou’s new single “FMRN” amassed over a million views in 24 hours. But the line “Can you come fuck me right now?” earned multiple takedowns from the service
Song You Need to Know: WhoKilledXIX, ‘Spy?’
This headlong, squeaky earworm is the duo's latest viral hit