It’s not a comprehensive list, since everyone’s For You page varies, but it nonetheless reveals some of what kept people occupied in 2020.ĭue to some back-room deal with the devil, Derulo managed to become TikTok’s No. Who could have anticipated the Caretaker challenge, where teenagers listen to a six-and-a-half-hour experimental album simulating dementia?Īs I revisited the year on TikTok, I wanted to take inventory of a few delights and annoyances, along with some broad themes I haven’t covered yet. Thanks to the strength and multiplicity of TikTok’s various subcultures-or the effectiveness of its algorithm at dangling just the right amount of spontaneity-the app still throws curveballs. In a mystery I haven’t cracked, not one but two songs by the smallish Orlando indie-pop band SALES have been at the center of viral trends, despite both seeming too subdued for meme-ification. releases (Miki Matsubara’s Japanese city pop gem “ Stay With Me”).
This includes songs dug up from past decades (Plustwo’s 1983 Italo disco classic “ Melody”) and non-U.S. Still, after over a year of thumbing through the app-flipping the dial, catching stray snippets of melody-I’m still periodically surprised by the music it whirls into the spotlight. TikTok can feel repetitive: many creators’ thirst for influence incentivizes them to dance to what’s already popular (ex: yet another Nicki Minaj feature) and chart-toppers like Travis Scott pay big influencers to guarantee another week’s stay in the Top 10.
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