Over the last few weeks, a peculiar remix of 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s Up?” and Nicki Minaj’s “Beez in the Trap” has taken TikTok by storm, with everyone from Sabrina Carpenter and Demi Lovato to Malala Yousafzai and Simone Biles joining in on the trend. The videos start with Linda …
Read More »Sombr Addresses Online 'Drama' After Concertgoer Called His Show 'Cringe'
Sombr has responded to criticism he received from a concertgoer who apparently “hated” his show at Anthem in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 13, so much so that she recorded a nearly nine-minute TikTok video, which has since gone viral. “I thought I was chronically online, but it’s just come to …
Read More »Red Bandanna Girl: Meet the Viral Fan Who Stood Up for Billie Eilish
Aniyah Saint-Surin was about to live her dream. A lifelong Billie Eilish fan, Saint-Surin was finally able to see the Hit Me Hard and Soft singer for the first time in concert when Eilish began her tour at Kaseya Center in Miami on Oct. 9. The tickets had come together …
Read More »She Got a Terminal Diagnosis. She Turned TikTok Into Her Death Diary
It all started with calf tightness. When Brooke Eby started walking funny in 2018, she thought it was a muscle issue. A business development manager then in her early twenties, Brooke was healthy, exercised, and had a pretty average work-life balance. But when her limp became pronounced enough that friends …
Read More »Christian TikTokers Are Denied Rapture as Viral Prophecy Fizzles Out
Back in June, a South African YouTube show about religious prophecies and visions featured an interview with a guest named Joshua Mhlakela. Though later described by viewers as a “pastor,” Mhlakela only said that he was a “simple person” without a church title who had experienced a vision of the …
Read More »Ex-Try Guys Member Ned Fulmer Breaks Silence on Cheating Scandal, Has 'Clearer Sense of Boundaries'
Former Try Guys member Ned Fulmer is finally stepping back into the spotlight, three years after the viral extramarital cheating scandal that got him kicked out of YouTube group The Try Guys. Before September 2022, the Try Guys were known as a well-established viral content production company born from the …
Read More »Barstool's 'BFFs' Podcast Is Taking Their Friendship on the Road
Best friends know the good and bad about each other — which is why Brianna LaPaglia isn’t surprised when her BFFs cohost Josh Richards is running late to their interview with Rolling Stone. In fact, she thinks it’s an absolutely perfect start. “This is our ongoing bit for the tour …
Read More »Druski Went Viral for Turning Into a White NASCAR Fan. Meet the Makeup Artist Who Did It
Comedian Druski’s latest sketch video only has nine words in its description: “That Guy who is just Proud to be AMERICAN.” But in the 36 hours since he posted it on social media, the video of him assuming the persona of a NASCAR fanatic— attending an actual NASCAR event complete …
Read More »The Best Tips and Tricks to Spot AI
For tens of millions of people on TikTok, the realization that AI might be getting better wasn’t a press release or an article— it was a video of a dozen bunnies jumping on a trampoline. The clip, first posted by an unknown TikTok account @rachelthecatlovers, showed a herd of bunnies …
Read More »These Katrina Survivors Feel Overlooked. Now, They're Using TikTok to Tell Their Stories
Years before the storm, Tonie Waltman had been told a premonition of its disastrous aftermath. Around 1997, her dad, a Black man named Hardy Jackson, was hit by an oncoming train. He’d ultimately survive, but not before being induced into a coma, from which doctors predicted he’d never recover. “In …
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