Earlier this week, an enterprising creator on TikTok named @garrettlee39 posted an earnest rendition of himself dancing to the 2014 single “Need 2” by indie band Pinegrove. A palpably moody cut from their album Everything So Far, the song, and dance, have spread across TikTok like wildfire. Garrett Lee’s original …
Read More »Charlie Puth Frees Us All, Admits to Saying 'I'm Hungies'
We did it, folks. After a nearly five-year battle that completely overshadowed the lead single potential of Charlie Puth‘s 2018 song “Empty Cups,” the pitch-perfect thirst trapper has finally admitted to telling his driver those two blessed words: “I’m hungies.” Don’t know what I’m talking about? Bless you, my child, …
Read More »How a Makeup Brand Melted Down TikTok
This week’s viral controversy has everything — two all-expenses-paid brand trips, major influencers, dozens of deleted videos, an apology in the form of a Get Ready With Me tutorial, a Formula 1 race, the late singer Prince, and an ongoing conversation about what kind of treatment companies owe creators of …
Read More »They Wrote a Song to Help Them Stop Crying. Now All of TikTok Is Singing Along
HATE. It’s one of the easiest things to receive when you put yourself (or your work) on the internet. But for Corinne Savage —stage name Corook— and Olivia Barton, two Nashville-based indie musicians and partners, an afternoon of tears and a simple ditty about wishing to fit in turned into …
Read More »Inside 'Skinamarink': The $15,000 Horror Movie That's Captivated TikTok
The cardinal rule of bedtime is simple: Don’t look under the bed. Everybody knows this. Amoebas know this. Yet Kaylee, one of the two young kids in Kyle Edward Ball’s low-budget Canadian horror flick Skinamarink, does it anyway. Worse, she does so after a voice in the dark instructs her …
Read More »A Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker Went Viral. Then He Killed Someone.
It was a story so crazy it had to be true: A homeless surfer-dude hitches a ride from a stranger to Fresno, California. During their journey, the driver — 6-foot-4, 300 pounds — introduces himself as the second coming of Christ, confesses to raping a 14-year-old girl during a business …
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