

Just as Tumblr launched book deals and Instagram impacted the design world, TikTok is changing how musicians create and promote their work. The success of these tracks, both old and new, highlights the impact that social media platforms – even a relative newcomer like TikTok – have on arts and culture.
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The song finished 2019 as Billboard Hot 100’s “Song of the Year.” Other popular songs on TikTok include: “Roxanne” by Arizona Zervas, “Dance Monkey” by Tones and I, and “Say So” by Doja Cat, all of which cracked the Billboard Top 100 at some point. The success of Lil Nas X’s blockbuster country rap hit “Old Town Road” has been largely attributed to its popularity on TikTok, where the remix of the song, featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, has been used in 7.5 million videos. A number of other artists have seen their songs go viral on TikTok. “Break My Stride” recently landed on Spotify’s Viral 50 playlists in the US and the UK and was on Apple Music’s Top 100 chart in over 20 countries. “Now with the advent of TikTok, it’s like having a hit record all over again with a whole new generation,” Wilder, 67, told CNN Business. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) AFP/Getty Imagesīehind that teenage TikTok star, there's probably a very confused parent TikTok, is a Chinese short-form video-sharing app, which has proved wildly popular this year. In one TikTok video that was liked 3.5 million times, the creator took a video of his mom sleeping, and then Photoshopped her into different backdrops relevant to the lyrics, such as sailing across the sea to China and in a row boat.Īn AFP collaborator poses for a picture using the smart phone application TikTok on Decemin Paris. The upbeat and bubbly pop song, coupled with its memorable refrain, has an almost magical power to make people feel like dancing. Teens have posted videos of themselves dancing to the song, or acting out its lyrics with props like laundry baskets. “Break My Stride” began trending on TikTok earlier this year and has since been used in well over 800,000 videos on the app, while the hashtag #breakmystride has been viewed nearly 100 million times.

On the short-form video app, popular with Generation Z, users typically share 15-second clips of themselves dancing, lip-syncing or doing comedy skits, most often set to music. Now, nearly four decades later, the song is gaining relevance for listeners who weren’t even born when it was first released, thanks to its popularity on an unexpected platform: TikTok. That song, “Break My Stride,” has been featured in films and commercials over the years and turned him into a one-hit wonder. During the 1980’s, artist Matthew Wilder composed a song in about 30 minutes.
