Hey, so you know how social media is always changing things? Well, TikTok is doing something pretty wild in the music world. It's helping unknown musicians become super famous really fast - we're talking days or even hours sometimes. It's kind of giving everyone a fair shot, you know?
Take Lil Nas X, for example. Back in 2019, nobody knew who he was. Then he put out "Old Town Road," this song that mixed country and hip-hop. It blew up on TikTok - everyone was making videos with it and doing dance challenges. Before you knew it, the song was number one on the charts and Lil Nas X was a big deal.
And it's not just him. There's this singer from New Zealand called Benee who had the same thing happen with her song "Supalonely." People loved it, and suddenly she was famous internationally.
Other artists are getting in on this TikTok fame too. Like 24kGoldn with his song "Mood" featuring Iann Dior, and Saweetie with "My Type" and "Best Friend." These songs were huge on TikTok before they hit the regular charts.
What makes TikTok so powerful for music is that regular people are the ones spreading the songs. If people like a song, they use it in their videos, and it can spread like crazy.
It's not just new artists either. Some established musicians are getting a boost from TikTok too. Like Lizzo - her songs "Good as Hell" and "Truth Hurts" got super popular on TikTok and it made her even more famous. And there's this indie artist, Rex Orange County - his songs "Loving Is Easy" and "Best Friend" became TikTok favorites and helped him get more mainstream success.
The big deal about TikTok is that anyone can potentially get famous now. You don't need a fancy studio or a big marketing budget. If you've got talent and a smartphone, you might just reach millions of people.
This is shaking things up in the music industry. Record labels are starting to pay attention to what's popular on TikTok. But the cool thing is that TikTok is still mostly about what regular people like, not what big companies are pushing.
So yeah, TikTok is changing how we find new music and how artists get famous. It's pretty wild to think about how much it's changed things already, and it looks like it's only going to keep having a bigger impact on music in the future.
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