On TikTok, there perhaps is no insult more withering and devastating than to be told by a teenager that your content is cringe. If this is the case, then the Jonas Brothers and the White House had quite a rough week. The pop trio teamed up with the Biden administration …
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UPDATE (9/18): Police and the FBI are now looking for Laundrie as well as Petito, according to a statement from the North Port Police Department. On Friday evening, Laundrie’s family summoned authorities to the house Laundrie and Petito shared with Laundrie’s parents before embarking on their road trip, saying they …
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With her long, lush blond hair, almond-shaped blue eyes, and expertly manicured brows, influencer Natalia Fadeev bears a striking resemblance to model Gigi Hadid. On TikTok, where she’s racked up nearly a million followers, she’s mastered the art of the coquettish facial expression, balancing it with angles that show off …
Read More »TikTok Star Addison Rae Surprises Fans With Debut Single 'Obsessed'
Surprise: Addison Rae is starting a music career. On Thursday night, the 20-year-old social media influencer and entrepreneur — who calls the likes of Kourtney Kardashian and Hailey Bieber close friends — dropped her first-ever single, “Obsessed,” along with an accompanying music video. At two minutes and 14 seconds, the …
Read More »'The First Time' With Doggface208
TikTok user Doggface208 — real name Nathan Apodaca — took the internet by storm last year after posting the now-iconic video of him longboarding to Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” while drinking a bottle of Ocean Spray cranberry juice. “It’s always been Cran-Rasberry,” he tells Rolling Stone‘s The First Time, recalling that …
Read More »OnlyFans Popularity Spreads as Performers Take to TikTok
“I have a full-time job as an accountant,” Savannah, 23, lipsyncs, looking very un-accountant-like in black lipstick and a curve-skimming maxi dress. “Nobody asks you questions when you say you’re an accountant.” The caption of the video: “When you’ve made $150,000 off of [OnlyFans] in less than 4 months but …
Read More »Trump Signs Executive Order Setting 90-Day Deadline for TikTok Sale
Following threats to ban TikTok, Donald Trump set a deadline of 90 days to its Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest itself from its U.S. ownership of TikTok, the White House announced Friday in an executive order. “There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that ByteDance … might …
Read More »Sufjan Stevens Spotlights 'Renegade' Dancer Jalaiah in 'Video Game' Clip
Sufjan Stevens meets TikTok in the video for his new song “Video Game,” starring the “Renegade” dance creator Jalaiah Harmon. In the visual, directed by Nicole Ginelli, Harmon dances her signature “Renegade” moves in front of a changing CGI backdrop. “I don’t wanna be your personal Jesus/I don’t wanna live …
Read More »How Y2k and bbno$ Turned 'Lalala' Into a Hit, One Tinder Match at a Time
“Did I really just forget that melody?” That’s the self-effacing first line in Y2K and bbno$’s frivolous hit “Lalala,” which shot to the top of Spotify’s Viral 50 on July 1st and has remained in the Top 5 all month. It’s bragging, tongue-in-cheek nonsense-rap with a touch of drugged-out nursery …
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