Role
Director • Producer • Animator
Director • Producer • Animator
Summary
It’s no secret that TikTok is a virality machine. If songs gain enough traction they can catapult a musician into the pop culture stratosphere. But I wanted to know exactly what happens between a song going viral and an artist becoming a bonafide success. So in the fall of 2021, I partnered with data analysis website The Pudding to figure it out.
Credits
Story Editor
Bridgett Henwood
Editor
Ed Vega
Additional Animation
Christophe Haubursin
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