TikTok is a weird and wonderful place. It’s full of all kinds of people; band kids, sports fanatics, emo’s, popular girls – literally any sort of person you want to hang out with is present on the app. Lately though, the trend is to get all of the popular influencers on the app to start creating music. If you have a huge following, why not try and increase it and make more money by starting a music career? Well, sometimes this has worked out okay, but some people should just not be making music.
LilHuddy: Contributing to the emo revival scene of 2021
TikToker and Hype House member Chase Hudson aka LilHuddy has recently turned to music like many other influencers. Many people weren’t surprised at this move though considering Hudson already sported a ‘e–boy’ and ‘emo’ type of look, so coming up with music seemed like normal progression. Unlike other projects by influencers, the teaser for his first song ‘21st Century Vampire’ seemed like there was a lot of time and money put into the production of the track. The first single released and the follow up song ‘The Eulogy of You and Me’ might be a little cheesy – but it’s not bad! This pop-punk and emo inspired sound could easily combine the fanbases of 21st century fan girls of the e–boy style and millennials fans of the early emo legends My Chemical Romance, or even rockers like Black Veil Brides. The first two songs are a good start for Chase, and if he continues to put out music like this he could easily make a living touring off of this music that many are starting to crave a revival of.
Nessa Barrett and Jxdn
A new collaborative track has been released by influences Nessa Barrett and Jaden Hossler. Jaden has been putting out songs slowly throughout his fame, but Nessa has more recently just started to release tracks. Jxdn has an edge to his music similar to LilHuddy, but it’s a bit more hip-hop focused. Jxdn has a great voice, but again the lyrics can come off a bit cheesy and not the best. Collaborating with Nessa was a great move though. Nessa, already having a huge following on TikTok for her gorgeous looks, easily made a transition to music. She has a much lighter voice, but it combines well with the edginess that Jaden brings to his music. Their collaborative track ‘la di die’ definitely hits the mark. Combining the softness and beauty of Nessa’s voice with the rough darker hip-hop sounds that Jaden brings, it’s truly a brilliant combo and one of the best TikToker turned musician tracks.
Dixie Damelio
It’s easy to pinpoint the worst TikTok influencers turned musician songs. One of the most embarrassing and possibly worst songs is definitely Dixie Damelio’s ‘Be Happy’. She has released a few songs now, and to be brutally honest, they are all garbage. You can tell she isn’t passionate about the music, and nothing about it is honest – it’s all fake. Her voice sounds fine, but it’s just bland. This track sounds like a KidzBop song that has an upbeat melody, but is supposed to talk about being sad. It ultimately sounds like a privileged rich girl talking about being sad, while sounding like she could care less about the song. Musically, there is nothing intriguing about the production or instrumentals. This song is embarrassing, and basically only got popular because it turned into a meme. Let me just say, I don’t think Dixie’s music career is gonna blossom into anything actually creative and intriguing for a while.
So what do you think? What do you think are the best tracks from TikTokers? Or do you have any good examples of straight-up flops? Let me know in the comments!