Ever since Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” TikTok has been known for creating hits and boosting musicians’ careers so that when they hit the charts, it's sometimes seemingly out of nowhere. Just as TikTok’s influence on the music industry has grown, so has the #PopPunk community on the app. Podcaster Kirsten Dorman speaks to members of bands Arrows in Action and Not My Weekend about how they use TikTok and what it’s like to suddenly host live streams instead of post-concert meet-and-greets.
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