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How Do Pop Stars Come to TikTok? Hat in Hand, Grasping at Buzz
After a song by an unknown gains attention on the app, a trend-hopping remix with a superstar usually isn’t far behind.
Popp Hunna was joined by Lil Uzi Vert on “Adderall (Corvette Corvette),” one of the rare remixes where the superstar comes down from the stratosphere to the level of the aspirant.Credit.YouTube
Feb. 17, 2021
For the last few weeks, one of the challenges ping-ponging around TikTok has been set to a snippet of “Buss It,” by the Dallas rapper Erica Banks. It’s a bit of a head fake the song begins with a sample of Nelly’s “Hot in Herre,” before abruptly pivoting to its own frisky chorus, a perfect soundtrack for a classic TikTok outfit-change transition from frumpy to fabulous.