Ep.35 TikTok Uncovered: What It Really Takes to Go Viral With GK Barry
Working Hard with Grace Beverley
sophie@grace-beverley.com
4.2 • 901 Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Grace Keeling, better known online as GK Barry, is one of the wildest TikTok stars out there creating content that is both relatable, hilarious and at times controversial. She rose to fame during the pandemic with her TikTok account, and since 2020 has gained a staggering 2.9 million followers on the social channel alone with content around her day-to-day life, reaching millions of views per month. Grace not only has reached popularity as a well-known TikToker in the UK with an ever-growing platform she’s also become a household name appearing on the show 'Locked In' with Footasylum.
- who is the person behind the brand GK Barry?
- how Grace became GK Barry
- the start of GK Barry’s career
- the power of social media networking
- how GK Barry dealt with the hostility of the media industry
- crazy brand deal stories
- GK Barry’s experience with social media events
- how she made the decision to quit her day job to TikTok full time
- what’s next for GK Barry?
- why GK Barry got her Instagram taken down
- the fear of cancel culture
- how GK Barry has dealt with male comedy bias
- how GK Barry met her boyfriend
- how GK Barry’s friends reacted to her fame
- behind the scenes of GK Barry’s experience on Footasylum
- GK Barry’s love island interview
- is GK Barry taken seriously?
- has GK Barry experienced imposter syndrome?
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| 0:29.6 | So I was like, cool. So I'm not going to be like one of the girls that's going to be like for being pretty. |
| 0:36.6 | I've got to be funny. |
| 0:38.7 | I hit a meal and I was like, it was so anticlimactic. |
| 0:41.4 | When I first joined my management, they were like, what do you want? |
| 0:43.5 | And I was like, my end girl was Love Island. |
| 0:45.8 | Had the interview. |
| 0:47.1 | Told them I spoke about Chlamydia online. |
| 0:49.3 | Never got back to me. |
| 0:50.4 | When we go to events, people would be like, why a TikTok is here. That's really embarrassing. |
| 0:56.0 | And I remember once I was speaking to this guy and it was all really fun. |
| 0:59.0 | And then I heard him go to his mate, yeah, I'm going to go back there. She got a lot of followers. |
| 1:02.0 | And I was just like, ugh. |
| 1:04.0 | Do you ever fear being cancelled? |
| 1:07.0 | Everyone has been cancelled or is going to be cancelled. |
| 1:10.0 | People love to pull that card. |
| 1:12.6 | Do you know what actually really pisses me off? |
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