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ICYMI: North West Is TikTok’s New Queen

Slate Technology

Slate

Society & Culture, Technology, History

4.6636 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton is joined by WAMU’s Aja Drain to discuss North West’s TikTok presence. They talk about how North got started on the app like going live without her mother’s permission, the controversies that’ve bubbled up around her TikTok account, and what makes her so different from the other kids posting online. This podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario. Subscribe to Slate Plus at http://slate.com/icymiplus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Forgot your wallet? No problem.

0:03.0

With Samsung Wallet, everything you need is already on your phone.

0:08.0

Store your loyalty cards, earn rewards when you spend, and keep your travels smooth with boarding passes and train tickets ready to go.

0:15.0

You can even tap in on public transport, no unlocking, no digging around.

0:20.0

And yes, your payment cards can live here too.

0:22.6

Safely stored and ready when you need them.

0:25.6

Trouble Light, live smart.

0:26.6

Set up Samsung Wallet today.

0:33.6

North, you are the gift that keeps on giving.

0:40.0

Thank you.

0:42.9

Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton.

0:44.8

And I'm Asia Drain, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I.

0:47.9

In case you missed it.

0:49.2

Slate's podcast about internet culture.

0:51.7

And today I am joined by none other than WAMU reporter Asia Drain.

0:57.6

Asia, hello. Thank you for coming on the show. Hello, so happy to be here.

1:04.0

I'm super excited to hear because you're going to take me on a wild ride through this episode.

1:10.0

But before we get into today's main topic, I do have to ask you the question that I ask

1:15.1

every single person on this show, which is, what is your first internet memory?

1:25.3

I think the first memory I can think of was like in the early 2000s, I would log on to

1:31.4

AOL.com and a little baby dancer. I like to dance. And the song I would always look up was Axel F by

1:39.9

Crazy Frog. Not Crazy Frog. I haven't heard that name in 84 years.

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