ICYMI - North West Is TikTok’s New Queen
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2023
⏱️ 37 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.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up guys, I am Ashley Gavin, and I am your father. |
| 0:03.1 | I'm Elena Joy, I am Mommy, and I'm Mackin from your hot teenage brother. |
| 0:08.4 | Baby, Mack is baby. |
| 0:09.7 | We are your chosen family, because you don't have a gay family, and you need a gay family. |
| 0:14.3 | Every week, we bring a topic to the family dinner table from gender dysphoria, |
| 0:17.9 | to monogamy, to how to figure out if someone is into you. |
| 0:20.5 | Listen to Chosen Family every Wednesday on your favorite podcast app, |
| 0:24.0 | or watch full episodes on YouTube to get the full family experience. |
| 0:27.7 | Chosen Family is a part of the Forever Dog podcast network. |
| 0:38.1 | North, you are the gift that keeps on giving. |
| 0:41.1 | Thank you. |
| 0:44.4 | Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton, and I'm Asia Drain, and you're listening to ICYMI. |
| 0:49.0 | In case you missed it, please podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:52.8 | And today, I am joined by none other than W-A-M-U reporter, Asia Drain. |
| 0:58.8 | Asia, hello! |
| 1:00.8 | Thank you for coming on the show! |
| 1:03.2 | Hello, so happy to be here! |
| 1:06.2 | I'm super excited to hear, because you're going to take me on a wild ride through this episode. |
| 1:11.0 | But, before we get into today's main topic, I do have to ask you the question that I ask |
| 1:16.3 | every single person on this show, which is, what is your first internet memory? |
| 1:22.2 | I think the first memory I can think of was like in the early 2000s, I would log on to |
| 1:32.6 | AOL.com, and a little baby dancer I like to dance. |
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