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ICYMI - North West Is TikTok’s New Queen

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🗓️ 25 February 2023

⏱️ 35 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

North, you are the gift that keeps on giving. Thank you.

0:12.0

Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton and I'm Asia Drain and you're listening to ICYMINE.

0:18.0

In case you missed it, please podcast about internet culture.

0:22.0

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

0:28.0

Hello, thank you for coming on the show.

0:32.0

Hello, so happy to be here.

0:34.0

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

0:40.0

But before we get into today's main topic, I do have to ask you the question that I ask every single person on this show.

0:46.0

Which is, what is your first internet memory?

0:50.0

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

1:02.0

And a little baby dancer I like to dance.

1:06.0

And the song I would always look up was Axel F by Crazy Frog.

1:12.0

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

1:16.0

Yeah. Should I do a little do you should?

1:20.0

I think I might need a refresher of the song actually.

1:24.0

The way it goes is

1:33.5

even at that. I'm not gonna make you suffer anymore. That was so good. I feel like I'm in a

1:41.6

basketball stadium, like I feel like I'm in a sporting event. That was that you have a new career

1:47.6

in covering it. It would have been an amazing TikTok song and totally would have gotten viral,

1:52.5

but I would be absolutely horrified if that got out to the public. So at my age, that is so fair.

2:00.4

I'm also really glad it's not viral on TikTok because that song would be stuck in my head

2:05.3

for a week straight. And I just can't do that. Yeah, I understand. And yeah, it does get annoying

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