Have you been trying to expand your music horizons but don’t know where to find new songs? TikTok could very well be the answer.
Since its creation in 2016, TikTok has been a platform that gives entertainment to millions of people across the world. TikTok is one of the most popular social media platforms used by everyday people to promote businesses, spread awareness & information, lets people showcase talents, and take part in popular trends.
One thing I have found use for on TikTok is discovering new music. Most of my Spotify playlists are songs that I have found on my “For You” page. I discovered Indie music just recently thanks to TikTok and now its one of my most favorite types of music. I listen to a lot of different genres of music, and I can say that the music scene on TikTok has shown me great songs for almost every genre. Some of my new favorite artists I found because they were promoting their music on TikTok.
Jessie Murph is a great example of what TikTok is capable of when it comes to promoting artists. She began promoting her music on YouTube, but, after moving to TikTok, ended up becoming one of the most famous musicians on the internet. Jessie Murph has 8.6 million TikTok followers and 5,170,523 monthly listeners on Spotify.
Some of her most popular songs like How Could You and Always Been You were sounds on TikTok before they released and, through the traction acquired on the app, became super popular trends. These teasers of her unreleased music creates hype and popularity for not just these songs, but her other works as well.
There are many other amazing artists that lots of people (like me) wouldn’t have discovered if it weren’t for TikTok like Andi Mitchell, Anees, Natalie Jennings and Alexander Stewart. TikTok isn’t just great for finding new music though.
After all, how many young people heard of L’Trimms 1988 song Cars With the Boom before TikTok?
These are just a few songs from different genres that I discovered because of TikTok:
Evergreen (You Didn’t Deserve Me At All) By: Omar Apollo
Leave Me by Anees
Pool House by The Backseat Lovers
I Burned LA Down by Noah Cyrus
Gasp of Air by Lisa Curtis
Bills Paid by DJ Khalid, Latto, City Girls
Its Over by Cat Burns
Trademark USA by Baby Keem
We Go Down Together by Khalid and Dove Cameron
The Former by Steinza
Baby Wyd by Nardo Wick, Lakeyah
Free Me by Anees
We’re Not Kids Anymore by Cat Burns
Blames on Me by Alexander Stewart
Hollow by Victor Ray
Damage You Still Do by Mikayla Pasterfield
Ceilings by Lizzie McAlpine
Until We Drink by Savannah Sgro
A Blade of Grass by Jack Harlow
TikTok’s algorithm has been successful at spreading and promoting great music since its inception, and I, for one, am grateful for all the fantastic songs and artists I’ve been exposed to through this app.