145: Who's Afraid of the Sound of TikTok? (w Cat Zhang)

Bass distorted to the edge of audibility; voices croaking out dark and violent lyrics; a hacked-together DIY aesthetic. This isn't a fringe musical movement, this is the sound of TikTok, the video app used by millions in Generation Z. And soon enough it might also be the sound of pop as we know it. Cat Zhang from Pitchfork stops by to clue us into the sonic reality of music's newest platform, from Gordon Ramsay to pumpkins screaming in the dead of night.

Songs Discussed

• Savage Ga$p, 93FEETOFSMOKE - Pumpkins scream in the dead of night
• haroinfather, Savage Ga$sp - Tunnel of Love
• Arizona Zervas - ROXANNE
• HL Wave, Jhonny Flames - Gordon Ramsay
• Hooligan Chase - Asshole
• Comethazine - Walk
• Peter Kuli, Jed Will - ok boomer
• Young Spool, Jakob - WTF

Check out Cat's article The Anatomy of a TikTok Hit on Pitchfork

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