Thanks to the mega-popular social media platform TikTok, music from the past is coming back and going viral overnight as well. In other words, we are witnessing a new means for song discovery for the younger generation on the Internet.
One example of this phenomenon is Didoās āThank You.ā The forty-nine-year-old British musician released the classic more than a decade ago but it is just recently gaining more and more streams, because of a slowed-down version of the song that is used for sentimental-sad video clips on TikTok.
Hereās another example. Mikaās āGrace Kellyā – another pop hit from 2009 making a comeback in 2021 on TikTok. In fact, the track is climbing high on the Billboard charts.Ā
This week “Grace Kelly” by @mikasounds has shot to number 1 on LyricFind’s Global and US @billboardcharts thanks to the viral “Grace Kelly” challenge on TikTok. Find our full Global chart here: https://t.co/KkSU890y72
ā LyricFind (@LyricFind) September 21, 2021
The above-mentioned were just two instances of seemingly infinite music revivals. Other tunes include many of Usherās classics such as āMy Boo,ā Alicia Keysā āEmpire State of Mind,ā Paul Ankaās āPut Your Head on My Shoulderā and much much more.