Yesterday, I talked about being a bit of a lame white person, because of a blind spot in the culture.
Well, it turns out I also have giant blind spots even if stuff that conceivably white people love.
I haven’t really watched American Idol since the first season, when I was just a kid. I generally stay away from all reality TV.
As you have probably seen, there’s a girl named Jax on TikTok who’s getting bigger and bigger all the time.
She made a TikTok explaining she wrote a song for the girl she was babysitting, and now it’s huge!
… But she’s not just some girl from TikTok.
She came in 3rd on American Idol! I just compleeeeeeetely missed that. I thought she was a girl writing songs in her room and happened to go viral on TikTok (not just for this, but for her mini-viral moments before this).
I never heard anyone mention American Idol! When she made that video that was like “my record deal is ’cause of you!” It’s like… I guess. haha I mean, maybe. Though there were other things at play.
I mean, clearly American Idol didn’t do enough for her, as she actually is getting a LOT more traction through the magic that is TikTok.
But I was just blissfully unaware. I had no idea at all!