releases (Miki Matsubara’s Japanese city pop gem “ Stay With Me”). This includes songs dug up from past decades (Plustwo’s 1983 Italo disco classic “ Melody”) and non-U.S. Still, after over a year of thumbing through the app-flipping the dial, catching stray snippets of melody-I’m still periodically surprised by the music it whirls into the spotlight. TikTok can feel repetitive: many creators’ thirst for influence incentivizes them to dance to what’s already popular (ex: yet another Nicki Minaj feature) and chart-toppers like Travis Scott pay big influencers to guarantee another week’s stay in the Top 10.
