Lana Songs Going Viral on TikTok (Discussion)

[motel six 4,899]

ngl ive seen a lottt of vids using scarface this year which surprised me, and ridin’ and boarding school & driving in cars with boys too, i’m sure scarface was contained to a certain group but ridin, boarding school and dicwb seemed viral!

[venice biotch 8,366]

Thunder demo was the most used one I think, I swear I heard that tambourine every second video. And like butterflies (the everything you say makes me wanna stay
but everything you've done makes me wanna run, run part was overfucked by the tiktok girlies). It made a lot songs blow up and I don't see anything wrong with it. Hearing the same song over and over (like let the light in, margaret or paris texas last year) was kind of tiring, all I heard was when you know you know when you know you know.

[lemonade motorcycle heaven 461]

I noticed a lot of videos using "Ice Cream" anyone else?

[americangothic 1,727]

3 hours ago, motel six said:

ngl ive seen a lottt of vids using scarface this year which surprised me, and ridin’ and boarding school & driving in cars with boys too, i’m sure scarface was contained to a certain group but ridin, boarding school and dicwb seemed viral!

Absolutely!

How could I forget about 'Boarding School', lol. A Lana classic among TikTok fans (which includes actual kids in school, who surprisingly loves the lyrics) 

 

Something I have noticed is how younger generations tend to really like and praise 'Blue Banisters' (album) which is sweet and surprising. I have a 13 year old cousin who was born just when "Born to Die" was released and now she has a whole Lana playlist on Spotify including deep cuts like 'Living Legend'.

 

Yes, I do feel old as hell, but isn't it amazing how Lana has stood the test of times, like classic and iconic artists like David Bowie and Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac do.

[PARADIXO 33,310]

3 hours ago, venice biotch said:

Thunder demo was the most used one I think, I swear I heard that tambourine every second video. And like butterflies (the everything you say makes me wanna stay
but everything you've done makes me wanna run, run part was overfucked by the tiktok girlies). It made a lot songs blow up and I don't see anything wrong with it. Hearing the same song over and over (like let the light in, margaret or paris texas last year) was kind of tiring, all I heard was when you know you know when you know you know.

 

when you know you know

[Candy Necklace 8,891]

I think a big part of it has been the cultural shift post-2020. The culture in general right now is more “conservative” and Americana aesthetics are what’s in (Old Money, Country, etc.) compared to the mid-late 2010’s where the dominant culture seemed to be more “liberal” and colorful. Not saying Lana embodies conservative values (although after her marriage to that guy, who really knows) but a lot of her music really fits the atmosphere right now.

 

Let the Light In & Margaret really emphasize this point because those are more simple, organic sounding songs, which sort of “lean” country. If this was 5 years ago, we would’ve seen Fishtail and Peppers pop off.

[Genesee 6,723]

what do you mean my baby sweet carolina is being used on that cesspool 

[Mer 64,157]

Given the nature of TikTok’s algorithm, I think OP needs to set a benchmark for “viral-ness” of a song. Is it “viral” when it’s been used in 10k videos? 20k? 
 

Anecdotally seeing a bunch of videos using her songs on your Lana-oriented algorithm isn’t an accurate picture of the songs impact on the platform. 

[Candy Necklace 8,891]

2 hours ago, Mer said:

Given the nature of TikTok’s algorithm, I think OP needs to set a benchmark for “viral-ness” of a song. Is it “viral” when it’s been used in 10k videos? 20k? 
 

Anecdotally seeing a bunch of videos using her songs on your Lana-oriented algorithm isn’t an accurate picture of the songs impact on the platform. 

I’d say about 75% of the songs on that list were viral internally. Like Thunder, Sweet, California, and Violets for Roses- those songs only got small bumps in streams, some of them not even cracking 100k daily Spotify streams and have already gone back to their usual numbers. Compared to Chemtrails, Radio, Margaret, and Let the Light In that either cracked 1mil daily or got extremely close to doing it, and have maintained good daily streams.

[americangothic 1,727]

Apparently, "Living Legend" and "Sweet Carolina" are gaining traction on TikTok 

[Embach 48,696]

1 minute ago, americangothic said:

Apparently, "Living Legend" and "Sweet Carolina" are gaining traction on TikTok 

Not gonna lie, I lowkey wondered how Living Legend didn't go viral at first with its "whyyyy whyyy whyyy" part, since Dealer was viral with its similar screaming part

[americangothic 1,727]

17 minutes ago, Embach said:

Not gonna lie, I lowkey wondered how Living Legend didn't go viral at first with its "whyyyy whyyy whyyy" part, since Dealer was viral with its similar screaming part

Exactlyyy, and that's exactly the part that's going viral, hehe 

[americangothic 1,727]

Here's a TikTok video of a guy talking about these 2 songs (Living Legend, Sweet Carolina) having a revival and getting great streams with proof that the songs are doing great since 2021 for the unbelievers, lol:

 

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMk6BoG4G/

 

[whitehotfrvr 38]

i dont want to sound like a lanas gatekeeper but that kind of annoys me

[vacillator 16,367]

irdgaf tbh