Missouri man gains TikTok following
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A MISSOURI MAN ISMOVING UP THE COUNTRYCHARTS AND ITS ALLTHANKS TO TIK TOK.THIS IS A UNIQUE STORYYOU WON'T SEEANYWHERE ELSE.WE SAT DOWN WITH THEWELDER WHO NOW HAS AFAN BASE THAT STRETCHSALL THE WAY TO EUROPE.BRYAN ANDREWS IS FROMCARROLLTON, MISSOURI,ABOUT AN HOUR AND AHALF NORTHEAST OF THEMETRO.HE STARTED WRITINGSONGS IN COLLEGE.HE PLAYED SOME LIVESHOWS AROUND THEAREA, AND THEN THEPANDEMIC HAPPENED.SOT1:00"I don't think I woulda blew upif covid didn't happen becauseit just so happened that whenthe lockdown hit andeverything was shut downeverybody was on theirphone." 1:14HE STARTED SHARINGVIDEOS OF HIS MUSIC ONSOCIAL MEDIA.HIS SONG "LIQUOR ANDPILLS" POSTED LASTMONTH, DID EXTREMELYWELL.5:05 It was my first like viralvideo of my original music.
Ijust put 30-40 seconds of it onthere.
It ended up getting700,000 views and like 60,00likes and i was like ok"5:25NEXT THE SONG GOTPLAYED ON A LOCAL RADIOSTATION.ANDREWS MADE A VIDHEARING HIS SONG ONTHE RADIO FOR THE FIRSTTIME.THAT VIDEO GOT 14MILLION VIEWS.THE SONG HIT NUMBER 6ON THE ITUNES COUNTRYCHARTS.06:57That was crazy well i'm stillone of the best days of my life.HE JUST CROSSED 538THOUSAND FOLLOWERSON TIK TOK.NOW HE HOPES TO HIT 1MILLION.HE ALREADY HAS FANSFROM AS FAR AWAY ASSCOTLAND, NORWAY AAUSTRALIA.08:44When I figured out that peopactually liked what I had to sayand wanted to listen to thethe words I right, then, then itwas surreal very surreal and Iwas like you know what I gottado this is what I want to do forrest my life so.