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TikTok, Boom.

When I started TikTok, I had to look at myselfin the mirror, and say, "If this isn'tgonna...

When I started TikTok, I had to look at myself
in the mirror, and say, "If this isn't
gonna happen right now, it's not gonna happen." Okay, this is
the first viral video

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When I started TikTok,
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I had to look at myself in the mirror,
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and say, "If this isn't gonna happen right now,
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it's not gonna happen."
00:00:08.765 --> 00:00:12.828
Okay, this is the first viral video.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:25
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Campfire Studios,Olive Hill Media,Such Content,7th Empire Media

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Movie Summary

With TikTok crowned the world's most downloaded app, these are the personal stories of a cultural phenomenon, told through an ensemble cast of Gen-Z natives, journalists and experts alike.
[chugging] - TikTok, Boom. 00:11
[chugging]
I didn't even, like, fix my hair for this video. - TikTok, Boom. 00:06
I didn't even, like, fix my hair for this video.
[beatboxing] - TikTok, Boom. 00:09
[beatboxing]
I was like, "Oh, my God. They like me." - TikTok, Boom. 00:17
I was like, "Oh, my God. They like me."
TikTok topping Facebook - TikTok, Boom. 00:06
TikTok topping Facebook
TAYLOR: Last year, they reported they have - TikTok, Boom. 00:07
TAYLOR: Last year, they reported they have
People spend more time on TikTok per day - TikTok, Boom. 00:08
People spend more time on TikTok per day
Facebook is absolutely desperate right now - TikTok, Boom. 00:10
Facebook is absolutely desperate right now
The elephant in the room, of course, - TikTok, Boom. 00:07
The elephant in the room, of course,
And it's the first time we've seen a huge Chinese - TikTok, Boom. 00:09
And it's the first time we've seen a huge Chinese
He worked for a number of startups - TikTok, Boom. 00:08
He worked for a number of startups
And he basically just had this dream - TikTok, Boom. 00:07
And he basically just had this dream
They started in an apartment, - TikTok, Boom. 00:05
They started in an apartment,
About 2015 or so, ByteDance was doing - TikTok, Boom. 00:15
About 2015 or so, ByteDance was doing
[singing in Chinese] - TikTok, Boom. 00:07
[singing in Chinese]
People pay me to put their product in my videos. - TikTok, Boom. 00:07
People pay me to put their product in my videos.
I get, like, clothes from, like, all different - TikTok, Boom. 00:07
I get, like, clothes from, like, all different
ANNOUNCER: After the success of Douyin in China, - TikTok, Boom. 00:11
ANNOUNCER: After the success of Douyin in China,
And merged them, rebranding the app - TikTok, Boom. 00:06
And merged them, rebranding the app
One thing Zhang Yiming did was to create - TikTok, Boom. 00:06
One thing Zhang Yiming did was to create