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Protest is going viral on TikTok

Protest is going viral on TikTok

It's Been a Minute vor 8 Monaten

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There's a new sound of protest going viral on TikTok. What is being
said, and how much impact could it have?

We're just two weeks into January, but this year has already been
eventful. There's Trump's incursion into Venezuela, and last week’s
ICE shooting in Minneapolis, which led to protests all across the
country over the weekend. And these protests on the street are
connected to some of the music we’re hearing online: artists like
Jensen McRae and Jesse Welles are responding to current events with
their own musical takes on the news with bitesize songs on TikTok.
But why is folk protest music having revival, and who is
listening?

Brittany sits down with NPR Music reporter Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
to get into why this folk-y protest music hasn’t been popular in
decades – and why it’s going viral now. You can read Isabella's
story here.

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