Memes of dolphins playing Zara Larsson's song with Clean Bandit have blown up on the platform — now, she's riding the wave.
videos that used her song with Clean Bandit, “Symphony.” The posts had random observations or dark self-loathing messages — like “I have social anxiety,” “I’m scared of people,” and “I’m pregnant and it’s yours” — written over images of dolphins flying in a Lisa Frank-esque world. The posts were quite strange, with some getting a few thousand likes.
Larsson and her friends have theories about how the trend even started and what could’ve inspired its surge. She thinks it may have been indirectly inspired by a real, lavender, singingevery time you unlocked it. “People made jokes about writing very dark stuff in their diaries,” Larsson says. “They’ll put in the code to write about their horrible day and then the song starts playing.”
The song’s popularity on the app has also reminded Larsson to use social media to her advantage, and not be afraid to promote her music — and her upcoming solo tour — on the platform. She shared a video of herself with the song in the background,, “Trying to think of ways to milk this dolphin trend so I can sell out my U.S. tour.” She’s also incorporated the dolphin visuals in her tour set, nodding to the trend as she sings the song live.
Ole Obermann, the Global Head of Music Business Development at TikTok, says the trend is reflective of the patterns of music discovery they see happen a lot on the platform. “Watching iconic tracks like this reach and excite a new generation of fans reaffirms the power TikTok holds in shaping the music landscape and providing a space for fans to show their support for their favorite artists and songs,” Obermann says.
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