#itstartsonTikTok continues to celebrate creators and culture trends with “Creators’ Talk” online event
The celebration continues for TikTok with stories featuring
creators, trends, and meaningful campaigns that all began on the world’s
leading short-form video platform. Since the local launch of the campaign #itstartsonTikTok last September 11,
2020, it was followed by an online event on September 17, 2020 titled Creators’ Talk: TikTok’s Impact on Filipino
Culture and the Creative Economy with TikTok content creators Zendee, Lyqa Maravilla and Yanyan de
Jesus sharing their experiences about how they started on TikTok. A
trending TikTok content creator himself, Mark
Averilla, aka Macoy Dubs and Auntie Julie, hosted the online event.
TikTok Phillipines’ User Content Content and Operations Manager John Castro officially opened the event with a message that truly explained the essence of the campaign.
“With ‘it starts on TikTok,’ we want to celebrate the community. We want to make sure that we thank our community for making TikTok an integral part of our lives and providing an endless amount of entertainment, joy, and positive vibes. The impact of the trends that TikTok and the community made, now just transcends content - it goes from art to beauty and everything else in between,” said Castro.
John attributed TikTok’s impact on culture to the creators,
users, and fans who are continuously inspired to create more content and
explore their individuality. TikTok enables people from all walks of life to
express themselves one way or another. From a Gen Z dominant app in its early
years, the platform now appeals towards the professionals and senior citizens
which has helped create a solid diverse culture. With tons of local content
within the platform, every user can have a lot of different perspectives.
TikTok as an empowering platform for creation
Prior to Zendee’s popularity, she already participated in
numerous singing competitions and was once featured in the Ellen De Generes
show. But for her, success became sweeter when she found the empowering culture
and community that is on TikTok.
This talented creator was able to gain 5.7 million followers in just 7 months. One video that she attributed to her TikTok success is her parody of then viral Sarah Geronimo’s Tala, titled Gala. It was a funny yet hopeful song about how Filipinos look forward to being able to travel again once the community quarantine is over.
During her portion, Zendee enumerated her favorite trends which include the musical challenge #popcornduet. She also liked how #BinibiningMarikit delivers an empowering theme for Filipinas to feel confidently beautiful about themselves.
Before ending the interview,
Zendee imparted an message to her fellow content creators:
“TikTok is a big family who’ll support your craft. You can showcase your talent on TikTok. Collaborate with different creators so that we grow together. Let’s support each other, especially to the starting content creators!”
TikTok as an enabler
for learning
“It made me a better educator outside of TikTok,” shared
educational content creator Lyqa Maravilla looking back through her 4 months of
experience in the platform. Aiming to democratize education in the Philippines,
Lyqa started mid-May of 2020 when discussion of virtual learning for students
started.
“My concern at that time was student’s fear and anxiety from learning online. Joining TikTok was me being compelled to convince the young ones that learning is possible even from short-form content. I am so happy that the learning audience took to it. This time we get to convince them that: yes, kaya nilang matuto, sa loob ng isang minuto,” shared Coach Lyqa. Her account @teamlyqa actually grew to a million subscribers in six weeks since she started -- a testament that the Filipino youth really love to learn. For a fact, the education-focused local campaign #TikTokU became a top content with 1.8 billion views as of writing.
Given the young generation’s short attention span, educators
are challenged to be creative in their content. Lyqa shared how simple and easy
it is to create a video and edit in the app. Ending her interview, she
encouraged teachers and co-educators to utilize TikTok as a learning platform,
“if you think you have something you know
that can help others, share it on TikTok. It is really a good place to start.”
TikTok embraces the
unique, creative and weird you
Yanyan de Jesus is now one of the country’s most followed
TikTok content creators at 9.7 million. He is the Grand Champion for Talent in
the region-wide competition TikTok All-Star Southeast Asia 2019.
For all these reasons, #itstartsonTikTok campaign is a love
letter to these local creators and a proper acknowledgement of the campaigns
and trends that brought joy to the community.
For every content creator that starts on TikTok, a new story
unfolds. One positive content on TikTok is a message of hope and inspiration to
multitude of users from many parts of the globe. For every video upload,
culture and experiences are shared, amplified, and celebrated in a tic of a
sec. These small acts of positivity and goodness collectively shaped the
culture trends that we have today.
TikTok welcomes you for who you are. Now’s the best time to
start your creative journey. Download TikTok today on your iOS and Android devices and start your TikTok moment with #itstartsonTikTok and #TikTokPhilippines.
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