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Some of TikTok's Biggest Stars Are 80-Year-Olds
抖音上的一些大明星都是80岁的老人
BY SARAH DREHER
作者:莎拉·德雷尔
TikTok is where new Gen Z entertainment stars are minted. Ambitious young people like 20-year Addison Rae and 16-year-old Charli D'Amelio have been able to amass huge audiences on the social media platform (D'Amelio's tops 100 million) by dancing, singing, lip-syncing, pulling pranks, performing skits and whatever else they can think of in short videos, most of which last between 15 seconds and a minute. Overwhelmingly, it's a place for kids."Most social media is youth-oriented," says TikTok star Steve Austin.
抖音是新一代Z世代(1996年以后出生)的娱乐明星的诞生地
But maybe not just kids anymore. Austin, for instance is 82 years old and is known to his 1.4 million TikTok fans as "Old Man Steve" While not quite in D'Amelio and Rae's league (not yet anyway), Austin and several other older social media stars have developed big TikTok followings over the last few years, with fan bases well into seven or even eight figures.
但也许其受众不再只有年轻人了
Most of them started out posting just for fun, but were lucky enough to go viral. Some have since turned pro, leveraging their TikTok fame into appearances on other platforms and TV as well as ads and endorsement deals. While they are just as exuberant as their young counterparts, TikTok's seniors brings their own touch of sweetness to the medium.
他们中的大多数一开始上传视频只是为了好玩,但却幸运地走红了
The folks listed below are some of the biggest older TikTok stars—but they all seem to think of themselves not so much as budding celebrities as virtual grandparents to young followers. "I think that it's a great thing for seniors to be able to be on the internet and communicate," Old Man Steve says "I don't think it's just for the young people."
下面列出的这些人都是一些年纪较大的抖音明星,但他们似乎全都认为自己与其说是崭露头角的名人,不如说是年轻粉丝的线上祖父母
J-Dog @its_j_dog
账号:J-Dog @its_j_dog
2M followers and 83.6M likes
200万粉丝、8360万获赞
Jenny Krupa, 88, of Alberta, Canada has become the TikTok star "J-dog" with the help of her grandson, Skylar Krupa. They have been making videos together since August 2019. J-dog is a sassy granny. On Valentine's Day, for instance, she told viewers not to worry about not getting a card. "It's not because no one likes you," she said. "It's probably because you're a loser." Skylar Krupa says, "When we started, she wasn't really like that" but once the J-dog personality became a viral hit there was no turning back. "She liked the attention from it," Skylar says, and now "she's definitely turning into J-dog." The persona hasn't overwhelmed the person, however. Skylar says his grandmother was very touched by the online love and support she got from her followers following her husband's death in July.
加拿大阿尔伯塔省88岁的珍妮·克鲁帕在外孙斯凯拉·克鲁帕的帮助下成为了抖音明星“J-dog”
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词语解释
1. start out 起初是
The child'll start out by making relatively few distinctions in the language.
孩子开始时不太能辨别语言中的差别
。2. listed below 下列
Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?
在下面列出的杰出女性中,你认为谁是过去100年中最重要的女性?