Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Before the tiktokification of every app on planet earth, came musical.ly, a predecessor to what we know today as short form content. However, the apps rise to dominance in the mid 2010's wasn't smooth sailing, and as we explore in this video, it was a in face a scandal filled platform, home to many questionable trends, users, and pieces of content that we'll be exploring in this deep dive retrospective.
Timestamps:
00:00 - The Birth Of Musical.ly
04:14 - Don't Judge Me Challenge
06:55 - Predators
10:07 - Harmful Content
12:40 - Blood Money
16:19 - The Demise Of Musical.Ly
18:42 - Secret Ending
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TAGS: Musical.Ly, TikTok, TikTok Challenges, Musical.Ly Challenges, Musically, Nostalgia, Dangerous, Don't Judge Me Challenge, Musical.Ly Retrospective, Bill Wurtz, the entire history of the world, i guess...
Before the tiktokification of every app on planet earth, came musical.ly, a predecessor to what we know today as short form content. However, the apps rise to dominance in the mid 2010's wasn't smooth sailing, and as we explore in this video, it was a in face a scandal filled platform, home to many questionable trends, users, and pieces of content that we'll be exploring in this deep dive retrospective.
Timestamps:
00:00 - The Birth Of Musical.ly
04:14 - Don't Judge Me Challenge
06:55 - Predators
10:07 - Harmful Content
12:40 - Blood Money
16:19 - The Demise Of Musical.Ly
18:42 - Secret Ending
Okay, that's it for me. If you enjoyed this video please interact with it (ie. like, comment, share, subscribe etc.) As it really helps me know that the work I put into these videos :)
Stay tuned for more!
Bill Wurtz - youtube.com/user/billwurtz
Follow me on Twitch - twitch.tv/foxakimbo
Fox Akimbo Discord - discord.gg/fUFZ7tRyrC
Follow me on Twitter - twitter.com/FoxAkimbo
Follow me on Instagram - instagram.com/foxakimbo
Business Enquiries - foxakimbo@gmail.com
TAGS: Musical.Ly, TikTok, TikTok Challenges, Musical.Ly Challenges, Musically, Nostalgia, Dangerous, Don't Judge Me Challenge, Musical.Ly Retrospective, Bill Wurtz, the entire history of the world, i guess...
