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· Michelle De Pacina
Hawaiian restaurant in Texas sells out after TikTok about UT Austin ‘kicking out’ its owners goes viral
Austin-area Hawaiian BBQ restaurant Poke Bay will be closing its doors after five years of business following the University of Texas at Austin’s purchase of land on Guadalupe Street to expand the school’s campus. The decision leaves restaurant owners Paul and Priscilla Song…
· Rebecca Moon
Elementary school students shower art teacher with goodbye hugs, drawings on his last day in viral TikTok
TikTok user @itsjoshell posted a video on May 2 of her Filipino husband, known to his students as Mr. Santos, being showered in his school’s hallways with hugs and drawings during his last day of work at an elementary school. "My husband had his last day as an art teacher and…
· Khier Casino
Music teacher shares adorable ‘dumpling song’ she grew up singing in Taiwan in viral TikTok video
A Chicago-based music teacher is taking dumpling-making to the next level with a viral fingerplay song on TikTok. Katie Norregaard, better known as “Miss Katie Sings,” has garnered more than 500,000 likes and 2 million views after sharing the “dumpling song.” She grew up singing…
· Celine Pun
Panda Express worker’s viral TikTok roast of early morning customers has fast-food employees chiming in
A 15-second video posted to TikTok by @isaiahafk shows a Panda Express worker expressing his dismay at the chain’s early-morning customers. While many in the video’s comments section offered up their arguments as to why some might want to purchase orange chicken at 10 a.m.,…
· Michelle De Pacina
Frightened Malaysian woman films TikTok video to capture the faces of the men following her
A Malaysian woman filmed a TikTok video in hopes of capturing the faces of the men she claimed were following her as she walked alone. In a six-second video posted to TikTok on Sunday, the woman can be seen discreetly watching her back using her camera. In a split-second shot, a…
· Rebecca Moon
TikToker rescues ‘abandoned’ Nintendogs after finding game cartridge on London train
After discovering a lost “Nintendogs” game cartridge on a London train, a TikTok user shared a series of videos detailing his journey of rescuing the “abandoned” virtual puppies. The TikTok user, @bennypvideo, shared a video last Thursday of him finding the lost game cartridge…
· Celine Pun
TikTok video showing how a conveyer belt sushi restaurant in Japan quickly calculates bills goes viral
TikTok users are impressed by the clever technology a Japanese revolving sushi restaurant uses to ring up customers instantly. With over 3.3 million views and 800 comments, a 13-second video on the platform shows staff scanning a stack of different colored plates with a handheld…
· Bryan Ke
‘Do you like some peanuts?’: Viral TikToker attempts to teach students ‘how to speak like an American’
Viral TikToker Mryang_English’s is back with more “How to speak/sound like an American” videos, much to the delight of fans. In a video posted on Wednesday, the TikToker, who has 40 million likes and 2.9 million followers, teaches his student how to say, “I like a coke and a…
· Rebecca Moon
Art student who shared TikTok of emotional conversation with her Asian parents posts video update
Vietnamese student TikToker @kaitlynnbui, whose video of her emotional conversation with her Asian parents about her major went viral, uploaded a follow-up video showing her family’s support. Bui explains in her follow-up video’s caption that she had reacted “poorly” and in a…
· Rebecca Moon
Divorce lawyer on TikTok explains why men should always pay on first dates
Divorce lawyer Justin Lee recently posted a video to his TikTok page explaining that men should always pay for meals on the first date to gain insight into whether their date is “entitled” or “appreciative.” Uploaded on April 12, the video has over 509,000 views and 52,000…
· Bryan Ke
Vietnamese TikToker says she was ‘disowned’ for refusing to fund sister’s ‘lavish’ college lifestyle
A Vietnamese TikTok user has gone viral for talking about how her parents "disowned" her after she refused to pay for her sister's “lavish lifestyle” in the United States. “I just got disowned by my parents just now because I refused to fund my sister’s lavish lifestyle when…
· Bryan Ke
‘Y’all be drunk in South Korea’: TikToker has hilarious reaction to trying soju for the first time
Soju is now trending on Twitter after a hilarious video of a TikTok user drinking it for the first time went viral. Twitter users have been sharing their stories about the popular Korean distilled alcoholic beverage after seeing the viral video, which has amassed over 14.5…
· Grace Kim
Cucumber kimchi with everything bagel seasoning: TikTokers allege appropriation of Korean food
Oi kimchi (오이 김치) or cucumber kimchi is the latest Korean food trend taking over TikTok, but some Korean American influencers are calling out the way it’s being allegedly appropriated online. “Cultural appropriation in food is admittedly a tricky issue, and some people think it…
· Bryan Ke
TikTok user explains why some Chinese restaurants are closed on Tuesdays
TikTok user Kim Chi has recently amassed thousands of views for answering the question, “Why are Chinese takeaways shut on Tuesday?” “A lot of Chinese people who knew each other arranged to meet up on Tuesdays as a day off, and that’s what they would do to catch up and make…
· Grace Kim
Psy joins TikTok one month after ‘Gangnam Style’ trends on the platform
Psy, the South Korean singer who first rose to global fame for his hit 2012 song “Gangnam Style,” joined TikTok over the weekend. Last month, a remix of “Gangnam Style” went viral in a popular trend in which users shared traumatic moments from their lives to the upbeat song. The…
· Michelle De Pacina
Budget guru TikToker shares Costco ‘hack’ that allows customers to return years-old purchases
Tiktok user @bougiecheapskate shared a video about Costco Wholesale’s return policy that allows customers to return items even after the 90 day limit since their purchase. To demonstrate, she acted out a scenario as both a customer attempting to exchange a five-year-old coffee…
· Bryan Ke
Sumo oranges: the Japanese citrus sweeping TikTok
Sumo oranges have gained widespread attention on social media after a video of a woman enthusiastically persuading other grocery shoppers at a Trader Joe’s in New York City to buy the sweet fruit went viral. The citrus was first cultivated in Japan as part of a government…
· Brian Zhang
‘Welcome to the challenge’: Female stunt artist wows TikTok with virtuoso nunchuck tricks
A video recently uploaded to TikTok has left viewers in awe of fiery nunchuck tricks, paving the way for a new TikTok challenge while sparking conversations on the importance of female self-defense. In the video, uploaded by user @mysteriou91, a female stunt artist uses…
· Michelle De Pacina
‘These retail for only $1,640’: TikTok video of Louis Vuitton chopsticks goes viral
A TikTok video showcasing Louis Vuitton’s set of chopsticks that costs $1,640 USD recently went viral on social media. TikTok user @thejeffreyhuang shared his purchase of the four gold-colored chopsticks set, which comes in a Monogram canvas case, on March 18. The video has…
· Jane Nam
Singaporean student shares her $26,000 jaw surgery journey in viral TikTok video
Last week, 22-year-old Qinthara Fasya posted a 30-second video to TikTok that documented her double jaw surgery, starting with a countdown of “T-16 days” before her operation. Before her operation, Fasya appears to have a severe underbite, to the point where her front teeth do…