Thank you! Ngl, the online world is not my world. So I have a vague understanding that this actually IS significant but I don't have any context that I understand. Do you see what I mean? I know I'm not explaining myself very well.
No, it makes sense. I am not a TikTok user at all, actually. I am sure in respect to all of the possible trends on TikTok this is not impressive. But when you consider the context here and how LONG it has been trending, I think it is impressive. More importantly, it is impacting his numbers.
That is kind of what I was trying - and failing, lol - to get across. It's those unexpected songs with no promotion making it on Tik Tok that intrigues me. I love it. HCW? Chicago? Gotta be happy about that!
Yeah, that's what I think is cool!
I have zero interest in social media so have no way of assessing it. I don't regard Tik Tok as the real world at all.
lol same.
But I thought for stuff like this maybe it had a fair amount of significance.
I mean.. to me the question is how are we measuring significance? If we are comparing it with where it's trending on a chart, maybe it's not that significant. But if we are considering that it's made Chicago one of his most popular songs and has extended his reach to audiences that probably didn't even know his music at all and now do, that IS significant. Not many of his contemporaries have any kind of meaningful presence on TikTok, let alone have songs trending.
Now I'm caught between your account and sw23, lol. I didn't realise HCW had already dropped off the radar.
I think it all comes down to how you look at it. To me, I see any and all success Michael has as extremely exciting and positive. I'm not sure why it's preferable to downplay proof that his legacy is so strong. Is it comparable to current artists? Not completely (though he has never dropped out of the BB Top 100 artists since I've become a fan and plenty of current artists have). But even so, he's
not a current artist. So that probably shouldn't be the measuring stick.
To put this in perspective a bit more, HCW trended for maybe 1-2 months. Chicago has been trending since June or July. HCW I think
maybe cracked his top 10 streamed songs on Spotify, but quickly fell out. Chicago is now his #3 most popular song (last I looked it was #4 about a month ago). This happened because of TikTok. There's literally no other reason. The album came out in 2014 and wasn't even a single, if I"m correct. But because of TikTok people start streaming it more, so it started showing up in more playlists on Spotify and YouTube recommendations, so it's generating more listeners, creating new fans, exciting longtime fans who maybe didn't follow MJ's posthumous work.
In my view, there is literally nothing to downplay here. No, it's not a world-altering, record-breaking number. But is it a nice win for an artist with a legacy that has been so attacked and an estate that seems to have no idea how to market him? I certainly think so.
) they will continue to explore his music. 
I logged out of mine to check if these links would work and they work for me! 