Sara Kays, a 22-year-old girl, is a rising star on online video-sharing platforms. She not only uses TikTok(抖音)to promote her music but also posts songs to get feedback(反馈)from her followers.
"It's been cool to engage with people that way ", said Kays, who has been using online platforms to realize her music dream. Now, she is famous on TikTok with about 1.3 million followers. She released(发行)her breakup song Remember That Night? in November 2020. The post blew up, getting almost three million views in a matter of days.
Kays has loved singing since she was young. At 11, she got a guitar from her mother and then started to sing while playing. Gradually, people started asking her to play at restaurants and she also started to post some live videos on YouTube, gaining her more and more followers. At 17, Kays turned to songwriting to help her deal with the confusion in life and serve as an outlet for her thoughts and feelings.
"I feel very lucky to have the opportunity to release songs and that all these people are listening to them online, " said Kays. "It's been amazing. "
Different from other content creators who update their content frequently, Kays updates on a weekly basis and only posts videos about her songs and related stories, such as singing, playing the guitar or ukulele, shooting music videos. Her videos are always simple, and the recording process is pretty simple too: she edit the vocals and video in her room.
Now, Kays has signed with a music company. In Kays' eyes, people like her songs and videos because she writes about life experiences and emotions of the youth. "I just sing and share my feelings about divorced parents, body image, loneliness and mental health, " said Kays. "I want more people to know they're not alone with the struggles in their lives. "
