TikTok Is Gen Z’s MTV — but Better

There’s beauty in the social network’s randomness, which fosters creativity in a way the music video channel never could

Omar L. Gallaga
OneZero
Published in
7 min readOct 7, 2019

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A photo of the TikTok logo.
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A significant portion of my brain is MTV.

It’s not by choice. If I could evict Crowded House, tell Neneh Cherry to take her “Buffalo Stance” elsewhere, create an exit on the…

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Omar L. Gallaga
OneZero

Tech culture writer and podcaster, now freelancing in Texas. Bylines: Washington Post, WSJ, CNN, NPR, Wired, Texas Monthly. Here for all your wordy needs.