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How Glass Animals Went Viral on TikTok
How Glass Animals Went Viral on TikTok
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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Jan 26, 2022
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Podcast episode
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Griffin Haddrill is the co-founder and CEO of the leading viral marketing agency, VRTCL. Alongside business partner Sean Young, VRTCL was founded in 2019 providing marketing services for some of today’s most popular artists and record labels such as Universal Music, Warner Records, Sony Music, showing them how to best utilize TikTok and execute campaigns to optimize records performance and brand activity among its global user base.Prior to VRTCL, Haddrill was a talent manager, signing songwriters and producers who worked with the likes of Karol G, Kevinho, Travis Porter, Riff Raff, among others. Haddrill also represented world-class DJs such as ATLiens and Tisoki who perform at major global music festivals, including Coachella, Electric Daisy Carnival, and Bonnaroo.In this episode, Griffin breaks down how Glass Animals, Adele, Justin Bieber, Lil Nas X, and The Weeknd leveraged TikTok to crack the Billboard 100 with their new songs.He also discusses the importance of indie musicians embracing TikTok, VRTCL’s approach to getting TikTok trends to catch, and how to get your music to go viral on the platform.02:43 VRTCL's charting songs on Billboard06:27 Influencers and viral marketing09:23 Where VRTCL comes in10:27 Working with Glass Animals12:28 Business relationship with influencers16:37 Influencers within VRTCL's network and rates 20:09 Micro vs. macro influencers21:51 User generated content (UGC)23:18 TikTok's hook25:49 Choreographic trends29:10 Working with Labels vs. Management vs. Artists31:00 How to inspire artists to embrace TikTok35:11 How to get your music to go viral38:23 Audio recognition, unauthorized "original sound" remixes and DSPs44:32 Tech vs. music's intellectual property46:41 Marketing investment and bridging success48:59 Booking agents and touring artists52:36 Geo-targeting vs. Ads53:26 Tips for artist getting started on TikTok55:45 Final questionSubscribe to The New Music Business: https://aristake.com/nmbAri's Take Academy (use code NMB for 10% off): https://aristakeacademy.comWatch more discussions like this: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc1Fatf4celK3kYoJ6FUdN7qtYSCvAAMYConnect with Ari’s Take:Website: https://aristake.comAcademy: https://aristakeacademy.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/aristake_/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aris.takeTwitter: https://twitter.com/ArisTakeYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aristake1Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aristake/Connect with Ari Herstand:Website: https://ariherstand.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/ariherstandTwitter: https://twitter.com/ariherstandYouTube: https://youtube.com/ariherstandFacebook: https://facebook.com/ariherstandConnect with Griffin Haddrill:Website: http://vrtcl.video/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/griffin-haddrill-a2a3a6101Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-music-marketers-explain-pay-rates-for-influencer-campaigns-2020-12 Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Jan 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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