![]() ![]() I had to get off TikTok in order to write songs that were more true to the music that I like to make. Most of the songs that TikTok can meaningfully digest are songs that are immediately gratifying, extremely literal, and kind of like, punchy and a little kitschy. I come back to promote music here and there, but it’s healthier for me to not engage with it. TikTok did allow me to “go viral” and launch my music career, and I’m very grateful for that, but I’ve gravitated away from it. What are some pros and cons of using TikTok to promote yourself as a musical artist? All of the best things that happened to me came from my willingness to let shit hit the fan-more often than not, I was able to get myself up and get through it. Six months after we started the podcast, I was able to transition to that being my full-time job. I lived in my friend’s laundry shed for a few months and sold solar panels door to door, which was horrible, but it built up my rejection sensitivity-I had to go into rich neighborhoods and talk to people face-to-face during the pandemic.I quit that job and nannied until I made enough money to move in with my friend Julia, who was a new friend at the time. ![]() I met a stranger on the road and traveled with him-everybody thought I was gonna get murdered, I’m very lucky to come out with my life-and then I eventually ended up in LA. So I kept road-tripping through Colorado and Utah. But it was still a time when the world was so nebulous I had no reason to believe that it would lead to anything, because it felt like everything was falling apart and we’d never have live music again. Then I got a job at a farm in Kansas, and the TikTok stuff really started to blow up. But I definitely wasn’t a full-time TikTok creator I was mostly butchering chickens and tilling the wheat. During that time, I was writing songs, and I started posting on TikTok people would comment topics for me to write songs about, and it was a nice back-and-forth. Walk me through that first year-what are some of the grittier parts of the process that people don’t see publicly?Īfter COVID hit, I moved back in with my parents, then I found this job at this farm in North Carolina. During the first year, I leaned into uncertainty, which I guess is what happens in any great road trip movie. In that sense, I felt like the world had opened up to me. I think COVID was a time where the bottom fell out from under everyone, and where all of the systems that we made up to make sense of the world ceased to exist. MCLAMB: It definitely depends on the day. Has it felt like a movie to you? Or more of a slog? INDY WEEK: To an observer, the past three years of your life have seemed like something out of a movie. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. The best of INDY Week’s fiercely independent journalism about the Triangle delivered straight to your inbox.Īhead of her two upcoming shows at Cat’s Cradle, both of which sold out in a matter of hours, the INDY spoke with McLamb about her ascension as an artist, her latest music video, and her changing relationship with the platform that launched her career. ![]()
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