A catchy new tune is going viral on TikTok.

Users are bopping to “Cmonnn” by 5Star ft Lay Bankz, a fresh track on the rise on the video sharing platform. Like so many audio uploads before it, it’s inspiring trends and providing the soundtrack for new dances.

On the TikTok page for the audio clip, the track is simply called “The Twin” by 5Star x Laybankz. The page is populated by hundreds of videos from a broad swathe of creators, many of whom are simply enjoying the song’s snappy tune.

In the vast majority of videos using the audio feature, creators attempt their own take on a simple, but entertaining, dance inspired by the track’s catchy beat. The resulting dance leans heavily on hip waggling, paired with some straightforward — but visually appealing — hand motions.

Not everyone is enjoying the track in the same way, of course. Even those specifically using the audio to dance have deviations in their final products, resulting in a wide array of versions of the same general movements.

The song’s strong tempo and vibrant beat allow for pretty much any version of dancing to look good. Even if all you do is swing your hips a bit.

Or focus the camera on your posterior and shake it for all you’re worth.

There are so many deviations using the “Come On, Hit It One Time” audio that it’s hard to pin down where, exactly, the trend started. Even early uploads using the audio typically feature a different take on the same general dance, as creators sway and pop their hips to 5Star and Lay Bankz’ upbeat tune.

The audio is currently sitting pretty with 155,900 views and rising. It’s been used in too many videos to count, with new uploads hitting the platform on a regular basis.

Honestly, if there’s a single thing that connects all these videos, it’s that every single person using the audio looks like they’re having an absolute blast. Whether they’re dancing their hearts out or literally standing in place, no single upload looks to be anything but a delightful time.

Even if you have absolutely no interest in using the TikTok audio for your next upload, the appeal behind “Cmonnn” is undeniable. It’s a bop, plain and simple, and its no wonder it quickly became popular enough to take over TikTok — for now at least. It’ll likely be replaced by TikTok’s next catchy number before the week is out.

As the heart-stopping conclusion to the epic Jurassic Park saga draws closer, the first official trailer for Jurassic World Dominion has been released, giving us several reasons to be invested.

The dramatic chapter is confirmed to take place four years after the events of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, in which the human species must attempt to balance the existence of freely-roaming dinosaurs after they were released into the wild. Moreover, humans now coexist and adapt to the dangerous, scaly creatures and their unique way of life.

In the trailer, the newest installment to the decorated franchise includes several tributes to the original string of films, including Dr. Grant’s infamous sunglasses, and the nod to original director Stephen Spielberg’s unforgettable use of special effects and imperative CGI. The trailer outlines the aftermath of the dinosaurs’ roaming free on Earth — including fan-favorites Blue and Rexy. The closing seconds of the trailer provide the biggest homage of all, as the memorable “don’t move” scenario is recreated.

Jurassic World Dominion features an ensemble cast, including returning stars of the franchise Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard as Owen Grady and Claire Dearing, respectively. Joining the film’s two main stars are the iconic trio of the original Jurassic Park franchise — Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. BD Wong will also reprise his role as Dr. Henry Wu, along with Campbell Scott portraying Dr. Lewis Dodgson, whose character has not been seen since the original movie.

Jurassic World Dominion hits theaters on June 10, 2022.

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Josh Neuman, a popular American YouTuber, skateboarder, and social media influencer, died in a small plane crash in Iceland, according to a statement made by his family via Neuman’s Instagram on Monday.

Neuman had been on the sightseeing flight to develop content for his partner Suspicious Antwerp, a Belgian-based streetwear company. The company confirmed that Neuman had been on the plane alongside Suspicious Antwerp sponsorship manager Tim Ailings, 27, Nicole Bellavia, 32, a Belgian skydiver and media influencer, and the pilot, Haraldur Diego, 49. All of those on board the plane perished in the accident.

The plane, a four-seat Cessna 1172 Skyhawk, had been missing since Thursday. It had sent no distress signal and was only located after several days with the help of over 1,000 search and rescue personnel. They eventually found the empty aircraft on Saturday in Lake Thingvallavatn, approximately 30 miles from the capital, Reykjavik. The four bodies were located via sonar and submarine searches the following day; however, they have yet to be recovered due to harsh weather conditions. Retrieval efforts will continue once conditions have improved.

Suspicious Antwerp released a statement that thanked the Icelandic and international rescue workers and volunteers for their efforts in the search, according to NPR. “We are enormously distressed by the news and our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends,” it read. “We are in close contact with them, as well as with the authorities, and we’re doing everything we can to assist them during these difficult times.”

A statement on the Suspicious Antwerp website read, “The loss of our close friends has left all of us at Suspicious Antwerp in a state of mourning. We want to express our immense gratitude to everyone for their support, condolences, and love. The same gratitude goes out to the emergency services, volunteers, and many others that have been and are still working selflessly day and night to help the loved ones find closure.”

Neuman, who had almost 1.2 million YouTube subscribers at the time of his death, came to prominence with his daredevil videos, racing down mountain switchbacks on his longboard, hiking volcanoes, and sky diving from helicopters. One video, entitled Raw Run: Race Against the Storm, has over 100 million views. He began filming videos for the site when he was 12-years-old.

Neuman Briefly attended college in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, before deciding to pursue his passion full time. He had traveled the world in his work as a content creator and filmed footage for a diverse portfolio of brands that included Prada, Lexus, and Go Pro.

According to his family’s Instagram statement, Neuman believed in living each day to its fullest while at the same time treating all he met with kindness, and that he “represents the side of humanity we all strive to achieve. The way he not just touched, but impacted lives was on a scale of its own. In his quest for adventure, thirst for creativity, and passion for a personal reflection, he truly impacted all those he touched.”

The family also noted that Neuman passed away living life as he wanted, adding, “As the world sheds a tear, we should know that he passed doing what he loved, having just experienced the Northern Lights in Iceland for the first time commenting, ‘This is the happiest day of my life.’”

The family has announced its intention to set up a charitable trust in Neuman’s name to honor his personal causes of “ending homelessness, protecting clean water, aiding animal preservation, and fighting deforestation.”  They noted that “Since he was a little boy, he has always taken a significant piece of each dollar earned and given back to charity.”

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One might think that someone who has laundered over a billion dollars worth of cryptocurrency is as criminal as it gets. But one only has to take a look, and a painful listen, to accused Bitcoin criminal Heather Morgan’s TikTok account to realize that things can always be much, much worse.

Morgan, 31, and her husband, Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, were arrested Tuesday morning on charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering and to defraud the U.S. Government. The couple is alleged to have spent the last five years laundering 120,000 bitcoin stolen by hackers from the Bifinex currency exchange in 2016. So far, the investigation has seized over 90,000 bitcoin from a variety of virtual wallets owned by the pair. The estimated worth of the cryptocurrency is over three and a half-billion dollars.

But that wasn’t crime enough for Morgan, aka aspiring rapper, Razzlekhan. Sprinkled amid unboxing videos and deodorant reviews on Morgan’s YouTube Page are Morgan’s “rap” videos, including titles such as “Cutthroat Country” and “Versace Bedouin.”

“Always be a GOAT, not a god damn sheep,” she raps on the latter, “Spirit of a revolutionary, power of a dictator/love to be contrary, but I’m fly like a gator,” If you wince just reading it you’ll cringe to actually hear it. Morgan’s flow-when it can be said to exist at all is…well, “old school” would be the politest way to put it. “No school” would probably be more on the money. Razzlekhan makes Jean Ralphio from Parks & Rec sound like Jay-Z.

Morgan may also have hamhandedly implicated herself as a money launderer in one of her lyrics. “Spearfish your password / all your funds transferred,” she raps, in an apparent reference to Spearphishing, a technique used by hackers to “phish” confidential information via email.

Morgan’s TikTok page is a similar mess of rambling monologues and cripplingly painful freestyles. Morgan also freely dispensed business advice, including how to build a business without outside funding.

One would think that having a secret multi-billion dollar nest egg would help considerably in any business venture. Bu

As delicious as the irony might be, it isn’t enough to make up for the audible atrocities Morgan peppers in between dubious advice and bizarre rants. A freestyle about missing AirPods is a standout headache inducer. Morgan claims she experiences synesthesia, a sensory phenomenon that causes one to experience sensation in a secondary cognitive way. According to her website, this makes her art into something that “resembles something between an acid trip and a delightful nightmare.” 

It’s not really an accurate description of Razzlekhan’s style, which is more akin to flashing back to a 1992 open mic where a 13-year-old white kid is desperately trying to sound like Ad-Rock.

Morgan’s attempt to start a second career – or third, if one considers fake CEO and alleged crypto-launderer as two separate jobs – doesn’t seem to have gained much traction on TikTok. She’s only amassed a paltry 1,908 followers – and that’s presumably after any looky-loos joined post her arrest.

It may be a while before Morgan and her husband return to social media. The couple could face a maximum of 25 years in prison if convicted.

Photos via Bruno Mars/YouTube and @meicrosoft/TikTok

A remix of Bruno Mars’ popular 2010 track “Talking to the Moon” has found a new home on TikTok, where it is soundtracking a wave of captivating videos.

The original song is a languid, emotional ballad paying tribute to lost nights spent “talking to the moon” after a former lover has moved on. The remix abandons most of the original song’s slow emotionality, layering stylized drums and quick, energetic beats over the simple piano of Mars’ original track. 

Mars barely features in the new song. He opens the remix with the same lines that open the original song, belting out “I know you’re somewhere out there/somewhere far away,” but as he begins the next line, proclaiming that “I want you back,” the remix cuts in, and Mars becomes a largely unimportant part of the background.

His voice is mostly replaced by that of Sickick, a DJ who’s absolutely thriving on TikTok as well as YouTube. The glitzed-out DJ uploaded his take on the song to TikTok in April 2021, and it has since exploded in popularity. The song became the unofficial soundtrack for the “inverted” TikTok trend and has been used in more than 2.5 million videos since hitting the platform.

It’s even more popular on YouTube, where the masked DJ uses his channel to share his songs with the world. The full video of the remixed song has more than 26 million views on the video-sharing platform, inching closer to the view count of the original on a daily basis. 

On TikTok, users are absolutely loving Sickick’s take on the popular track. His remix retains some of the angst of the original but keeps the beat moving with careful additions. It also adds in several lines, switching from Mars’ more dulcet tones to insert Sickick’s own voice, as he belts out some original lyrics.

The most popular part of the song, on TikTok at least, ends before Sickick ever starts singing, however. People latched onto the song’s opening moments, in particular, typically using no more than 15 seconds from Sickick’s remix. 

The resulting TikToks, most of which are trying out TikTok’s “inverted” filter, have an air of unusual, upbeat lethargy, as the song somehow manages to combine bop with ballad. It suits the “inverted” trend flawless, with the perfectly-timed beat providing a metronome for users to follow.

The ‘Inverted’ trend

Sickick’s remix is far from the only song to soundtrack the “inverted” trend, but it is one of the most popular. The song pairs flawlessly with the rhythmic requirements of the trend, and has since become one of the filter’s most popular accompaniments.

Due to the song’s almost ethereal vibes, it adds an air of stylishness to every video it accompanies. Even simple uploads get an upgrade when paired with Sickick’s “Talking to the Moon.”

While the majority of the uploads enjoying the use of the remix are leaning into the “inverted” trend, a number of videos deviate from any of TikTok’s popular trends. They instead use the song, and its trippy, almost Lo-fi sounds, to add a sense of surrealism to their videos.

Regardless of how it’s being used, Sickick’s take on Mars’ popular 2010 track is enduringly popular. It hit its popularity peak back in April and May 2021, when it was originally uploaded to the platform, but maintains its status as one of TikTok’s better remixes.

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Rumble, a video website that’s a favorite among conservatives, is offering superstar podcaster Joe Rogan $100 million to jump ship from Spotify.

The offer comes just days after Rogan apologized for a recent video compilation of him using the N-word multiple times over the years on his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, saying the video looked “terrible” and that the word was “not [his] word to use.”

The money would be paid out over four years and Rumble would feature all of Rogan’s shows, past and present.

“Dear Joe, we stand with you, your guests and your legion of fans in desire for real conversation,” Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski said in an email to Rogan.

“How about you bring all your shows to Rumble, both old and new, with no censorship, for 100 million bucks over four years? This is our chance to save the world. And yes, this is totally legit.”

In 2020, Rogan signed a landmark deal with Spotify, also worth $100 million, which gave the streaming giant exclusive rights to his hugely successful podcast.

In recent weeks, Spotify has come under pressure to condemn Rogan due to the repeated sharing of COVID-19 misinformation on the podcast. Several musicians, including Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, have removed their music from the platform in a boycott of Spotify due to the affiliation.

Addressing the controversy, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek revealed that content advisories would be added to any release that discusses COVID-19. Later, in a staff memo, Ek expressed that, while he “strongly condemns” some of Rogan’s actions, he believes “silencing” him isn’t the answer.

Rumble, however, was created by CEO Chris Pavlovski the in 2013, when it mostly featured viral videos and news content. However, in 2020, it gained notoriety when Republican politician Devin Nunes said YouTube was censoring his content and moved it to Rumble. Other prominent right-wing voices followed, like Simone Gold and Dan Bongino.

“We are for people with something to say and something to share, who believe in authentic expression, and want to control the value of their own creations. We create technologies that are immune to cancel culture,” Rumble’s about me page reads.

“Because everyone benefits when we have access to more ideas, diverse opinions, and dialogue. Join us. We are on a mission to protect a free and open internet.”

Once the shift happened, the nascent site bloomed in popularity and worth, currently sitting at an estimated value of around $500 million.

TikTok is without a doubt one of the most popular social media apps in the world. Each day, millions of creators hop on and post videos on their accounts aimed at entertaining their followers and maybe even building an audience over time. Unfortunately, as many TikTokers can attest, the process of being a creator on the platform can lead to a few issues along the way.

Hacking is something that can happen on any social media platform at any time, TikTok included. If you find that you’ve been hacked or deleted your own account by accident, fortunately there are some ways to fix this. Should you find yourself attempting to recover a deleted or stolen account, here’s how you’ll want to proceed.

How to recover your TikTok account

Anyone having trouble getting into a locked account should first follow the three steps that TikTok suggests should be done before the issue is escalated to a staff member or further steps are necessary:

• Restart your TikTok device.
• Ensure that you’re connected to the internet.
• Clear the cache on the TikTok app.

How to recover a deleted TikTok account

If you’ve deleted your TikTok account and are looking to recover it, have no fear ⏤ the process is extremely simple.

1. Tap the profile icon at the bottom menu of the main screen.
2. Select “Sign Up.”
3. Choose the “Already have an account” login option.
4. Log back into your account using either your phone number, email, or username.
5. Once in, you’ll be queued to reactivate your account. Complete this and you’re good to go once again.

It’s worth noting that you’ll need to do this within 30 days of deleting your account, otherwise there is no way to recover it.

How to get recover a hacked account

If you’ve been hacked and are attempting to get back into your account, there are a few steps you’ll need to complete to do so:

1. First, change your password.
2. Head to the Login screen of TikTok.
3. Select “Forgot Password?”
4. Follow the email steps to set up a new password.
5. Once you’ve done this, link your phone to your account if you have yet to do so by heading to the TikTok menu and selecting “Me.”
6. From here, open the Settings and privacy menu, select “Manage Account” and choose “Phone Number.” Put your number in to link it to your account.
7. It’s also worth checking your Devices tab from the Privacy menu to ensure that no strange devices have access to your account.

If none of the above processes resolve your issue, you should contact TikTok support right away.

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TikTok’s latest trend is encouraging reminiscence, as users create videos with an effect aimed at mimicking the feel of a memory.

Videos taking part in the viral ‘how a memory sounds’ trend are using the app’s new echo effect to create uploads steeped in nostalgia. The effect is so reminiscent of a memory — accomplished by pairing the echo effect with pensive instrumental tones — that it prompted heaps of TikTok users to participate. Videos taking part in the ‘how a memory sounds’ trend are quite easy to accomplish with just a few simple steps.

How to pull off the ‘how a memory sounds’ trend

Taking part in the ‘how a memory sounds’ trend is straightforward. TikTok users simply need to track the new audio effect down in the app, and download it onto their phones, according to Dexerto. Track the “echo” effect down under “voice effects” and select it. You’ll then want to select your instrumental music from an array of TikTok options — or you can go with user Dorian Marko’s stunning piano, the most popular song attached to the trend.

Once you’ve selected your music and located the effect, you simply need to pick out the best video to go along with the trend. Many people are perusing through old favorites to pick the perfect video to accompany the whimsical audio. Many of the resulting videos are lighthearted and sweet, perfectly combining joyful memories with the effect to create heartwarming uploads.

Other users are leaning into the bittersweet vibes attached to many memories. They are selecting videos from the “good old days,” and using the effect to look back on days past with a sense of heartfelt longing. The results are reminiscent of lost childhood memories.

The music attached to many of the participating videos feels inherently sad, which bleeds a sentimental note into the majority of the resulting uploads. These feel like the moments in a film that directly precede a beloved character’s death or memory of anguish.

There are also a few videos that might feel at home in the early minutes of a sad film. Something about the combined echo effect and music, when paired with the right video clip, instills a sense of aching loss.

Most of the videos are far from sad, however, preferring instead to illicit a sense of joy and lost simplicity, perfectly suited to the ‘how a memory feels’ trend.

You can add your own forgotten remembrances to the TikTok trend, and all it takes is a simple effect, paired with the right music, and one of your favorite memories.

TikTok is one of the biggest social networking services on the planet, so it’s no surprise people are interested in investing in it.

Particularly in the wake of last year’s shocking GameStop turnaround, brought about by a surprise maneuver from a single Reddit community, people — particularly young people — have become more interested in the stock market. With their minds set on potentially successful ventures, many people have turned their gaze to TikTok, one of the fastest-growing brands in the world.

Can you buy shares of TikTok?

Bad news, investors. ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, is privately owned. That means its shares are not currently available on the stock market for purchase.

There are rumors, however, that the company has plans to debut an IPO, or Initial Public Offering, which would make some of its shares available to the public. Speculation surrounding this potential is hazy and unconfirmed, unfortunately, leading many to assume that ByteDance has no intent to share its success with smaller investors.

A 2021 report from the Financial Times claimed that a TikTok IPO was impending, with plans from the company to make it public in late 2021 or 2022. 2021 has officially come and gone, and the only news interested investors got about TikTok’s IPO was disappointing. Reuters reported in August 2021 that the Financial Times report was inaccurate. An unnamed TikTok spokesperson reportedly told the outlet that claims of its intent to launch an IPO were false. The spokesperson also declined to share any further details, leaving potential investors in the dark regarding the TikTok IPO’s future.

TikTok is only growing in value. Its user base expands daily, and — as noted by Dexerto — the company unseated Google last year as the most popular domain on the web. Interest in the company isn’t going down anytime soon, and investors aren’t giving up on their dreams of TikTok stock options. Until the company decides to share more details, however, we’re just going to have to wait.

On the bright side, r/WallStreetBets is accepting new members daily, too. You can always invest in GME while you wait.