Is TikTok good for music? An old club hit has become a viral phenomenon on the platform. But some critics worry about what this means for future generations of artists.
‘Papa, Papaoutai’ takes over internet
Beat revival: Stromae's decade-old French language club hit is taking TikTok by storm, but the trend has sparked a fierce debate over whether viral algorithms are helping new artists or hollowing out the music industry. Glossary
Refrain - A repeated line or phrase in a song or poem, often forming the memorable part; and a verb meaning to deliberately stop yourself from doing something.
Absentee - A person who is expected or required to be present at a place or event but is not.
Rwandan genocide - During a period of 100 days in 1994, more than 500,000 people were killed during a campaign of mass murder during the Rwandan Civil War. Most of the victims were members of the minority Tutsi group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa.
Beethoven - German composer (1770 - 1827) whose intense, dramatic work revolutionised classical music.
Mozart - An 18th Century classical musician who composed more than 800 works.
Algorithm - Any set of rules followed by a computer. In the context of social media, “the algorithm” refers to the intelligent AI that learns the interests of the user and presents them with posts that it thinks will interest them.