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July 18, 2020 04:02 pm
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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/18/21329534/absofacto-daddy-daughter-pov-meme-csa-abuse-response
TikTok turned his song into a creepy meme until fans took it back
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
For years, Absofacto’s “Dissolve” has been a fixture on TikTok — specifically the first few seconds of the chorus, a hooky rising vocal line singing the words, “I just wanted you to watch me dissolve...” The song never broke as big as “Old Town Road” or “The Box,” but TikTok fame has given it millions of streaming plays and even a minor chart breakthrough in 2019, a full four years after it was released.
But last weekend, Jonathan Visger (who records under the Absofacto name) got some alarming news from his followers. “I started getting messages from people that were survivors of childhood sexual abuse,” says Visger. “They told me there were videos on TikTok using my song that were extremely upsetting to them.”
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/18/21329534/absofacto-daddy-daughter-pov-meme-csa-abuse-response
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