Curtis Waters, TikTok king: 'There are no gatekeepers to the industry anymore'

He started lockdown as a student making music in his bedroom and emerged three months later as the next big thing in pop – all thanks to a 15-second music clip posted onlineCurtis Waters went into lockdown a 20-year-old student with a part-time job making smoothies. He’ll leave a fully- fledged pop star, despite the fact he has barely stepped foot outside the house.“It has been so crazy,” he says, grinning, from his home in North Carolina. He looks young, with a fresh white T-shirt, hoop earrings and a mop of wavy hair. “Out of nowhere all this noise: everybody is staring at me, everybody wants something from me.” It’s still sinking in that he has entered what he calls the “realm of endless possibilities”. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/19/curtis-waters-is-the-next-big-thing-in-pop-thanks-to-a-music-clip-on-tiktok #music #culture #technology #tiktok