What’s Trending: Tuesday, May 24th, 2022
#Halsey
o The singer is opening up more about how and why her record label won’t release a song of hers unless she has a viral TikTok first.
o Over the weekend she went to the platform to tell fans about the situation, which ironically made the video go viral.
o Yesterday, she took to Twitter to explain what has happened since.
o She said, “Talked to my label tonight after my tiktok tantrum. They said, ‘wow the tiktok is going really strong!’ I was like ok cool so can I release my song now? They said we’ll see!’ 🙃 tell me again how I’m making this up.”
o She was originally signed with the label Astralwerks but she got bumped up the chain to Capitol records.
#SocialMedia
o Study: Social media can improve mood among older adults!
o This may be the only positive social media study we’ve seen!
o It found that among adults over 65, use of social media was associated with more positive mood among those with a smaller (but not larger) social network.
o What was unexpected was that more time on the phone was associated with worse mood that day.
o But really, nothing beats an in-person meet up…as expected a greater number of in-person social encounters was associated with a better mood that day
o The findings suggest that further study is warranted to explore how socially isolated older adults might use social media to build and maintain a sense of connection with others.
#KrispyKreme
o The chain is celebrating this year’s high school and college seniors with a free dozen doughnuts on Wednesday (May 25th) along with the return of the Graduate Dozen, available to purchase right now!
o To take advantage of the offer, any senior who wears Class of 2022 clothing (from shirts to jackets to graduation cap and gown), can score a “Senior Day Dozen” for free at participating shops while on Wednesday while supplies last.
o The free Senior Day Dozen has eight Original Glazed doughnuts and four custom 2022 doughnuts: Chocolate Iced Kreme Filled, Original Glazed White Iced, Cake Batter Filled, and Strawberry Iced Kreme Filled.
o The Graduate Dozen will be available for purchased through May 29th.