“The video literally [still] exists on the internet right now,” she said.

[People] just turned to TikTok from Musical.ly.

People were just starting to get it that were, like, in high school.

Addison Rae smiling

The older crowd was starting to get it a little."

I was in college last year studying journalism, and then this all started happening last December."

So what madeRaetake the plunge?

Addison Rae smiling

PerPeople, Rae’s first TikTok video was of her dad when they were on vacation.

“The first day I posted it, my friends had liked it,'” she said.

I’m figuring it out.

Then the next morning, I woke up and it had 92,000 likes."

Encouraged by the response, Rae kept posting and the rest is history.