{"id":15280,"date":"2025-02-06T10:18:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T10:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/06\/she-recorded-this-song-30-years-ago-now-tiktok-fame-has-it-cracking-billboard-charts-new-brunswick\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T10:18:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T10:18:58","slug":"she-recorded-this-song-30-years-ago-now-tiktok-fame-has-it-cracking-billboard-charts-new-brunswick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/06\/she-recorded-this-song-30-years-ago-now-tiktok-fame-has-it-cracking-billboard-charts-new-brunswick\/","title":{"rendered":"She recorded this song 30 years ago. Now, TikTok fame has it cracking Billboard charts &#8211; New Brunswick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>New Brunswick indie rocker Julie Doiron has reached the Billboard charts for the first time in her career \u2014 and to her surprise, it\u2019s with a song that was released almost 30 years ago.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The track, <em>August 10<\/em>, was from her solo debut in 1996. Users from around the world are posting covers of her song on <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/tiktok\/\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just blown away that people are identifying with the song and they\u2019re connecting with it and that they feel moved to learn it and record it,\u201d she said. \u201cI think it\u2019s a pretty cool honour.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get breaking National news<\/h3>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While she\u2019s still an active musician, Doiron enjoys living a quiet life in rural New Brunswick. She first rose to prominence in the \u201990s as part of the band Eric\u2019s Trip before going solo.<\/p>\n<p>Only 1,000 CDs were produced when the album was first issued, and none of the songs achieved any commercial success until recently.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Her breakup song, which she penned in her 20s, struck a chord with this new generation. It\u2019s amassed more than 36 million streams on Spotify and it\u2019s charted on Billboard\u2019s hot alternative, hot rock and TikTok charts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re in this chart with really huge names, like really, really famous people that my kids listen to, you know?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more on this story, watch the video above.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Canada<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11005277\/julie-doiron-new-brunswick-musician-viral-tiktok\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descrease article font size Increase article font size New Brunswick indie rocker Julie Doiron has reached the Billboard charts for the first time in her career \u2014 and to her surprise, it\u2019s with a song that was released almost 30 years ago. 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