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POPARTIST: Taio Cruz at an awards ceremony in Los Angeles a few years ago. Photo: Chris Pizzello / AP
The British artist (35) left the platform a few days after posting his first video.
Taio Cruz took to TikTok earlier this week and quickly gained more than 85,000 followers.
But encountering the popular video-sharing service proved too harsh for the pop artist, known for hit songs like “Dynamite” and “Break Your Heart.” The answer was not what he had imagined. On the contrary, it made a real explosion.
«My body started shaking and I had suicidal thoughts.“Confided the London musician in a post written on Instagram on Friday.
«I’m usually proud of being mentally strong, so the fact that I felt that way surprised me.»
2011: Taio Cruz at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles. Photo: DANNY MOLOSHOK / Reuters
The artist later on Friday also deleted all of his posts on Instagram, where he has 112,000 followers. And look Twitter the account is empty.
The 35-year-old explained in the message, which is reproduced by the BBC, that he received hateful and provocative comments. He himself tried to post funny videos and dialogue with followers, but the negative current became too intense.
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«For the sake of my sanity, I prefer to stay where I feel welcome. TikTok is not that place“Taio Cruz wrote, adding that he finds it sad that social networks develop that way.
«I will DEFINITELY not return to TikTok right away»Reports the artist, who became famous in the late 2000s, but who in recent years has been up to the task.
Opposite experience
One who has positive experiences with TikTok is Flekkefjord girl Henriette Kornelia Kjørmo (23), who has amassed just over two million followers.
– Helped me through a difficult period in life, she told VG recently.
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A few weeks ago, health nurse Tale Maria Krohn Engvik (41), known as “Helsesista”, took to Instagram and warned against a suicide video going viral.
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