TikTok trend launches Vancouver band Mother Mother up the charts - CBC.ca

Ryan Guldemond says he believes luck, good timing and "a little pixie dust" led to his band Mother Mother catching fire on TikTok in recent weeks.

The songs started to find noticeable traction on the platform in August, and have since become the soundtrack to thousands of videos.

Mother Mother sits at No.

The band started noticing "peculiar growth" in their digital activity earlier this year, Guldemond said, so they turned to services like YouTube to investigate further.

He said eventually the band traced the activity back to TikTok, but they've only truly understood the scope of their online revival in the past couple months.

Last month, Fleetwood Mac soared up the charts when Nathan Apodaca — a recent TikTok sensation — posted a clip of himself skateboarding to work and drinking cranberry juice while listening to their 1977 hit Dreams.

Montreal pop-punk band Simple Plan's 2002 single I'm Just a Kid sparked a throwback challenge earlier this year where people recreated their childhood photos as adults.

Pop singer Carys, born Aviva Mongillo from Markham, Ont., became a breakout success on TikTok last year when her song Princesses Don't Cry was shared widely on the app.

Guldemond says he's been humbled by the windfall of support Mother Mother has seen on TikTok.

It was enough to inspire him to create an account for the band on the platform so he could contribute his own videos and interact with fans.