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She often laughs or claps a hand over her mouth after she hits her last move.
Her account, @tracy.oj, comes across as a celebration of spontaneous creation.
I just post freely, she told Vulture during a November video call.
Whenever I want to, whatever I want to, however I want to do it.
She hit 10,000 followers in January; currently, she has 7.2 million.
The most prominent example is her choreography to a slowed-down version of CKays Love Nwantiti.
The moves incorporate the whole body, whereas a typical TikTok tends to focus on the hands.
And be like,Ugh, this is bad.
Dont ever do it again.
I really wanna focus more on African styles, she says.
I think that punch in of dancing should be put out there.
People should really see the beauty of it.
First, she picks a sound from whatever theTikTok algorithmputs on her For You page.
If the beat is solid, Im like,Okay, were definitely making a dance, she explains.
From there, her inspiration can come from anywhere.
Her Woman dance, for example, finishes with a hand motion she first made in a clothing-haul video.
So far, that formula has produced hit after hit.
Joseph calls DAmelio a queen who has learned fromher past mistakeof not initially acknowledging Renegade dance creatorJalaiah Harmon.
When DAmelio did the dance in May, she tagged Joseph and used the new sound.
Dont talk to me.
Joseph says she didnt actually find out about the strike until two weeks after it started.
A new dance shed created to DaBabys Ball If I Want To was starting to gain traction.
A lot of people were like,Thats good, honey, but were on strike, she recalls.
It was like, why should I stop creating my content for the sake of the majority?
She says personally, the strike didnt bring any change.
She expects it to the point of no longer getting as bothered or upset when it happens.
Shes also been thinking about starting a fashion line of sweatshirts.
Thats part of what shes always liked about this app and a mentality thats served her well on it.
and Your dance moves are lame.
In response, Joseph grins at the camera while lip-syncing to Icona Pop.
I dont care, she mouths.
