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Some of TikTok's Biggest Stars Are 80-Year-Olds
抖音上的一些大明星都是80歲的老人
BY SARAH DREHER
作者：莎拉·德雷爾
TikTok is where new Gen Z entertainment stars are minted. Ambitious young people like 20-year Addison Rae and 16-year-old Charli D'Amelio have been able to amass huge audiences on the social media platform (D'Amelio's tops 100 million) by dancing, singing, lip-syncing, pulling pranks, performing skits and whatever else they can think of in short videos, most of which last between 15 seconds and a minute. Overwhelmingly, it's a place for kids."Most social media is youth-oriented," says TikTok star Steve Austin.
抖音是新一代Z世代（1996年以后出生）的娛樂明星的誕生地。像20歲的艾迪生·雷伊和16歲的查利·達梅里奧這樣雄心勃勃的年輕人能夠在社交媒體平臺（達梅里奧的最高紀錄是1億人）上聚集大量觀眾，他們通過跳舞、唱歌、對口型、惡作劇、表演短劇以及他們能想到的任何形式來錄制短視頻，視頻大多持續15秒到1分鐘。絕大多數情況下，這是年輕人的展示平臺。抖音明星史蒂夫·奧斯汀說，“大多數社交媒體是面向年輕人的。”
But maybe not just kids anymore. Austin, for instance is 82 years old and is known to his 1.4 million TikTok fans as "Old Man Steve" While not quite in D'Amelio and Rae's league (not yet anyway), Austin and several other older social media stars have developed big TikTok followings over the last few years, with fan bases well into seven or even eight figures.
但也許其受眾不再只有年輕人了。例如，今年82歲的奧斯汀擁有140萬抖音粉絲，大家都稱他為“史蒂夫老人”。盡管奧斯汀還沒有完全達到達梅里奧和雷伊的等級（目前還沒有），但他和其他幾位年紀較大的社交媒體明星在過去幾年里已經擁有了大量的抖音粉絲，粉絲數量已經達到了7位數甚至8位數。
Most of them started out posting just for fun, but were lucky enough to go viral. Some have since turned pro, leveraging their TikTok fame into appearances on other platforms and TV as well as ads and endorsement deals. While they are just as exuberant as their young counterparts, TikTok's seniors brings their own touch of sweetness to the medium.
他們中的大多數一開始上傳視頻只是為了好玩，但卻幸運地走紅了。一些人后來轉為專職抖音博主，利用他們在抖音上的名氣在其他平臺、電視、廣告以及代言上亮相。雖然抖音上的老年博主和年輕人一樣精力充沛，但他們給抖音帶來了他們自己的趣味。
The folks listed below are some of the biggest older TikTok stars—but they all seem to think of themselves not so much as budding celebrities as virtual grandparents to young followers. "I think that it's a great thing for seniors to be able to be on the internet and communicate," Old Man Steve says "I don't think it's just for the young people."
下面列出的這些人都是一些年紀較大的抖音明星，但他們似乎全都認為自己與其說是嶄露頭角的名人，不如說是年輕粉絲的線上祖父母。史蒂夫老人說，“我認為老年人能夠上網交流是一件很好的事情，我不認為這只是年輕人能做的事情。”
J-Dog @its_j_dog
賬號：J-Dog @its_j_dog
2M followers and 83.6M likes
200萬粉絲、8360萬獲贊
Jenny Krupa, 88, of Alberta, Canada has become the TikTok star "J-dog" with the help of her grandson, Skylar Krupa. They have been making videos together since August 2019. J-dog is a sassy granny. On Valentine's Day, for instance, she told viewers not to worry about not getting a card. "It's not because no one likes you," she said. "It's probably because you're a loser." Skylar Krupa says, "When we started, she wasn't really like that" but once the J-dog personality became a viral hit there was no turning back. "She liked the attention from it," Skylar says, and now "she's definitely turning into J-dog." The persona hasn't overwhelmed the person, however. Skylar says his grandmother was very touched by the online love and support she got from her followers following her husband's death in July.
加拿大阿爾伯塔省88歲的珍妮·克魯帕在外孫斯凱拉·克魯帕的幫助下成為了抖音明星“J-dog”。她們從2019年8月開始一起制作視頻。J-dog是個時髦的老奶奶。例如，她在情人節的時候告訴觀眾不要擔心得不到情人節賀卡，她說，“這不是因為沒有人喜歡你，這可能是因為你是一個失敗者。”斯凱拉·克魯帕表示，“她剛開始的時候并不是那樣的”，當J-dog這個角色大火，她就一去不復返了。斯凱拉說：“她喜歡得到關注，現在她肯定要變成J-dog了。”然而，這個角色并沒有讓人不知所措。斯凱拉說，在祖父7月去世后，祖母從粉絲那里得到的網絡喜愛和支持讓她非常感動。
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