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We’re reaching out to some popular creators to get their best tips and tricks for success and better understand the ups and downs of life as a trailblazer on the internet.
This week, we spoke with Jack Wright, a TikToker with over 11.3 million followers. In addition to his audience on TikTok, Wright has over 2.6 million followers on Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube.
Wright is known for his trendy comedy, dance, lip-syncing, and travel videos. Largely known for his punchy, funny, short-form videos, Wright also recently launched a video podcast called Me Time in partnership with media company Brat TV. On the show, Wright chats with guests about social media, mental health, life, pop culture, and more. Wright has also ventured into acting, starring in The Four of Them, a fiction series made by Brat TV and digital comic publishing titan Webtoon.
Wright is also well-known for collaborations with other social media stars, like his twin James Wright, and for joining the Hype House in 2019. Hype House is a famous content house of young social media celebrities working and living together in a mansion based in Moorpark, California. Wright left the collective after over 2.5 years, and posted about moving into a house closer to Los Angeles with some of his friends in October 2022.
We spoke with Wright about his origins, his new podcast, monetization, his decision to depart from the Hype House, dealing with the “toxicities” of social media, the importance of a tight social circle, and more.
