In today’s music industry, there doesn’t seem to be anything better for an artist’s career than having one of their songs go viral on TikTok.
This week, Irish singer Aimee Carty was the latest artist to do so, with help from an unlikely source: Duke University guard Jared McCain.
McCain, 19 years old, posted a video on his TikTok page with over two million followers, singing an acapella version of Carty’s new song ‘2 Days at College’, captioning the video “Post workout jingles @Aimee Carty was elite with this”, and the video currently has over four million views and more than six. one hundred thousand likes.
@hezyhandlez_ 2 days at the university | #jaredmccain #dukebasketball #basketballedition #fyp ♬ 2 days at university – Aimee Carty
The Duke star’s performance of the song quickly went viral, with many users creating edits that included her intro, before Carty performed the rest of the song while McCains’ highlights played.
From here, the song quickly became a wider trend, with people posting videos of themselves listening to the song while trying to “act dark and serious”, giving McCain credit for putting them on the song and even labeling it as McCain’s theme song.
Carty’s song has officially been used in over 7,000 videos on TikTok, and Carty’s original tiktok version It has been viewed more than five million times and with more than six hundred thousand likes.
On Spotify, the song has been streamed more than two and a half million times, more than four times more than her second most streamed song, and Carty has logged 449,260 monthly listeners.
Who is Aimee Carty?
Aimee Carty is a 20-year-old Irish singer-songwriter who wrote the viral song ‘2 Days at University’.
He released the song on December 8, 2023.
Jared McCain Duke Season Statistics
Jared McCain is the starting point guard for the NCAA team, the Duke Blue Devils.
During the 2023-24 season he has averaged 12.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.
