The Secret of Jax’s TikTok Success? Fusing the Funny With the Familiar
Michele Amabile Angermiller Singer-songwriter Jax may be iHeartRadio.com’s first-ever TikTok songwriter of the year with over 8.5 million followers and 80 million streams for her viral hit, “Like My Father” — but at the heart of it, she’s not all that different from her followers.Case in point: Jax had just claimed the iHeart honor and was heading to the lounge to celebrate with her mother and frequent TikTok guest star, Jill, for a drink when nature called. When she returned, she realized she didn’t have her credentials to get back into the backstage suite.As Jax tells Variety: “It was like five minutes after I won the award, right? So I’m, like, ego through the roof; this is the best day; I’m going to go have a drink with my mom.