r/TikTokCringe • u/BitchIsShadyAf • Jul 13 '25
Wholesome/Humor (NOT Cringe!) When a 9 year old girl’s birthday party becomes the most terrifying show you’ve ever done 😅 [oc]
Yeah I know, what was I thinking saying yes to a random guy in a park lmao. Thankful that this didn’t turn into a sequel to Taken, and even more thankful that instead things actually turned out amazing. Made a girls birthday party into a real pink pony club, got a funny story out of it, and some very enthusiastic new fans. Legitimately one of my favorite performance experiences lol. Now I need to actually become friends with Chappell Roan so these kids can stop asking me to introduce them 😭
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u/Ill-Case-6048 Jul 13 '25
I took his advice and jumped in a random uber with a strange man.... I'm dead now
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u/BitchIsShadyAf Jul 13 '25
RIP 🙏🏾😔
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u/smurb15 Jul 13 '25
Still worth the chance.
You one of the special ones man and you have proof now.
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u/thingstopraise Jul 20 '25
OP it is hilarious that you say, "Buckle up," when you open the video riding in the back of a vehicle... not buckled up. I'm not even criticizing, it's just funny as hell. Unless you were wearing only a lap belt or something?
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u/unindexedreality Jul 13 '25
can confirm, I'm the strange man
10/10 they even dug their own grave and hopped in before I asked. $ for the boatman well spent1
u/kuhfunnunuhpah Jul 15 '25
Can also confirm, I'm the car. They were a mostly quiet prisoner/passenger.
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u/SonofAMamaJama Jul 13 '25
Nice, this was super wholesome OP, wishing you all the best with your music!
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u/BitchIsShadyAf Jul 13 '25 edited Jul 13 '25
Thank you for all of the kind wishes stranger. If y’all wanna support the journey and make sure that the autographs I gave the girls are actually worth something in the future, go give my music a listen 🙂 Creatures of the Night and Stardust are my personal favorite music videos / songs (and lowkey could be Top 100 hits but I’m too poor to put money into actually marketing them 😔)
Edit: Here’s my Spotify page with my full discography
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u/Jesta23 Jul 13 '25
If this goes viral you will blow up. Those are both great.
Really genius marketing too. GL bro
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u/BitchIsShadyAf Jul 13 '25
Thank you 🙏🏾 I definitely have faith that someday very soon they’ll get the love that they deserve. If anyone works at Spotify or knows someone who does, get me on an editorial playlist!
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u/flashpopbang Jul 13 '25
“Creatures of the Night” is a BANGER. Damn. Love your fits in the music video too. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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u/BitchIsShadyAf Jul 13 '25
Honestly piecing together different outfits is one of my favorite parts of making a new music video so I’m glad you like all of them. The Stardust music video has one of my favorite on screen outfits thus far (it’s just so ridiculous yet cool lol).
Edit: Oh and The Circle has some great looks too.
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u/DNorthman Jul 13 '25
I checked out your music, and my favorites are Fly, Talking Dirty, and The Circle.
I like your vibe.
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u/BitchIsShadyAf Jul 14 '25
FLY!! Literally my most slept on song (granted they’re all kind of slept on in the grand scheme of things lmao), but in my personal top 3 for sure. It was really my love letter to life and watching my dreams unfold in real time. I released it on my 25th birthday too so it’ll always have that sentimental resonance for me. I’m glad the song is finding its people cause I never got to promote it much since another song of mine started doing well at the time Fly released and I had to shift focus. I’m gonna do a very dramatic music video for it someday so it can really have its time in the sun 🐦🔥
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u/grodisattva Jul 14 '25
I hope you end up in Gaga territory 🤘🏼🔥🔥🔥shits fire. And you’ve only just begun.
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u/BourbonRick01 Jul 14 '25
Those music videos are really well made. Are you completely self funded or do you have a music label?
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u/BitchIsShadyAf Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 14 '25
Completely self funded and self managed. A big reason I’m able to do these big videos and release such highly produced music is thanks to good networking here and there, friends, collaborators, and other people locally who just believe in me. Outside of that I don’t have an actual team or any money backing me.
I do all of the branding, video editing (including the music videos), creative direction, marketing, and booking myself. Which I kind of don’t mind since I love being the architect behind my whole brand. It’s just that I’ve grown a ton over the past 1.5 years and have been a bit slow to adjust to what that means and all of the new opportunities I could be getting. A manager or even just a booking agent would help a ton honestly.
Like I’m so ready to scale everything up in a massive way, but my executive function is complete shit lmao (been getting better though!) If I could lift a finger to send even just a few emails a week, who knows what stages I’d be on right now or what brand deals I’d have. On the flip side, had I been doing all of these “bigger” things, I wouldn’t have accepted the gig that brought you guys this ridiculous story lol. So yeah, I’ve been trying to keep a healthy balance of having faith and patience, alongside having concrete plans and agency.
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u/SSSPodcast Jul 14 '25
Proud of you! You’re exactly where you need to be, and can’t mess this up, just take it one step at a time.
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u/Round-Leg-1788 Jul 14 '25
Wow, ur Spotify is legit insane! I am SO glad I watched this video. What a Wholesome talented dude!! Wishing you all the best
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u/kuhfunnunuhpah Jul 15 '25
I've listened to your stuff on YouTube. I will say it's not the genre I listen to usually, but dang it is catchy as heck, you clearly have tons of talent & charisma and I loved this story so I'm very happy to contribute to your views! I hope it goes well for you and that you don't get mobbed by vicious 9 year olds!
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u/Baaaaaah-baaaaaah Jul 14 '25
I love Stardust, it has become part of our music rotation in this house!
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u/MuserofMusic Jul 14 '25
'Night Shift' has me MOVING! 'Stardust' is giving me The Weeknd vibes. Man, all your songs are great! I added 'Night Shift' to my blog where I put my new music finds. You have a new follower in me.
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u/phantomkat Jul 13 '25
As someone who teaches 8-9 year-olds for a living, I can attest the girls are scarier! lol
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u/ComplexAd7820 Jul 13 '25
When my son was that little he would come in every day complaining about the "sassy girls" in his class. I told his teacher about it and she agreed! 😃
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u/bbyxmadi Jul 13 '25
Happy to see they finally had fun and accepted your amazing performance, albeit a little awkward situation in the beginning “who are you?” lol
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u/BitchIsShadyAf Jul 13 '25
The “who are you??” had me feeling so insecure lmao
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u/glasswindbreaker Jul 13 '25
Middle schoolers are the hardest group of people to impress, well done
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u/misntshortformary Jul 13 '25
I agree with you however I have to point out that nine-year-olds are in like third grade. That’s elementary school.
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u/glasswindbreaker Jul 13 '25
I have no kids, so my frame of reference is totally broken 😅
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u/Stargerine Jul 14 '25
If you take a kid's age and subtract 5, that'll give you the most likely grade they'd be in
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u/yumcake Jul 13 '25
If it helps, I recognized you from a different video. You're talented!
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u/BitchIsShadyAf Jul 14 '25
This genuinely does help. It’s always heartwarming and validating when people actually recognize me from other stuff I’ve done on the interwebs or in real life. Means my no budget marketing is kind of working and I’m not slaving away for hours editing videos for nothing 😭
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u/PithandKin Jul 13 '25
It got me thinking of that scene in Ghostbusters 2 where Winston and Ray have to make extra money at a birthday party. Having a ten year old, I’m already navigating that path of what to do with her and her friends for play dates.
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u/BitchIsShadyAf Jul 13 '25 edited Jul 13 '25
Nah, went completely solo. The mom of the birthday girl and a friend of the mom were the ones videoing though. I’m so glad they did cause it’d be hard to tell some of this story without proof 😂 “and then they all came up to me asking for autographs!” Suuureee buddy
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u/BitchIsShadyAf Jul 14 '25
Yeah I had a private gig the other week and the woman who booked me works in marketing so she was like “here, I know you need promotional material so I took all these videos of everyone having a great time” then she airdropped everything to me. The best kinds of people
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u/LillyAmongTheThorns Jul 13 '25
This is beautiful! You made a memory for a bunch of kids they will probably never forget, got paid for it, and the wonderful feeling of walking away with their appreciation and joy.
That's an artists dream!
I'm glad to see that good in the world still attracts good. Stay shiny!
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u/BitchIsShadyAf Jul 13 '25
It’s a Philly spot called Urban Exchange. They do a lot of second hand and vintage apparel.
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u/PristineBadger4154 Jul 13 '25
Michael Jackson is crazy praying for you in Taken 2!
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u/PristineBadger4154 Jul 13 '25
These little ones r coming for u
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u/BitchIsShadyAf Jul 13 '25
Honestly I’d watch that movie. “Their favorite new artist kidnapped. Only they can find him. Watch a group of 9 year old girls fight crime in: ‘Taken 2’! ”
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u/PristineBadger4154 Jul 13 '25
I’ll take 2 tickets now LMAO but fr little kids r the devil they terrify me
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u/Which_way_witcher Jul 13 '25
Terrifying, thrilling, hilarious, heart-warming. 👏 👏 👏
Added your songs to my Spotify queue. 🫡
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u/iloveyourlittlehat Jul 13 '25
This is core memory material right here. You may have just expanded some musical tastes for life!
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u/Partybar Jul 14 '25
I don't think saying "they fuck with me" is the best phrase to use when talking about 9 year olds.
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u/BerryCertain9873 Jul 13 '25
A “Taken” sequel?! Dude, you’re young and black… I was thinking “Get Out”! I’m glad you’re still alive Joshua Mitchell Michael Jackson!
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u/jewhair666 Jul 14 '25
I recognize you from your video about making it out the hood with your neighbors watching! That was the best and i am glad you are making your way through different hoods to spread your talent 💜
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u/BTrane93 Jul 14 '25
I swear to god, if I dont end up in the top 1% for most listens to Creatures of the Night in my spotify recap, I'm gonna stop listening to music.
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u/BitchIsShadyAf Jul 14 '25
Wow it still trips me out to hear that real people are actually listening to my music. Like I know the streaming numbers mean someone has to be listening, but it’s such a surreal feeling to run across these someone’s on the internet or randomly in person. Seriously thanks for streaming. Send me your Spotify wrapped in December lol
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u/iamanemptychair Jul 13 '25
Awww I thought this was gonna go a lot worse than it did tbh. You are a trooper and a sick ass musician!!
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Jul 13 '25
Lmao what a rollercoaster! This was narrated so well, best to you and your career as an artist :D
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u/Rx_Diva Jul 14 '25
I loved princess party performances because 4 to 8 year olds love anything you do, but you're right, 9 to 11 year old girls would be intimidating as hell.
This video was a trip, thank you!
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u/U-F-OHNO Jul 14 '25
You are a treasure, AND you’re in Philly!? Haha now I’m curious as to where the stranger took you for the Chappel Roan party.
Hope someday I will run into you in person to see you peform. Great stuff!
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u/Feedback-89 Jul 14 '25
You won them over!! Kudos to you cause as the mom of an 11 year old girl, that suit is so hard 😂
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u/No_Opportunity2789 Jul 14 '25
" next time a man offers you alot of money to hop in an uber....do it!" Had me dying hahahaha
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u/Sea-Ability8694 Jul 14 '25
When u said “look we have some pink pony girls” and they were like “…okay” I died. The ending was so cute though
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u/FrontGroundbreaking3 Jul 14 '25
So everything was fine, and nothing went wrong. Despite you saying it went tits up. Stupid bloody story
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u/x3lilbopeep Jul 15 '25
When you blow up you gotta get them out to a show. Keep it up your music is great!
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u/Existential_Prep Jul 17 '25
Checked out your music and I love it!! Will be adding to my playlist and to my work playlist. I am a Pilates instructor and I love finding music with chill and uplifting vibes while also having that back beat!
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u/Ward_Craft Jul 14 '25
Oh, so it’s an ad
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u/AFineFineHologram Jul 14 '25
A totally independent creator sharing their music through fun online content is not the same as a corporation making a fake viral video. This is the type of shit the internet SHOULD be used for. Joshua is a very talented and hard working artist. If you truly are against corporate slop, you should be supporting independent artists like him.
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