Brittany Broski
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Born | Brittany Tomlinson May 10, 1997 | ||||||
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Years active | 2019–present | ||||||
Subscribers | 2.3 million (June 2024) | ||||||
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Channels | brittany_broski | ||||||
Years active | 2019–present | ||||||
Subscribers | 746,000 | ||||||
Total views | 25.9 million | ||||||
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Last updated: December 5, 2020 |
Brittany Tomlinson (born May 10, 1997), known professionally as Brittany Broski and sometimes as Kombucha Girl, is an American social media personality and comedian. She initially gained fame after a video of her tasting kombucha for the first time went viral on TikTok in August 2019. As of January 2021, she has over 6 million followers on TikTok.
Early life
Brittany Tomlinson was born on May 10, 1997, and raised in Dallas, Texas.[1] She participated in theater growing up, acting in local productions of The Addams Family, Bus Stop, Spamalot. During both high school and college, she was a part of her schools' improv troupes.[2]
She graduated from Texas A&M University magna cum laude in 2018 with a degree in communications.[3] She subsequently worked at a call center but left after it made her depressed. She then worked in trust and investment services at a bank, where she was fired after her boss discovered the kombucha video and determined that Tomlinson's viral fame would put the company in jeopardy.[4] She is also a licensed insurance agent.[5]
Career
Tomlinson created her TikTok account in June 2019 at the request of her friends, originally using the handle @brittanyt445.[6] She posted her first video, a Snapchat video about her "depression meal", which quickly went viral, a month later.[7][5]
She subsequently posted her most viral video, wherein she tastes cherry cola-flavored kombucha for the first time with rapidly changing facial expressions, in August 2019.[8] The video first gained notoriety on "gay Twitter" after being reposted with sexually-charged captions, eventually gaining traction on Reddit and Twitter, earning over 40 million views on the latter platform.[5][7] The video also became a popular reaction image on social media and was ranked by TikTok as one of the top ten most viral videos of 2019 posted to the platform.[9][8] Its popularity earned her the nickname "Kombucha Girl".[10][6]
Following the success of the kombucha video, Tomlinson was signed to United Talent Agency.[5] In late 2019, Tomlinson moved to Los Angeles with her cousin and fellow TikToker Sarah Schauer and the two have been making YouTube videos together since.[11] She appeared in an advertisement for Sabra hummus during Super Bowl LIV.[12] In August 2020, she was featured in an episode of the Awesomeness web television series Dish This.[13] She was nominated for a Subject Award in Comedy at the 10th Streamy Awards.[14] She co-hosted the TikTok New Year's Eve Party live event with American rapper Lil Yachty in December 2020.[15] After she used the song "Remy the Ratatouille" in a video, the song went viral, inspiring the creation of Ratatouille the Musical.[16]
Public image
In 2020, Josh Kaplan of The Telegraph called Tomlinson "one of TikTok's biggest stars".[17] Writing for i-D, Tom Prior referred to her as a "TikTok superstar" and named a video of her rapping in the voice of English singer Adele as one of the 20 best TikToks of 2020.[18] L'Officiel included her on their list of "People Who Made Us Laugh in 2020".[19]
In 2020, Tomlinson faced backlash after referring to phrases attributed to African-American Vernacular English as "internet culture".[20][21]
Awards and nominations
Award | Year | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Category | Result | Ref. |
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Break the Internet Awards | 2019 | Herself | TikToker of the Year | Won | [22] |
Shorty Awards | 2020 | TikToker of the Year | Nominated | [23] | |
Streamy Awards | 2020 | Subject Award - Comedy | Nominated | [14] | |
Wowie Awards | 2020 | Outstanding TikTok - Comedy | Won | [24] |
References
- ^ "Kombucha Girl is HOW OLD?!". Older Than / Younger Than. March 16, 2020. MTV Access. MTV. "I was born on May 10, 1997, which makes me 22, and a Taurus.".
- ^ Kircher, Madison Malone (August 16, 2019). "Talking With the Kombucha-Sipping Artiste Behind This Summer's Best TikTok". Vulture. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
- ^ I Accidentally Became A Meme: Kombucha Girl (YouTube series). August 26, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
I graduated college. I graduated in three years. I was magna cum laude.
- ^ Greenspan, Rachel E. (December 17, 2019). "Going Viral on TikTok Lost 'Kombucha Girl' Her Job. But It May Make Her Dreams Come True". Time. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Jennings, Rebecca (August 25, 2020). "How "kombucha girl" revolutionized internet fame". Vox. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
- ^ a b Emanuel, Daniella (August 13, 2019). "This "Woman Trying Kombucha" Meme Is Super Relatable And Super Viral". BuzzFeed. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ a b Skinner, Paige (August 20, 2019). "Dallas' Brittany Tomlinson's Kombucha Reaction TikTok Is Twitter's Latest Meme". Dallas Observer. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ a b Bogel-Burroughs, Nicholas (August 23, 2019). "'I'm Sick of Seeing My Face,' Says the Internet's Kombucha Connoisseur". The New York Times. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
- ^ Carlisle, Madeleine (December 10, 2019). "TikTok Releases Its List of 2019's Top Memes, Videos, Dance Challenges and More". Time. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ Frier, Sarah; Wagner, Kurt (February 27, 2020). "TikTok Marketers Chase Billions of Views in Uncharted Terrain". Bloomberg News. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ Tenbarge, Kat (February 7, 2020). "Move over Hype House: 2 of the most recognizable internet comedians have teamed up to make a new kind of influencer apartment after being fired the same week". Insider. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ Lorenz, Taylor (August 14, 2020). "Trying to Make It Big Online? Getting Signed Isn't Everything". The New York Times. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
- ^ Honkus, Mary (July 30, 2020). "TikTok Stars Noah Beck and Griffin Johnson Star in New YouTube Cooking Competition". People. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ a b Ramos, Dino-Ray (October 21, 2020). "YouTube Streamy Awards Nominations Unveiled With David Dobrik, Emma Chamberlain And James Charles Leading The Pack". Deadline. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ Lee, Janet W. (December 31, 2020). "A Guide to New Year's Eve Livestream Concerts: From BTS and Justin Bieber to Jason Isbell and Bob Weir". Variety. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ Dickson, E. J. (November 18, 2020). "An Oral History of 'Ratatouille: The Musical'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
Jacobson's song went viral after Brittany Broski, a creator with 5.8 million TikTok followers, posted a TikTok using Jacobson's sound, on top of footage of a life-size Remy dancing at Disney World.
- ^ Kaplan, Josh (February 6, 2020). "Kombucha Girl: 'My life changed when I went viral on TikTok'". The Telegraph. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ Prior, Tom (December 22, 2020). "The 20 Best TikToks of 2020". i-D. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ Kelly, Alyssa (December 10, 2020). "People Who Made Us Laugh in 2020 - TikTok Saturday Night Live Benny Drama". L'Officiel USA. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ Mendez II, Moises (August 1, 2020). "'Kombucha Girl' slammed for saying AAVE is 'internet culture'". The Daily Dot. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ {{cite web |last1=Lothian-McLean |first1=Moya |title=Why people are arguing about whether 'internet culture' is actually racist |url=https://www.indy100.com/news/brittany-broksi-internet-slang-racist-tiktok-aave-9651131 |website=[[The Independent#The i]|indy100] |access-date=January 15, 2021 |language=en |date=August 3, 2020}}
- ^ "Here Are Your 2019 Break the Internet Awards™ Winners". PAPER. January 14, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ Perelli, Amanda (March 10, 2020). "Exclusive: All the finalists for this year's Shorty Awards, which won't be a physical event for the first time in 12 years because of the coronavirus". Business Insider. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
- ^ "World of Wonder's 2020 WOWIE Awards Winners!". World of Wonder. December 5, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2020.