Brittany Broski

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Brittany Broski
Personal information
BornBrittany Alexis Tomlinson
(1997-05-10) May 10, 1997 (age 24)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationTexas A&M University
Occupation
  • Social media personality
  • comedian
RelativesJet Tomlinson, Sierra Tomlinson (siblings)
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2019–present
Subscribers937,000[1]
(August 30, 2021)
Total views50.2 million[1]
(August 30, 2021)
NetworkUnited Talent Agency (2019–present)
Associated acts
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers 2020
YouTube information
Years active2019–present
Updated: 8/30/2021

Brittany Alexis Tomlinson (born May 10, 1997), known professionally as Brittany Broski, 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 June 2021, she has over 6 million followers on TikTok.

Early life[]

Brittany Tomlinson was born on May 10, 1997, and raised in Dallas, Texas.[2] She participated in theater growing up, acting in local productions of The Addams Family, Bus Stop, and Spamalot. During both high school and college, she was a part of her schools' improv troupes.[3]

She graduated from Texas A&M University magna cum laude in 2018 with a degree in communications.[4] 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. [5][6] She is also a licensed insurance agent.[7]

Career[]

Tomlinson created her TikTok account in June 2019 at the request of her friends, originally using the handle @brittanyt445.[8] She posted her first video, a Snapchat video about her "depression meal", which quickly went viral, a month later.[9][7]

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.[10] 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.[7][9] 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.[11][10] Its popularity earned her the nickname "Kombucha Girl".[12][8]

Following the success of the kombucha video, Tomlinson was signed to Influences Management and later to United Talent Agency.[7] In late 2019, Tomlinson moved to Los Angeles with her friend and fellow TikToker Sarah Schauer and the two have been making YouTube videos together since.[13] She appeared in an advertisement for Sabra hummus during Super Bowl LIV.[14] In August 2020, she was featured in an episode of the Awesomeness web television series Dish This.[15] She was nominated for a Subject Award in Comedy at the 10th Streamy Awards.[16] She co-hosted the TikTok New Year's Eve Party live event with American rapper Lil Yachty in December 2020.[17] After she used the song "Remy the Ratatouille" in a video, the song went viral, inspiring the creation of Ratatouille the Musical.[18] In early 2021 Tomlinson became the host of TikTok's official podcast, For You[19] and guest starred on Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova's podcast The Bald and the Beautiful.[20]

Public image[]

In 2020, Josh Kaplan of The Telegraph called Tomlinson "one of TikTok's biggest stars".[21] 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.[22] L'Officiel included her on their list of "People Who Made Us Laugh in 2020".[23]

In 2020, Tomlinson faced backlash after referring to phrases attributed to African-American Vernacular English as "internet culture".[24][25]

Awards and nominations[]

Award Year Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Category Result Ref.
Break the Internet Awards 2019 Herself TikToker of the Year Won [26]
Shorty Awards 2020 TikToker of the Year Nominated [27]
Streamy Awards 2020 Subject Award - Comedy Nominated [16]
Wowie Awards 2020 Outstanding TikTok - Comedy Won [28]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "About Brittany_Broski". YouTube.
  2. ^ "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.".
  3. ^ Kircher, Madison Malone (August 16, 2019). "Talking With the Kombucha-Sipping Artiste Behind This Summer's Best TikTok". Vulture. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94LNBOFEadA
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Jennings, Rebecca (August 25, 2020). "How "kombucha girl" revolutionized internet fame". Vox. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Emanuel, Daniella (August 13, 2019). "This "Woman Trying Kombucha" Meme Is Super Relatable And Super Viral". BuzzFeed. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  9. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  10. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  11. ^ Carlisle, Madeleine (December 10, 2019). "TikTok Releases Its List of 2019's Top Memes, Videos, Dance Challenges and More". Time. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  12. ^ Frier, Sarah; Wagner, Kurt (February 27, 2020). "TikTok Marketers Chase Billions of Views in Uncharted Terrain". Bloomberg News. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Lorenz, Taylor (August 14, 2020). "Trying to Make It Big Online? Getting Signed Isn't Everything". The New York Times. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  15. ^ Honkus, Mary (July 30, 2020). "TikTok Stars Noah Beck and Griffin Johnson Star in New YouTube Cooking Competition". People. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  16. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ "Creators join Brittany Broski on the new "For You Podcast"". TikTok Newsroom. August 16, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  20. ^ "Bug-Eyed TikTok Bitch with Brittany Broski - The Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie and Katya". YouTube. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  21. ^ Kaplan, Josh (February 6, 2020). "Kombucha Girl: 'My life changed when I went viral on TikTok'". The Telegraph. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  22. ^ Prior, Tom (December 22, 2020). "The 20 Best TikToks of 2020". i-D. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  23. ^ 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.
  24. ^ Mendez II, Moises (August 1, 2020). "'Kombucha Girl' slammed for saying AAVE is 'internet culture'". The Daily Dot. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  25. ^ Lothian-McLean, Moya (August 3, 2020). "Why people are arguing about whether 'internet culture' is actually racist". indy100. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  26. ^ "Here Are Your 2019 Break the Internet Awards™ Winners". PAPER. January 14, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  27. ^ 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.
  28. ^ "World of Wonder's 2020 WOWIE Awards Winners!". World of Wonder. December 5, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
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