Adrián López, a 17-year-old teenager from California, United States, made a digital poster to invite his friends to his birthday party; however, he did not imagine that the invitation it would go viral on social media attracting a crowd of thousands of strangers from different parts of the country.
As reviewed The Economic TimesFor fear that things would get out of control, the teens decided to charge the entrance fee and rent a location where they could safely host the event, which was originally scheduled to take place in Huntington Beach, south of Los Angeles, the Saturday May 22, 2021.
“Honestly, we freaked out, so we thought about the idea of getting a place,” said a friend of López’s, Yahir Hernández, 16.
I found Adrian from Adrian’s kickback! and his friend who posted the original viral TikTok. The hashtag #Adrianskickback has over 180M views on TikTok as of today pic.twitter.com/pzwUHX0ble
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) May 23, 2021
On Friday night, hundreds of young people traveled from other cities a day in advance and came to the beach, where they were expelled by the police, who had already warned them that the event the next day was prohibited.
Here was the scene at Huntington Beach last night at night one of #adrianskickback pic.twitter.com/fmZZC7wlho
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) May 23, 2021
However, at least 2,500 people who did not find out about the change of location attended the event on Saturday night on the beach, the place that had been originally scheduled for the meeting.
In several of the videos recorded during the massive gathering, you can see a lot of young drinking alcohol, climbing the streetlights and palm trees, setting off fireworks and jumping from a bridge, reported Telemundo.
The TikTok algorithm made the party go viral
López made the invitation on Monday, May 17, in which he specified that the event would take place on May 22 at 7:30 p.m. near the beach. “Come over this Saturday, we’re going to get on!” Reads the bottom of the image, which was titled “Adrian’s Kickback.
Spider-Man is now drinking Hennessy offered from the crowd. The crowd is celebrating. #adrianskickback pic.twitter.com/xVmbHJNIag
— Sean Carmitchel (@ACatWithNews) May 23, 2021
“It was supposed to be for my school,” said the teenager, but in order to attract more people to the party, his friend Yahir Hernández posted the flyer on Snapchat and then on his personal TikTok account.
Idk who Adrian is but that was wild ???????? #adrianskickback pic.twitter.com/xFfmD7vrk0
— Steven Nava (@stevennava_) May 23, 2021
“Tuesday morning was when Yahir did the TikTok,” López explained. “I was on my way to school and I was only about 40 I like it, so I just ignored it.” However, as the days went by, the publication went viral and began to fall in favor with other users, who wondered “Who is Adrián?”
Lol TikTok took the video down. Last night at Adrians kickback in Huntington Beach #adrianskickback #Cali pic.twitter.com/dluoNYm7OD
– Jeryn (@GizmoJA) May 23, 2021
Overnight, the algorithm of the social network began to recommend the video to other users in the “For You” section, which caused it to be played by more than 180 million of people before being eliminated. Internet celebrities like Noah Beck and rappers like 24kGoldn also shared the invitation with other people.
Nails 178 people They were arrested over the wild weekend, including a large number of minors who committed crimes such as vandalism or even armed robbery, the CBS station in Los Angeles reported.
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