Kim Dracula

Kim Dracula

Kim Dracula is a pseudonymous Australian trap metal/hardcore music artist from Hobart, Tasmania whose songs have achieved popularity on TikTok. He is known both for original work and for metal covers of songs not typically associated with the genre. In November 2020, Kim Dracula released a TikTok metal cover of "Paparazzi" by Lady Gaga. The song was subsequently released to Spotify on December 11, 2020. His "Paparazzi" cover acquired viral popularity within months, with six million views on YouTube, thirteen million plays on Spotify, and use in over 60,000 TikTok clips before the end of the year. The runaway success of the song propelled Kim Dracula to fourth-most followed Australian TikTok music artist of 2020, trailing Sia, Iggy Azalea, and Mia Rodriguez.Upon achieving one million plays of his "Paparazzi" cover, Kim Dracula uploaded a celebratory TikTok video with the caption "This is only the beginning ❤️". In January 2021, "Paparazzi" entered Spotify's Global Viral 50 chart, where it reached as high as number 4 on January 13th. The same month, Kim Dracula opened at number 47 on the Billboard Emerging Artists chart, fueled mostly by the success of "Paparazzi" which entered the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart at number 31. ㅕㅇㅅㅇㅑ

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