A woman turned her ex's cheating apology into a viral TikTok song with a sad violin accompaniment
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- Jax, a songwriter with 7.7 million TikTok followers, did a dramatic studying of her ex's text-message apology for dishonest.
- Jax had violin participant Lindsey Stirling play unhappy strings as she learn for added impact.
- The video has 2.four million views and counting. Jax informed Insider followers have despatched her "lots of" of their ex's apologies.
Jax, a songwriter recognized for her TikTok parody tunes, went viral as soon as once more, this time for burning her ex in musical style.
On November four, Jax posted a TikTok with violinist Lindsey Stirling, the place Stirling performed a tragic melody as Jax learn a textual content message from her ex-boyfriend, who was making an attempt to repent for dishonest. The video has racked up 2.four million views.
Jax stated she wrote the jingle based mostly on texts she rediscovered from an ex a couple of years again, she advised Insider.
"When writing, you sort of all the time take inventive license to make it work, actually only a phrase right here and there. However the music is basically fairly near the precise," Jax advised Insider.
Initially, Stirling deliberate on enjoying an actual tiny violin for the bit, Jax stated.
"However we couldn't discover an precise one. We determined it might be humorous so as to add actually unhappy violin [music] behind this very lame apology textual content from an ex," Jax stated.
It took the duo three takes to nail the efficiency as a result of "we actually have been laughing hysterically in the course of the first two," stated Jax.
"Hey. I do know you're in all probability by no means going to forgive me for what occurred, however I needed an opportunity to elucidate," Jax stated within the video whereas staring instantly into the digital camera. "I do know it wasn't proper that I 'technically' attached together with your roommate, however I've been going by way of rather a lot and that's not who I'm."
Ultimately, Stirling and Jax harmonize, singing "I really like you a lot greater than Emily" from Jax's telephone. Jax, whose actual identify is Jackie Miskanic, got here in third on American Idol's 14th season and signed to Atlantic Data this yr.
After posting the tune, Jax added a callout within the feedback, asking viewers to ship her their very own ex's apology texts.
They've since acquired lots of of screenshots from followers and plan to show the apology texts right into a TikTok collection.
"A few of these exes are actually loopy and the texts are insane. We've so many good ones," Jax stated.
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