MUST See: New Interview With TikTok's 'Corn Kid'!
By Melanie VanDerveer on August 26, 2022 at 11:30 AM EDT
TikTok is loving the now viral "Corn Kid." It's impossible to scroll your FYP section and not get the "Corn Song" stuck in your head immediately. After his interview on Recess Therapy's TikTok page went viral, a follow up interview is what the world wanted. The second interview digs a little deeper and sheds some new light on the "Corn Kid," who we now know is named Tariq, and his obsession with the summertime vegetable.
Part Two Of A 'Corntastic' Day
This interview is similar to the last with the host of Recess Therapy shooting off well thought-out questions about corn.
"What's the top three ways you can eat corn?"
"Butter, with butter and the grease, and toasted, and toasted with the grease."
"What is the grease?"
"Actually, kinda, the thing that makes the corn good."
After a little back-and-forth about what makes the corn good, the two decided to make up a corn dance that no doubt will likely get paired up with the corn song and fill your FYP section soon enough, so get your dancing shoes ready and turn the corn song on for motivation!
Corn Break, Everyone!
The interview continued after the dance segment with Tariq being asked, "Why is it important to take a corn break?" Tariq responded, "Because you can restore your energy." The two continued discussing why it's important to love something whole heartedly, being corn friends, and the question on everyone's mind, "What's the lumps with the knobs?" Tariq schooled him with his response, "The knobs, the part of corn that's holding up vertically, so you can hold them up in any way. They keep the kernels up."
"Corn Kid" Tariq Is A Household Name Now
The comment section of the video lit up with everyone's thoughts on "Corn Kid" and the smiles he's bringing to the world just being himself. SONIC Drive-In wrote, "THIS IS A CORNTASTIC DAY!!! amazing corn dance π½β¨" Nickelodeon chimed in with, "brb taking a corn break," and Panera Bread added, "We need a corn break π½π "
Another commenter said what we are all thinking, "Do the corn dance to the it's corn song." Other comments included:
"Thank you for returning our King"
"This child is single handedly healing us all π₯Ίπππ½π"
"This kid is INSTANT SEROTONIN ππ½π½π #cornbreak"
"This kid is my favorite person on the internet rnβ€οΈπ"
"Tariq for President ππΌπ"
"this little man is my guru ππ»"
"Does this child know heβs single handedly cured depression for hundreds?"
"Omg he needs to get like a brand deal with popcorn brands"
You Can Now Buy Your Own Personalized "Corn Kid" Video
It's clear that Tariq is doing so much good for the TikTok world and probably doesn't even know it. He's doing so well that he is now on Cameo, where you can purchase a personalized video of Tariq starting at $145. Cameo posted a cute video of Tariq on their TikTok Page captioned, "Most wholesome thing on the internet arrived on Cameo. Corn Kid for president. #cornkid"
Since the "Corn Kid's" first interview, he's got people singing a song, doing a dance, and creating their own "corny" videos. A quick search of the corn song on TikTok produces more corn-related videos than one can even imagine.
The New York Giants got in on the corn action.
So did Lucy, a corn-loving, prehensile-tailed porcupine that lives at the Denver Zoo.
And let's not forget Maizey at the San Diego Zoo. She loves corn too!
The Yankees also wanted some "corntastic" action.