Brittany Broski

Brittany Tomlinson (born May 10, 1997), known professionally as Brittany Broski and sometimes as Kombucha Girl, 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 January 2021, she has over 6 million followers on TikTok.

Brittany Broski
Personal information
BornBrittany Tomlinson
(1997-05-10) May 10, 1997
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Occupation
  • Social media personality
  • comedian
YouTube information
Years active2019–present
YouTube information
Channelsbrittany_broski
Years active2019–present
Subscribers746,000
Total views25.9 million
100,000 subscribers 2020
Updated: December 5, 2020

Early life

Brittany Tomlinson was born on May 10, 1997, and raised in Dallas, Texas.[1] She participated in theater growing up, acting in local productions of The Addams Family, Bus Stop, Spamalot. During both high school and college, she was a part of her schools' improv troupes.[2]

She graduated from Texas A&M University magna cum laude in 2018 with a degree in communications.[3] 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.[4] She is also a licensed insurance agent.[5]

Career

Tomlinson created her TikTok account in June 2019 at the request of her friends, originally using the handle @brittanyt445.[6] She posted her first video, a Snapchat video about her "depression meal", which quickly went viral, a month later.[7][5]

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.[8] 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.[5][7] 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.[9][8] Its popularity earned her the nickname "Kombucha Girl".[10][6]

Following the success of the kombucha video, Tomlinson was signed to United Talent Agency.[5] In late 2019, Tomlinson moved to Los Angeles with her cousin and fellow TikToker Sarah Schauer and the two have been making YouTube videos together since.[11] She appeared in an advertisement for Sabra hummus during Super Bowl LIV.[12] In August 2020, she was featured in an episode of the Awesomeness web television series Dish This.[13] She was nominated for a Subject Award in Comedy at the 10th Streamy Awards.[14] She co-hosted the TikTok New Year's Eve Party live event with American rapper Lil Yachty in December 2020.[15] After she used the song "Remy the Ratatouille" in a video, the song went viral, inspiring the creation of Ratatouille the Musical.[16]

Public image

In 2020, Josh Kaplan of The Telegraph called Tomlinson "one of TikTok's biggest stars".[17] 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.[18] L'Officiel included her on their list of "People Who Made Us Laugh in 2020".[19]

In 2020, Tomlinson faced backlash after referring to phrases attributed to African-American Vernacular English as "internet culture".[20][21]

Awards and nominations
Award Year Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Category Result Ref.
Break the Internet Awards 2019 Herself TikToker of the Year Won [22]
Shorty Awards 2020 TikToker of the Year Nominated [23]
Streamy Awards 2020 Subject Award - Comedy Nominated [14]
Wowie Awards 2020 Outstanding TikTok - Comedy Won [24]

References
  1. "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.".
  2. Kircher, Madison Malone (August 16, 2019). "Talking With the Kombucha-Sipping Artiste Behind This Summer's Best TikTok". Vulture. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Jennings, Rebecca (August 25, 2020). "How "kombucha girl" revolutionized internet fame". Vox. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  6. Emanuel, Daniella (August 13, 2019). "This "Woman Trying Kombucha" Meme Is Super Relatable And Super Viral". BuzzFeed. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  7. Skinner, Paige (August 20, 2019). "Dallas' Brittany Tomlinson's Kombucha Reaction TikTok Is Twitter's Latest Meme". Dallas Observer. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  8. 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.
  9. Carlisle, Madeleine (December 10, 2019). "TikTok Releases Its List of 2019's Top Memes, Videos, Dance Challenges and More". Time. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  10. Frier, Sarah; Wagner, Kurt (February 27, 2020). "TikTok Marketers Chase Billions of Views in Uncharted Terrain". Bloomberg News. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  11. 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.
  12. Lorenz, Taylor (August 14, 2020). "Trying to Make It Big Online? Getting Signed Isn't Everything". The New York Times. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  13. Honkus, Mary (July 30, 2020). "TikTok Stars Noah Beck and Griffin Johnson Star in New YouTube Cooking Competition". People. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. Kaplan, Josh (February 6, 2020). "Kombucha Girl: 'My life changed when I went viral on TikTok'". The Telegraph. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  18. Prior, Tom (December 22, 2020). "The 20 Best TikToks of 2020". i-D. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  19. 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.
  20. Mendez II, Moises (August 1, 2020). "'Kombucha Girl' slammed for saying AAVE is 'internet culture'". The Daily Dot. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  21. {{cite web |last1=Lothian-McLean |first1=Moya |title=Why people are arguing about whether 'internet culture' is actually racist |url=https://www.indy100.com/news/brittany-broksi-internet-slang-racist-tiktok-aave-9651131 |website=[[The Independent#The i]|indy100] |access-date=January 15, 2021 |language=en |date=August 3, 2020}}
  22. "Here Are Your 2019 Break the Internet Awards™ Winners". PAPER. January 14, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  23. 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.
  24. "World of Wonder's 2020 WOWIE Awards Winners!". World of Wonder. December 5, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
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