Posted on Sep 18, 2023
Tube Girl: How Sabrina Bahsoon became TikTok's latest icon
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How do you pass the time on public transport? Spend the journey scrolling on your phone? Listen to music and stare at the floor?
Well, not if you're Sabrina Bahsoon.
Or, as she's now known to millions of people around the world, Tube Girl.
Her self-shot videos of energetic dance routines filmed on the London Underground have quickly taken over TikTok, attracting 300,000 followers and 12 million likes.
Well, not if you're Sabrina Bahsoon.
Or, as she's now known to millions of people around the world, Tube Girl.
Her self-shot videos of energetic dance routines filmed on the London Underground have quickly taken over TikTok, attracting 300,000 followers and 12 million likes.
Tube Girl: How Sabrina Bahsoon became TikTok's latest icon
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..."'It's about confidence'
Regardless of that, the Tube Girl videos have struck a chord with many fans, and timelines are filling up with videos from other TikTokers - mostly, but not always, female - recording their own takes.
Sabrina says it's become a "movement" about embracing self-confidence and maybe, just maybe, making that journey to work a bit more interesting.
"When I see people imitating it I'm like 'finally like people are getting it'," she says.
"They're enjoying their their commute a little bit better. And I love to see people having fun so it's honestly such a heart-warming thing for me."
And Sabrina says the interest, feedback and positivity is what's kept her going.
"I think honestly it is the best possible outcome that could have happened," she says.
"All the love and support I'm getting, I just am so happy right now. I genuinely have no words. It's it's all crazy and very new to me, so I'm just happy to be here to be honest.""...
..."'It's about confidence'
Regardless of that, the Tube Girl videos have struck a chord with many fans, and timelines are filling up with videos from other TikTokers - mostly, but not always, female - recording their own takes.
Sabrina says it's become a "movement" about embracing self-confidence and maybe, just maybe, making that journey to work a bit more interesting.
"When I see people imitating it I'm like 'finally like people are getting it'," she says.
"They're enjoying their their commute a little bit better. And I love to see people having fun so it's honestly such a heart-warming thing for me."
And Sabrina says the interest, feedback and positivity is what's kept her going.
"I think honestly it is the best possible outcome that could have happened," she says.
"All the love and support I'm getting, I just am so happy right now. I genuinely have no words. It's it's all crazy and very new to me, so I'm just happy to be here to be honest.""...
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