@amelynguyenMusicNewsA TikToker was wrongly ‘pronounced dead’ at Astroworld17 year old Amelyun Nguyen, who lives in Australia, isn’t even a fan of Travis ScottShareLink copied ✔️November 15, 2021MusicNewsTextPatrick Benjamin A 17-year-old TikToker said she woke up “dead” after misinformation spread that she was at Travis Scott’s festival Astroworld. The teenager was wrongly presumed dead following the concert in Houston, Texas, where 10 people were killed and hundreds more injured during Travis Scott’s headline performance. “Woke up and the world pronounced me dead,” Amelyun Nguyen said in a TikTok. Nguyen told BuzzFeed News she has no idea how rumours spread of her death, as she’s not even a Travis Scott fan and lives some 9,000 miles away in Australia. She was alerted of her own ‘death’ after coming across several Instagram posts saying that she had died: “I was honestly very confused and was wondering how people found my pictures,” she said. A tweet that seemed to be photoshopped was shared on TikTok claiming that she was “the first to be announced dead” after the festival. The tweet included a picture of Nguyen and a misspelling of her name. In one of the TikToks saying that she was dead, a commenter claimed they knew the teenager, doubling down after Nguyen denied knowing them. “I am not a Travis Scott fan, before and after the incident,” Nguyen said, whose viral TikTok bringing to light the false reporting of her death has over one millions likes. “That made me feel so much better about the whole false death accusations, I told my close mutuals and we all had a good laugh.” Misinformation has spread like wildfire online following the crushing at Astroworld festival, with TikTok being a particular hotbed for satanic conspiracy theories linked to the incident to circulate. Following the event, hundreds of videos began to emerge on TikTok, positing that Scott was conducting some kind of satanic ritual. Some also pointed out alleged satanic symbolism on the festival grounds. A TikTok representative has responded that it is working on taking action against the content, including within its search suggestions. “Such content is in violation of our Community Guidelines and is being removed,” TikTok said. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREBloodz Boi: The humble godfather of Chinese underground rapA rare interview with POiSON GiRL FRiEND, dream pop’s future seerNigeria’s Blaqbonez is rapping to ‘beat his high score’Inside Erika de Casier’s shimmering R&B universe ‘Rap saved my life’: A hazy conversation with MIKE and Earl Sweatshirt7 essential albums by the SoulquariansIs AI really the future of music?The KPop Demon Hunters directors on fan theories and a potential sequelplaybody: The club night bringing connection back to the dancefloorAn interview with IC3PEAK, the band Putin couldn’t silenceFrost Children answer the dA-Zed quizThe 5 best features from PinkPantheress’ new remix album