TikTok’s Beloved “Corn Kid” Tariq Partnered With Green Giant To Donate 50,000 Cans Of Corn To Families In Need This Thanksgiving
Unless you live under a social media rock, then you definitely heard the “It’s Corn!” sound mashup that circled the web like wildfire during August.
The corn chaos all started after the TikTok account @RecessTherapy initially shared an interview with a seven-year-old boy named Tariq, in which he discussed his serious love of corn on the cob. Then, a TikTok musician posted a genius remix of Tariq’s interview set to a totally trend-worthy backing track.
And the wholesome corn content went insanely viral. Tariq’s passion for the “big lump with knobs” cracked up viewers everywhere.
Plus, once he revealed how “everything changed” after he tried corn with butter for the first time, people around the nation melted like butter, too.
The TikTok racked up nearly 85 million views and received a staggering 10.7 million likes. On top of that, over seventy-five thousand TikTokers commented their thoughts, and a brand new social media trend was born.
“If this is not the most viral sound in TikTok history within the month, then I am going to be disappointed. Purely wholesome. It’s fantastic. It’s corn,” wrote one user.
“Not me buying corn at the store tonight solely because this song has been running through my head all day,” said another user.
“This captures the joy that I, too, feel for corn,” joked a third.
YouTube; pictured above is Tariq in his Green Giant video
Nowadays, you might not hear the “It’s Corn!” soundbite being used as much online. But that does not mean Tariq has gone anywhere. In fact, he is now using his love of corn as an impactful way to give back to the community.
The seven-year-old from Brooklyn recently partnered with Green Giant to donate a whopping fifty thousand cans of Green Giant corn to City Harvest– New York City’s largest not-for-profit food rescue organization– on Monday.
The cans were included in Thanksgiving meal boxes and will help City Harvest meet the increasing food demand around the holiday. All of the cans were sent out for delivery on Monday and Tuesday, and Green Giant also donated another forty thousand cans of traditional Thanksgiving vegetables.
“Corn is a vegetable, and vegetables are good for you,” Tariq said in a PIX11 interview. He also added that knowing the cans are going to people in need makes him really happy.
On top of that, Tariq and Green Giant also released a “Cooking with ‘Corn Kid'” video on Youtube, where young and old fans alike can prepare a delicious corn dish alongside their favorite viral child. Spoiler alert: Tariq is somehow even more wholesome in this one-minute short than in the original TikTok!
So, to watch Tariq hilariously navigate the cooking process while sharing his love of corn with pride (and adorable pronunciations), you can visit the Youtube video linked here.
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