Fortnite YouTuber Tiko Talks About His Viral Song ‘Fishy on Me’ and the Future of his Music Career
In 2020, Fortnite YouTuber Tiko, known for his voice-changing videos, released the song “Fishy on Me.” The song became a viral phenomenon, amassing over 129 Million views as of March 2023. Featuring his signature high-pitched vocals and fishy Fortnite persona, the song not only helped boost Tiko’s YouTube channel but also served as the jumping-off point for his music career.
Game Rant recently spoke with Tiko about the creation of the song, and he reflected on its success just a few weeks after the three-year anniversary of its YouTube release. Tiko also discussed his music-making process after the success of “Fishy on Me,” as well as his future plans for his music career.
According to Tiko, “Fishy on Me” was a freestyle song he put together at the very start of his music journey. “I’d say “Fishy on Me” was my first song, even though it wasn’t really supposed to be good,” he said. “It was just like a random thing that I put out as a joke. I had previously made kind of similar things in the past, but none of them has really done that well. It did well at first, and then it just took off after a few weeks.”
“I didn’t think it’d be that big,” Tiko stated. The voice changer Tiko uses to pitch up his voice helped make his approach viral, and he knew that making a song with it was going to please the fans who were already interested in hearing a song by him.
“If I post a song, it will do well. That was what was going through my…
