It must be tough being an iconoclast. The temptation to join with the popular taste must be resisted. This could mean you are a visionary, arriving early at an alternative trend, or, to quote Bob Dylan,

Bob Dylan, that rabble-rouser, prankster and social media maven, has struck again. Dylan, who hasn’t been exactly prolific on the social media platform X, posted on TikTok this week for the first time — just as the app might get unplugged in the United States.

While Dylan’s appearance on the app in the wake of the release of James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown biopic has been well-received by his fanbase, much of the attention is being focused on his somewhat late arrival given the impending TikTok Ban.