It’s not hyperbole to describe Elyse Myers' rise as nothing short of meteoric.
Within hours, that video had racked up thousands of views, then millions.
In this one, she hilariously recounted the worst date she’d been on in her life.
That video went viral, racking up more than 12 million views even earning a story inPeoplemagazine.
Those millions who watched the video had questions, which she attempted to answer in a follow-upTikTok video.
“I remember thinking, ‘No one’s going to watch this.’
Within the first hour, it just blew up,” Myers toldPeople.
“I got really scared, and then it was cool.
It was cool that people connected and thought it was so funny.”
In fact, since 2018 she’d been plying her trade with her own firm, Myers Web Development.
“It was just fun.
“It happened so fast!”
she marveled, revealing that the whole thing exploded within an hour of posting the video.
“I did not expect all those eyeballs on my account.”
While Myers' web-developing days are apparently behind her, some traces of her previous gig remain in cyberspace.
In that post, she shared the pros and cons of her job, but did highlight some perks.
“As a child, specifically a middle-schooler, I was a little bit round,” she shared.
She added, “Was I ashamed of that?
Other people seemed to be.”
Speaking withVanity Fair,Myers admitted that recording her first podcast was an anxiety-ridden experience.
“I was so nervous,” she said.
“I was shaking.
I couldn’t punch in in my email correctly.
And I was like, I have got to calm down.
This is not helpful energy anymore.
This is harmful energy.
And so I had to really take a breath and go forward.”
To have that not be awkward is really important to me.”
In a particularly resonantTikTok video, she offered some surprisingly simple advice on coping with anxiety and fear.
“Someone asked me how I manage my nerves, and I said, ‘I don’t.
I just do things scared.'”
“I’m like, ‘If it has helped me, I want it to help you.’
I love sharing that kind of stuff,” she added.
This led to a mantra of sorts to help determine whether she’s serving her audience.
“Those are my three sentences I really run through.”
That merch consists of T-shirts and sweatshirts, which, not surprisingly, are right on brand.
A briefForbesbio highlights a few more, including Aerie, Audible, Hyundai, and Cheez-Its.
In fact, Myers is apparently quite picky about the companies she chooses to do business with.
“I told her I liked this hat and she gave it to me!”
said Myers as she tried on a baseball cap, concluding by singing, “What is happening?”
Myers responded byrepostingthat duet, and including her OMG-no-way response to it.
“It’s so wild,” Myers told People of having these interactions with A-list celebrities.
She’s also a talented singer, and recorded several original songs that are available to stream onSpotify.
“I hope to connect with somebody that actually knows what they’re doing,” she added.
Beginning with a memo expelled from a printer, Myers herself provides the voiceover.
As it turns out, her hair is a bit of a sore point for her.
As she toldPeople, she was regularly teased about her hair as a kid.
“I didn’t learn to love it when I had it,” she said.
“Now I don’t have it, now I miss it.'”
“I’m not trying to say I’m the next Oprah,” she told the magazine.
“But she is powerful.
She has something to say, and people know what she’s about.
She is the world’s friend, and that’s the hope I have for my career.”
