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Austin Peay senior, her brother approaching 4 million TikTok followers

Austin Peay State University business marketing senior Jenna Pry and her brother, Seth, have become TikTok stars, attracting more than 3.7 million followers since a December 2019 video went viral. In the eight-second video, Seth sprints through a rain-drenched parking lot in his Chick-fil-A uniform to Jenna鈥檚 car and asks, 鈥淗ave you been served yet, ma鈥檃m? Can I get you anything?鈥 That video has earned 3.6 million views so far. From there, the brother and sister duo have carved out success from their videos, and some of their video鈥檚 costars 鈥 such as a literal throw pillow and a see-through chair 鈥 have helped propel them to stardom. We caught up with Jenna, who expects to graduate in May, to ask how she and Seth have adapted to their fame, especially while navigating a pandemic. How did the Chick-fil-A video happen? I think it was the second week of last December, and it was our first video. I usually text Seth when he鈥檚 at Chick-fil-A and ask him to throw some extra nuggets in just to let him know I鈥檓 there. He was actually sitting in the parking lot waiting for his shift to start, and I texted that I was in the drive-thru and saw him. I鈥檝e always recorded stuff and just leave it on. I have so many videos of him when he was younger. He鈥檚 always been so goofy. And I just happened to flip on my camera, and he was running, and it blew up. That was not planned. It just happened so fast. How quickly after the video went viral did you figure out you could just keep making popular videos? After that Chick-fil-A video we really didn鈥檛 know how to style videos people liked because it was just such a spontaneous video. I didn鈥檛 know how to keep rolling with this. The next few videos kind of didn鈥檛 do so well because we didn't really know what we were doing. Then I don鈥檛 know, I guess people just fell in love with Seth鈥檚 character, and we just kept going with it. How do you come up with the ideas for your videos? Some of our ideas are planned but most of the time, I just tell Seth to walk through the door and say something dumb because he鈥檚 really good at that. But, yeah, our scripts are very spontaneous. We just go with it. We don鈥檛 script much. But you do stick to some themes? Yes. We do stick to opening the door and throwing the pillow. Seth pretty much just says whatever. We have the same routine. Even though you鈥檙e mostly behind the camera in your videos, your laughing in response to your brother is part of the magic of the video. Yeah, people say my laugh is contagious and that they like to laugh along with me. What was your life like during the next several months? Me and Seth both have jobs, and it was kind of hard to fit our time in with all that craziness going on. Making videos was extremely hard from December to March. Then in March, me and Seth both got relieved from our jobs, and that鈥檚 when we started making lots of videos and hit 2 million followers. We were just doing nothing but making videos. When we both got back into our jobs, things started slowing down again, but I recently quit my job. Sometimes we struggle here and there, like he wants to go and do his thing and I go and do my thing. He鈥檒l come home at midnight, and I鈥檒l say, 鈥淎ll right, let鈥檚 do video real quick.鈥 Did your videos change when the pandemic started? Not too much. Our views went up a whole lot. The pandemic got everyone on their phones. We saw a huge increase in our engagement Tell me a little bit more about yourself outside the videos. I鈥檓 a military brat originally from Georgia. I came to Austin Peay because my family is local, and I wanted to stay with my family. I wanted to go to a bigger school, but I鈥檓 glad I go here because it鈥檚 smaller, I鈥檓 with my friends, and the classes have 20 people, so I鈥檓 able to connect with my professor. Seth is studying to be a pilot. He gets his license at the end of this month. He wants to get his license then go fly commercial. He鈥檚 wanted to do that since he was young. To see more You can see more of Jenna and Seth鈥檚 videos on their social media accounts: 鈥 TikTok: @jenna_pry. 鈥 Instagram: @seth.pry. 鈥 YouTube: Jenna and Seth Pry. This interview was edited for length and clarity.

(Posted Oct. 29, 2020)

Austin Peay State University business marketing senior Jenna Pry and her brother, Seth, have become TikTok stars, attracting more than 3.7 million followers since went viral.

In the eight-second video, Seth sprints through a rain-drenched parking lot in his Chick-fil-A uniform to Jenna鈥檚 car and asks, 鈥淗ave you been served yet, ma鈥檃m? Can I get you anything?鈥 That video has earned 3.6 million views so far.

From there, the brother and sister duo have carved out success from their videos, and some of their video鈥檚 costars 鈥 such as a literal throw pillow and a see-through chair 鈥 have helped propel them to stardom.

We caught up with Jenna, who expects to graduate in May, to ask how she and Seth have adapted to their fame, especially while navigating a pandemic.

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How did the Chick-fil-A video happen?

I think it was the second week of last December, and it was our first video. I usually text Seth when he鈥檚 at Chick-fil-A and ask him to throw some extra nuggets in just to let him know I鈥檓 there. He was actually sitting in the parking lot waiting for his shift to start, and I texted that I was in the drive-thru and saw him. I鈥檝e always recorded stuff and just leave it on. I have so many videos of him when he was younger. He鈥檚 always been so goofy. And I just happened to flip on my camera, and he was running, and it blew up. That was not planned. It just happened so fast.

How quickly after the video went viral did you figure out you could just keep making popular videos?

After that Chick-fil-A video we really didn鈥檛 know how to style videos people liked because it was just such a spontaneous video. I didn鈥檛 know how to keep rolling with this. The next few videos kind of didn鈥檛 do so well because we didn't really know what we were doing. Then I don鈥檛 know, I guess people just fell in love with Seth鈥檚 character, and we just kept going with it.

How do you come up with the ideas for your videos?

Some of our ideas are planned but most of the time, I just tell Seth to walk through the door and say something dumb because he鈥檚 really good at that. But, yeah, our scripts are very spontaneous. We just go with it. We don鈥檛 script much.

Austin Peay State University business marketing senior Jenna Pry and her brother, Seth, have become TikTok stars, attracting more than 3.7 million followers since a December 2019 video went viral. In the eight-second video, Seth sprints through a rain-drenched parking lot in his Chick-fil-A uniform to Jenna鈥檚 car and asks, 鈥淗ave you been served yet, ma鈥檃m? Can I get you anything?鈥 That video has earned 3.6 million views so far. From there, the brother and sister duo have carved out success from their videos, and some of their video鈥檚 costars 鈥 such as a literal throw pillow and a see-through chair 鈥 have helped propel them to stardom. We caught up with Jenna, who expects to graduate in May, to ask how she and Seth have adapted to their fame, especially while navigating a pandemic. How did the Chick-fil-A video happen? I think it was the second week of last December, and it was our first video. I usually text Seth when he鈥檚 at Chick-fil-A and ask him to throw some extra nuggets in just to let him know I鈥檓 there. He was actually sitting in the parking lot waiting for his shift to start, and I texted that I was in the drive-thru and saw him. I鈥檝e always recorded stuff and just leave it on. I have so many videos of him when he was younger. He鈥檚 always been so goofy. And I just happened to flip on my camera, and he was running, and it blew up. That was not planned. It just happened so fast. How quickly after the video went viral did you figure out you could just keep making popular videos? After that Chick-fil-A video we really didn鈥檛 know how to style videos people liked because it was just such a spontaneous video. I didn鈥檛 know how to keep rolling with this. The next few videos kind of didn鈥檛 do so well because we didn't really know what we were doing. Then I don鈥檛 know, I guess people just fell in love with Seth鈥檚 character, and we just kept going with it. How do you come up with the ideas for your videos? Some of our ideas are planned but most of the time, I just tell Seth to walk through the door and say something dumb because he鈥檚 really good at that. But, yeah, our scripts are very spontaneous. We just go with it. We don鈥檛 script much. But you do stick to some themes? Yes. We do stick to opening the door and throwing the pillow. Seth pretty much just says whatever. We have the same routine. Even though you鈥檙e mostly behind the camera in your videos, your laughing in response to your brother is part of the magic of the video. Yeah, people say my laugh is contagious and that they like to laugh along with me. What was your life like during the next several months? Me and Seth both have jobs, and it was kind of hard to fit our time in with all that craziness going on. Making videos was extremely hard from December to March. Then in March, me and Seth both got relieved from our jobs, and that鈥檚 when we started making lots of videos and hit 2 million followers. We were just doing nothing but making videos. When we both got back into our jobs, things started slowing down again, but I recently quit my job. Sometimes we struggle here and there, like he wants to go and do his thing and I go and do my thing. He鈥檒l come home at midnight, and I鈥檒l say, 鈥淎ll right, let鈥檚 do video real quick.鈥 Did your videos change when the pandemic started? Not too much. Our views went up a whole lot. The pandemic got everyone on their phones. We saw a huge increase in our engagement Tell me a little bit more about yourself outside the videos. I鈥檓 a military brat originally from Georgia. I came to Austin Peay because my family is local, and I wanted to stay with my family. I wanted to go to a bigger school, but I鈥檓 glad I go here because it鈥檚 smaller, I鈥檓 with my friends, and the classes have 20 people, so I鈥檓 able to connect with my professor. Seth is studying to be a pilot. He gets his license at the end of this month. He wants to get his license then go fly commercial. He鈥檚 wanted to do that since he was young. To see more You can see more of Jenna and Seth鈥檚 videos on their social media accounts: 鈥 TikTok: @jenna_pry. 鈥 Instagram: @seth.pry. 鈥 YouTube: Jenna and Seth Pry. This interview was edited for length and clarity.

But you do stick to some themes?

Yes. We do stick to opening the door and throwing the pillow. Seth pretty much just says whatever. We have the same routine.

Even though you鈥檙e mostly behind the camera in your videos, your laughing in response to your brother is part of the magic of the video.

Yeah, people say my laugh is contagious and that they like to laugh along with me.

What was your life like during the next several months?

Me and Seth both have jobs, and it was kind of hard to fit our time in with all that craziness going on. Making videos was extremely hard from December to March. Then in March, me and Seth both got relieved from our jobs, and that鈥檚 when we started making lots of videos and hit 2 million followers. We were just doing nothing but making videos. When we both got back into our jobs, things started slowing down again, but I recently quit my job. Sometimes we struggle here and there, like he wants to go and do his thing and I go and do my thing. He鈥檒l come home at midnight, and I鈥檒l say, 鈥淎ll right, let鈥檚 do video real quick.鈥

Did your videos change when the pandemic started?

Not too much. Our views went up a whole lot. The pandemic got everyone on their phones. We saw a huge increase in our engagement

Tell me a little bit more about yourself outside the videos.

I鈥檓 a military brat originally from Georgia. I came to Austin Peay because my family is local, and I wanted to stay with my family. I wanted to go to a bigger school, but I鈥檓 glad I go here because it鈥檚 smaller, I鈥檓 with my friends, and the classes have 20 people, so I鈥檓 able to connect with my professor. Seth is studying to be a pilot. He gets his license at the end of this month. He wants to get his license then go fly commercial. He鈥檚 wanted to do that since he was young.

To see more

You can see more of Jenna and Seth鈥檚 videos on their social media accounts:

This interview was edited for length and clarity.

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