TikTok is the newest platform where wizard rock thrives, if you know where to look.

I did a deep dive and the amount of quality wrock I found drove me to write this article. There’s some magical stuff here! But only a small fraction of wizard rockers on TikTok would categorize themselves as such.

As cool as it would be, “WrockTok” does not actually exist as a unified side of TikTok (yet). I’m using the term as a catch-all for TikTok videos about Harry Potter fan music, whether the creators themselves would recognize the content as wrock-related or not. Indeed, there are many TikTokers making Potter-inspired songs without any awareness of the wizard rock genre.

While the wizard rock community has carved out a small presence on the app, most WrockTok content comes from big creators, mainstream musical artists, and TikTok teens. Here’s what I could gather about the WrockTok landscape so far:

Wrock Community on TikTok

I counted 20 established wizard rockers who post on TikTok, as well as dozens of fans. The most prominent are Tonks & the Aurors (@tonksandtheaurors) who posts acoustic songs, concert videos, behind-the-scenes, calls for the Yes All Witches program, memes, and more, and WZRD Radio Podcast (@wzrdradiopod) with podcast clips and news.

Some wizard rockers have gone viral – for instance, Draco Malfoy by Swish and Flick (@swishandflickftw) was a trending sound and Kalysta Flame (@kacithesiren) blew up for her Bernie Sanders burlesque. Proma Kholsa (@promawhatup) has a popular series about the Patil twins and The Weirdos Are Out (@theweirdosareout) has achieved Halloween baby fame, although you can also find quite a bit of wizard rock on her page.

Others to follow for active wrock content include Dream Quaffle (@dreamquaffle), NEWTS (@_newts), Bisexual Harry (@edwardandthecullens), HEAD BOY (@head_boy_), The Cruciatus Curse (@crucioofficial), and Darren Criss (@darrencriss). And wrockers who’ve posted about it at least once in the past: Ren Fairweather (@laurenfairwx), Kirstyn Hippe (@kirstynhippe), Olivia Dolphin (@lividol), Swell Rell (@aka_swell_rell), Blaise Vacca (@blaiseseltzer), Fuck Yeah VD (@armonition), and Kimya Dawson (@grandpakimyadawson).

In my search I uncovered a hidden gem in Abi Woods (@fishbat123) who reports to have been part of an early wizard rock band called Trapped As Muggles which has since been scrubbed from the web. But fear not, Abi started a solo project on TikTok with new song I Wish I Was At Hogwarts!

There are also loads of wizard rock fans on TikTok, in general posting concert videos (@goodvibesotg, @rosworms, @pooquelle, @maribo19, @thepizzawizard, @thedestituteduchess, @gandolphfairlady, @britreid @karasabb, @sammnnicole) or something along the lines of “do you remember wrock?” (@chickenandwafflesforever, @missalliemae_02, @savdag, @shannoneveryday, @permanentefficacyofgrace, @fjirvine, @luxiegames, @signedbyscott, @artisaurusrex, @againaweasel, @thatdamdam, @jaxdeee, @anniejanec, @nerdosickologist, @mattis.ivan). Let’s tell Ainsley (@fanficti0n) to follow through on her dream of making Marauders music!

Several fans post about their experience at LeakyCon (@housespock, @noellatrix, @laprimanerda, @leakycon) or lip-sync to wizard rock in cosplay (@emhoodcosplays, @tayjannn, @sunshine_herself, @snippyemma, @barely.cosplay, @dorkforlifeproductions). Ellie Anglin (@eleanoranglin) has clips of the music video she created for The Lovegoods (stream). Megan (@meganlilyflower) shares how to go back to Hogwarts without JK Rowling. Fandom Forward (@fandomforward) promotes its compilations, and Franky R (@glowingstraw) and @so.i.wondered find out about wizard rock for the first time.

We’re out here TikTokin’ and wizard rockin’ – join us! 

Mainstream Musicians

WrockTok is also loaded with Muggle musicians playing with Potter, like Tom Felton (@t22felton) with Hermione to Hawaii, the amazing Everyone in Harry Potter is Secretly Bi by The Klusterfunk (@theklusterfunk), and Dani Rocca’s (@daniroccamusic) Some Dobby That I Used To Know (p1 & p2). There’s also Rachelle Rhienne (@rachellerhienne), John Caramel (@itsjohncaramel), Genesis Sol (@thegenesissol), and several singers playing mermaids (such as @malindamusic and @raquelreigns).

Other mainstream music artists are a bit more serious about wizard rock (by another name), using TikTok to promote their album or single. Chloe Ament’s (@chloeamentmusic) Broken Bodies, Broken Hearts EP (stream) and until the very end by Ella Martine (@ellamartine) (stream) are incredible, must-listen records made famous on TikTok.

I also found published singles from A’niche (@anichemusic) (stream), Big Miko (@bigmiko) (stream), Caroline de Lone (@carolinedelonemusic) (stream), DATB (@dougandthebugs) (stream), K3 Sisters (@k3sistersband) (stream), and Son of Scotland (@SonOfScotlandBand) (stream), as well as the beautiful Voldemort by Eva Snyder (@evanotthepretzels) (stream), Nnoa (@officialnnoa) with Incendio (stream), a slate of Fred songs from Jayde Love (@thatmusicianjayde) – Freddy, What The Hell (p2), and Without You (stream) – and Emma Fischer’s (@emmafischermusic) Identity Crisis (stream), I Go to Hogwarts (stream), Manacled, and Burden (stream).

Finally, musicians with pretty polished songs not available to stream anywhere besides TikTok include Brian Frazier (@frazehasfun) – Dark Lord, Dumbledore, Stan verse, The Real Voldy – Liz Moss (@lizmmusic), Calvin Duffield (@musician_calvin_duffield), Briman (@brimanjams), Soumya (@soumyavytla), Katea (@kateabek), Lexi Jones (@lexibrynjones), Cadalay (@cadalaymusic), and Johnny 2 Phones (@johnny2phones). I get the sense they could be convinced to finish, record, and release these. And Chloe Ament’s WZRD Radio interview is proof that people in this category can be converted into wizard rockers!

Content Creators

Then there’s the professional TikTokers who mostly use backing tracks and might not have even considered a mainstream release of their music: Black Harry (@thesocialgeekfamily), Em Wallbank (@miwallbank), Mikaila (@magicbymikaila) and Chanel Williams (@chanwills0). They’re in our universe, attend LeakyCon, and could possibly be drawn into the community – at least for a podcast episode.

Other big creators dipping their toe into Harry Potter fan music include Rosie Dean (@rosiedean21), The Cat Rapper (@iammoshow), Mireia Decler (@declermireia), Tessa Netting (@tessanetting), Big Salvatore (@big_salvatore), and Cupcake Angel (@cupcake_angell). See also Mya Brown’s (@myaam8) famous wizard rap series about Voldemort’s Hufflepuff daughter and Andrea Cerrato (@andrea.cerrato) with Occhiala tondi (p2 & ukulele version).

In another fun realm of WrockTok, there are viral remixes of various sounds from the films. I’m sure you’re familiar with the meme-ified wizard chess scene, which yielded a hype EDM track by Zeo (@zeo_choons) and covers from the likes of T.3 (@t.3official) and Remember Monday (@remembermonday_). TikTokers such as Percy Rico (@percyrico_) have fun with the way the Hogwarts marching band juxtaposes with Amos Diggory’s grief (the fire Hogwarts March x WAP mashup needs no introduction). Duke & Jones (@dukeandjones) come in hot with HOW DARE YOU STEAL THAT CAR and more people than you can count dance to Potter Puppet Pals.

Aspiring Wrockers

The final group consists of the folks using TikTok like YouTube, posting acoustic fan music in their bedroom unaware that they have an audience in us, the wizard rock community.

Kye (@kye0360) shares an instrumental inspired by Puffs. Get your a capella fix from Karlee (@dorybrained) or the Lestranges made to do TikTok by their shrink (@BellatrixRodolphusLestrange).

Listen to Guinevere Rose’s (@guinevere_rose_) earnest Romione song Teaspoon of Liquid Luck (stream) or head to her YouTube channel for Dobby’s First Christmas.

Open Hearted by Singer Wrongwriter (@singerwrongwriter) captures the raw pain of being emotionally invested in Harry Potter. Then Juliet Roses (@juliet_roses) gives us the angsty Draco song we all need. Alexa Hidalgo (@alexa.hidalg) plays around with Hedwig’s Theme in Canción de Harry Potter con Letra (p2, p3).

Last but not least, the hilarious and touching The Boy Who Lived by @slowpoke.aluminum got some well-deserved attention on the app. 

Such videos are usually tagged something like “original harry potter song” if you’d ever like to leave lovely comments for amateur musicians about how we’d love to hear their voice.

Profound Conclusion

Wizard rock grew up with the Internet. And contrary to what Love Wrocks might posit, Facebook could not kill it.

The story of wizard rock is also the fascinating one of technological evolution. From the days of MySpace and CDs through the emergence of Bandcamp and streaming services, we’ve always utilized the tools at our disposal to share music and connect.

Interestingly enough, with each innovation making online fandom more accessible came pockets of Harry Potter fan music completely disconnected from the wrock scene of MySpace roots. YouTube, especially, saw kids with webcams and famous creators alike expressing themselves through Potter parodies, reinventing a wheel they didn’t know had been turning since 2002.

WrockTok not only gives us magical new music, but it also reaffirms that even when the wizard rock of yore is forgotten, the instinct to tell stories about stories through song will never die.