Meet the TikTok street pollers: Street interviewers creating entertainment from strangers

Comedian and event emcee Royce Lee is one of a budding crop of street interviewers in Singapore making content out of stopping people on the streets. ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG
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SINGAPORE – You have seen them on the streets or perhaps been accosted by one.

Welcome to the era of TikTok street pollers – content creators who roam the streets with a video camera to conduct street interviews with unsuspecting passers-by.

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