Musician Sarah Crean: ‘I was about to quit full-time music when my song suddenly went viral’

The Dublin social media sensation on the pressure to replicate the success of her single, her battle with debilitating endometriosis and staying true to herself at all costs

Sarah Crean at No 59 on Camden Street in Dublin. Photo: Frank McGrath

Lauren Murphy

Sarah Crean will never forget the date: November 11, 2022. That was the day of what she now simply refers to as “the TikTok”. The day that her life changed.

“I was in a really bad place before that happened,” says the young Dublin musician. “I’ve always been a very anxious person, but around that time, it peaked, and I began taking medication. My hormones and body were all over the place, and then I got this notification that I’d been tagged in a video… And I haven’t rested since. Really, if my childhood self had seen the weeks that followed that, I don’t think she’d believe it. It was like a movie.”