[{"text_idx": "#000009", "text": "o'n graddedigion mewn cyflogaeth a/neu\u2019n astudio ymhellach, i fod i ddechrau swydd neu gwrs newydd, neu wneud gweithgareddau eraill fel teithio."}, {"text_idx": "#000014", "text": "Ymchwil rhyngwladolAdnabod ein poblMyfyrwyr rhyngwladol"}, {"text_idx": "#000029", "text": "Ellis set up his TikTok account back in 2019 after he saw a number of transformation videos on his Instagram feed, and now has over 9 million likes across his videos."}, {"text_idx": "#000030", "text": "Feeling inspired, and with an already existing interest in drag and make-up, he decided to launch a profile that focused on beauty transformations which were later scrapped in favour of dress-up, character-based content."}, {"text_idx": "#000033", "text": "\u201cAround about April I had about 5,000 followers and the next week I had over 10,000,\u201d he said."}, {"text_idx": "#000034", "text": "\u201cI posted this one video which was celebrities you didn\u2019t know were Welsh where I basically just took normal celebrities and made their names really Welsh."}, {"text_idx": "#000035", "text": "\u201cThe cool thing with that one is that it was popping up on people\u2019s socials outside of TikTok so I was known from out of TikTok from there which was pretty cool.\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000037", "text": "\u201cIt is a very huge part of me and I like showing off my culture to everyone else on my TikTok,\u201d said Ellis."}, {"text_idx": "#000039", "text": "As someone who admitted to disregarding the Welsh language in his teen years, not seeing the point in learning it, he expressed: \u201cI want to be the type of person I wish I had years ago.\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000040", "text": "In addition to TikTok giving Ellis an enormous boost in self-confidence, with his new-found internet fame, he has found he is being increasingly recognised by people on the streets, but has been met with nothing but positivity."}, {"text_idx": "#000041", "text": "\u201cIt\u2019s crazy, but I wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019m famous or a star,\u201d he said."}, {"text_idx": "#000042", "text": "\u201cI went to Bangor last week because I was co-presenting on a BBC radio show and I stayed up there for a week, and there were literally people coming up to me asking for photos and stuff like that,"}, {"text_idx": "#000043", "text": "\u201cOne thing that always creases me is that I used to work in Gregg\u2019s and when the kids came in they would be like \u2018What are you doing working in Greggs, you\u2019re famous\u2019, and I\u2019d be like \u2018TikTok doesn\u2019t pay rent you know\u2019,\u201d laughed Ellis."}, {"text_idx": "#000044", "text": "For Ellis, moving to Cardiff has been an incredibly positive experience, and has felt in the city, he has been able to truly be himself."}, {"text_idx": "#000045", "text": "\u201cMoving to Cardiff, I feel more comfortable being myself. No one cares who you are, you just crack on with your day, and that\u2019s the sort of thing I liked about it,\u201d he said."}, {"text_idx": "#000049", "text": "\u201cMy tutor was like, \u2018Oh I could definitely see you on tele, I can imagine watching you on a show\u2019 and stuff like that,\u201d he said."}, {"text_idx": "#000050", "text": "\u201cThen she put me in contact with a TV company down in the Bay which do TV shows on S4C."}, {"text_idx": "#000053", "text": "Opening up opportunities to him that he could previously never imagine, it is TikTok that has helped kickstart Ellis\u2019s dream of going into the media to work in TV and radio \u2013 something he was repeatedly told when he was younger, was an impossible and uncertain career path."}, {"text_idx": "#000055", "text": "And even though he still occasionally worries about the unpredictability of the industry, opportunities are continuing to open thick and fast for Ellis including an upcoming project with S4C where he will be working on television series, Canu Gyda fy Arwr (Singing with My Idol)."}, {"text_idx": "#000057", "text": "And while Ellis has recently completed his degree at Cardiff University, there is no doubt the TikTok star has a bright future ahead of him \u2013 watch this space."}]