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Lil Tay Dropping "The Link" or Lil Tay OnlyFans refers to rumors and memes about Lil Tay launching and dropping the link to her OnlyFans page on her 18th birthday, which purportedly took place on July 29th, 2025. The discourse about Lil Tay's hypothetical OnlyFans account went viral in late July 2025 after she posted a video claiming she would "drop the link" on her 18th birthday, not specifying exactly what link she's talking about. A countdown to her 18th birthday was started on her Instagram page that seemed to suggest that she was dropping an OnlyFans. Lil Tay played into the rumors in her content, including videos where she talks about joining the Bop House. Lil Tay did not drop an OnlyFans account on her 18th birthday but continued to make videos implying she would be dropping a link. Many believe that "the link" is a marketing tactic for the release of a new song due to the vague way she talks about it. This rumor was fueled after the release of a video where she says she was inspired by Sabrina Carpenter and Sydney Sweeney to drop the link. Some also believe that she is lying about her birthday being on July 29th, claiming she is not turning 18 in 2025, although several sources prior to 2025 claim that she was born July 29th, 2007. On August 3rd, Lil Tay officially launched her OnlyFans account and reportedly made over a million dollars in three hours.

Origin

On July 22nd, 2025, Lil Tay posted a video on TikTok^[1] where she claims it's her 18th birthday on July 29th and that "everyone has been waiting" for her to "drop the link." She asks if she should do it. The video gained over 2.6 million views in just over a week.

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On July 22nd, 2025, TikToker^[2] @woozerson posted a video making fun of people who are counting down the release of Lil Tay's OnlyFans, calling them "sick" and likening it to people who counted down until Bhad Bhabie's OnlyFans, garnering over 250,000 views in about a week.

On July 25th, 2025, Redditor u/Real_External_6030 posted a screenshot of Lil Tay's Instagram page to the /r/FauxMoi^[3] subreddit with a countdown to her 18th birthday in the bio, garnering over 665 upvotes in a week. Another photo shows an announcement about the countdown in her Discord server. The Instagram^[4] page liltay_vip was launched around this time and is linked in Lil Tay's bio.

Lil Tay continued to play into the claim in her videos, never specifying what link she is dropping. For example, on July 26th, 2025, she posted a video to TikTok^[5] claiming she's dropping the link because she's "broke as shit," garnering over 5.8 million views in six days.

On July 31st, TikToker^[6] @igchri5 posted a comedy skit making fun of the type of people who wait up until midnight to be the first to buy Lil Tay's OnlyFans, garnering over 950,000 views in a day.

On the same day, Lil Tay posted a video on TikTok^[7] inviting specific influencers to vote on whether or not she drops the link. That same day, she posted a video on TikTok^[8] claiming that Sydney Sweeney and Sabrina Carpenter, who are regularly criticized for the way they use promiscuity to advertise themselves and their projects, inspired her to drop the link, garnering over 940,000 views in a day. This video fuelled rumors that Lil Tay will be dropping a song as "the link."

Some people have speculated that Lil Tay is not turning 18 in 2025 and is younger than she's claiming, although articles published prior to 2025 by sites including The Cut^[9] and Vanity Fair^[10] corroborate the 2007 birth year.

OnlyFans Launch

On August 3rd, 2025, Lil Tay dropped the link to her OnlyFans account. That day, she posted a screenshot on Instagram^[11] that suggests she made over $1-million in three hours.

The launch and its success inspired controversy online aimed at the people who waited for Lil Tay to release the link. For example, on that day, X^[12] user @M1das_OW2 posted, "they gotta arrest anybody who signed up for this shit," garnering over 143,000 likes in a day.

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