This is not a dance video, or a song. No. Lilian Droniak, 92, preferred to publish the list of what she wishes for her future funeral. “Here are the rules to followshe says in this short video, you can cry, but not too much, don’t get all worked up, then Bertha isn’t invited, don’t let her come, and finally, after all that, toast, get drunk, party and drink a hit for me.“
She specifies that it is not for now since she is in great shape, but here she is, her list has been seen more than 33 million times, shared and approved about as much. And it has far exceeded the small world of the social network TikTok, since news sites around the world, in India, Mexico, the Czech Republic, France also relay its success for a week.
@grandma_droniak it wont be any time soon but dont forget it #funeral #grandma #rules #dontcry #funeralservices #wake #greenscreen ♬ original sound – grandma_droniak
It must be said that the theme is universal and that Lilian Droniak has the art of speaking without taboos. She’s been one of TikTok’s star grandmothers for a few years, it was her grandson Kevin, 23, who signed her up in 2019, and she’s been filming herself for three years now. every day and talks about love, the joys of celibacy, his disappointed friendships (as with the famous Bertha), or even makeup to his 4.5 million subscribers.
Thanks to social networks, Lilian Droniak offers a bit of a second life. The first being very modest. She was born in 1930 in Connecticut, in the northeastern United States, where she still lives today. She left school at 16 to join the factory as a worker, a position she held until she was 62, when she decided to retire.
And then, her grandson was born, and a very strong bond was established. For him, she played the game of videos on Youtube, photos on Instagram, that of telling her life story. So why talk about death? “Because you have to joke a little about deathshe told the magazine Insider, it’s going to happen to all of us, as scary as it may seem, that’s why I want to laugh about it, to lift this taboo, and because you live your life better when you’re not afraid.”