A paid vacation of one month. Tuesday afternoon wine at midday. Tipping is not required.
The influencer discusses some of the worst cultural shocks she’s encountered since moving to Italy from the US in her most well-known video.
Comments on Burns’ TikTok, which has had 19.8 million views, are mixed and include everything from envy to astonishment to approval.
Perhaps the most concise comment, liked 34,800 times, is this one:
“I believe that leaving America is the American dream.”
“That girl from America who lives in Italy”
As stated in her TikTok bio, Burns’ social media platforms document her adventures as “that American girl living in Italy.” She describes cultural contrasts, provides city guides for Italy, and talks candidly about her experiences with the camera. When the 30-year-old relocated to Florence in 2021 with her Italian boyfriend—whom she had met while on vacation a few years prior—she began sharing content on TikTok.
Travel abroad was out of the question in the early months of 2021. Burns’s combination of escapist entertainment, wish fulfillment fantasy, and humorous yet perceptive comments on the realities of relocating overseas helped her videos quickly gain popularity.Burns has one million TikTok followers as of right now. On the street, admirers come up to her and pretend to know her. She has developed a brand around her accomplishment, offering group excursions and ebooks. Her full-time work today is to chronicle her life in Italy.
Burns, a former dancer in New York, claims that this was a completely coincidental career change. She was unprepared for the level of success.