Bob Dylan, that rabble-rouser, prankster and social media maven, has struck again. Dylan, who hasn’t been exactly prolific on the social media platform X, posted on TikTok this week for the first time — just as the app might get unplugged in the United States.

Dylan seemed to be in on the joke, posting an old black and white clip of himself saying “Good God, I must leave right away.”

It must be tough being an iconoclast. The temptation to join with the popular taste must be resisted. This could mean you are a visionary, arriving early at an alternative trend, or, to quote Bob Dylan,