While everyone moves out at different stages of their lives, there are very few people who can afford to fly the family nest at the tender age of 17, and move straight into a London penthouse.
Yet, that's exactly what teen TikTok star Issey Moloney did, after becoming a social media influencer almost overnight in lockdown.
The 17-year-old social guru gained a hugely impressive 3 million-strong following on the video app during the first lockdown in 2020, and since then her career has been flying.
Despite her young age, Issey says she's been using social media since the age of nine, first becoming addicted to the app Musical.ly, which later merged with TikTok, the Daily Star reports.
The teen's account, @isseypovs, is simply made up of accessible 'points of view' which lots of other teenagers find themselves relating to.
Speaking exclusively with the Star, Issey spoke about how she managed to gain so many TikTok followers in a short period of time: "I knew what was doing well at the time, so kind of followed that.
"I started a brand new account and began posting POVs, where you make up a story and match it to a song. I also made sure I mixed up my content quite a lot."
Describing her content, Issey explained: "I post a lot of relatable content that other teens can identify with. That's why most people follow me I think. I share things about mental health, stuff at home, and just talk about stuff a lot of teens go through."
With her online fame happening so fast, and at such a young age, the TikToker spoke about how she's coped with her new-found popularity.
"Because I got a lot of followers in lockdown, I wasn't really aware of how many people were seeing my videos," she admitted. "People didn't come up and ask for a photo, they'd just say hi, like a friend would."
The youngster confessed some of her pals have found her new popularity a bit difficult though: "Some of my friends were confused about it. I also couldn't see them as much as I didn't have as much free time, so that was a big change."
Issey says her dad has been great about her social media stardom though, describing him as "really supportive".
When it comes to her online followers, Issey admits she's had her fair share of "hate" although she thinks it may be because of her age.
"I do get quite a lot of hate. But it's not because I'm actually doing anything wrong. I think it's because of my age. People often treat me like they'd treat a friend in school," she said.
"They often think they know more about my life than they do, so they give opinions on my life that I'm not necessarily asking for, which can come across a bit aggressive. They forget they're not my friend in real life."
She says she never blocks anyone though as she thinks "everyone is valid to their own opinions".
Issey admits she does have a "bad habit" of answering back to trolls sometimes though: "If they say a video is boring, I just tell them that they don't have to watch it."
When it comes to earnings from her social media accounts, Issey, who also boasts 228,000 on Instagram, says she doesn't actually make any money from her TikTok.
"I don't get money for getting a certain number of views or anything. I would feel wrong for it," the teen said. "I don't like getting gifts online too as it makes me feel guilty."
Issey instead says she gets money from brand deals. However, she says she only works with companies she actually likes or thinks her followers will like.
She said: "You can definitely make a living wage from it, depending on your lifestyle. You can 100 percent you can live off it. I've already moved out at 17."
With such success, we asked Issey if she would recommend the social media lifestyle to other people her age. She admits she would have probably waited until she was older in hindsight.
The star explained: "I did start quite early on. If I'd have got to choose when I started, I would have started a little bit older. You can't make mistakes on social media, so you have to mature a lot more than you would at that age.
"I wouldn't recommend the lifestyle to other people my age, just because of how much it can affect some people mentally. You really need to separate the what people you don't know say to you from what people who do know you say."
Despite social media being Issey's main job right now, she's hoping it can open more doors to other opportunities when it comes to her career down the line.
Her dream job would be a runway model, which she has "just started looking in to." She added: "I've always really wanted to do it since a young age, but I know it's quite hard to get into it."
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