this group that calls itself the bro army. kevin rooseĪnd this thing that he’s doing, this sort of mix of intimacy and this weird, juvenile humor, it causes his audience - youtube video (pewdiepie) Transmitting your - ah, right in my penis! I pee from that. kevin rooseĪnd the other part of it is - youtube video (pewdiepie) (SINGING) I’m swimming around in a vagina. kevin rooseĪnd some of that is this sense of intimacy that he created on his channel. It’s weird to say because I never met you. I really do consider all of you as a friend almost. To his fans, he starts to feel like - youtube video (pewdiepie) I’m going to miss you guys a lot, actually. having to take a break from YouTube because he’s got to go study. With finals coming up in less than a month, I just can’t put my hobby in front of - kevin roose youtube video (pewdiepie)Īt one point, he talks about - youtube video (pewdiepie) and speaks directly to them about - youtube video (pewdiepie)Īre you recording? youtube video (pewdiepie) shares gifts his fans have sent him, answers their questions - youtube video (pewdiepie) The next one, it’s from Finland, Susan Fostrum, another gift. And it’s a way for me to get closer to you guys. But I thought, I’ll do these vloggish sort of things at least once a week. He eventually starts calling them - youtube video (pewdiepie) It’s going to be a really boring video, just warning you. Welcome to my very first non-gameplay video. Felix starts putting these new kinds of videos onto his channel. kevin rooseĪnd then at this point - youtube video (pewdiepie) What I care more about is the support for - that I get from all you guys. It was like, eh, I don’t really care for numbers that much. kevin rooseįirst of all, it was 1,000 subs. No! No! Get out! Get out! Get out! Get out! (CRYING) I don’t want to play this game anymore. Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! No! No! Ah! kevin roose youtube video (pewdiepie)īecause his reaction to the scary stuff in these games - youtube video (pewdiepie) youtube video (pewdiepie)Īnd these videos, they’re actually pretty fun to watch. kevin rooseĪnd he starts playing these horror games. pretty soon he moves on from “Call of Duty” and “Minecraft.” youtube video (pewdiepie) Welcome, everyone, to part one of “Nightmare House 2.” kevin roose So I just want to thank you guys so much. To a lot of people, 100 subscribers is probably an insignificant number. Today, we’re going to celebrate because I got 100 subscribers. kevin rooseĪnd by the end of the year - youtube video (pewdiepie) How’s it going, bros? My name’s PewDiePie. He starts every video or most videos saying, like - youtube video (pewdiepie)

OK, I should probably do something more productive after this. youtube video (pewdiepie)Īnd he begins uploading these videos with himself playing his favorite video games, like “Call of Duty” and “Minecraft.” in April of that year, he starts a YouTube channel. He’s an undergrad at a Swedish university. He looks very Swedish - blonde hair, blue eyes. So PewDiePie’s real name is Felix Kjellberg. is that this whole story unfolded in front of a webcam.

kevin rooseĪnd one of the wildest things about it - youtube video (pewdiepie) Like all day, PewDiePie, a bunch, PewDiePie. is central to understanding the culture war of our age. andy millsĪnd somehow, his story - archived recording And you feel like you’re a part of it with him. It’s just something about him that makes people love him so much. andy millsĮven though so many people that I know have never even heard of him. And he doesn’t pretend to be some - like, he’s real. andy millsīut according to some measures, like he’s the most famous person of our lifetime. His reach transcends nationality, language and culture in a career made possible by the digital age. Like, way bigger than anyone that Caleb ever got into. I have learned that this guy is not only the most popular YouTuber ever - archived recordingĮveryone looks up to him as like not really a god, but like the YouTube god. None of it has surprised me more than PewDiePie. My grandma says I sound just like him when I do it. Of all the things that I’ve learned over the past year of working with you - archived recording How’s it going, bros? My name is PewDiePie. If we are destined to live in a global village, one day we will all be connected to the internet. This technology uses computer networks to link people on every continent. Thursday, May 14th, 2020 Īs we approach the 21st century, a new means of communication is emerging. Transcript Five: The Accidental Emperor With Kevin Roose, produced by Andy Mills, Julia Longoria and Sindhu Gnanasambandan, and edited by Larissa Anderson and Wendy Dorr How one outsider came to rule the internet - and eventually embody its battle with mainstream culture.

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