1 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:15,040 [electronic music playing] 2 00:00:19,279 --> 00:00:22,279 [Vik] When we all started at school, they would laugh at us. 3 00:00:22,279 --> 00:00:25,640 They would say, "Why do you sit at home and talk while you play games? 4 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:26,720 That's so weird." 5 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,560 And to now where you say, "I'm a YouTuber. I'm making videos." 6 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:31,040 people go, "Ah! That's so cool." 7 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,920 [JJ] If you told me ten years ago, we're gonna be here, 8 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:35,000 I would've laughed. 9 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,040 Ten years ago, I was just this kid in my bedroom with a dream thinking, 10 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,760 "Oh, it'd be cool to just make a few videos online 11 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:43,239 and see where it gets me." 12 00:00:43,239 --> 00:00:45,919 Hey, guys. Ah, and... 13 00:00:45,919 --> 00:00:48,320 [all] ... welcome to The Sidemen Channel. 14 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:49,360 [cheering] 15 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:53,640 The Sidemen are a group of YouTubers that are just smashing it right now. 16 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:55,120 [laughter] 17 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:58,080 The Sidemen pioneered the idea of a YouTube group. 18 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,000 I don't think there's anyone doing it bigger or better than them. 19 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,200 [man] They get 300 million plus views every single month. 20 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:06,920 They get over a billion impressions every month. 21 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,960 244 million followers, and that is huge. 22 00:01:09,960 --> 00:01:13,600 It goes to show how powerful a group can be. 23 00:01:15,479 --> 00:01:19,280 [crowd cheering] 24 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:23,600 The feds are gonna lock us up. 25 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:26,479 - They're gonna lock us up. - We're totally getting arrested. [laughs] 26 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:29,720 [Tobi] You can't plan relatability. 27 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:34,479 It's a group of friends organically having fun on camera. 28 00:01:34,479 --> 00:01:36,080 Here we go! 29 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:37,679 [Tobi] Something that you can't fake. 30 00:01:37,679 --> 00:01:42,000 You have this group of seven young men. They all have such distinct personalities. 31 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,880 When they all come together, it's just this amazing magic. 32 00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:47,440 [gasps] 33 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:49,119 Say it again! 34 00:01:49,119 --> 00:01:51,119 [cheering] 35 00:01:51,119 --> 00:01:52,839 [man] We had experts come along 36 00:01:52,839 --> 00:01:55,759 and the one resounding thing that they always say is, 37 00:01:55,759 --> 00:01:57,640 "Everything we do shouldn't work." 38 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:59,280 It shouldn't work, but it does. 39 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:04,479 {\an8}The highest earning video is $587,000. 40 00:02:04,479 --> 00:02:07,360 It makes sense. It is on 92 million views. 41 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:12,160 - Shout for KSI. - Making way for the Sidemen. 42 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:16,920 [man] The fact that KSI has blown up is really helpful for the Sidemen. 43 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:18,519 Thank you for having me. 44 00:02:18,519 --> 00:02:23,280 - Ultimately, it's a great marketing tool. - KSI! 45 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,640 [MrBeast] A lot of people want mainstream acceptance, 46 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:27,560 and they want acceptance by Hollywood. 47 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,120 But who the hell cares? 48 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,840 If you're a YouTuber getting 20-30 million views a video, 49 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,519 you're getting more views than, you know, the last ten movies to come out to buy. 50 00:02:35,519 --> 00:02:37,079 Who cares what Hollywood thinks? 51 00:02:37,079 --> 00:02:38,200 Yo. 52 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:40,920 For fuck's sake. 53 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:44,600 Everyone recognises that people are watching channels on YouTube. 54 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:46,679 They're not watching the TV screens any more. 55 00:02:46,679 --> 00:02:49,320 [man] Behaviour changed because technology changed 56 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,000 and kids are the first ones who adapt. 57 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,560 Do you think that the Sidemen Sundays would be as popular if they were on TV? 58 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:56,679 - No. - No. 59 00:02:56,679 --> 00:02:57,840 TV's dead. 60 00:02:57,840 --> 00:02:58,880 [laughs] 61 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,280 An online creator is able to give you 62 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:05,040 as much or as little of themselves as they want, and it's not filtered. 63 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,440 And that is a level of engagement that hasn't ever existed before. 64 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:10,480 I've been running myself into the ground 65 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:14,359 till like 4:00 or 5:00, and like I do not feel okay. 66 00:03:14,359 --> 00:03:16,799 What the Sidemen have is so much lore. 67 00:03:16,799 --> 00:03:21,799 We've got ten years' worth of experiences, emotional ups and downs, 68 00:03:21,799 --> 00:03:24,239 where they're falling out or not getting on as well. 69 00:03:24,239 --> 00:03:27,239 ...but I'm going home. I'd rather get in the cab and fuck off. 70 00:03:27,239 --> 00:03:29,079 Or the dynamics in the group are shifting. 71 00:03:29,079 --> 00:03:32,280 I am no longer with the Sidemen. 72 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:33,760 But again, it's still content. 73 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:35,840 [cheering] 74 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:37,160 [Tobi] Bro, what is this? 75 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:38,679 It's a bit mad with fans, 76 00:03:38,679 --> 00:03:40,200 like there's places we can't go. 77 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:41,119 [cheering] 78 00:03:41,119 --> 00:03:45,200 We've kind of been swarmed and locked in a little bit. 79 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,079 They're gonna hate me for saying this, 80 00:03:47,079 --> 00:03:49,160 but it's like the One Direction of YouTube. 81 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:52,679 {\an8}Yes. You might watch my videos, but no, you're not invited to my house. 82 00:03:52,679 --> 00:03:55,480 We had some kids run in and kind of interrupt us mid-filming. 83 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:00,760 [shouting indistinctly] 84 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:02,880 [Josh] I don't know how much more mental it can get 85 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:04,760 and I don't wanna find out, to be honest. 86 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,280 [engine whirring] 87 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,479 We're dancing, bro. Jeez. 88 00:04:40,479 --> 00:04:44,000 - [interviewer] How you doing, man? - I'm good man. Good to be back. 89 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,560 - What you been up to since the... - What have I been up to? 90 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:51,840 Bro, I've been, erm, well, I went Seychelles for a little bit. 91 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:54,560 Er, about nine days. That was quite nice. 92 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:56,599 And now, I'm out here at Sidemen, 93 00:04:56,599 --> 00:05:01,360 and, er, we've got a crazy shoot Takeshi's Castle style shoot. 94 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:03,240 - [interviewer] Mmm-hmm. - And, er, 95 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:05,880 I've seen a few of the sets. It looks mental. 96 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:11,039 All right. Oh, my God. Oh, my God, bro. 97 00:05:11,039 --> 00:05:14,159 Look at this set. It looks so much better in person. 98 00:05:14,159 --> 00:05:19,719 [laughs] Bro, our production. We keep going up, bro. 99 00:05:19,719 --> 00:05:20,640 Come on. 100 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,800 {\an8}- Brother, how you doing? - Welcome on set. 101 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:24,520 {\an8}You have lost a little bit of weight. 102 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,440 {\an8}- Yeah. Can I play in the charity match? - No. 103 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:27,440 {\an8}No, no, but... 104 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:28,479 {\an8}- Like... - Being strong. 105 00:05:28,479 --> 00:05:29,880 {\an8}- I've been trying. - Fair play. 106 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,200 - Thanks, man. - Jeez. This looks incredible. 107 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:33,159 Yeah, I know. 108 00:05:33,159 --> 00:05:35,400 It looks sick. This looks very sick. 109 00:05:37,919 --> 00:05:39,440 Lovely stuff, mate. 110 00:05:40,919 --> 00:05:44,440 This isn't green. This is a bit bougie, innit. [laughs] 111 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:45,359 Yeah. 112 00:05:45,359 --> 00:05:46,919 We levelled up a little bit. [laughs] 113 00:05:46,919 --> 00:05:50,120 Me, Vik, and Tobe are together on this one. They're collaborative efforts. 114 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:52,400 It's our most expensive and largest video ever. 115 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:53,960 Not too bad. Looks pretty good. 116 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:55,960 I disagree with what he's saying. 117 00:05:56,719 --> 00:05:59,159 {\an8}Oh. Nice to meet you. [laughs] 118 00:05:59,159 --> 00:06:01,080 {\an8}Nice to meet you, too. What are we filming for? 119 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,440 {\an8}- Er, this is our doc, right? - Oh, really? 120 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,840 [Vik] We've always had our eye on Takeshi's Castle for the longest time. 121 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:09,760 We grew up watching it as a game show, 122 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:12,479 and this was the most fun thing that we could land on 123 00:06:12,479 --> 00:06:16,200 that would kind of mesh what MrBeast does and what Sidemen is. 124 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:18,240 So hopefully, it all works out, erm... 125 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,799 Well, thanks for the life story, Vik. I appreciate that. 126 00:06:20,799 --> 00:06:24,000 We're making... We're making a long-form video, Harry. 127 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:26,599 - [Simon] My honest opinion. - [Vik] Go on. 128 00:06:26,599 --> 00:06:28,120 I wouldn't have chosen this one. 129 00:06:29,159 --> 00:06:30,000 - Fair. - [laughs] 130 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,359 Well, it was a balance between 131 00:06:31,359 --> 00:06:34,359 what can we build without it costing another hundred grand, 132 00:06:34,359 --> 00:06:36,320 and what will be entertaining to watch. 133 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,400 To be fair, this actually cost a lot. This floor cost like 50 grand. 134 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:41,159 What? What? This? 135 00:06:41,159 --> 00:06:43,799 - It's all printed, like... - It's a mat. 136 00:06:43,799 --> 00:06:46,960 No, hang on a minute. I could've print this for half the price. 137 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:48,919 [Simon] Twenty grand. He would've hand-drawn it. 138 00:06:48,919 --> 00:06:50,280 [Vik] You can do that next time. 139 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:51,599 [Harry] Oh, I bloody well will. 140 00:06:51,599 --> 00:06:53,760 - Okay. Something like that. - For 50 grand? 141 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:55,400 - Forgive me if I'm wrong. - Fifty grand? 142 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:57,680 - I can see the seams. - TP. 143 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,240 It's not even lined up. 144 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:04,120 Okay, guys, all cameras rolling, please. 145 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:05,719 [indistinct chattering] 146 00:07:05,719 --> 00:07:09,280 Three, two, one, go. 147 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:12,400 [all screaming] 148 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:30,440 Awesome. Yes, now. 149 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:32,400 - [interviewer] Is this, er... - Round two. 150 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:33,840 We're doing... We're doing... Sorry. 151 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:35,359 No. It's all right. It's all right. 152 00:07:35,359 --> 00:07:38,239 - I just wanted to cut him off. - What was your question? 153 00:07:38,239 --> 00:07:42,320 I was gonna ask is this how it goes or is the flow better for you guys? 154 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:43,960 Oh, no. No, this is... This is always... 155 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:45,359 - It's always fucking... - Okay, good. 156 00:07:45,359 --> 00:07:47,479 It's always a shit-show. No. No, mate. 157 00:07:47,479 --> 00:07:48,440 [cheering] 158 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:50,400 [man] Go Sidemen. 159 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:52,400 [Josh] When we started Sidemen Sundays, 160 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,599 they were pretty much always in our house, 161 00:07:55,599 --> 00:07:58,760 and there may have not even been a cameraman. 162 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:02,479 Now we have productions with tons of staff on, 163 00:08:02,479 --> 00:08:04,000 have whole sets being built. 164 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,200 - [yelps] - [laughing] 165 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,520 [Josh] There's green rooms. There's catering. 166 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:11,159 There's all sorts going on. 167 00:08:11,159 --> 00:08:13,919 - [man 1] Ooh! - [man 2] Oh! 168 00:08:13,919 --> 00:08:15,359 [man 3] There's a big hole. 169 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:19,799 So now it feels like it's a fully-fledged production 170 00:08:19,799 --> 00:08:22,080 where before it was kids with cameras. 171 00:08:30,039 --> 00:08:31,960 {\an8}[woman] Tobi, eight. Take two. 172 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:33,520 See that's so surreal. 173 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:37,280 I used to fake that as a kid, like, emulate what I see on TV 174 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,880 and now it's happening. Fuck. 175 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:42,280 [laughs] Mum, I made it. [laughs] 176 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:50,920 [Josh] The core Sidemen members is me and Tobi who went to school together 177 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,800 and then you have JJ and Simon who went to school together. 178 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,480 Me and JJ were friends through YouTube. 179 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,560 {\an8}Funnily enough, I was beating KSI at one point. [laughs] 180 00:08:59,560 --> 00:09:01,000 {\an8}I've got something different. 181 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,040 {\an8}We're doing a set-up video for the first time ever. 182 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,959 {\an8}[JJ] Josh was one of the first OG YouTubers. 183 00:09:07,959 --> 00:09:11,800 {\an8}He was getting crazy views, and, yeah, he was seen as that guy. 184 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:13,360 {\an8}He was the person I looked up to. 185 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,439 {\an8}I was like, "Whoa, it's Josh, like Zerkaa HD." 186 00:09:16,439 --> 00:09:18,400 {\an8}Hey, what? Why's he taking that down? No. 187 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,439 {\an8}- Help. - No. No. 188 00:09:20,439 --> 00:09:23,000 {\an8}[Tobi] Me and Josh used to play FIFA together. 189 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,600 He was, like, top 200 in the world. 190 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:28,439 The numbers were astronomical for that time. 191 00:09:28,439 --> 00:09:32,439 {\an8}100,000 people watching your stuff. It was mind-blowing. 192 00:09:32,439 --> 00:09:36,439 {\an8}[Simon] I heard of YouTube so late, and it was because of JJ. 193 00:09:36,439 --> 00:09:40,439 {\an8}Word kind of got around that he was posting videos, 194 00:09:40,439 --> 00:09:42,480 {\an8}but no one could really believe it, 195 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:47,439 {\an8}'cause at school he was, you know, this very quiet, shy, reserved guy. 196 00:09:47,439 --> 00:09:48,520 Then you'd go on YouTube... 197 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:49,480 [screams] 198 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:52,480 He's there going [speaks indistinctly] 199 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:54,199 It was just surreal to see. 200 00:09:54,199 --> 00:09:59,600 - Grade Five, motherfucker. - [laughs] 201 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:01,600 [JJ] I met Simon through school. 202 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:05,319 In Year 7, we hated each other. We would always be fighting. 203 00:10:05,319 --> 00:10:11,600 Then for some reason, in Year 8 onwards we just were cool. [laughs] 204 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,680 We forgot about everything, and we were bless. 205 00:10:15,680 --> 00:10:18,640 [Josh] Ethan comes into that story, this was, like, 2012 206 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:22,319 and on my birthday I was watching Twitch streams, 207 00:10:22,319 --> 00:10:24,480 {\an8}and he was streaming FIFA and enjoying it. 208 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:26,920 {\an8}You could tell like, "Oh, he's, like, a London lad." 209 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:29,560 {\an8}[cheering] 210 00:10:29,560 --> 00:10:31,560 It was good vibes, good fun. He's fun. 211 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:33,079 I got on with well very quickly. 212 00:10:33,079 --> 00:10:35,520 There's a lot of, like, common interests we had. 213 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:38,520 {\an8}People didn't care about how many goals we scored in FIFA, 214 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:41,560 {\an8}they cared about the commentary and the fun and the jokes. 215 00:10:41,560 --> 00:10:43,480 [laughs] 216 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,520 ♪ I'm playing FIFA ♪ 217 00:10:46,439 --> 00:10:47,520 [laughs] 218 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:49,560 [Josh] One night, something's wrong with YouTube, 219 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:51,600 and when things go wrong, me and Vik would talk. 220 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:55,480 But at the time, I was in another Skype call with the other boys. 221 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:59,520 And we were chatting about it, and Vik was chatting to me, personally. 222 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:01,520 So I was like, "Oh, Vik, just come in the call." 223 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:05,560 {\an8}It's bizarre when you think you can pinpoint individual sentences 224 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:09,760 {\an8}that changed the course of the next ten years of all of our lives. 225 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:16,480 [Vik] Harry joined the Sidemen because he was blowing up crazily. 226 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:19,760 [laughing and cheering] 227 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:21,199 {\an8}Ah. 228 00:11:21,199 --> 00:11:23,000 {\an8}He was a superstar before the Sidemen. 229 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,719 {\an8}[Vik] He was the young FIFA guy that made his own comment. 230 00:11:25,719 --> 00:11:31,760 {\an8}Oh, my fucking... What the fuck! I am done! 231 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,880 {\an8}Oh, shit! Oh, that's properly fucked. 232 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,600 {\an8}My unique selling point was that I was really bad at the game, 233 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,560 {\an8}but I enjoyed the whole video-making process. 234 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:42,560 He came and he stuck and, erm, 235 00:11:42,560 --> 00:11:44,560 he's like, sort of, forever been under the wing. 236 00:11:44,560 --> 00:11:46,640 {\an8}At the end of the day, we were just friends. 237 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:50,360 {\an8}People ended up connecting with us 'cause of our connection on screens. 238 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:52,160 It's quite cute, really. [laughs] 239 00:11:55,719 --> 00:11:58,120 [Bradley] The first Sidemen house is a fun one. 240 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:01,560 It's just of me, Simon, Vik and JJ. 241 00:12:01,560 --> 00:12:03,520 And from the get-go the attitude was, 242 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:05,520 "We're here. We're working. We're going for it." 243 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:09,079 - Kitchen! Fridge! - [clattering] 244 00:12:09,079 --> 00:12:11,839 - Zebra in a box. - Hello. 245 00:12:11,839 --> 00:12:17,079 The first Sidemen house was known by many as the factory. 246 00:12:17,079 --> 00:12:19,199 And believe me, that was... 247 00:12:19,199 --> 00:12:23,400 that was an assembly line of content all hours of the day. 248 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:28,240 We'd eat dinner, film, finish filming, 249 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,480 go downstairs, film something else in the kitchen, 250 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:31,640 wake up, edit, edit, edit. 251 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,079 And then go back into that same routine every day. 252 00:12:34,079 --> 00:12:36,760 {\an8}These guys are sitting in every day playing video games. 253 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:38,760 {\an8}I just couldn't believe what I was seeing. 254 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:40,640 {\an8}Like these guys continuously working. 255 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:45,640 {\an8}And, yeah, I... Look, I don't think it is healthy to work as much as they did. 256 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:52,280 These guys are confined in their rooms, sitting, playing video games non-stop. 257 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:54,800 But you could argue like that was the difference maker 258 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:58,839 between them being where they are now and... and maybe a different outcome. 259 00:12:58,839 --> 00:13:01,319 [Harry] You boys have no life! You don't do anything! 260 00:13:01,319 --> 00:13:04,439 You sit in your bedrooms all day, getting old! 261 00:13:04,439 --> 00:13:06,959 Your... your lives withering away! 262 00:13:06,959 --> 00:13:09,839 What are you doing with your... go do something! 263 00:13:09,839 --> 00:13:14,400 Why? Why? You can't just stare at a screen till you're 60? 264 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:18,959 Live! Experience the life! Visit a country. Do something. 265 00:13:18,959 --> 00:13:20,520 {\an8}[Josh] I can't. 266 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,000 {\an8}[Harry] Do anything, bro. Go on a hike. 267 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,160 {\an8}[all laughing] 268 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:27,599 [Simon] At the start, I didn't see it as a job. 269 00:13:27,599 --> 00:13:31,599 I was, literally, posting every day because I wanted to. 270 00:13:31,599 --> 00:13:35,640 I'm literally living with my best mates, and everything I'm doing is fun. 271 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:37,599 So why not just do that all the time? 272 00:13:37,599 --> 00:13:42,160 Best episode is definitely the one with, er, the-- [yelps] 273 00:13:45,839 --> 00:13:51,000 What the fuck? For fuck's sake. [laughs] 274 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,839 Do what? [laughs] 275 00:13:52,839 --> 00:13:57,319 [screams] Oh, shit. Oh. Ah. Ah. 276 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:04,480 It was relentless. It didn't stop. But everything was paying off so well 277 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:08,120 and the space was, compared to now, it was so unsaturated, 278 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:12,280 {\an8}that the more content we could make, the more views we were gonna get. 279 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,240 There was no level of quality 280 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:17,000 that had hit the platform in the same way that it has now. 281 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,040 So, for us, it was a win-win-win. 282 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:23,319 [Rechtman] It was fascinating to be part of YouTube early on 283 00:14:23,319 --> 00:14:29,959 {\an8}and seeing those talented young people creating the future back then. 284 00:14:29,959 --> 00:14:32,479 {\an8}And many people didn't understand, including myself. 285 00:14:32,479 --> 00:14:33,800 {\an8}It was unique. 286 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:36,920 It's seldom you have that feeling. 287 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:41,599 When something is created that is beyond those people creating it, 288 00:14:41,599 --> 00:14:44,439 they didn't even understand what they were creating. 289 00:14:46,439 --> 00:14:48,839 [Whittock] The main difference between YouTube 290 00:14:48,839 --> 00:14:51,280 and the traditional media companies, 291 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:54,000 {\an8}it's an issue of control and gatekeeping. 292 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,760 {\an8}So the broadcasters would always, in the past, 293 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:59,599 have been the people who would decide who's on TV, 294 00:14:59,599 --> 00:15:01,640 what they're doing on TV. 295 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,240 YouTube completely turned that on its head. 296 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:08,560 It effectively said, there's no barriers for you to get your content out there. 297 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:10,479 You can do what you like. 298 00:15:10,479 --> 00:15:13,160 There's not gonna be a producer or a commissioner 299 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:15,360 telling you exactly how to do that. 300 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:19,120 That's where things have been interesting over the last 15 years. 301 00:15:19,599 --> 00:15:21,439 {\an8}[Josh] It was like a perfect storm really 302 00:15:21,439 --> 00:15:24,040 {\an8}because every success you was having was new. 303 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:26,680 {\an8}It was exciting, and you was on the treadmill. 304 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,599 But when you're on it, it's so natural. 305 00:15:30,599 --> 00:15:32,199 You could be on the fastest setting, 306 00:15:32,199 --> 00:15:34,240 and you're going, and nothing can stop you. 307 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,000 You're just going, going, going. 308 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:47,880 [Harry] The Zerkaa name holds a lot of weight. 309 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,319 If we're taking about Sidemen stuff, 310 00:15:50,319 --> 00:15:51,959 I wanna hear what Josh thinks about it 311 00:15:51,959 --> 00:15:55,120 'cause I just feel like he's a very tuned-in guy about that kind of stuff. 312 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:57,560 He's also just a nice guy. He's a friendly guy. 313 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:00,800 [Tobi] Josh has been the same for as long as I've known him. 314 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:04,479 Very fun, but at the same time very calculated and smart 315 00:16:04,479 --> 00:16:07,160 and he thinks about everything that he does. 316 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:09,959 One thing that nobody knows about you. 317 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:12,359 - Oh. One thing. - Nobody though? 318 00:16:12,359 --> 00:16:14,680 Nobody. You're revealing a secret to the world 319 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:16,760 - for the first time, exclusive... - We know. 320 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:17,839 Premiere. 321 00:16:17,839 --> 00:16:22,959 Things you don't know about me. Erm, ah. I suffer from crippling anxiety. 322 00:16:22,959 --> 00:16:27,560 I... sometimes have panic attacks in the shower 'cause of fear of death. 323 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,719 [Josh] My anxiety, it's a mixture of things. 324 00:16:36,599 --> 00:16:38,719 It makes me very hyper-aware of everything. 325 00:16:38,719 --> 00:16:40,760 I'm very calculated in what I do. 326 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:43,719 But that doesn't come because I want to. It comes 'cause of how I think. 327 00:16:43,719 --> 00:16:45,400 It works for me, 328 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,280 but, obviously, it's not an ideal thing to be doing I guess. 329 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:52,240 It's weird though, right? 330 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:56,040 Like, it's a weird discussion 'cause obviously like, 331 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:59,400 "Should I feel bad about that? Is it a good thing?" 332 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:03,120 I... I'm very anxious, so it made me very good at work. 333 00:17:10,879 --> 00:17:14,520 The way that I've always dealt with things is... was through gaming. 334 00:17:15,159 --> 00:17:17,200 It's like a whole world you can go and escape in. 335 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:20,319 And the greatest example that I use is the reason why I'm here today 336 00:17:20,319 --> 00:17:23,399 is because, when I was younger, my parents got divorced 337 00:17:23,399 --> 00:17:26,520 and when there was arguments going on or stuff going on, 338 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:28,879 sat in my room, played Call of Duty all night 339 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:34,720 {\an8}which led me to go down the path of playing Call of Duty competitively, 340 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,280 which then led me to be a YouTuber which is where I am today. 341 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:40,159 So, in the weirdest way possible, 342 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:42,919 those arguments and my parents breaking up, 343 00:17:42,919 --> 00:17:44,919 was one of the best things that happened. 344 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:55,080 - [Josh] It's mental. - [man] It is insane, innit. [laughs] 345 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:57,480 - Actually insane. - Got a little inside theatre. 346 00:17:57,480 --> 00:17:59,040 Bro's got a cinema in his house. 347 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,399 - This the master bedroom? - [man] Yes. 348 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:09,960 [woman] So if you want tonight, er, press the button, put the shades down. 349 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:15,919 [Josh] It's actually scary. I know everywhere here way too well. 350 00:18:15,919 --> 00:18:18,280 [interviewer] You've picked the locations 'cause of GTA? 351 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:19,240 Yeah. 352 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,680 Do you know how sad it is that I know GTA road names off by heart? 353 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,080 - [interviewer] That's pretty-- - Like the whole city. It's fucked up. 354 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,159 I tried to catch the spares, so I don't catch nothing. 355 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:33,480 - Harry, anything? - I'm ready to have a great day. 356 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,000 All right, guys, gather up. 357 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,320 Maybe, just saying, we just get the shot and then 358 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:40,639 we'll just cheat it in the edit, so it looks like at the same time. 359 00:18:40,639 --> 00:18:42,600 - Ready? - All right. Let's get it. 360 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,360 [laughs] 361 00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:47,480 - Welcome to LA, boys. - [cheering] 362 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:49,040 [JJ] This time, we're in America. 363 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:53,320 Basically, we're trying to get that MrBeast American audience. 364 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:57,040 I feel like we've had everything but that. 365 00:18:57,040 --> 00:19:00,720 We've definitely conquered the UK. We've smashed it in Europe. 366 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,440 We, kind of, just need that American audience 367 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:06,679 and this is a great way to do it, us being out here, 368 00:19:06,679 --> 00:19:09,360 showing, you know, the love that we have for America 369 00:19:09,360 --> 00:19:11,720 and also making good videos out here. 370 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:15,040 I'm excited, man. I feel like this is gonna take us to the next level. 371 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:16,280 It's finally here. 372 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:17,879 - [laughing] - [indistinct chattering] 373 00:19:17,879 --> 00:19:20,879 {\an8}- Okay can you... bro. - [laughs] 374 00:19:20,879 --> 00:19:23,639 {\an8}- You don't know what we're doing. - What do you mean? 375 00:19:23,639 --> 00:19:25,440 {\an8}Like we don't know what we're... what this is? 376 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:28,879 {\an8}Oh, what you do? Walk up, say your name, your age. 377 00:19:28,879 --> 00:19:30,600 Ten shakes, ten guys. 378 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:32,720 - Do we have to make up the lines? - Yeah. 379 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:35,240 - I've gotta get to work, bro. - Why'd you have to work? 380 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:36,520 - I... - What do you mean? 381 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:38,000 I don't have any lines, dude. 382 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:41,800 [Tobi] The US trip was something. We filmed like three videos out there. 383 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:45,440 Er, I'm KSI, 29 and, er... 384 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,200 - Okay. - [whooping] 385 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:52,360 Spent something around half a million dollars on that trip. 386 00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:54,720 So there's a lot of money going into these projects 387 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:57,440 which is, in return, a lot of pressure to deliver. 388 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:00,080 It'd be in Hollywood. It'd be near our hotel. 389 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,240 Mate, and also, the quicker you get stuff done, 390 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:06,200 the less traffic there'll be coming back from Venice Beach to Hollywood. 391 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:07,280 All right. 392 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:10,720 So just make sure they just don't go mope about... 393 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,280 Yeah, that's good. That's good content, anyway. All right. 394 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:14,840 Er, I'm just tired. [laughs] 395 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,520 - [Josh] No one's had any sleep. - No one's had sleep. 396 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:20,639 It was all a bit like chaotic and... and crazy. 397 00:20:20,639 --> 00:20:23,879 It's a ropey one. It's, er, a lot of pressure on this video. 398 00:20:23,879 --> 00:20:26,480 And you think, "Oh, yeah. LA's a great place to film." 399 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:28,080 Erm, turns out it's not. 400 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:31,159 America is a, sort of, awkward place to film 'cause they all know. 401 00:20:31,159 --> 00:20:35,600 They get it. They understand filming, so like, "Right. You guys earn money. 402 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,040 We will charge you this much, use this." 403 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:40,440 And it's just ridiculous rates all the time. 404 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,360 Whatever happens, you roll with the punches and make it work. 405 00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:44,360 That's what we do. 406 00:20:44,360 --> 00:20:46,960 We make stuff work regardless of the circumstances. 407 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,159 [Zeitoune] A lot of people underestimate 408 00:20:51,159 --> 00:20:53,960 how hard it is to be successful as a creator. 409 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:57,520 And I get really frustrated with how dismissive people are of creators 410 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:58,760 {\an8}thinking, "Oh, it's easy." 411 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:01,200 {\an8}They're in their bedroom, and they just talk nonsense. 412 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,000 {\an8}That is rubbish. 413 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:08,000 {\an8}It is so hard to get cut-through, particularly on a platform like YouTube 414 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,040 where there are 600 hours uploaded every minute. 415 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:20,360 I do think it's good. How are you? Jump in the middle. 416 00:21:20,360 --> 00:21:21,919 Okay. 417 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:24,520 - Thank you, man. - Thank you, guys. Thank you. 418 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:27,159 [indistinct chattering] 419 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:30,320 Nice to meet you guys. 420 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,639 Oh, my God. I don't wanna make you feel old, 421 00:21:34,639 --> 00:21:37,440 but back when I was younger, dude, I still watch y'all today. 422 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:39,840 - I'm kind of shaky, so... - Thank you very much. 423 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:41,919 [laughs] You know, thank you. Thank you. 424 00:21:41,919 --> 00:21:46,720 [Simon] Fans feel like they know us better than traditional celebrities 425 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:48,960 'cause they are seeing us as us. 426 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,120 When you see a footballer, you see them kick a ball. 427 00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:52,439 You don't see any personality. 428 00:21:52,439 --> 00:21:54,560 When you see an actor, they're being someone else. 429 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:56,639 When it's us, you're literally seeing... 430 00:21:56,639 --> 00:21:58,760 you know, you're seeing Tobi be Tobi. That's it. 431 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,040 - How are you? Feeling good? - Good. 432 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:06,480 Good man. Good chilling. 433 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,080 - Yeah. Can I get a picture? - Of course you can, brother. 434 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:12,360 - Bet you didn't expect to see me. - Yeah. Nope! 435 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:14,800 - [laughs] - Honest... Honestly no. 436 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,639 - You filming YouTube? - Yeah, bro. We're doing a road trip. 437 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,280 - I'm in the middle of the desert, bro... - And someone's clicked you. 438 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:25,800 That's so crazy, man. 439 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,480 You lot are crazy. I fucking love you lot so much, man. 440 00:22:36,360 --> 00:22:37,480 [screaming] 441 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,360 [Tobi] They're running to me. This is not safe. 442 00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:41,600 Ah. 443 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:43,080 Hello, everyone. 444 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:48,000 Our first event as the Sidemen Insomnia was a real eye-opener. 445 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,960 It legitimised what we did. 446 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:56,040 It turned those numbers and those comments into real faces, real people. 447 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,720 It really started to make us understand the power of the Sidemen brand, 448 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:02,320 more so than we did up until that point. 449 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:08,000 [announcer] The one, the only the Sidemen. Sidemen, everyone. Whoo! 450 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,159 [upbeat music playing] 451 00:23:15,159 --> 00:23:19,080 [cheering and shouting] 452 00:23:26,399 --> 00:23:30,200 That was the first time, I think, we realised that it was like a big deal. 453 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:32,720 Felt really weird 'cause we do everything online 454 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:35,879 and then you go to this place and you're meeting these people. 455 00:23:35,879 --> 00:23:37,480 It was really weird. 456 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:39,120 And back then, that was mental. 457 00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:42,280 [cheering] 458 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:46,040 {\an8}[Sam Uwins] They ran a merch stall at Insomnia, and they ran it as cash only. 459 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,560 {\an8}This is... this is how humble their background was, right? 460 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:51,919 {\an8}They literally had printed some t-shirts and hoodies, took them to this event 461 00:23:51,919 --> 00:23:55,080 and Josh said he had a rucksack with £100,000 in cash. 462 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:59,879 {\an8}It was at that moment, for me, I was... you know, brought to my attention 463 00:23:59,879 --> 00:24:03,080 how powerful these guys are in that community. 464 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:06,240 All right. That's the end of Insomnia! 465 00:24:06,360 --> 00:24:08,919 [cheering] 466 00:24:08,919 --> 00:24:11,720 - Yeah. Thank you, guys. - [cheering] 467 00:24:12,919 --> 00:24:14,240 That's a wrap. 468 00:24:19,399 --> 00:24:20,800 [Rechtman] In the early days, 469 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:26,919 monetisation made it possible to create this industry. 470 00:24:26,919 --> 00:24:30,520 I was a broke-ass uni student, right? I was living off of Subway points. 471 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,800 I promise you, like my Subway card was the most valuable thing in my wallet. 472 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,879 When I'm seeing that the stuff that I'm doing on YouTube 473 00:24:36,879 --> 00:24:39,399 has the potential to get me some money 474 00:24:39,399 --> 00:24:43,399 that I can use to pay off these expenses that I have while I'm studying, 475 00:24:43,399 --> 00:24:46,000 I'm like, "Okay, cool. That is a motivating factor." 476 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,600 It was like, "Hang on a second. 477 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,000 The more I can crank this number of views up, 478 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,960 the more money I get in my bank at the end of the month. 479 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:55,280 The more validation this has, 480 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:57,800 the more cool things that I can buy and do." 481 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:01,639 You uploaded these videos on a weekly basis, 482 00:25:01,639 --> 00:25:03,240 and you got more and more audience, 483 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,520 and suddenly, the algorithm recognise you 484 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,600 and you start making money on advertising that YouTube was selling. 485 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:12,760 And the big ones were making millions. 486 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,480 - [engine revving] - [laughs] 487 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,320 [Harry] I got a bloody Lambo when I was like 18 488 00:25:19,399 --> 00:25:21,280 'cause I was making decent money back then. 489 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,679 Obviously a horrendous and fiscally irresponsible idea 490 00:25:24,679 --> 00:25:27,120 because the insurance itself cost more than the car. 491 00:25:27,120 --> 00:25:29,080 Look what I've done already. 492 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,080 It was ridiculous. 493 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:34,960 I bought a pair of shoes that was $30,000. 494 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:36,919 - Ah! - [man] Mate. 495 00:25:36,919 --> 00:25:38,840 {\an8}$35,000. 496 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:40,840 Ta-da. 497 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:42,040 Bought a gold PS5. 498 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,120 [woman] Looks like you're holding a baby. 499 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:47,040 - No. I'd take way more care with this. - [laughs] 500 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:48,600 Baby ain't worth $8,000. 501 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:51,240 Oh. Whoa. [laughs] 502 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:58,360 [JJ] Buying a Lamborghini and then colouring it purple Tron 503 00:25:58,360 --> 00:26:02,240 even having, like, Need For Speed LED lights underneath. 504 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:06,159 I mean it looked cool as fuck but the amount of attention that I got... 505 00:26:06,159 --> 00:26:08,080 [laughs] was incredible. 506 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,159 [engine roaring] 507 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:17,040 When I was younger, I'd always be like, "I need this amount of money." 508 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:20,760 And when I've got this amount of money, I can just stop doing YouTube 509 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,040 and just live my life and travel and... 510 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:26,560 because that's really what I wanna do. I wanna have fun and do stuff. 511 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:28,919 But then I realised, I should really be saving 512 00:26:28,919 --> 00:26:31,280 in case I've got like a family in the future. 513 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:33,919 And I wanna like put my money to a good cause 514 00:26:33,919 --> 00:26:36,240 and like do like actual good stuff with it. 515 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:47,360 [Tobi] Harry is unapologetically himself. And he's just so weird. 516 00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:48,720 - No, no, no, no, no, no. - [bleep] 517 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:50,919 - He's so weird. - [laughter] 518 00:26:50,919 --> 00:26:53,439 But normal at the same time. 519 00:26:53,439 --> 00:26:55,000 People know he's outrageous. 520 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:58,600 People know he says outrageous things. He's free to be that. 521 00:26:58,600 --> 00:26:59,520 Ah. 522 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,600 [exhales] 523 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:03,480 - [yelps] - Ooh. 524 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,240 So what this intro was meant to be 525 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,159 was me hitting the bucket of drinks all over my mum. 526 00:27:08,159 --> 00:27:09,159 But instead... 527 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,600 [yelps] 528 00:27:22,879 --> 00:27:25,320 [Harry] I was really lucky to grow up in Guernsey 529 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:29,439 because it's just like the perfect little adventure playground for a kid. 530 00:27:29,439 --> 00:27:33,800 I used to build like treehouses and stuff. I used to just, I don't know, muck about. 531 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:34,960 I was bit of a weird kid 532 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:37,840 so I didn't have a load of friends when I was growing up there 533 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:41,480 but I think being the weird kid pushed me into doing YouTube. 534 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:45,399 As soon as YouTube was like a half-thing like people were posting, I was on there. 535 00:27:45,399 --> 00:27:47,520 And I know a lot of the guys are OGs on YouTube, 536 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,080 but I promise you I wasn't far behind 537 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:51,919 because I was posting, like... not even like proper videos, 538 00:27:51,919 --> 00:27:54,960 Just like me editing like special effects of stuff. 539 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,800 {\an8}Hey, guys. This is gonna be a quick... [sputtering] 540 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:00,280 {\an8}unedited vlog... 541 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:03,399 {\an8}For Adam on your PC for his Christmas collab video, erm, 542 00:28:03,399 --> 00:28:05,960 {\an8}pretty much all I have to say is Merry Christmas. 543 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,000 {\an8}I hope you get all the presents you want. 544 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,000 {\an8}And if you don't, then shoot Santa. 545 00:28:10,639 --> 00:28:13,199 [Randolph] Harry Stevens on camera really. He's very lovable. 546 00:28:13,199 --> 00:28:14,639 Now we're talking. 547 00:28:14,639 --> 00:28:18,199 Like a Golden retriever, like a Labrador. Like that type of energy. 548 00:28:18,199 --> 00:28:20,600 He's just cuddly, you know? So he's a great guy. 549 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:21,840 {\an8}Very hard worker as well. 550 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,800 {\an8}People think maybe... they would think that he's, like, lazy 551 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,600 {\an8}'cause he doesn't post all the time but he's not. 552 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:29,280 {\an8}When he sets out to do something, 553 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:32,639 {\an8}he does it to the best of his ability, and he creates the best content. 554 00:28:33,439 --> 00:28:37,520 {\an8}A hard work ethic is really the glue that binds the seven of them together. 555 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,600 {\an8}The fact that they keep doing it 556 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,159 {\an8}with such a smile on their face, loving what they do, 557 00:28:42,159 --> 00:28:45,439 is a testament to their friendship but also that work ethic 558 00:28:45,439 --> 00:28:48,760 which really has enabled them to get to this position. 559 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:52,000 'cause not many people are here after ten years, 560 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,399 more relevant than ever and growing at a pace 561 00:28:54,399 --> 00:28:57,720 that you would assume this was their first year, not their tenth. 562 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,639 [Simon] What do you think motivates us to keep going? 563 00:29:00,639 --> 00:29:02,280 Legacy. 564 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:04,679 - I mean for me it's always legacy, but-- - [Vik] Ego. 565 00:29:04,679 --> 00:29:07,919 I think deep down we've worked so hard to get to the top that... 566 00:29:07,919 --> 00:29:09,959 - We don't wanna let it go. - We can't let go now. 567 00:29:09,959 --> 00:29:11,280 [Vik] Don't wanna be washed. 568 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:14,240 That's the same reason why I assume you still post videos 569 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:15,879 'cause you could stop tomorrow, 570 00:29:15,879 --> 00:29:17,480 - and you would slowly like-- - He has. 571 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,480 - [laughter] - [Vik] He stopped two years ago. 572 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,600 - Sidemen. - No. But you could stop Sidemen. 573 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:25,280 - You could stop Sidemen. You could chill. - I'm down for that. That's a great plan. 574 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:26,360 So why don't you leave? 575 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:28,639 He's like, "Can't wait for this thing to end." 576 00:29:28,639 --> 00:29:30,240 Yeah. I think... I think I'm close. 577 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:32,480 - [laughs] - I think I'm... I think I'm close. 578 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,560 We all laugh when he says it. Yeah... 579 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:37,159 No. I always hear the... you can hear the truth in his voice. 580 00:29:37,159 --> 00:29:38,520 The truth in it every time. 581 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:40,919 - But like what is... - It gets stronger every time as well. 582 00:29:40,919 --> 00:29:44,639 What keeps you going from stopping tomorrow? 583 00:29:44,639 --> 00:29:46,240 Because I enjoy it still. 584 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:47,560 I enjoy, er, I enjoy it. 585 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:50,399 But also I enjoy the... It's... this stuff. 586 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,240 [laughter] 587 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:56,879 This is like... and like the shoots... the shoots I enjoy, it's just... 588 00:29:56,879 --> 00:29:59,679 It's everything where you are technically in charge. 589 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:01,360 I guess so. Yeah. 590 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,639 If this was to come to a vote, you would've said no. 591 00:30:03,639 --> 00:30:04,959 - What do you mean? - Like this. 592 00:30:04,959 --> 00:30:07,240 - To do this whole piece. - You'd give a no, innit? 593 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:08,879 You're all lovely people, but yeah. 594 00:30:08,879 --> 00:30:11,000 [laughter] 595 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:12,720 - It's not... yeah. I don't know. - It's fair. 596 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:14,959 What? So what are you guys gonna... 597 00:30:14,959 --> 00:30:15,919 What's your plan? 598 00:30:15,919 --> 00:30:19,800 - So I see YouTube as the core, the heart. - [Simon] The foundation. 599 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,679 - Without YouTube... everything dies. - [Tobi] That's so smart, man. 600 00:30:22,679 --> 00:30:24,199 So I wouldn't be able to box, 601 00:30:24,199 --> 00:30:26,840 I wouldn't be able to do music without YouTube. 602 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:29,320 So I always feel like I have to post content there 603 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:31,280 to make sure everything else thrives. 604 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:43,439 [bell dinging] 605 00:30:45,959 --> 00:30:48,280 [cheering and shouting] 606 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:53,760 [chanting] KSI. KSI. 607 00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,720 [ring announcer] From London, England, 608 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:03,600 the social media legend, recording artist, 609 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:07,600 actor, songwriter, rapper, 610 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:11,480 the undefeated Misfits cruiserweight champion, 611 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:15,560 the nightmare, 612 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:21,280 KSI! 613 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:27,080 [commentator 1] Gonna go for six rounds. KSI and Temperrr. 614 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:30,280 [commentator 2] This right here is where the fight's gonna be decided. 615 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:31,320 KSI said this week, 616 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:33,879 "I'm willing to eat those to get to where I wanna get to." 617 00:31:33,879 --> 00:31:35,280 Tommy's gotta stay on his bike. 618 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,120 Don't get lulled into playing a trade game. 619 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:38,600 [crowd gasps] 620 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:41,280 Ooh. 621 00:31:41,399 --> 00:31:44,360 [commentator 1 speaks indistinctly] 622 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:47,240 [commentator 2] Yeah. Those shots land and they hurt. 623 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:50,280 Gotta work angles if you're Tommy. He can't attack in straight lines. 624 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,360 KSI could step back and land a bomb. 625 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:57,280 [cheering] 626 00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:58,600 [commentator 1] Can he get up? 627 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:00,600 [commentator 2] Oh, can he get up? It's done! 628 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:02,439 - It's done! - [commentator 1] That's it! 629 00:32:02,439 --> 00:32:06,760 [commentator 2] KSI! What a knockout! 630 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:09,080 - What a knockout. - [commentator 1] Oh, my God. 631 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:11,199 [ring announcer] The winner by a knockout victory, 632 00:32:11,199 --> 00:32:13,560 still undefeated 633 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:18,520 and still the Misfits cruiserweight champion, 634 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:22,679 KSI! 635 00:32:36,639 --> 00:32:39,040 [indistinct chattering] 636 00:32:41,439 --> 00:32:44,840 [cheering] 637 00:32:48,439 --> 00:32:51,719 [Simon] As soon as he walks out, I get incredibly nervous. 638 00:32:51,719 --> 00:32:53,240 When he gets punched a little bit, 639 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:57,480 everyone in the Sidemen and troops and everyone like that just goes, "No." 640 00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:01,719 And we fear. But in my heart, I'm just like I know he wins. 641 00:33:03,919 --> 00:33:06,679 Stop boxing. We have videos to make, JJ. 642 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:09,520 Fuck. 643 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,480 We've got videos to make, 644 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:15,480 and you're doing camp for six weeks at a time. Fuck. 645 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:25,399 [JJ] Life was interesting with me and my family. 646 00:33:25,399 --> 00:33:27,439 You know we weren't super rich. 647 00:33:27,439 --> 00:33:31,080 Both my parents were, I guess, immigrants. 648 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:33,760 They came over from Nigeria 649 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:38,199 and just put a lot of work into me and my bro. 650 00:33:38,199 --> 00:33:42,399 - [air horn honking] - Get out. 651 00:33:42,399 --> 00:33:45,120 Hey, guys. Olajide BT, 652 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:49,080 and today I'm doing a Q&A Sunday with my bro. Say "hi." 653 00:33:50,879 --> 00:33:51,760 You're such an idiot. 654 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:55,600 My earliest memory of Deji was when he... [laughs] 655 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,879 he couldn't... [laughs] couldn't hold his piss 656 00:33:58,879 --> 00:34:01,320 and my mum gave him a bottle. 657 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,000 So he tried peeing in a bottle and his dick fell out, 658 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,040 and he just starting pissing all over me. 659 00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:09,520 Yeah, I was, that was an experience. [laughs] 660 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,719 [Randolph] JJ went from this super nerdy, like, super shy guy 661 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,639 to one of the most famous people in the country maybe in the world. 662 00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:21,360 You know boxer, rapper, and also he carried the entire UK scene. 663 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,480 The UK would not be like this without JJ on YouTube for sure. 664 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,080 Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. 665 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:28,480 JJ is... he's a funny character. 666 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:29,440 [shouting] 667 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:34,719 [Tobi] He's the most egotistical person and the most humble person simultaneously. 668 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:36,560 What's up, bro? [laughs] 669 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:40,400 And when that camera is on, his character is in full flow. 670 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:42,520 So, everything that you know about JJ 671 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:45,759 is elevated probably like five times minimum. 672 00:34:45,759 --> 00:34:49,839 - Oh, my God! [screams] - Open the window. 673 00:34:49,839 --> 00:34:52,440 No! There's a bug, bro! Ah! Get it... get it out, bro. 674 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,960 I'm-a die. I'm-a die. I'm-a die, bro. 675 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:59,880 Oh, no. Get out! Ah, shit! Shit! 676 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:04,040 I think my parents' work ethic is definitely a huge reason 677 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:05,680 why I'm so successful. 678 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:07,200 I'm just always grinding. 679 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,040 Like I always have said that I'm not talented. 680 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,520 I'm just a person that just works extremely hard. 681 00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:13,880 There's a saying where 682 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:16,880 if you put 10,000 hours into something you become a master at it. 683 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:20,880 And you know I've definitely had 10,000 hours on YouTube 684 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:22,759 and that's why I'm in the position I'm in. 685 00:35:25,319 --> 00:35:28,120 ♪ The rocks on my wrist That shit you can't resist ♪ 686 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:30,920 ♪ Cash flow, greater than the haters Hating on my gist ♪ 687 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:34,200 ♪ Riding in your face, looking like I found a damn genie ♪ 688 00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:36,880 ♪ While I'm in my Lamborghini ♪ 689 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:40,000 ♪ La-Lamborghini, La-Lamborghini ♪ 690 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:43,080 ♪ Bitch, I know you see me In my Lamborghini ♪ 691 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:47,080 In 2017, I definitely felt like, as a YouTuber 692 00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:51,279 there was just no way you could do music properly. 693 00:35:51,279 --> 00:35:53,960 People struggled to differentiate 694 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:58,960 between a musician putting out, you know, heartfelt music 695 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:00,960 and music that was important to you, 696 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:05,600 and then also a YouTuber who's able to make funny random videos. 697 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,440 ♪ La-Lamborghini, La-Lamborghini ♪ 698 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:11,279 ♪ Ride so quick You would think I'm Houdini ♪ 699 00:36:11,279 --> 00:36:14,880 So I was kind of battling with that aspect 700 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:21,440 and decided I wanted to become a musician and really focus on music. 701 00:36:28,839 --> 00:36:34,520 [exhales] Er... [clears throat] 702 00:36:35,799 --> 00:36:41,839 Obviously this is, er... this is not an easy, er... 703 00:36:41,839 --> 00:36:43,960 this is not an easy video to make. 704 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:50,200 I am no longer with the Sidemen. 705 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:52,759 I think I was just on my computer, and it came up. 706 00:36:52,759 --> 00:36:55,319 And then the group chat started popping off like, 707 00:36:55,319 --> 00:36:57,880 "What's going on, JJ? Why, er, what is this video? 708 00:36:57,880 --> 00:36:59,720 "Like are you serious? Are you not?" 709 00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:01,279 [JJ] Obviously, I love the guys. 710 00:37:01,279 --> 00:37:03,120 Guys will always be in my heart. 711 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:06,160 But, er, you know, all good things come to an end I guess. 712 00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:09,920 JJ is a very trusting guy. 713 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:14,120 And I know that he had countless people telling him to leave Sidemen, 714 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:17,319 "Come to LA. You can be way bigger." Blah, blah, blah. 715 00:37:17,319 --> 00:37:19,560 Selling him like a proper dream. 716 00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:23,440 So it was a nervous time for all of us in terms of would he... would he leave? 717 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:27,600 Why I'm leaving Sidemen? Er... 718 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:28,920 mainly because of Ethan. 719 00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:31,480 I'd say he was the main reason I'm leaving. 720 00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:32,480 Can't stand him. 721 00:37:34,319 --> 00:37:35,680 I could see it coming 722 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:39,279 because it makes sense why he singled me out 723 00:37:39,279 --> 00:37:43,160 because I'm an easy target in the sense of like, 724 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,359 I dish it out to everyone, anyway. 725 00:37:45,359 --> 00:37:50,240 At that point that was the, the low point in the Sidemen arc, I would say. 726 00:37:50,240 --> 00:37:52,920 We were starting to make videos less together. 727 00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:56,080 JJ was taking his music more seriously. 728 00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:58,560 {\an8}And it could've been the point everything fizzled out. 729 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:02,640 {\an8}♪ Yeah Fuck the Sidemen ♪ 730 00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:06,359 {\an8}♪ Nigga living better, I don't need them ♪ 731 00:38:06,359 --> 00:38:10,080 {\an8}♪ Ethan looking bigger I can see them ♪ 732 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:12,920 {\an8}♪ Talking about them tits Go and feed them ♪ 733 00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:15,240 {\an8}♪ Babies with your titty milk ♪ 734 00:38:15,240 --> 00:38:16,600 {\an8}♪ Bitch, don't fuck with me ♪ 735 00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:17,880 [laughs] 736 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:21,520 I woke up in bed with my girlfriend at the time, who said, 737 00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:23,720 "Hey, have you seen what JJ's just uploaded?" 738 00:38:23,720 --> 00:38:25,120 So I wake up like this. 739 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:29,400 I'm watching it on my phone thinking, "What on earth's happening?" 740 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:32,680 {\an8}I do have some sort of like pride in myself a little bit like, 741 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,359 {\an8}"I will do something." [laughs] 742 00:38:35,359 --> 00:38:38,640 I will perform to what you want me to if you think I'm not going to 743 00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:42,480 'cause I bet he didn't expect me to have a whole thing out 24 hours later. 744 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:46,080 And that's what I really liked about it, him releasing that 745 00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:48,279 because you can tell by the songs, 746 00:38:48,279 --> 00:38:51,279 music's not my forte in the slightest, right? [laughs] 747 00:38:51,279 --> 00:38:54,640 But the fact that he might wake up and go on his phone and go, 748 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:56,359 "Really? Like Ethan did that?" 749 00:38:56,359 --> 00:38:58,400 That's the... that was the W for me. 750 00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:16,240 {\an8}[laughs] 751 00:39:16,240 --> 00:39:20,319 {\an8}What the fuck is this shit? Man, you know I've gotta react to this. 752 00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:22,600 {\an8}♪ No, Ethan, stop that Please stop that ♪ 753 00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:23,600 {\an8}♪ I beg you stop that ♪ 754 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:25,200 {\an8}♪ Erm, no sorry ♪ 755 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:26,839 {\an8}♪ You asked for this, ready? ♪ 756 00:39:26,839 --> 00:39:29,200 {\an8}Erm, no, sorry. Fuck off. 757 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,600 {\an8}Never made a diss? What the fuck is this then? 758 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:38,440 {\an8}"Behzinga Drama, KSI and Ricegum diss track." 759 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:39,440 {\an8}It's like... [laughs] 760 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:43,240 The diss track thing. My eyes lit up, like it was a perfect opportunity. 761 00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:45,880 Like I'd always liked doing like... 762 00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:47,880 we used to in these Skype calls we used to have. 763 00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:49,920 We used to just sit there and do rap battles. 764 00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:51,080 So we'd sync up a beat. 765 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,680 We'd all be hearing, and we'd just like rap at each other, 766 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:55,440 which I always really enjoyed. 767 00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:57,759 As soon as I figured out diss tracks were happening, 768 00:39:57,759 --> 00:39:59,680 I was like, "I could do a diss track here." 769 00:40:21,240 --> 00:40:23,080 It's the best diss track I've ever heard. 770 00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,600 The first time I heard of the Sidemen 771 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:30,759 {\an8}was actually Harry's diss track against JJ 772 00:40:30,759 --> 00:40:32,640 'cause we were beefing at the time, 773 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:35,160 and Harry made the diss track. I thought it was awesome. 774 00:40:44,839 --> 00:40:50,440 When I first heard Harry's diss track, I was pissed because he went in, 775 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:53,560 and I was like, "Bro, what the fuck are you doing?" 776 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:57,560 I was in America at the time, and I was like so angry. 777 00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:01,920 So I was like, "All right. Calm, bless. Like we're gonna go down this route." 778 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:05,359 And then that's when I decided to make "Little Boy". [laughs] 779 00:41:18,799 --> 00:41:20,160 {\an8}You know what, that's probably... 780 00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:23,759 {\an8}that's one of the first times JJ actually started to shine as like raw. 781 00:41:23,759 --> 00:41:26,200 {\an8}His words and his music, is actually hitting, you know? 782 00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:27,160 It's hitting like... 783 00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:29,640 Even though it was comical, it was fun, it was just in jest, 784 00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:31,799 it actually started to let them shine through 785 00:41:31,799 --> 00:41:33,960 as like, "We're making music, you know?" 786 00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:35,680 Like, "We're dissing, saying things, 787 00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:37,720 hitting with music, thinking about what we do, 788 00:41:37,720 --> 00:41:40,799 thinking about the beat, the beat switch, the cut-outs, the video." 789 00:41:54,839 --> 00:41:56,279 [Jme] If there was no diss tracks, 790 00:41:56,279 --> 00:41:59,799 JJ might not have taken his music as seriously as he's taking it now. 791 00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:03,319 That was a sick time. Can't be done again. 792 00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:20,480 {\an8}You know what? I was surprised to hear Simon spit that quick. 793 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:22,520 {\an8}He done a sick job. 794 00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:28,440 {\an8}And that video, we filmed it in, like, an evening at some petrol station 795 00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:30,759 and then I had the edit up ready the next day. 796 00:42:30,759 --> 00:42:34,480 And I remember the moment of when he clicked the "upload" button. 797 00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:39,640 And then as soon as you hit refresh to see how many views you've got. It said 40,000. 798 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:42,200 I'm not kidding. It was literally 30 seconds. 799 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:43,640 That's insane. 800 00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:48,440 I think it was just a good way that we could all have fun, get views, 801 00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:52,160 and that's about it really, to be honest. But then it ended up spiralling. 802 00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:56,839 Okay. "You're a korma, I'm a vindaloo. 803 00:42:56,839 --> 00:43:01,640 When you're a bad boy, Yinka grabs the shoe." [laughs] 804 00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:03,799 "While you're out trying to fuck groupies, 805 00:43:03,799 --> 00:43:08,560 I got your mum twerking for my rupees." [laughs] 806 00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:10,960 It's impossible to put a value 807 00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:14,520 on how lucrative the diss tracks ended up being 808 00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:17,240 by the complete coincidence that we fell into them. 809 00:43:17,240 --> 00:43:19,799 But I would say on the diss track videos alone, 810 00:43:19,799 --> 00:43:23,319 it was probably half-a-million pounds' worth of revenue. 811 00:43:23,319 --> 00:43:24,759 And then if you talk about 812 00:43:24,759 --> 00:43:27,680 how much viewership and attention it drove towards us, 813 00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:29,560 several times that in the long run. 814 00:43:30,319 --> 00:43:32,839 {\an8}It rallied all of these fans. 815 00:43:32,839 --> 00:43:35,040 {\an8}It created this huge content opportunity 816 00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:38,120 that actually made the Sidemen bigger than it had ever been. 817 00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:43,240 [JJ] Ultimately, I'm still in the Sidemen because they're my boys. 818 00:43:45,240 --> 00:43:50,319 Yeah I know it's hard work making, you know, my dreams come true 819 00:43:50,319 --> 00:43:54,359 as well as doing stuff with the Sidemen and making our dreams together come true 820 00:43:54,359 --> 00:43:58,960 but it's what I'm willing to do to make sure me and them are good. 821 00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:02,279 Yeah. Just 'cause they're my boys, man. [laughs] 822 00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:14,720 [Josh] With the cheap versus expensive videos, 823 00:44:14,720 --> 00:44:16,120 it becomes very personal 824 00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:21,400 'cause it's very hard to see past the fact that one team are having a great time... 825 00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:24,960 [cheering] Oh, this is my holiday. 826 00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:26,560 They've got lots of cool experiences. 827 00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:28,759 Oh, yes. 828 00:44:28,759 --> 00:44:30,160 And you're stuck on the bad team. 829 00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:31,680 Have we got some bug spray? 830 00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:34,400 - That bag. - I want it. Where is it? 831 00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:37,560 Behind the scenes with the boys, it turns into like, "What the hell?" 832 00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:42,359 [Vik] So literally we've been given a camping spot 833 00:44:42,359 --> 00:44:45,560 that is just riddled with... with literally stinging nettle. 834 00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:48,799 [Josh] The audience don't wanna see the bad team have a great time. 835 00:44:48,799 --> 00:44:52,279 They wanna see the bad team suffer 'cause the suffering is the content. 836 00:44:55,879 --> 00:44:59,000 [Ethan] I've more than accepted fate. We are in a fucking shithole. 837 00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:00,319 We are camping on rock. 838 00:45:00,319 --> 00:45:03,520 We have a rock formation in our fucking tent. 839 00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:06,720 Can we do a hostile takeover of the other campsite? 840 00:45:06,720 --> 00:45:08,440 Are you eating already? 841 00:45:08,440 --> 00:45:10,400 [Ethan] Fuck off. I'm in my happy space. 842 00:45:13,319 --> 00:45:15,000 I'm eating a sausage in a forest. 843 00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:19,600 [Josh] Okay. So we've returned to, now, the bad team. 844 00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:23,600 Now to get abused and attacked for making them be on the bad team. 845 00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:25,000 Er, piss off. 846 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:26,560 [laughs] 847 00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:28,160 - Is he here? - Yeah, he is here. 848 00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:30,200 Piss off, you fucking big head. 849 00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:32,359 God, what a spot. 850 00:45:32,359 --> 00:45:34,120 Does he want us to reply to him? 851 00:45:36,240 --> 00:45:39,920 Oh, no. You don't look very happy. This is the worst one you've ever done. 852 00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:41,080 - Why? - It's awful. 853 00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:42,000 Sit down. 854 00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:43,920 - I got a present for you. - No, no. Take a seat. 855 00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:45,960 - Oh, it's like a council. - Yeah. Take a seat. 856 00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:48,040 - Welcome to, er-- - Hang on, two secs. 857 00:45:51,359 --> 00:45:54,240 - Welcome to Team Tent. - Team Tent? Nice. 858 00:45:54,240 --> 00:45:55,720 Team Tent up in this bitch. 859 00:45:55,720 --> 00:45:58,520 [Josh] I actually went and visited the, er, bad team 860 00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:02,839 and their moods were not... [laughs] in the greatest of ways. 861 00:46:02,839 --> 00:46:06,640 - Sack these ones off. - What the fuck is this game? 862 00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:08,200 Ethan as well 'cause at that time, 863 00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:10,640 Ethan hadn't really experienced being on a good team 864 00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:11,680 so I feel like it's, er, 865 00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:14,920 bottled up frustration had occurred from being on the bad team. 866 00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:17,560 What does the new card say, er, this is... 867 00:46:17,560 --> 00:46:22,440 "Congratulations you've come out on top from bad to good. Get ready to swap." 868 00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:24,920 Oh. 869 00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:26,480 So you're happy now, yeah? 870 00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:28,839 Go nuts, bro. 871 00:46:28,839 --> 00:46:33,040 We've been eating dog food, bro. We've been through the worst of it. 872 00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:34,839 [Josh] Listen, I'm trying to work with you. 873 00:46:34,839 --> 00:46:36,400 - But I'll... - [Josh] One of you come. 874 00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:38,600 We've done the worst. What's the point in swapping? 875 00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:39,960 - [Josh] Tobi, go. - Why are you... 876 00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:42,359 How are you... how are you upset about getting a good deal? 877 00:46:42,359 --> 00:46:43,799 No, 'cause it's pointless. 878 00:46:43,799 --> 00:46:45,240 They come here and do everything? 879 00:46:45,240 --> 00:46:46,359 - One person. - I don't care. 880 00:46:46,359 --> 00:46:48,480 - Bro, just go. Ethan, just go. - I ain't going. 881 00:46:48,480 --> 00:46:50,440 No. Me and Behz aren't going. 882 00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:53,200 - Vik... No. - We're in this life. Tobi, go. Tobi, go. 883 00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:55,000 No. This is good. 884 00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:57,080 'Cause look, look, look, you, look get... 885 00:46:57,080 --> 00:47:00,600 They ain't eating the dog food. They gonna come... listen, I'll get vexed. 886 00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:03,319 They're gonna come here. They ain't been eating the dog food, bro. 887 00:47:03,319 --> 00:47:04,640 - Just work with him. - You, go. 888 00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:07,120 - Me and Behz can't go. - Why is this so hard? 889 00:47:07,120 --> 00:47:08,480 We've done it already! 890 00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:11,240 - What's the point in swapping? - 'Cause you get... a great night. 891 00:47:11,240 --> 00:47:14,520 We get a great night, but I'm going home! I'd rather get in the cab and fuck off! 892 00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:17,400 [laughter] 893 00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:20,279 I'm so glad I've seen this footage. This is amazing. 894 00:47:20,279 --> 00:47:22,279 Yeah, it's funny. That was my hot-headedness. 895 00:47:22,279 --> 00:47:25,160 - It's fine it got 30 million views. - You've done well, mate. 896 00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:26,120 Oh, damn. 897 00:47:26,120 --> 00:47:28,799 That's the only one, I think, I've ever had with you ever. 898 00:47:28,799 --> 00:47:31,480 - What like argument that-- - Yeah, yeah. Like proper argument. 899 00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:34,080 No, no. Let's be honest. We've fallen out a few times. 900 00:47:34,080 --> 00:47:37,080 - I feel like you're always involved. - [JJ] Not always. 901 00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:40,359 Even if he's not involved, he gets involved. He loves it. 902 00:47:40,359 --> 00:47:41,759 - We didn't even know. - I did. I... 903 00:47:41,759 --> 00:47:43,400 It would involve you, me, or you. 904 00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:45,600 Yeah, yeah. [exclaims] Yeah, yeah, yeah. 905 00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:47,080 It's us three. Little trifecta. 906 00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:48,200 Harry, have you ever-- 907 00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:50,319 No. But I love watching it from the outside. 908 00:47:50,319 --> 00:47:52,120 - [laughter] - I love a little bit of that. 909 00:47:52,120 --> 00:47:53,560 He's... he's like a pot stirrer. 910 00:47:53,560 --> 00:47:58,080 He's like a pot stirrer. I'm like... I try and be like... I try and help guys. 911 00:47:58,080 --> 00:47:59,120 Just like a counsellor. 912 00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:02,920 I try and explain and it doesn't work. Vik does the same. Tobi does the same. 913 00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:05,759 - He just sits there and goes, "Ooh." - [laughs] 914 00:48:05,759 --> 00:48:09,680 We're seven very different personalities but somehow it all just works naturally. 915 00:48:20,240 --> 00:48:23,720 {\an8}"Your nose looks like it's on a snapchat filter 24/7." [laughs] 916 00:48:23,720 --> 00:48:26,920 {\an8}[laughter] 917 00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:29,759 {\an8}"Hey, Slender, how comes you have cum in your hair?" 918 00:48:29,759 --> 00:48:33,120 {\an8}[laughter] 919 00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:36,279 {\an8}The interesting part of being on social media 920 00:48:36,279 --> 00:48:42,040 {\an8}is that you have an ability to be able to see and respond very quickly. 921 00:48:42,040 --> 00:48:48,040 But with that, trolling and mental health has become a real topic of conversation. 922 00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:50,960 {\an8}"What is the difference between Vikkstar and a tree? 923 00:48:50,960 --> 00:48:54,480 {\an8}"Nothing. They're both hollow on the inside and brown on the outside." 924 00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:56,759 {\an8}[laughter] 925 00:48:56,759 --> 00:48:59,600 {\an8}[Ravindran] Instant feedback can be really toxic. 926 00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:01,560 {\an8}It can be very, very detrimental, 927 00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:06,520 {\an8}especially when you consider the age of a lot of these creators. 928 00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:08,879 {\an8}Well, this one's just foul. He's like the at and the... 929 00:49:08,879 --> 00:49:11,040 {\an8}the at might as well be a tweet itself. 930 00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:15,240 {\an8}- Behzinga, a fat cunt, says... - [laughter] 931 00:49:15,240 --> 00:49:18,480 {\an8}See? I'm done already. 932 00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:22,839 {\an8}- [laughs] - [JJ laughing] 933 00:49:22,839 --> 00:49:27,560 {\an8}[laughs] Oh... @behzinga. 934 00:49:27,560 --> 00:49:29,960 "You are so fat it's embarr-is-ing. 935 00:49:29,960 --> 00:49:32,879 I laughed so much when I heard that you cried every day after school 936 00:49:32,879 --> 00:49:34,240 because you were bullied, 937 00:49:34,240 --> 00:49:36,799 just because you are so ugly and fat. Ha, ha, ha." [laughs] 938 00:49:36,799 --> 00:49:39,640 [laughter] 939 00:49:47,240 --> 00:49:52,960 [Ethan] It's 4:50 in the morning. So, yeah, it's been a long day. 940 00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:57,839 From my lighting, I look okay, but I don't know, now I look like shit. 941 00:49:57,839 --> 00:49:59,480 I look like utter shit. 942 00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:11,080 [Simon] Ethan got a lot of negative comments. 943 00:50:11,080 --> 00:50:15,399 People online find your weakness and pounce on that. 944 00:50:15,399 --> 00:50:20,080 So I imagine it would've been really hard. 945 00:50:20,080 --> 00:50:23,920 You could get 368 comments, right? 946 00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:28,399 Seven of those will be horrific, hateful comments 947 00:50:28,399 --> 00:50:30,879 but the other 300-odd are really nice, 948 00:50:30,879 --> 00:50:33,160 but your brain completely blanks them 949 00:50:33,160 --> 00:50:36,080 'cause you pay attention to the seven that are ripping you down. 950 00:50:37,720 --> 00:50:40,399 [Tobi] I wouldn't say I was aware 951 00:50:40,399 --> 00:50:43,160 that Ethan was depressed about his weight back in 2018. 952 00:50:43,160 --> 00:50:46,839 But I feel like there was some more signs that he wasn't the happiest. 953 00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:56,080 {\an8}Oh, no. Oh, no. 954 00:50:56,080 --> 00:51:00,200 When you're happy with yourself, making three videos a day is a breeze 955 00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:02,279 because you're doing something you love and think, 956 00:51:02,279 --> 00:51:04,319 "Yeah, cool. I can't wait to click upload." 957 00:51:04,319 --> 00:51:06,480 When you're not happy within yourself, 958 00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:09,799 it's almost like people expect three videos a day. 959 00:51:09,799 --> 00:51:12,319 I don't feel good enough to post three videos a day, 960 00:51:12,319 --> 00:51:16,240 {\an8}and it's only so long you can burn that end of it 961 00:51:16,240 --> 00:51:18,440 {\an8}before it bites you and that's where I think I... 962 00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:22,000 {\an8}I got to a point where I just wasn't happy at all. 963 00:51:23,279 --> 00:51:27,040 [Simon] When Ethan was at his lowest, he kept everything to himself a lot. 964 00:51:27,040 --> 00:51:29,000 So I wish he'd spoken to us 965 00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:31,759 'cause we could've helped in any way we could. 966 00:51:31,759 --> 00:51:33,359 In my head, like I feel like 967 00:51:33,359 --> 00:51:35,520 I should've picked up on things a little bit earlier 968 00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:39,359 but, at the same time, I was out a lot, drinking loads, 969 00:51:39,359 --> 00:51:41,200 so that was pretty normal for me. 970 00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:44,879 He was drinking a lot but wasn't really going out as much, 971 00:51:44,879 --> 00:51:49,359 so he would just stay at home and drink while playing video games. 972 00:51:49,359 --> 00:51:51,720 It definitely got to a point where like look we... 973 00:51:51,720 --> 00:51:54,720 we've gone through a whole bottle of JD in one night. 974 00:51:54,720 --> 00:51:57,480 Like that was probably where I started raising eyebrows. 975 00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:01,960 [Ethan] Bottles of Jack Daniels were going quickly. 976 00:52:02,879 --> 00:52:06,640 I think like 250 quids' worth of weed a week. That's nuts. 977 00:52:08,759 --> 00:52:11,759 I said, "Listen it's fine. Like, I'm okay. I'm in control of it." 978 00:52:11,759 --> 00:52:13,720 Bollocks. I wasn't in control of it at all. 979 00:52:13,720 --> 00:52:17,920 I'm exhausted and... and the expectation is getting the better of me, I think. 980 00:52:17,920 --> 00:52:20,040 I think it's just getting the better of me. 981 00:52:20,040 --> 00:52:21,960 I've been running myself into the ground 982 00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:25,120 till like 4:00 or 5:00, half past 5:00 in the morning 983 00:52:25,120 --> 00:52:27,640 and like, "I do not feel okay." 984 00:52:30,359 --> 00:52:32,359 [engine whirring] 985 00:52:34,640 --> 00:52:38,759 I knew I was a burden, like a shit person to be around. 986 00:52:38,759 --> 00:52:41,200 So it was tough, mentally. 987 00:52:42,319 --> 00:52:46,279 I've had like the thoughts of like, "Oh, this is shit. 988 00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:49,960 If I whack myself off, then this all ends." 989 00:52:56,920 --> 00:52:58,040 It's really dark, right, 990 00:52:58,040 --> 00:53:01,240 'cause I know there's a big bridge with like concrete pillars on it. 991 00:53:03,200 --> 00:53:07,200 So that was like, "Oh, I know where I could do it." 992 00:53:09,759 --> 00:53:12,279 And that's a horrible thought process. 993 00:53:12,279 --> 00:53:17,279 It was more like, "That's it. Cool. Done." 994 00:53:27,640 --> 00:53:33,879 I had a knocking at my door at, like... literally like 3:00, 4:00 a.m. 995 00:53:34,759 --> 00:53:36,600 And it was Ethan's girlfriend at the time, 996 00:53:36,600 --> 00:53:40,960 and she's telling me that he's, erm, been drinking and he's gone out, 997 00:53:40,960 --> 00:53:44,240 and he's taken the car, and she doesn't know where he is. 998 00:53:44,240 --> 00:53:45,799 He's not answering his phone. 999 00:53:45,799 --> 00:53:50,240 And I'm like... I didn't know what to do really, er, like, 1000 00:53:50,240 --> 00:53:53,520 "What do I do? Do I call the police and tell them my friend's drink driving?" 1001 00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:55,680 Like I'm trying to find out where he is. 1002 00:53:55,680 --> 00:53:57,960 I was kind of just in a state of... 1003 00:53:59,799 --> 00:54:02,200 I don't know, confusion, really. 1004 00:54:02,200 --> 00:54:06,000 I mean, at that point, you know, we're all... 1005 00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:12,720 we're all fearing for our... one of our best friend's lives kind of thing. Erm... 1006 00:54:17,879 --> 00:54:19,080 [Ethan] I just broke down. 1007 00:54:19,080 --> 00:54:23,640 I just broke down and just said like, "I can't do it, man. I can't do it." 1008 00:54:23,640 --> 00:54:25,160 It's like a relief moment like, 1009 00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:28,240 the crying on my friend, it's like a relief moment. 1010 00:54:28,240 --> 00:54:32,279 Like you can finally start getting across to someone that, 1011 00:54:32,279 --> 00:54:37,359 "I'm so done, man. I've reached my limit. I need help." 1012 00:54:37,359 --> 00:54:39,640 And that's, again, it comes with the pride thing. 1013 00:54:39,640 --> 00:54:43,279 You've gotta be able to drop this pride, this act, this ego of thinking, 1014 00:54:43,279 --> 00:54:47,480 "Oh, it'll get better. I'll be all right. Oh, you'll be fine. I can get through it." 1015 00:54:47,480 --> 00:54:50,640 So just speak to people. You have to do it. 1016 00:54:50,640 --> 00:54:53,160 You have to open up. You have to speak to people. 1017 00:54:53,160 --> 00:54:57,480 Ethan's story made the friendship group a lot stronger, 1018 00:54:57,480 --> 00:55:01,480 erm, because we were now more aware of things going on. 1019 00:55:01,480 --> 00:55:04,120 Because before that, you hear about these things, 1020 00:55:04,120 --> 00:55:05,440 but you're not really tuned in. 1021 00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:07,359 You don't think it's gonna be your friends 1022 00:55:07,359 --> 00:55:09,240 that are going through this. 1023 00:55:09,240 --> 00:55:13,000 So I think that was... a big wake-up call for everyone, honestly. 1024 00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:16,240 - Mate. - [man] Yes, bro. 1025 00:55:18,879 --> 00:55:20,200 [laughs] 1026 00:55:20,200 --> 00:55:21,600 Right, turn side on. 1027 00:55:21,600 --> 00:55:24,080 - This way? Back. - Yeah. 1028 00:55:24,080 --> 00:55:29,759 Here we go. How big is Behzinga? 103.1 kg. 1029 00:55:29,759 --> 00:55:33,600 [woman] With Ethan, I was personally inspired by his journey. 1030 00:55:33,600 --> 00:55:37,920 He went through a lot of personal growth during that time 1031 00:55:37,920 --> 00:55:40,640 and I think what's been really fundamental 1032 00:55:40,640 --> 00:55:45,759 is his ability to be able to really be raw with it. 1033 00:55:45,759 --> 00:55:46,720 [shouting] 1034 00:55:46,720 --> 00:55:49,600 Nine, eight, come on. Come on, come on. 1035 00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:50,560 Keep pushing. 1036 00:55:50,560 --> 00:55:51,720 Push, push. Don't stop. 1037 00:55:51,720 --> 00:55:53,759 Six, five, four, three, two, one. 1038 00:55:53,759 --> 00:55:56,040 Time. Well done. 1039 00:55:56,920 --> 00:55:57,799 Not a joke. 1040 00:55:57,799 --> 00:55:59,759 [woman] To see someone pull through that, 1041 00:55:59,759 --> 00:56:02,680 and what we have seen in the past couple of years as well, 1042 00:56:02,680 --> 00:56:05,640 is that a lot of men don't get the support they need. 1043 00:56:06,600 --> 00:56:08,480 And I think to see that 1044 00:56:08,480 --> 00:56:13,759 shows that the new generation have something relatable to look at 1045 00:56:13,759 --> 00:56:16,399 and see that if they were ever in that situation, 1046 00:56:16,399 --> 00:56:17,759 there's always a way out. 1047 00:56:17,759 --> 00:56:21,399 Well, hello. Welcome to 2019 on the Behzinga channel. 1048 00:56:21,399 --> 00:56:24,240 How are you? I hope you're, er, gonna have a great year. 1049 00:56:24,240 --> 00:56:26,440 I messed that up with my mouth but we're here. 1050 00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:29,720 - [Josh] Let's say Ethan got big again. - Yeah. 1051 00:56:29,720 --> 00:56:31,680 - Don't worry, he is. [laughs] - [laughter] 1052 00:56:31,680 --> 00:56:34,879 How do you... but now... knowing things he's gone through as well, like-- 1053 00:56:34,879 --> 00:56:37,920 Yeah. No, I... no, no, no. I know he's gone through... 1054 00:56:37,920 --> 00:56:39,960 [Josh] He's gone through a lot of pizzas. 1055 00:56:39,960 --> 00:56:41,480 [laughter] 1056 00:56:42,319 --> 00:56:46,240 - I can hear his mind working. - [laughter] 1057 00:56:46,240 --> 00:56:48,799 - You lot. [laughs] - [laughing] 1058 00:56:49,680 --> 00:56:52,440 I think it's like... just British culture at the same time as well, 1059 00:56:52,440 --> 00:56:55,520 like we're all brought up on bringing each other down. 1060 00:56:55,520 --> 00:56:58,399 - You tease your mates. - Yeah, like lad humour. Is that right? 1061 00:56:58,399 --> 00:57:00,319 [laughs] That's so sad. 1062 00:57:00,319 --> 00:57:03,680 I tell you the difference, yeah? Straight up as the person who it is. Okay. 1063 00:57:03,680 --> 00:57:06,319 You lot, I know at the end of the day, 1064 00:57:06,319 --> 00:57:08,960 if someone come up to me and said the stuff that you say... 1065 00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:10,319 - You'd say... - Oh, no. Don't get... 1066 00:57:10,319 --> 00:57:13,200 - They'll get slapped. - You say, "Who do you think you are?" 1067 00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:17,440 So it comes down to the YouTube audience thinking they are one of your mates. 1068 00:57:17,440 --> 00:57:20,319 So the major problem from it came these random people... 1069 00:57:20,319 --> 00:57:21,240 All the time. 1070 00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:23,160 Anywhere, bro, on the field playing football. 1071 00:57:23,160 --> 00:57:24,879 - Fat [mouthing] - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1072 00:57:24,879 --> 00:57:27,120 You're thinking, "You don't even know me." 1073 00:57:27,120 --> 00:57:30,560 But our... our humour is now... everyone sees it, 1074 00:57:30,560 --> 00:57:33,279 - and they think they're in on it. - They're a part as well. 1075 00:57:33,279 --> 00:57:35,240 - They feel part of the group. - In real life, 1076 00:57:35,240 --> 00:57:38,160 I'd be anywhere, bro. Er, or like I'd be going somewhere, 1077 00:57:38,160 --> 00:57:39,600 "Oh, you fat, whatever." 1078 00:57:39,600 --> 00:57:41,480 And it's like, "What do you want me to do? 1079 00:57:41,480 --> 00:57:42,520 "I don't know you." 1080 00:57:42,520 --> 00:57:43,640 I don't know you, yeah. 1081 00:57:43,640 --> 00:57:46,759 - You've just met me and abused me. - It's true. Yeah, actually. 1082 00:57:46,759 --> 00:57:49,319 Imagine I come up to you and just went, "You fat loser." 1083 00:57:49,319 --> 00:57:52,359 You'd be like, "Ah. All right, bro. Chill out." 1084 00:57:52,359 --> 00:57:53,399 [Tobi] Shit, yeah. 1085 00:57:53,399 --> 00:57:56,799 - Now as we're actual adults now... - [all] Yeah. 1086 00:57:56,799 --> 00:58:02,200 ...I think when someone is clearly not in the space, their minds are normally in, 1087 00:58:02,200 --> 00:58:05,560 people do even in group chats will just say like, "Everyone good?" 1088 00:58:05,560 --> 00:58:07,839 And it can be a one question, but that's all it needs. 1089 00:58:07,839 --> 00:58:09,720 To be honest, it's like maturing, I think. 1090 00:58:09,720 --> 00:58:13,680 But also we grew up in a generation where mental health wasn't talked about. 1091 00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:16,600 At school, you wouldn't talk about it. You'd never have like... 1092 00:58:16,600 --> 00:58:17,640 No. Not a chance. 1093 00:58:17,640 --> 00:58:19,839 We've never been taught any of this stuff 1094 00:58:19,839 --> 00:58:22,640 and then we're dealing with millions of people watching us. 1095 00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:23,919 How do you teach someone... 1096 00:58:23,919 --> 00:58:28,080 You don't. You can't be online and have really thin skin. 1097 00:58:28,080 --> 00:58:29,480 We learnt that quick. 1098 00:58:29,480 --> 00:58:33,000 You've gotta realise that this is part and parcel of broadcasting yourself. 1099 00:58:33,000 --> 00:58:34,640 Did anyone go like therapy or anything? 1100 00:58:34,640 --> 00:58:36,839 I've been to therapy. Yeah, yeah. 1101 00:58:36,839 --> 00:58:39,319 When I went to therapy, I literally just spoke. 1102 00:58:39,319 --> 00:58:42,600 It was someone to listen, and as I'm talking and saying how I feel, 1103 00:58:42,600 --> 00:58:46,040 I'm also processing it and understanding and then dealing with it. 1104 00:58:46,040 --> 00:58:47,919 You find yourself answering your questions. 1105 00:58:47,919 --> 00:58:50,359 Basically I figured it out for myself. Yeah, yeah. 1106 00:58:50,359 --> 00:58:53,560 So you find benefit from therapy, right? 1107 00:58:53,560 --> 00:58:56,160 Yeah. No, I thought therapy was extremely helpful. 1108 00:58:56,160 --> 00:58:59,759 She gave me the key to open these doors and I was like, "Oh, wow." 1109 00:58:59,759 --> 00:59:03,759 I realised, "Oh, okay. I now know what I want to do, 1110 00:59:03,759 --> 00:59:08,200 and how to get there, and you know, what's... best for me. 1111 00:59:08,200 --> 00:59:10,960 And you know, er, something as simple as saying "no." 1112 00:59:10,960 --> 00:59:13,399 Like I've said "no" to so many things now 1113 00:59:13,399 --> 00:59:15,440 because I'm like, I don't have to say "yes." 1114 00:59:15,440 --> 00:59:17,759 - I don't have to always please people. - Mmm-hmm. 1115 00:59:17,759 --> 00:59:19,440 The reason why I would always say "yes" 1116 00:59:19,440 --> 00:59:22,640 is because in my childhood, I'd always say "yes" to my parents. 1117 00:59:22,640 --> 00:59:23,600 Like no matter what. 1118 00:59:23,600 --> 00:59:27,000 If I didn't wanna do it, I have to say "yes" because I'd get beat, 1119 00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:29,200 or something like that. [laughs] 1120 00:59:29,200 --> 00:59:31,839 So now, I literally just say "no" 1121 00:59:31,839 --> 00:59:34,560 and I understand I need time for myself to do things. 1122 00:59:34,560 --> 00:59:36,520 - Prioritising myself. - Yeah, exactly. 1123 00:59:36,520 --> 00:59:38,240 We've all got better at the balancing act. 1124 00:59:38,240 --> 00:59:42,240 I think talking about your mental health has become a big part of online especially 1125 00:59:42,240 --> 00:59:46,359 because people are starting to understand that these people that you idolise 1126 00:59:46,359 --> 00:59:48,759 are normal people, and they have real feelings. 1127 00:59:56,879 --> 00:59:58,560 [indistinct chattering] 1128 01:00:06,560 --> 01:00:10,759 [Tobi] We're here for our second physical Sides location launch. 1129 01:00:10,759 --> 01:00:13,600 - First one is at BOXPARK, Wembley. - [Josh] Mmm-hmm. 1130 01:00:13,600 --> 01:00:18,080 This one is Gravity Wandsworth, a place I am very fond of. 1131 01:00:18,080 --> 01:00:21,480 Come here a couple of times in my own time to bowl, electric go-kart. 1132 01:00:21,480 --> 01:00:25,600 But yeah, got a couple supporters coming down to get some free food. 1133 01:00:25,600 --> 01:00:28,120 Free food always tastes better, by the way. Always. 1134 01:00:28,120 --> 01:00:29,440 - How are you? - I'm good. You? 1135 01:00:29,440 --> 01:00:31,399 Good, good, good. 1136 01:00:31,399 --> 01:00:33,960 [Tobi] If you're not learning, you're not living. 1137 01:00:33,960 --> 01:00:35,040 [Josh] It's a good one. 1138 01:00:35,600 --> 01:00:37,879 That's a good saying, innit? I came up with that today. 1139 01:00:37,879 --> 01:00:39,839 - Why are you shaking your head? - How? 1140 01:00:39,839 --> 01:00:41,960 I'll dash this at your head. What's your favourite? 1141 01:00:41,960 --> 01:00:45,200 Live like others can't, so in time, you can live like others won't. 1142 01:00:45,200 --> 01:00:48,480 Live like others can't. [laughs] 1143 01:00:48,480 --> 01:00:50,919 Wrong way round. Wrong way round, by the way. 1144 01:00:50,919 --> 01:00:55,200 [laughs] You said that way, didn't it, or did I say it? I can't. 1145 01:00:55,200 --> 01:00:57,960 [laughs] 1146 01:00:57,960 --> 01:01:00,680 Honestly, well, you could... well, you could do that also. 1147 01:01:00,680 --> 01:01:03,600 Next time, just don't be poor. That's what you just said, bro. 1148 01:01:03,600 --> 01:01:05,319 You said live like others can't. [laughs] 1149 01:01:05,319 --> 01:01:08,399 - [laughs] Won't say it again now. - What's your... 1150 01:01:08,399 --> 01:01:11,799 No. It's to live like others won't. So in time you live like others can't. 1151 01:01:11,799 --> 01:01:15,640 You know you put in the work, do things that people won't do. 1152 01:01:15,640 --> 01:01:18,680 - Eventually, hopefully, fingers crossed... - Inshallah. 1153 01:01:18,680 --> 01:01:20,879 Then you can, you know, live life like others can't, 1154 01:01:20,879 --> 01:01:23,399 because they didn't put the work in, didn't do the groundwork. 1155 01:01:23,399 --> 01:01:25,440 These waffle fries are incredible, by the way. 1156 01:01:25,440 --> 01:01:26,960 I'm not even chatting. Can I swear? 1157 01:01:26,960 --> 01:01:29,200 - Wow. - I can swear, I'm not even chatting shit. 1158 01:01:29,200 --> 01:01:33,120 - Do you want a waffle fry? - [laughs] 1159 01:01:33,120 --> 01:01:36,720 No, but seriously, does anyone want any 'cause it's fucking incredible. 1160 01:01:36,720 --> 01:01:38,040 I guess you point it out. 1161 01:01:38,040 --> 01:01:40,399 Literally everyone's looking at us. I get so paranoid 1162 01:01:40,399 --> 01:01:42,319 Not surprised. 1163 01:01:42,879 --> 01:01:44,480 - [cheering] - Hey, it's a lot of people. 1164 01:01:44,480 --> 01:01:46,720 Oh, shit. It's insane in here. 1165 01:01:46,720 --> 01:01:50,440 It's this incredible moment where you get the real-world manifestation 1166 01:01:50,440 --> 01:01:53,160 of those likes, those comments, those views 1167 01:01:53,160 --> 01:01:55,080 and you realise just how powerful 1168 01:01:55,080 --> 01:01:58,720 this incredible content publishing machine the boys have created really is. 1169 01:01:58,720 --> 01:02:01,799 [cheering] 1170 01:02:10,319 --> 01:02:13,680 [boy] The Sidemen, they've inspired me since I was like eight years old. 1171 01:02:13,680 --> 01:02:15,839 I've been watching them for a long time. 1172 01:02:15,839 --> 01:02:17,279 They're just fun to watch. 1173 01:02:17,279 --> 01:02:21,160 They make videos on, er, different types of topics and they're just fun. 1174 01:02:21,160 --> 01:02:22,600 [man] They're just good. 1175 01:02:22,600 --> 01:02:25,600 Like they've just got the whole scene, the whole YouTube scene. 1176 01:02:25,600 --> 01:02:30,160 [cheering] 1177 01:02:30,160 --> 01:02:34,359 They're those type of content creators that put a smile on my face. 1178 01:02:34,359 --> 01:02:37,799 I literally look so forward to watching their videos like every day. 1179 01:02:37,799 --> 01:02:41,200 [boy] Watching Sidemen videos, obviously it's all banter and jokes, 1180 01:02:41,200 --> 01:02:43,399 but then there's also lessons that you learn. 1181 01:02:43,399 --> 01:02:47,120 You kinda see the friendship, the teamwork, the whole communication. 1182 01:02:47,120 --> 01:02:50,240 They have this fun side to them, so I wanna follow that, too. 1183 01:02:50,240 --> 01:02:54,120 [crowd laughing] 1184 01:02:55,359 --> 01:02:57,279 Is this... is this safe? 1185 01:02:57,279 --> 01:02:59,440 [shouting and cheering] 1186 01:03:15,240 --> 01:03:17,919 [Tobi] To us, we're messing around. We're having fun. 1187 01:03:17,919 --> 01:03:21,080 We're creating content. We're doing something cool. It's cool. 1188 01:03:21,080 --> 01:03:24,160 But you also sometimes forget that for someone else, 1189 01:03:24,160 --> 01:03:26,000 that's their escape from reality 1190 01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:29,000 or that's the thing that's gonna get them through the day. 1191 01:03:29,000 --> 01:03:33,200 And that really comes to light when you speak to some supporters. 1192 01:03:33,200 --> 01:03:37,319 I feel like the biggest thing that separates us from a lot of creators 1193 01:03:37,319 --> 01:03:40,000 is people really connect to us as a friendship group. 1194 01:03:40,000 --> 01:03:42,600 A lot of them say they feel like they're the eighth member. 1195 01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:54,480 [Randolph] Tobi, honestly, is one of the nicest people that I know in life. 1196 01:03:54,480 --> 01:03:57,480 Not just in the Sidemen. He's one of the nicest people that I know. 1197 01:03:57,480 --> 01:04:01,879 In his nature, he's kind. In his day-to-day life, he's just kind. 1198 01:04:01,879 --> 01:04:04,839 He always thinks of the nicest thing possible. 1199 01:04:06,600 --> 01:04:10,279 [Tobi] It makes me feel like my parents raised me right, 1200 01:04:10,279 --> 01:04:13,080 but it's also just the way I am. I've always been that way. 1201 01:04:13,080 --> 01:04:16,200 I don't know any kind of other way to be. 1202 01:04:17,120 --> 01:04:20,879 I have nothing but the utmost respect for both my parents. 1203 01:04:20,879 --> 01:04:23,160 My dad was working three jobs at a point. 1204 01:04:23,160 --> 01:04:24,439 He'd go out at night. 1205 01:04:24,439 --> 01:04:26,600 I wouldn't see him 'cause he'd be sleeping 1206 01:04:26,600 --> 01:04:28,520 and I'd be at school and whatnot. 1207 01:04:28,520 --> 01:04:31,960 Or he'd be working another job, his second job, his third job. 1208 01:04:33,680 --> 01:04:36,879 I've always got a joy from helping other people. 1209 01:04:36,879 --> 01:04:38,200 I love this guy. 1210 01:04:38,200 --> 01:04:41,080 I like to see the people around me happy. It makes me feel happy. 1211 01:04:41,080 --> 01:04:42,919 {\an8}Okay. Open your eyes, Simon. 1212 01:04:42,919 --> 01:04:45,520 - Oh! [laughs] Unreal. - Good man. 1213 01:04:45,520 --> 01:04:47,799 - How do you feel? - A million likes. [laughs] 1214 01:04:47,799 --> 01:04:49,279 [laughter] 1215 01:04:49,279 --> 01:04:51,560 Hey, cut the video, man. 1216 01:04:51,560 --> 01:04:53,279 In the position I'm in now, 1217 01:04:53,279 --> 01:04:55,799 to be able to help my family when they need it 1218 01:04:55,799 --> 01:04:59,919 or my friends when they need it or complete strangers sometimes, 1219 01:04:59,919 --> 01:05:02,720 it feels like I'm contributing something to the world. 1220 01:05:10,359 --> 01:05:13,720 [crowd chanting indistinctly] 1221 01:05:16,359 --> 01:05:17,799 - [man] What do we want? - Justice! 1222 01:05:17,799 --> 01:05:20,040 - [man] When do we want it? - Now! 1223 01:05:20,040 --> 01:05:22,319 {\an8}[Tobi] Since the George Floyd incident, 1224 01:05:22,319 --> 01:05:26,759 {\an8}my mind has been going non-stop. I've been struggling. 1225 01:05:32,240 --> 01:05:36,200 {\an8}You're tired of hearing about our racist experiences? 1226 01:05:36,200 --> 01:05:42,839 {\an8}Imagine, imagine how tired we are of experiencing it. Imagine. 1227 01:05:42,839 --> 01:05:44,919 {\an8}And I'm one of the lucky ones. 1228 01:05:44,919 --> 01:05:48,240 {\an8}I'm one of the fucking... I'm so blessed, you lot. 1229 01:05:48,240 --> 01:05:51,560 {\an8}I can't tell you how fucking blessed I am. [cries] 1230 01:05:55,560 --> 01:05:58,240 {\an8}[cries] 1231 01:06:02,520 --> 01:06:07,439 {\an8}It was heartbreaking to see Tobi like that 'cause Tobi is always bubbly. 1232 01:06:07,439 --> 01:06:11,960 So to see him in that kind of mood and, talking about this kind of stuff, 1233 01:06:11,960 --> 01:06:16,560 I remember trying not to shed a tear watching Tobi on the stream. 1234 01:06:16,560 --> 01:06:18,720 That might have been the moment when he realised, 1235 01:06:18,720 --> 01:06:22,439 "This stuff happens to me, you know, similar, and I've never spoken about it, 1236 01:06:22,439 --> 01:06:26,359 now the whole world's talking about it when it's ended fatally." 1237 01:06:26,359 --> 01:06:28,399 So, maybe, it was a good time to share. 1238 01:06:28,399 --> 01:06:29,399 It doesn't surprise me. 1239 01:06:29,399 --> 01:06:32,720 Tobi will speak his mind when he wants to speak his mind. 1240 01:06:32,720 --> 01:06:35,359 {\an8}If I tell you the amount of shit I've been through, 1241 01:06:35,359 --> 01:06:38,480 {\an8}you wouldn't believe it. Imagine the unlucky ones. 1242 01:06:38,480 --> 01:06:42,960 {\an8}Imagine the ones that are dying at the hands of these... 1243 01:06:42,960 --> 01:06:45,879 {\an8}I ain't wanna call them humans 'cause they're not human, man. 1244 01:06:45,879 --> 01:06:51,799 {\an8}They don't act human, they don't. They fucking don't. [cries] 1245 01:06:54,799 --> 01:06:57,759 {\an8}I'm so sorry for breaking down. I really didn't wanna break down. 1246 01:06:57,759 --> 01:07:02,640 {\an8}I really, really tried to compose myself. I've... I've lost my shit, man. 1247 01:07:02,640 --> 01:07:05,319 {\an8}The response that I got from that was amazing. 1248 01:07:05,319 --> 01:07:08,200 Yeah that's just one example of me talking about something serious 1249 01:07:08,200 --> 01:07:09,640 and it having an impact. 1250 01:07:09,640 --> 01:07:12,040 But it's in my nature to talk about that stuff 1251 01:07:12,040 --> 01:07:14,359 because I guess I wear my heart on my sleeve. 1252 01:07:14,359 --> 01:07:17,919 {\an8}I'm not afraid to show my emotions or how I feel about certain things. 1253 01:07:18,799 --> 01:07:21,960 {\an8}I share my feelings with my audience 'cause that's how they connect. 1254 01:07:21,960 --> 01:07:23,960 That's how they view you as a human. 1255 01:07:34,640 --> 01:07:37,160 [dramatic music playing] 1256 01:07:45,200 --> 01:07:48,560 Oh, God. First player off the bus. Come on. 1257 01:07:48,560 --> 01:07:51,240 Jeez. Let's go. 1258 01:07:55,240 --> 01:07:58,720 [indistinct chattering] 1259 01:08:04,839 --> 01:08:08,000 [man] We've actually just flown in from Singapore to catch this match 1260 01:08:08,000 --> 01:08:10,520 'cause we've been Sidemen fans for a really long time. 1261 01:08:10,520 --> 01:08:11,839 It's pretty exciting for us. 1262 01:08:11,839 --> 01:08:14,399 USA. New Mexico, USA. 1263 01:08:14,399 --> 01:08:16,519 Erm, Essex. So northern Essex. 1264 01:08:16,519 --> 01:08:21,279 Sidemen Sunday, every Sunday, telly goes straight on to YouTube. 1265 01:08:21,279 --> 01:08:24,200 After like a stressful week, you've got Sidemen Sunday coming. 1266 01:08:24,200 --> 01:08:29,160 You can eat your takeaway, put it on, and you'll be... escape from the world 1267 01:08:29,160 --> 01:08:32,160 and just have a laugh, and we always watch it every week. 1268 01:08:32,160 --> 01:08:33,840 I've watched them for so long and like... 1269 01:08:33,840 --> 01:08:38,279 they're just so creative in what they do and every video's just, like, amazing. 1270 01:08:38,279 --> 01:08:43,240 I love the one where the Sidemen became parents for 24 hours. 1271 01:08:43,240 --> 01:08:45,840 That's one of my favourites. 1272 01:08:45,840 --> 01:08:49,240 Personally, I'm here to see Miniminter and KSI but for you... 1273 01:08:49,240 --> 01:08:51,920 Well, for him, he's more of a Simon fan, 1274 01:08:51,920 --> 01:08:54,599 but I'm actually here for Speed from the YouTube Allstars, 1275 01:08:54,599 --> 01:08:55,880 I really love Speed. 1276 01:08:55,880 --> 01:08:58,920 So. I'm really hoping he'll score some... quite a few goals. 1277 01:09:02,880 --> 01:09:03,840 {\an8}Oh! 1278 01:09:03,840 --> 01:09:04,800 {\an8}Yeah. 1279 01:09:04,800 --> 01:09:08,040 {\an8}Oi, Speed. What are you? Striker? 1280 01:09:08,040 --> 01:09:09,599 - Left wing. - Left wing, cheese. 1281 01:09:10,359 --> 01:09:11,519 [laughs] 1282 01:09:11,519 --> 01:09:13,519 - Oh, my God. Look at it, man. - Ooh. Oh, my God. 1283 01:09:13,519 --> 01:09:15,599 [indistinct chattering] 1284 01:09:19,040 --> 01:09:20,800 - [Vik] Chris joined our side. - Come on. 1285 01:09:20,800 --> 01:09:23,840 {\an8}- You've been getting a bit of flak. - Yeah. It wasn't even my decision. 1286 01:09:23,840 --> 01:09:27,319 {\an8}No it was actually our decision to bring Chris over to, 1287 01:09:27,319 --> 01:09:29,720 {\an8}what we believe is balancing out the teams. 1288 01:09:29,720 --> 01:09:31,800 - If we've done that or not, who knows. - Yeah. 1289 01:09:31,800 --> 01:09:33,359 It's always so difficult to tell 1290 01:09:33,359 --> 01:09:36,840 'cause there's loads of people that you've never seen play before so... 1291 01:09:36,840 --> 01:09:38,920 - Yes. Exactly. - You definitely rigged it for them. 1292 01:09:38,920 --> 01:09:41,200 I've never played soccer, football, whatever so. 1293 01:09:41,200 --> 01:09:44,840 I have no idea what I'm doing. So, if it was even, you've just taken... 1294 01:09:44,840 --> 01:09:45,880 Stop saying this. 1295 01:09:45,880 --> 01:09:47,479 [laughter] 1296 01:09:49,800 --> 01:09:52,479 Fuck KSI. 1297 01:09:52,479 --> 01:09:56,200 - Football. - [player] Let's go, boys. 1298 01:09:57,440 --> 01:09:59,240 [booing] 1299 01:10:01,000 --> 01:10:03,360 About to bust your ass. Bust your ass. 1300 01:10:03,360 --> 01:10:07,720 - Come on then, huh? - Bust your ass. 1301 01:10:07,720 --> 01:10:11,200 I don't give a shit, bro. I don't give a shit, bro. 1302 01:10:11,200 --> 01:10:13,280 [shouting indistinctly] 1303 01:10:15,960 --> 01:10:17,760 [barking] 1304 01:10:20,360 --> 01:10:22,360 We're about to bust their ass, man. It's over. 1305 01:10:22,360 --> 01:10:24,440 [indistinct chattering] 1306 01:10:38,440 --> 01:10:42,440 [Stuart Jones] In the match in 2022, the match sold out within one evening. 1307 01:10:42,440 --> 01:10:44,400 It would've sold out immediately, 1308 01:10:44,400 --> 01:10:47,639 {\an8}but we broke the servers when tickets went on sale. 1309 01:10:47,639 --> 01:10:50,440 {\an8}There was 170,000 people trying to buy tickets. 1310 01:10:50,440 --> 01:10:54,440 [Tobi] It's the first charity match we've done in four years. 1311 01:10:54,440 --> 01:10:58,440 It's the first event that we've had as a group since before the pandemic... 1312 01:10:59,559 --> 01:11:01,400 Let's go, boys. 1313 01:11:02,679 --> 01:11:06,200 ...where we've got to be with such a large amount of our audience. 1314 01:11:06,200 --> 01:11:09,080 [crowd cheering] 1315 01:11:10,639 --> 01:11:13,200 [commentator 1] The crowd's welcoming these players. 1316 01:11:13,200 --> 01:11:18,559 It's getting lively here at The Valley. 1.3 million people watching this. 1317 01:11:18,559 --> 01:11:20,240 [commentator 2] It's exciting. 1318 01:11:20,240 --> 01:11:23,440 We might have two, three, four million people watching at once. 1319 01:11:23,440 --> 01:11:27,400 [commentator 1] Oh, it's unbelievable. Those numbers are simply sensational. 1320 01:11:30,040 --> 01:11:32,840 - [whistle blows] - [commentator 1] Captain takes it quickly. 1321 01:11:32,840 --> 01:11:35,679 Remember he scored his goal, I think, in the first two minutes. 1322 01:11:35,679 --> 01:11:37,720 - [commentator 2] Yeah. - [crowd gasps] 1323 01:11:37,720 --> 01:11:41,000 They're underway. This is not gonna be a nice game. 1324 01:11:41,000 --> 01:11:44,080 Speed is celebrating. First blood has gone to Speed. 1325 01:11:44,080 --> 01:11:47,720 [commentator 1] It's what we're gonna see. It's little battles all around the pitch. 1326 01:11:47,720 --> 01:11:51,320 [commentator 2] Chunkz can hit one here. He's hit one. Pieface. [cheering] 1327 01:11:51,320 --> 01:11:54,080 Goal! Oh, my word! 1328 01:11:54,080 --> 01:11:55,720 Take a bow, Chunkz! 1329 01:11:55,720 --> 01:11:58,679 [commentator 1] It's still going for the YouTube all stars. 1330 01:11:58,679 --> 01:12:03,679 Could be a chance for Niko Omilana! It's in! It's two-nil to the Allstars! 1331 01:12:03,679 --> 01:12:05,760 We'd all said all we want is goals. 1332 01:12:05,760 --> 01:12:08,480 Even if we lost eight-five, we just want goals. 1333 01:12:08,480 --> 01:12:11,360 [commentator 2] Simon! Can he get it to Vik? He's through. 1334 01:12:11,360 --> 01:12:12,320 Go on, Vik. 1335 01:12:12,320 --> 01:12:13,720 Chance for the Sidemen! 1336 01:12:13,720 --> 01:12:17,120 [cheering] 1337 01:12:17,120 --> 01:12:19,400 [Vik] Everything became a little bit poetic. 1338 01:12:19,400 --> 01:12:21,679 We were back on track. Morale was up. 1339 01:12:21,679 --> 01:12:25,679 The stadium was happy, and we were set for a good game. 1340 01:12:25,679 --> 01:12:28,200 - Randolph to Simon. One-two. - Oh, that's gorgeous. 1341 01:12:28,200 --> 01:12:31,040 - It's gotta be a goal! Oh, it is! - Two-two! 1342 01:12:31,040 --> 01:12:33,320 [commentator 1] What a game! It's the shot. 1343 01:12:33,320 --> 01:12:34,679 [commentator 2] Oh, my gosh. 1344 01:12:35,200 --> 01:12:38,519 Instantly, we're like, "Okay. Well, this game is already a classic. 1345 01:12:38,519 --> 01:12:39,720 It's already amazing." 1346 01:12:39,720 --> 01:12:41,040 [commentator 1] Oh, will it in? 1347 01:12:41,040 --> 01:12:43,920 What a game! You can't take your eyes off it! 1348 01:12:43,920 --> 01:12:49,639 Now Jizzle outside the box! Oh, what a ball that is. Wow. Wow. 1349 01:12:49,639 --> 01:12:52,320 We could be going to penalties here. Seven apiece. 1350 01:12:52,320 --> 01:12:55,760 - Hang on! Hang on! Oh, my God! - [commentator 2] Oh, my God! 1351 01:12:55,760 --> 01:12:59,800 Miniminter gets his hat trick and what a way to seal it. 1352 01:12:59,800 --> 01:13:03,160 But the referee is gonna bring the whistle to his lips... 1353 01:13:03,160 --> 01:13:07,760 - And it's all over! - [commentator 1] It is full time. 8-7. 1354 01:13:07,760 --> 01:13:10,960 One of the best games we've seen on YouTube. 1355 01:13:13,880 --> 01:13:15,760 [Simon] I'd love to have gone to penalties 1356 01:13:15,760 --> 01:13:18,400 just for how much of a spectacle that would've been. 1357 01:13:18,400 --> 01:13:21,880 But at the same time, I'm not gonna complain about scoring a winner 1358 01:13:21,880 --> 01:13:23,920 in front of 2.5 million people, am I? 1359 01:13:23,920 --> 01:13:25,559 [cheering] 1360 01:13:27,840 --> 01:13:32,880 [Zeitoune] It has been absolutely fascinating and heartwarming 1361 01:13:32,880 --> 01:13:36,519 to see how much this match has been discussed 1362 01:13:36,519 --> 01:13:38,240 {\an8}and how much the content 1363 01:13:38,240 --> 01:13:40,760 {\an8}of people discussing the match, has trended. 1364 01:13:41,719 --> 01:13:43,960 {\an8}And even if you look at the number of concurrent viewers 1365 01:13:43,960 --> 01:13:45,280 {\an8}they had on that match 1366 01:13:45,280 --> 01:13:48,519 {\an8}that probably surpasses the concurrent views 1367 01:13:48,519 --> 01:13:51,080 {\an8}on huge events that we have 1368 01:13:51,080 --> 01:13:55,719 {\an8}like the Champions League final, like the funeral of the Queen, you know? 1369 01:13:55,719 --> 01:13:59,719 {\an8}Those numbers are absolutely staggering. 1370 01:13:59,719 --> 01:14:01,519 [cheering] 1371 01:14:06,599 --> 01:14:11,120 So far it's one million, seventy-four thousand, three hundred and-- 1372 01:14:11,120 --> 01:14:14,200 [cheering] 1373 01:14:14,200 --> 01:14:19,120 [Ethan] I don't think we really understood how big this one was gonna be. 1374 01:14:19,120 --> 01:14:20,639 So to be able to say, er... 1375 01:14:20,639 --> 01:14:24,320 we raised over a million pounds for charity is absolutely gigantic. 1376 01:14:24,320 --> 01:14:26,679 And that goes to really good charities, 1377 01:14:26,679 --> 01:14:30,360 and good to have a charity partner onboard that is one of the group. 1378 01:14:30,360 --> 01:14:32,960 We're trying to organise some events for this coming year 1379 01:14:32,960 --> 01:14:34,639 to raise money for M7 Education. 1380 01:14:34,639 --> 01:14:38,080 If you guys do wanna know more about M7, I'll stop talking about it now, 1381 01:14:38,080 --> 01:14:40,920 but I'll leave a link to it in the description down below, 1382 01:14:40,920 --> 01:14:43,800 and you guys can go check it out and donate if you want to. 1383 01:14:43,800 --> 01:14:45,440 You're a horrible person if you don't. 1384 01:14:48,280 --> 01:14:50,480 So my brother worked at a bunch of schools 1385 01:14:50,480 --> 01:14:52,760 that couldn't afford to go on school trips. 1386 01:14:54,280 --> 01:14:57,000 So I'd always said to him that I wanna start a charity. 1387 01:14:57,000 --> 01:15:00,080 When you get into a position where you can do good, use it. 1388 01:15:00,080 --> 01:15:04,800 So M7, for those that don't know, we find schools that are in areas 1389 01:15:04,800 --> 01:15:08,360 where the students might not be able to afford to go on school trips 1390 01:15:08,360 --> 01:15:10,719 - and have these educational experiences. - Hmm. 1391 01:15:10,719 --> 01:15:13,120 And it's all funded through you. 1392 01:15:13,120 --> 01:15:16,160 Like the whole... and as of last week, 1393 01:15:16,160 --> 01:15:19,200 I'm pretty certain I can say, got charity status. 1394 01:15:19,200 --> 01:15:20,480 - Let's go. - Finally, a charity... 1395 01:15:20,480 --> 01:15:24,800 For me it was... when I went to school, I was lucky enough to go on school trips. 1396 01:15:24,800 --> 01:15:28,320 So I always remember those way more than the rest of the school year. 1397 01:15:28,320 --> 01:15:32,000 So we signed up over a thousand students to go on school trips. 1398 01:15:32,000 --> 01:15:33,280 - Wow. - Which is pretty awesome. 1399 01:15:33,280 --> 01:15:35,599 Thank you, M7 team! [cheering] 1400 01:15:37,240 --> 01:15:41,679 Being able to give, however many kids, the chance to go on those school trips 1401 01:15:41,679 --> 01:15:43,480 and make their own memories is... 1402 01:15:43,480 --> 01:15:45,639 seemed like a no-brainer for me and my brother. 1403 01:15:51,599 --> 01:15:53,599 [Randolph] The misconception about Simon is that... 1404 01:15:53,599 --> 01:15:55,679 he always tells me he's self-conscious 1405 01:15:55,679 --> 01:15:57,679 or he's not sure that he has something. 1406 01:15:57,679 --> 01:16:00,599 So Josh has got like his clothing brand, JJ's got his music, 1407 01:16:00,599 --> 01:16:02,120 Simon's always asking what's his? 1408 01:16:02,120 --> 01:16:04,400 Well, his is just hard work and consistency. 1409 01:16:04,400 --> 01:16:08,920 He like posts about six videos a day on about 15 different channels. 1410 01:16:09,760 --> 01:16:13,440 He's just like relentless with it. So every day, non-stop hard work. 1411 01:16:13,440 --> 01:16:15,599 He never misses a day. He never misses the content. 1412 01:16:15,599 --> 01:16:18,639 So he just works super, super hard, and does deserve credit. 1413 01:16:18,639 --> 01:16:21,400 Yo! What's going on? Welcome to another Reddit video. 1414 01:16:21,400 --> 01:16:24,080 That's right. I am posting videos. 1415 01:16:24,080 --> 01:16:27,519 Remember my favourite post or comment will win $1,000. 1416 01:16:28,200 --> 01:16:30,840 He's stubborn with... his work ethic has never changed. 1417 01:16:30,840 --> 01:16:33,440 It's like, "We need to get this done and that's that." 1418 01:16:33,440 --> 01:16:35,960 {\an8}Like he'd run the More Sidemen channel for years. 1419 01:16:35,960 --> 01:16:39,000 Without him being on that channel and taking responsibility, 1420 01:16:39,000 --> 01:16:41,160 I don't think it is where it is today. 1421 01:16:41,160 --> 01:16:43,040 So his stubbornness pays off for him 1422 01:16:43,040 --> 01:16:45,480 because he has the right mindset about things 1423 01:16:45,480 --> 01:16:48,559 and when he's made his decision, he's made a decision. 1424 01:16:48,559 --> 01:16:51,360 So it's not a bad stubborn Simon when you do see this. 1425 01:16:51,360 --> 01:16:53,920 It's a good stubborn. You're good. [laughs] 1426 01:16:53,920 --> 01:16:55,719 I don't know how Simon does it, man. 1427 01:16:55,719 --> 01:16:57,599 Simon's got all the money in the world. 1428 01:16:57,719 --> 01:17:00,559 He's got the Sidemen stuff doing well, and he still grinds. 1429 01:17:00,559 --> 01:17:03,519 Every day he's posting, like, multiple videos. 1430 01:17:03,519 --> 01:17:07,840 [Zeitoune] Consistency really does matter on the platform. 1431 01:17:07,840 --> 01:17:10,160 And when you have these super fans, 1432 01:17:10,160 --> 01:17:11,760 they have expectations 1433 01:17:11,760 --> 01:17:14,960 of when you're going to deliver the content that they want. 1434 01:17:14,960 --> 01:17:18,040 And so it's an anticipation. It's an excitement. 1435 01:17:24,920 --> 01:17:28,360 {\an8}Tanya Pile, slate five, take one. 1436 01:17:28,360 --> 01:17:31,120 {\an8}So the boys are, obviously, the creative brains. 1437 01:17:31,120 --> 01:17:33,320 {\an8}They will come up with what videos to do, 1438 01:17:33,320 --> 01:17:36,400 {\an8}and they'll chat to me about what they would like that video to be, 1439 01:17:36,400 --> 01:17:38,920 {\an8}and then I do my best to make it happen. 1440 01:17:41,440 --> 01:17:42,679 How's it going, guys? 1441 01:17:42,679 --> 01:17:44,960 And welcome to Sidemen hide and seek 1442 01:17:44,960 --> 01:17:47,240 on a jumbo 747 plane. 1443 01:17:47,240 --> 01:17:48,679 [cheering] 1444 01:17:48,679 --> 01:17:52,519 [screams] Hey, yo! I can't do this. I can't. 1445 01:17:52,519 --> 01:17:54,519 Fuckin' hell. 1446 01:17:54,519 --> 01:17:57,440 [Pile] As time's gone on, got bigger studios, 1447 01:17:57,440 --> 01:18:00,360 bigger locations, more travel. 1448 01:18:00,360 --> 01:18:02,679 They're always wanting to be one step ahead, 1449 01:18:02,679 --> 01:18:06,240 and it's really exciting, and we're always like, "What can we do next?" 1450 01:18:06,240 --> 01:18:08,160 I'm like, "How much bigger can we go?" 1451 01:18:08,160 --> 01:18:11,200 Before lockdown, we had... I don't know how many million subscribers. 1452 01:18:11,200 --> 01:18:15,000 We've got like 17 now. So like lockdown was huge for the Sidemen. 1453 01:18:15,000 --> 01:18:15,920 Whoo! 1454 01:18:15,920 --> 01:18:17,920 [Ethan] Because we was that one consistent thing 1455 01:18:17,920 --> 01:18:20,400 in people's lives that they could watch every Sunday 1456 01:18:20,400 --> 01:18:23,200 and then more Sidemen throughout the week. 1457 01:18:23,880 --> 01:18:25,760 [Harry] I think probably after Covid, 1458 01:18:25,760 --> 01:18:28,360 and everyone had like two weeks inside just watching our videos, 1459 01:18:28,360 --> 01:18:29,639 that's when it got a bit mad. 1460 01:18:29,639 --> 01:18:33,519 I don't know if you can hear me, but my balls are squished into my trousers. 1461 01:18:33,519 --> 01:18:36,320 I'm really proud of the growth over the last few years. 1462 01:18:36,320 --> 01:18:37,480 It's been phenomenal. 1463 01:18:37,480 --> 01:18:39,360 - One, two, three! - [all] Sidemen! 1464 01:18:42,880 --> 01:18:46,760 Contrary to belief, we actually don't really pay attention 1465 01:18:46,760 --> 01:18:49,240 to trends or to dates that much. 1466 01:18:49,240 --> 01:18:54,200 I think the, the bliss and the blessing of Sidemen is it's long-form content 1467 01:18:54,200 --> 01:18:57,120 that you get to really see an insight into us 1468 01:18:57,120 --> 01:18:58,440 and you get the true us. 1469 01:18:58,440 --> 01:19:02,880 If you was to focus on analytics and data too much, 1470 01:19:02,880 --> 01:19:04,519 you'll get a different product. 1471 01:19:04,519 --> 01:19:07,800 You'll get a 16-minute video which is very much in your face. 1472 01:19:07,800 --> 01:19:10,519 You'll get a lot of great concepts, video and views, 1473 01:19:10,519 --> 01:19:12,400 but you'll lose a lot of personality. 1474 01:19:12,400 --> 01:19:14,800 So, there's not many channels like ours 1475 01:19:14,800 --> 01:19:17,599 where you can get away with a two-and-a-half-hour long video 1476 01:19:17,599 --> 01:19:19,160 and get 90 million views. 1477 01:19:20,519 --> 01:19:25,080 {\an8}We've had experts come along and people who work with the likes of MrBeast. 1478 01:19:25,080 --> 01:19:28,200 The one kind of resounding thing that they always say is, 1479 01:19:28,200 --> 01:19:30,320 "Everything we do shouldn't work." 1480 01:19:30,320 --> 01:19:31,800 And that makes me laugh, right, 1481 01:19:31,800 --> 01:19:34,639 'cause it's like... [laughs] "It shouldn't work but, it does." 1482 01:19:34,639 --> 01:19:37,400 There's been a lot of group channels that have tried and failed. 1483 01:19:37,400 --> 01:19:40,440 We've got systems in place that make things that always worked. 1484 01:19:40,440 --> 01:19:42,120 {\an8}They've got these mad systems in place 1485 01:19:42,120 --> 01:19:47,480 {\an8}that I don't think many other, er, YouTube boy bands, er, have in place. 1486 01:19:47,480 --> 01:19:48,400 {\an8}[laughs] 1487 01:19:48,400 --> 01:19:49,360 [man] Run! 1488 01:19:49,360 --> 01:19:52,440 If someone's like 15 minutes late for a shoot, 1489 01:19:52,440 --> 01:19:55,519 then that means that they're gonna get a yellow card. 1490 01:19:55,519 --> 01:19:59,000 [Josh] I remember at one point it being a frustration for me and Simon 1491 01:19:59,000 --> 01:20:01,840 that certain people who do less than others. 1492 01:20:01,840 --> 01:20:05,599 And I knew that. I'm a control freak. So I'm an enabler. 1493 01:20:05,599 --> 01:20:09,280 So I allow people to do nothing because I'll do the work. 1494 01:20:09,280 --> 01:20:12,240 So... that's kind of like where a lot of systems probably came from. 1495 01:20:12,240 --> 01:20:14,559 - The card system? - [man] Yeah. 1496 01:20:14,559 --> 01:20:17,559 It holds people responsible. That's what it does. 1497 01:20:17,559 --> 01:20:19,920 If you're half an hour late to a real life shoot, 1498 01:20:19,920 --> 01:20:21,120 you get a yellow card. 1499 01:20:21,120 --> 01:20:23,200 If you're 15 minutes late to an online shoot, 1500 01:20:23,200 --> 01:20:24,240 it's a yellow card. 1501 01:20:24,240 --> 01:20:27,440 If you're not wearing Sidemen clothing at a Sidemen shoot, it is a yellow card. 1502 01:20:27,440 --> 01:20:31,920 And we have a tally of how many videos we've all taken charge of on the channel. 1503 01:20:31,920 --> 01:20:34,280 So if you get two yellows... [imitating buzzer] video gone. 1504 01:20:34,280 --> 01:20:36,200 Oh, no, no, no, no. No, no, no. 1505 01:20:36,200 --> 01:20:37,160 No, no, no, no. 1506 01:20:37,160 --> 01:20:39,880 - No, no, no. - No, no, no. 1507 01:20:39,880 --> 01:20:42,800 - You can't take five minutes to reply... - Fuck it. Yeah. 1508 01:20:42,800 --> 01:20:45,160 - ...location. - Stop. No. We've literally just... 1509 01:20:45,160 --> 01:20:47,639 Fam, we told him to turn. He didn't fucking turn. 1510 01:20:47,639 --> 01:20:51,080 - We were here I swear. - No, no. It's a yellow. 1511 01:20:51,080 --> 01:20:52,400 - No. It's not. - It's a yellow. 1512 01:20:52,400 --> 01:20:53,880 It's not a yellow. I'm here! 1513 01:20:53,880 --> 01:20:56,760 - The majority decides end of the day. - I'm here, bro! 1514 01:20:56,760 --> 01:20:58,679 - You can't argue with the majority. - What? No. 1515 01:20:58,679 --> 01:21:00,599 It's a majority decision. It's a yellow. 1516 01:21:00,599 --> 01:21:02,200 Yeah but then... Because you're... 1517 01:21:02,200 --> 01:21:04,440 Oh... Oh, he changes even though it's not. 1518 01:21:04,440 --> 01:21:06,000 Majority decision. 1519 01:21:06,000 --> 01:21:10,280 Yeah, we managed to be, what, a couple seconds late. 1520 01:21:10,280 --> 01:21:12,120 Er, I got very angry. 1521 01:21:12,120 --> 01:21:15,920 'cause no one wants a yellow card because it means you have to do more work. 1522 01:21:15,920 --> 01:21:17,880 Yeah, I know. But it's just like... 1523 01:21:17,880 --> 01:21:20,519 All right. All right. Calm. Calm. All right. 1524 01:21:20,519 --> 01:21:22,800 When it was introduced, it was alien to people. 1525 01:21:22,800 --> 01:21:25,120 When you talk about it to people, 1526 01:21:25,120 --> 01:21:28,000 it seems like someone's at the top controlling us. 1527 01:21:28,000 --> 01:21:30,400 But it's just a democratic choice that works. 1528 01:21:30,400 --> 01:21:32,760 It means that there's fairness across the group 1529 01:21:32,760 --> 01:21:35,080 there's a spread, er, across everything we do. 1530 01:21:35,080 --> 01:21:38,040 The way I see it from you two right now, you're doing the, 1531 01:21:38,040 --> 01:21:39,719 "Oh, but it's not fine for me." 1532 01:21:39,719 --> 01:21:44,080 - Do you... remember the Easter egg video? - Other people... Yeah. 1533 01:21:44,080 --> 01:21:45,800 I was there at one minute past... 1534 01:21:45,800 --> 01:21:47,559 I will back you on... 1535 01:21:47,559 --> 01:21:50,280 Boys, calm. It's a yellow. 1536 01:21:50,280 --> 01:21:53,080 - A-okay behind the scenes this is. - [laughter] 1537 01:21:53,080 --> 01:21:55,480 - [air horn honking] - We need to film, come on. 1538 01:21:55,480 --> 01:21:58,240 Within the Sidemen, obviously, we have seven people 1539 01:21:58,240 --> 01:22:00,960 and we have a sentence that rules all. 1540 01:22:00,960 --> 01:22:02,880 The majority decides. 1541 01:22:02,880 --> 01:22:05,160 I think it's nice to have a voting system 1542 01:22:05,160 --> 01:22:07,880 and then for it not to become an emotional debate. 1543 01:22:07,880 --> 01:22:10,599 It's just like, "It got voted. I was outvoted. 1544 01:22:10,599 --> 01:22:12,840 Fine. Let's proceed as you guys think best." 1545 01:22:13,480 --> 01:22:15,120 I think YouTubers of that period 1546 01:22:15,120 --> 01:22:18,480 that it went from YouTubers made merch, then they made books. 1547 01:22:18,480 --> 01:22:22,080 - Yeah. Yeah. - And then music came into it a little bit. 1548 01:22:22,080 --> 01:22:25,480 And then more recent times, YouTubers are trying expand horizons 1549 01:22:25,480 --> 01:22:29,440 like, "What business can we make? We could be next big things." 1550 01:22:29,440 --> 01:22:31,639 So then, we've always had all these ideas. 1551 01:22:31,639 --> 01:22:35,040 It's like you said... how do you build a team to launch these things. 1552 01:22:35,040 --> 01:22:36,960 Ideas that are relative to us 1553 01:22:36,960 --> 01:22:39,880 like doing mukbang, food round, drinking videos, 1554 01:22:39,880 --> 01:22:42,840 it's stuff that's relative to us that we have an actual interest in 1555 01:22:42,840 --> 01:22:45,800 that will outlive just us as creators. 1556 01:22:45,800 --> 01:22:48,200 - I hate business. - You hate business? 1557 01:22:48,200 --> 01:22:50,160 - [Ethan] I hate business. - Do ya? 1558 01:22:50,160 --> 01:22:52,599 Yeah. I really like videos. I don't like business. 1559 01:22:52,599 --> 01:22:55,760 - But you like money so... - No. I like the result of business. 1560 01:22:55,760 --> 01:22:59,200 - What does it mean by hating business? - I don't like sitting in a meeting. 1561 01:22:59,200 --> 01:23:02,240 Yeah. I get it. I get it. You know what? I agree with that. 1562 01:23:02,240 --> 01:23:04,160 Yeah. I like creating the video. 1563 01:23:04,160 --> 01:23:05,639 But I think you also... 1564 01:23:05,639 --> 01:23:09,040 like there is a huge side of just creative to a business. 1565 01:23:09,040 --> 01:23:10,040 Hmm. 1566 01:23:10,040 --> 01:23:12,679 I think the next trend for us is... what I mean-- 1567 01:23:12,679 --> 01:23:14,679 You never know the next trend. 1568 01:23:14,679 --> 01:23:17,200 No. I was gonna say entrepreneurs... 1569 01:23:17,200 --> 01:23:19,559 [laughter] 1570 01:23:21,840 --> 01:23:24,400 - Entrepreneu-la-la-la-la-eur. - It's entreprenueralship. 1571 01:23:24,400 --> 01:23:26,519 - There we go. - So that's not content. 1572 01:23:26,519 --> 01:23:30,040 We're not making our YouTube videos about our companies. So... 1573 01:23:30,040 --> 01:23:33,160 In YouTube, you never know what the next thing is. 1574 01:23:33,160 --> 01:23:34,800 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - There's a quote. 1575 01:23:34,800 --> 01:23:37,320 You either ride the wave, or you get washed up. 1576 01:23:37,320 --> 01:23:39,960 [all] Ooh! 1577 01:23:39,960 --> 01:23:42,639 [laughter] 1578 01:23:46,160 --> 01:23:47,920 Hey, Josh. 1579 01:23:48,800 --> 01:23:49,800 Do you like it? 1580 01:23:49,800 --> 01:23:52,360 - [Pile] Oh, you look good. [laughs] - Thank you. 1581 01:23:53,080 --> 01:23:54,400 [Pile] That's so deadly. 1582 01:23:54,679 --> 01:23:57,480 - I actually need you as a reference. - Okay. 1583 01:23:57,480 --> 01:24:01,320 What is that little extra thong? [laughs] The thing at the back? I love it. 1584 01:24:01,320 --> 01:24:03,880 Got a little G-string on. 1585 01:24:03,880 --> 01:24:05,160 Some will be easier. 1586 01:24:05,160 --> 01:24:09,280 [Tobi] Vik is a very business-savvy guy. He's got a lot of investments. 1587 01:24:09,280 --> 01:24:12,519 Pretty sure he's got seats on the board of multiple companies. 1588 01:24:12,519 --> 01:24:16,960 He's about his money. He's a very, very business-minded man. 1589 01:24:24,719 --> 01:24:30,240 [Vik] I grew up in a fairly typical Indian family setting. 1590 01:24:30,240 --> 01:24:34,840 By the sense of the traditions that our family is very important. 1591 01:24:34,840 --> 01:24:39,120 You must work very hard, and it is important to succeed. 1592 01:24:39,120 --> 01:24:41,559 I was part of a local swimming club. 1593 01:24:41,559 --> 01:24:45,960 They had me take lessons for the drums, for the piano, for the violin, 1594 01:24:45,960 --> 01:24:49,080 always pushed me to work really hard at school. 1595 01:24:49,080 --> 01:24:52,320 I am now really, really grateful for that. 1596 01:24:52,320 --> 01:24:54,519 And I think a big part of that for them 1597 01:24:54,519 --> 01:24:58,200 were these were all of the things that they weren't able to do growing up. 1598 01:24:58,200 --> 01:24:59,760 - Hey. - Nice to see you. 1599 01:24:59,760 --> 01:25:01,960 - And you. - Hey, man. How you doing? 1600 01:25:01,960 --> 01:25:03,800 Being able to have those conversations about, 1601 01:25:03,800 --> 01:25:05,719 "Hey, we're actually looking for equity now 1602 01:25:05,719 --> 01:25:09,000 because we understand that what we're doing for your business 1603 01:25:09,000 --> 01:25:10,679 isn't just gonna help tomorrow, 1604 01:25:10,679 --> 01:25:13,400 but it'll help for the next ten years of your business." 1605 01:25:13,400 --> 01:25:16,920 I always had a bit of an entrepreneurial spirit behind me. 1606 01:25:17,679 --> 01:25:20,280 When I was in primary school, I used to sell rulers. 1607 01:25:20,280 --> 01:25:23,599 When I went to secondary school, I started selling sweets to students 1608 01:25:23,599 --> 01:25:26,559 and that allowed me to buy my first set-up. 1609 01:25:26,559 --> 01:25:31,840 I've always had that innate desire to use my own brainpower 1610 01:25:31,840 --> 01:25:37,160 to generate a revenue and some form of worth as it were. 1611 01:25:38,719 --> 01:25:41,320 One of my granddads, his entire dream in life 1612 01:25:41,320 --> 01:25:44,679 was to become a successful businessman. 1613 01:25:44,679 --> 01:25:47,960 He had all of the books about how to live in prosperity, 1614 01:25:47,960 --> 01:25:49,440 how to be a millionaire 1615 01:25:49,440 --> 01:25:52,200 and shame he's not still around today, 1616 01:25:52,200 --> 01:25:55,880 but, I think, he'd very happy with what I've been able to achieve. 1617 01:25:55,880 --> 01:25:57,480 [people cheering] 1618 01:25:57,480 --> 01:25:58,760 Right Let's get it. 1619 01:25:58,760 --> 01:26:03,320 Ministry, are you ready? 1620 01:26:03,320 --> 01:26:08,800 Vik is multi-faceted. Like, he's so smart, but he's also a lot of fun. 1621 01:26:08,800 --> 01:26:10,639 One, two, three Let's go. 1622 01:26:10,639 --> 01:26:12,519 [dance music playing] 1623 01:26:12,519 --> 01:26:16,080 He's driven and he gets it done, man. 1624 01:26:18,360 --> 01:26:20,000 That's one thing I'll say about Vik. 1625 01:26:20,000 --> 01:26:22,160 When he sets about a task, he will get it done. 1626 01:26:29,960 --> 01:26:33,719 {\an8}To go from a creator to a giant business, you've gotta be a creator first. 1627 01:26:33,719 --> 01:26:36,599 {\an8}And a lot of people try to skip that step or do it too early. 1628 01:26:36,599 --> 01:26:38,519 {\an8}I think for them, it's pretty easy 1629 01:26:38,519 --> 01:26:41,360 because they've got seven influential people. 1630 01:26:41,360 --> 01:26:44,240 Then when you combine them together, it's just cool what they do. 1631 01:26:44,240 --> 01:26:46,800 And so, you naturally add their products to the mix. 1632 01:26:46,800 --> 01:26:48,920 I don't think there's that many people, 1633 01:26:48,920 --> 01:26:52,519 {\an8}that have the ability to move product like that on social media currently. 1634 01:26:52,519 --> 01:26:53,800 It will go up in the future, 1635 01:26:53,800 --> 01:26:57,280 but you could count 'em on your hands, the ones that can move product, 1636 01:26:57,280 --> 01:27:00,480 and, obviously, they're one of them. So it's very cool to see. 1637 01:27:00,480 --> 01:27:03,719 The interesting one was the paid for premium subscription service 1638 01:27:03,719 --> 01:27:05,840 that we also launched called Side+. 1639 01:27:05,840 --> 01:27:11,080 [Josh] Currently, we offer like a podcast and behind the scenes. 1640 01:27:11,080 --> 01:27:13,320 [Vik] One of my favourite things about it 1641 01:27:13,320 --> 01:27:16,920 is it's also a very powerful statement about what we're able to build 1642 01:27:16,920 --> 01:27:21,519 and how the platform we have now built can exist outside of YouTube. 1643 01:27:21,519 --> 01:27:24,000 And I think it gives us a very powerful position 1644 01:27:24,000 --> 01:27:27,280 to proving that we can drive more revenue off YouTube 1645 01:27:27,280 --> 01:27:30,519 than we can on YouTube, which is fantastic. 1646 01:27:30,519 --> 01:27:33,960 Side+ won't ever exist without the Sidemen YouTube channel. 1647 01:27:33,960 --> 01:27:36,719 A lot of people were worried they're moving to a platform 1648 01:27:36,719 --> 01:27:38,559 where we have to pay to watch them. 1649 01:27:38,559 --> 01:27:43,639 But the reason we made Side+ was to now fund the Sidemen videos. 1650 01:27:43,639 --> 01:27:47,960 And also, it's a chance for us to interact with fans through giveaways. 1651 01:27:47,960 --> 01:27:51,719 We can do meet and greets. We can do the spending stuff. 1652 01:27:51,719 --> 01:27:54,639 And because of Side+, Sidemen can go further. 1653 01:27:54,639 --> 01:27:59,120 [music playing] 1654 01:28:00,840 --> 01:28:01,880 Class. 1655 01:28:01,880 --> 01:28:04,759 So one, two, three. One, two, three. 1656 01:28:04,759 --> 01:28:07,360 - Just let him play with it for a bit. - This is sick man. 1657 01:28:07,360 --> 01:28:10,440 ♪ Merry Christmas, T-man jacking presents ♪ 1658 01:28:10,440 --> 01:28:12,920 ♪ Fuck your life, this ain't Evanescence ♪ 1659 01:28:12,920 --> 01:28:15,360 ♪ I don't want socks Man don't want Crocs ♪ 1660 01:28:15,360 --> 01:28:16,719 ♪ Man to describe your mum ♪ 1661 01:28:16,719 --> 01:28:19,679 ♪ Bend it over, slide in and show man How to stuff that turkey ♪ 1662 01:28:19,679 --> 01:28:20,599 Ah, er, ah, ah, ah. 1663 01:28:20,599 --> 01:28:23,800 ♪ Banged up Let's get banged up da-da-da-da ♪ 1664 01:28:23,800 --> 01:28:26,000 - [laughter] - [Vik] What's going on? 1665 01:28:28,120 --> 01:28:29,320 [laughs] 1666 01:28:29,320 --> 01:28:31,559 - That was sick. - [laughter] 1667 01:28:31,559 --> 01:28:34,000 It didn't really have the effect I hoped it would. 1668 01:28:34,000 --> 01:28:35,960 [man] You have a format going on for years, 1669 01:28:35,960 --> 01:28:37,120 cheap versus expensive. 1670 01:28:37,120 --> 01:28:39,679 It's a staple of the boys' content. 1671 01:28:39,679 --> 01:28:43,480 This time, instead of being hotels, or, you know, holidays or road trips, 1672 01:28:43,480 --> 01:28:44,719 it was Christmas song. 1673 01:28:44,719 --> 01:28:46,440 ♪ Empty your sack all in my crack ♪ 1674 01:28:46,440 --> 01:28:48,880 ♪ Light up an elf Put him in a pack like FIFA ♪ 1675 01:28:48,880 --> 01:28:50,519 ♪ Smoke Rudolph like reefer ♪ 1676 01:28:50,519 --> 01:28:52,880 ♪ When I meet your dad, I'm like... ♪ 1677 01:28:52,880 --> 01:28:56,559 [man] You've got "This or That" which is a hilarious $100 track. 1678 01:28:56,559 --> 01:29:00,160 You can tell it's made for a $100, but it was brilliant in its own way. 1679 01:29:00,160 --> 01:29:01,440 Then "Christmas Drillings." 1680 01:29:01,440 --> 01:29:05,519 ♪ Christmas Drillings make a killing Spending all your P ♪ 1681 01:29:05,519 --> 01:29:09,599 ♪ Don't look under the tree Ain't no presents till your birthday ♪ 1682 01:29:09,599 --> 01:29:12,960 [man] You had JME, produced by Ny, JJ, Tobi, and Vik. 1683 01:29:12,960 --> 01:29:15,840 Vik delivering probably the most surprising hottest verse. 1684 01:29:15,840 --> 01:29:18,559 ♪ It's a one, two, three When I cut down your Christmas tree ♪ 1685 01:29:18,559 --> 01:29:22,320 ♪ Gonna take this flow out in the snow Like skid row, fuck mistletoe ♪ 1686 01:29:22,320 --> 01:29:25,679 And off the back of that, I remember Aaron messaged said, 1687 01:29:25,679 --> 01:29:28,519 "Guys do you wanna go for a Christmas number one with this? 1688 01:29:28,519 --> 01:29:30,280 "Do you wanna actually try?" 1689 01:29:30,280 --> 01:29:34,000 And then I remember JJ, Tobi and a bunch of them in the song were like, 1690 01:29:34,000 --> 01:29:38,400 "Yes. A hundred times yes. Please. Let's try. Let's give it a go." 1691 01:29:38,400 --> 01:29:41,280 - We're doing this all without a label. - Yeah. That's... 1692 01:29:41,280 --> 01:29:43,120 - Power to the people. - That's exciting. 1693 01:29:43,120 --> 01:29:46,080 I definitely think the whole music-industry people understand 1694 01:29:46,080 --> 01:29:48,519 that you have to be doing it through the label, 1695 01:29:48,519 --> 01:29:50,040 but we'll show 'em. 1696 01:29:50,040 --> 01:29:52,840 And I think the... our whole journey, unintentionally, 1697 01:29:52,840 --> 01:29:55,599 has been about us saying, "We'll do it ourselves." 1698 01:29:55,599 --> 01:29:56,599 We'll do it ourselves. 1699 01:29:56,599 --> 01:29:58,559 "We'll do a charity match, sell out a stadium." 1700 01:29:58,559 --> 01:30:02,080 And we had like stadiums saying to us, "Oh, you can't fill out the stadium." 1701 01:30:02,080 --> 01:30:03,200 [Harry screaming] 1702 01:30:03,200 --> 01:30:04,719 Yeah. Do you mind? 1703 01:30:04,719 --> 01:30:06,719 Yeah, yeah. Harry. We're kind of doing a, er... 1704 01:30:06,719 --> 01:30:08,000 We're doing... 1705 01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:10,400 - Yeah, you could... - Yeah, do it quietly. 1706 01:30:11,759 --> 01:30:14,360 - [screaming] - Okay, cool. 1707 01:30:14,360 --> 01:30:17,440 [screaming] 1708 01:30:19,759 --> 01:30:21,599 - This is the chaos. - This is the shit house... 1709 01:30:21,599 --> 01:30:24,480 How we get anything done is a miracle. 1710 01:30:24,480 --> 01:30:25,440 [screaming] 1711 01:30:25,440 --> 01:30:27,719 - [screaming] - How are we... 1712 01:30:38,480 --> 01:30:41,920 [Tobi] If we're wanting attention, this is one way to do it. 1713 01:30:44,280 --> 01:30:46,519 We did this without expecting anything from it. 1714 01:30:46,519 --> 01:30:48,160 We're just making content for fun. 1715 01:30:48,160 --> 01:30:51,960 When you have a audience of our size that, you know, the charts are possible. 1716 01:30:51,960 --> 01:30:56,519 But to chart at Christmas, when the competition is so high, 1717 01:30:58,960 --> 01:31:00,160 would be ridiculous. 1718 01:31:00,160 --> 01:31:03,240 It is ridiculous to even be in the conversation 1719 01:31:03,240 --> 01:31:05,160 for Christmas number one is like... 1720 01:31:06,679 --> 01:31:07,960 It's out of this world, man. 1721 01:31:10,200 --> 01:31:13,559 "Christmas Drillings!" What we saying people? 1722 01:31:13,559 --> 01:31:15,360 [laughs] 1723 01:31:17,559 --> 01:31:22,360 Lord. Big boy on the mic. [continues indistinctly] 1724 01:31:22,360 --> 01:31:24,040 Oh, go on, people. 1725 01:31:24,040 --> 01:31:28,240 Jeez. We are here in London having the time of our lives. 1726 01:31:28,240 --> 01:31:32,440 Jeez, Sidemen storming London. It's mad. 1727 01:31:32,559 --> 01:31:33,759 [upbeat music playing] 1728 01:31:33,759 --> 01:31:35,400 Oi, oi, oi! 1729 01:31:39,400 --> 01:31:42,559 We wanted people to know that we believe this song should really be number one, 1730 01:31:42,559 --> 01:31:44,240 and we wanted to drive that energy 1731 01:31:44,240 --> 01:31:46,559 {\an8}to try and generate those moments on social 1732 01:31:46,559 --> 01:31:50,160 {\an8}where fans are creating TikToks, they're creating Instagram stories, 1733 01:31:50,160 --> 01:31:51,719 {\an8}support "Christmas Drillings." 1734 01:31:51,719 --> 01:31:53,200 {\an8}[man 1] Yeah! 1735 01:31:54,280 --> 01:31:56,480 {\an8}[man 2] "Christmas Drillings" pick up the run. 1736 01:31:56,480 --> 01:31:58,320 {\an8}"Christmas Drillings" still number one. 1737 01:31:59,719 --> 01:32:02,240 {\an8}[man 3] It's everywhere. You cannot miss this vibe. 1738 01:32:02,240 --> 01:32:06,480 [Tobi] We got a mad bus for this. It's crazy. 1739 01:32:06,480 --> 01:32:08,800 We're trying to get our Christmas tune to number one. 1740 01:32:08,800 --> 01:32:10,759 Are you all ready? Shout Noel. 1741 01:32:10,759 --> 01:32:13,480 [cheering] 1742 01:32:13,480 --> 01:32:16,920 [shouting indistinctly] 1743 01:32:19,639 --> 01:32:22,639 [laughing] 1744 01:32:22,639 --> 01:32:24,480 [vocalising] 1745 01:32:24,480 --> 01:32:26,840 Oh, this is mine. Oi! What's going on? Sorry. 1746 01:32:26,840 --> 01:32:29,400 [crowd cheering] 1747 01:32:33,080 --> 01:32:34,200 [man speaking indistinctly] 1748 01:32:34,200 --> 01:32:36,840 Buy the song, and don't get us arrested, please. 1749 01:32:36,840 --> 01:32:40,280 We won't get the Christmas number one. We'll be in prison. 1750 01:32:40,280 --> 01:32:41,519 [man] Please clear the road. 1751 01:32:41,519 --> 01:32:44,120 [JJ] Please clear the road. 1752 01:32:44,120 --> 01:32:47,400 - The feds are gonna lock us up. - We'll totally get arrested. 1753 01:32:47,400 --> 01:32:48,320 [laughs] 1754 01:32:49,679 --> 01:32:51,840 - What do you think of Tottenham? - [crowd] Shit! 1755 01:32:51,840 --> 01:32:53,960 - What do you think is shit? - [crowd] Tottenham! 1756 01:32:53,960 --> 01:32:56,320 - Thank you. - [crowd] That's all right. 1757 01:32:56,320 --> 01:32:59,200 - [laughs] That's fucking amazing. - Come on. 1758 01:32:59,200 --> 01:33:00,639 [crowd cheering] 1759 01:33:15,679 --> 01:33:17,639 {\an8}I'll put you out of your misery. No surprises. 1760 01:33:17,639 --> 01:33:20,440 {\an8}because you guys are the UK's Christmas number one! 1761 01:33:20,440 --> 01:33:24,360 {\an8}- [cheering] - [presenter] Come on! Congratulations! 1762 01:33:24,360 --> 01:33:27,400 Getting that track into the charts alone and doing what it did, 1763 01:33:27,400 --> 01:33:28,880 was a huge community effort 1764 01:33:28,880 --> 01:33:32,440 which actually goes very much against the industry, 1765 01:33:32,440 --> 01:33:34,320 against capitalism in a sense, 1766 01:33:34,320 --> 01:33:37,120 very much the community versus the big corporates 1767 01:33:37,120 --> 01:33:41,000 which I genuinely feel also resounds really well with the Sidemen, in general. 1768 01:33:41,000 --> 01:33:44,880 Like this community got this track into the charts and beat Mariah Carey. 1769 01:33:44,880 --> 01:33:47,880 [laughs] 'Cause without a record label, without pulling any strings, 1770 01:33:47,880 --> 01:33:50,320 without getting on any playlists, over the radios, 1771 01:33:50,320 --> 01:33:54,360 without paying huge amounts of money to do all the things you need to do, 1772 01:33:54,360 --> 01:33:57,519 this was pure community. And that's really special. 1773 01:33:58,920 --> 01:34:04,679 {\an8}I don't think that the mainstream media will ever accept online content creators. 1774 01:34:04,679 --> 01:34:07,599 {\an8}I think that there's still a lot of rigidity 1775 01:34:07,599 --> 01:34:09,240 in the traditional media landscape. 1776 01:34:09,240 --> 01:34:13,280 There's a tremendous lack of diversity that really prevents the forward thinking 1777 01:34:13,280 --> 01:34:18,440 that's required to see the innovation and the potential in the online community. 1778 01:34:18,440 --> 01:34:21,280 It's kind of like old money versus new money. [laughs] 1779 01:34:21,280 --> 01:34:25,040 And there's just... I see that distinction so clearly sometimes in my job, 1780 01:34:25,040 --> 01:34:28,599 where you see the, sort of, very exciting digital frontier 1781 01:34:28,599 --> 01:34:32,480 and then this massive divide with this, you know, with legacy media, 1782 01:34:32,480 --> 01:34:34,639 that's just unwilling to change. 1783 01:34:34,639 --> 01:34:37,719 [indistinct chattering] 1784 01:34:46,519 --> 01:34:49,280 [JJ] I think we've all changed over the ten years. 1785 01:34:49,280 --> 01:34:51,960 I think it's hard to say who's changed the most. 1786 01:34:51,960 --> 01:34:54,559 I mean, physically, Ethan's changed the most. 1787 01:34:54,559 --> 01:34:56,599 [laughs] 1788 01:34:56,599 --> 01:35:01,200 Mentally, I think it's gotta be Ethan, especially having a kid now. 1789 01:35:02,960 --> 01:35:05,800 Yes, the first one of us to have a child. 1790 01:35:05,800 --> 01:35:08,840 It's mental, you know, because... say we're watching the TV 1791 01:35:08,840 --> 01:35:12,080 and I put a Sidemen video on and she's gonna say, "Daddy's on the TV." 1792 01:35:12,080 --> 01:35:15,960 And she's gonna have to grasp the fact that, "Yes, your dad does this." 1793 01:35:15,960 --> 01:35:18,000 People comment on that. 1794 01:35:18,000 --> 01:35:20,960 It's gonna be really interesting. Not sure how I'll work it out. 1795 01:35:20,960 --> 01:35:23,519 Hopefully, I've got a little bit of time to buy. [laughs] 1796 01:35:23,519 --> 01:35:25,360 [Tobi] When families get involved 1797 01:35:25,360 --> 01:35:29,120 and you start having more and more babies come in to the group, 1798 01:35:29,120 --> 01:35:31,759 that's another responsibility that you've gotta deal with. 1799 01:35:31,759 --> 01:35:34,719 It's another thing to take your time, and that is a priority, 1800 01:35:34,719 --> 01:35:36,360 family should always be your priority. 1801 01:35:36,360 --> 01:35:38,759 But if there's one thing that history's proven, 1802 01:35:38,759 --> 01:35:40,200 is that we're good at evolving. 1803 01:35:40,200 --> 01:35:41,480 [laughter] 1804 01:35:41,480 --> 01:35:43,719 [Vik] For me, I've always found it really important 1805 01:35:43,719 --> 01:35:46,080 to slowly build and create a world for myself 1806 01:35:46,080 --> 01:35:48,400 outside of content, outside of work. 1807 01:35:48,400 --> 01:35:50,800 That makes us better as content creators 1808 01:35:50,800 --> 01:35:53,599 because it gives us a wider experience of life 1809 01:35:53,599 --> 01:35:55,160 and that's the key, I think. 1810 01:35:56,200 --> 01:35:59,240 I think my advice for any future YouTube groups 1811 01:35:59,240 --> 01:36:02,360 is don't look at the Sidemen and go, "I wanna be the next Sidemen." 1812 01:36:02,360 --> 01:36:04,960 You can look at it and take aspects, cool. 1813 01:36:04,960 --> 01:36:09,080 But ours worked because it was natural. We weren't trying to be someone else. 1814 01:36:09,080 --> 01:36:10,559 We literally were just us. 1815 01:36:10,559 --> 01:36:12,360 [laughter] 1816 01:36:12,360 --> 01:36:14,320 I know a lot of people look up to me. 1817 01:36:14,320 --> 01:36:17,480 So, I try to be the best human I can be. But I'm a human. 1818 01:36:17,480 --> 01:36:19,800 So, I'm gonna have flaws. I'm not gonna be perfect. 1819 01:36:19,800 --> 01:36:22,920 You know, I feel like a lot of people just through what I've done, 1820 01:36:22,920 --> 01:36:27,280 have been very inspired and influenced, and it's so sick and cool to see. 1821 01:36:27,960 --> 01:36:32,320 The interesting one to see will be how YouTube and this space develops, 1822 01:36:32,320 --> 01:36:33,639 and how we develop with it. 1823 01:36:33,639 --> 01:36:37,840 It's like a shift. You have the television killing radio, 1824 01:36:37,840 --> 01:36:40,800 and now you have like the internet killing television. 1825 01:36:40,800 --> 01:36:42,480 We're front and centre of that. 1826 01:36:42,480 --> 01:36:47,360 And there'll be a lot of massive things that will occur in these next ten years 1827 01:36:47,360 --> 01:36:49,920 that will make everyone realise that has happened. 1828 01:36:51,000 --> 01:36:53,679 I think if we fail, we've had a stinker 1829 01:36:53,679 --> 01:36:55,440 because it's like all there for taking. 1830 01:36:55,440 --> 01:36:58,880 We're all very well known. We're as big as we can be. 1831 01:36:58,880 --> 01:37:02,080 And we're full of like people that are actually pretty switched on. 1832 01:37:02,080 --> 01:37:06,360 So, I think, we're destined for greatness. But it's not really my forte. 1833 01:37:06,360 --> 01:37:09,759 So if we are, we are. If not, I'm happy with what we've got. 1834 01:37:09,759 --> 01:37:11,840 [upbeat music playing] 1835 01:37:55,200 --> 01:37:58,200 ["Destined for Greatness" playing]