2015년 7월 14일 화요일

         Have you ever watched the video about YouTube stars? Variety Magazine did a survey to find out which celebrities are popular with U.S. teens.’, and the result is interesting. Among the ninth most popular people are six YouTube stars! This is very surprising because in Korea, YouTube stars are not very popular. Let’s see what their attraction is!





Ryan Higa
         Ryan started his YouTube channel in July, 2006, and 14,770,716 people have since subscribed to his channel. His channel’s name is Nigahiga, which means ‘shouting niga’.
At first, he usually uploaded videos of he and his friend doing rap. But it was when he uploaded funny videos that he became famous.
         One of the most famous is a video series called ‘How to’ series. He shows how to be a singer, ninja, gangster, and so on in very humorous ways in his video.
         He makes various kinds of videos, such as, shorts, music videos, and behind cuts.
         In 2009, he made a music video with Park Jaebum, who is a famous singer in Korea. After this video, Ryan got many Korean fans.



                                         How To Sing Like Your Favorite Artists



Evan Tube
         Evan is just an 8 year old boy, but his influence in YouTube is great. 1,721,850 people subscribe to his channel. He usually makes videos about introducing new toys. He plays with the toys in his videos, and tells the audience about the toys’ pros and cons.
         It is quite successful in YouTube, so he can earn much money. Therefore, his parents quit their jobs to concentrate on video making. Many toy companies send new toys to Evan to promote the toys to audiences. Evan even appears in advertisements.


                                                  EvanTubeHD Trailer 



The piano guys
         The piano guys is a group consisting of John Schmidt, who plays the piano, Steven Sharp Nelson, who plays the cello, Paul Anderson, video engineer, and Al van der Beek, studio engineer. 3,943,159 people subscribe to their channel.
         They usually reinterpret the famous pop songs and classical music items in sensitive and unique ways. For example, they played the pop song What Makes You Beautiful with piano, but in an unusual way. They play the piano like it is a string instrument, or a percussion instrument.
         The piano guys became famous through YouTube, and recently they took the top spot in Billboard New age chart and classic album chart.



                                      One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful 
                                                                                        - The Piano Guys



           Can you figure out YouTube stars’ attraction? There are various kinds of YouTube stars, so you can find those which are to your taste. Or you can make your own video and upload it to YouTube!