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.
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.
- 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!
