No matter what, you’re beautiful.
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Which YouTube Beauty Guru Are You Based On One Question?
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Le Youtubeur Squeezie teste un jeu où le but est d’agresser sexuellement des étudiantes
On le voit se marrer en jouant à «Naked Run» où on s’exhibe nu devant des lycéennes –Mise à jour: Squeezie a «tenu à s’excuser» dans une nouvelle vidéo.
Squeezie est une star de l'internet qui fait partie avec Norman et Cyprien des Youtubeurs les plus suivis en France. Sa chaîne est suivie par plus de 5,2 millions de personnes.
Sur sa dernière vidéo mise en ligne le 13 janvier, il joue à Naked Run. Un jeu japonais où le joueur est un homme nu qui doit montrer voire frotter son sexe à des étudiantes sans se faire arrêter.
«L'heure est grave, le Japon a encore frappé. Il a encore développé l'un de ces jeux très étrange et nous allons y jouer parce qu'on adore ça. Bon déjà l'image est hyper intrigante ça vous donne envie je sais bien. (...) Le principe du jeu est extrêmement simple, il faut réussir à montrer son pénis à des filles sans se faire arrêter par la police. La police qui t'arrête quand même à coups de talon dans les boules, ils blaguent pas», dit Squeezie avant de commencer à jouer.
Selon le site Übergizmo, le jeu a été «développé par un amateur répondant au pseudonyme de Pball4». Sur son compte Twitter, on voit effectivement de nombreuses photos de son jeu comme sur son blog où il indique que le jeu est distribué gratuitement.
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This Is What Happens When A Dude Is Low-Key Into "The Bachelor"
“My girlfriend made me watch it.”
If you don't live under a rock, you've probably heard of the television sensation The Bachelor. But when you're a straight dude, admitting that you're into a reality TV show about finding ~true love~ (well, true love for a minute) is sorta taboo.
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Let's be honest, if you like the show...you're probably not going to admit to your friends that you're watching it of your own accord.
So blaming your girlfriend is defffff the way to go.
But when you start getting into it, it'll be hard to resist inserting your own opinion...
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When You Take A Joke Too Far
It’s all fun and games till…
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Before "Lean On", A 20-Year-Old Diplo Visited India For Very Different Reasons
Just goes to show that everybody starts somewhere. Oh, and that Diplo is the nicest guy ever.
"Lean On" by Major Lazer, DJ Snake and MØ was one of the smash hits of 2015. The music video, which was shot in India, crossed a billion YouTube views earlier this month.
But Major Lazer's Diplo just revealed how this wasn't the first time he had been to India.
In a Facebook post, the musician shared how he visited India to help in the aftermath of the Gujarat earthquakes, when he was only 20 years old.
He spoke about how he also took time out to explore India over the next 5 months, trading his belongings for an old Enfield motorcycle which he rode around the country.
"This was 15 years ago and India was just starting to explode into an industrial powerhouse. It felt like cities were literally growing out the ground", he added.
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When You Take A Joke Too Far
It’s all fun and games till…
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Este youtuber explica por qué trabajó en el porno sin usar protección
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“Debéis usar condón siempre y sin excepción”, dice Calum McSwiggan (estrella LGBT de YouTube y activista en favor de la salud sexual) en un vídeo para una organización benéfica contra el VIH. Por eso es comprensible que hoy McSwiggan se sienta bastante poco avergonzado, como ha explicado a BuzzFeed News, por un secreto que ha estado escondiendo durante seis años: en el pasado trabajó en el porno y lo hizo sin protección.
Se ha rumoreado en internet desde hace meses y ha recibido amenazas de que lo harían público, ya que, después de todo, es una revelación que contrasta con su imagen sana. Por eso Callum, de 25 años y cuya influencia sobre las personas LGBT jóvenes es tal que ha sido solicitado por numerosas organizaciones que desean llegar a este grupo demográfico, quiere explicar por primera vez la verdad sobre su pasado.
Cuando McSwiggan tenía 19 años apareció en una serie de shows en vivo por webcam manteniendo relaciones sexuales sin protección con otros dos hombres. Desde entonces las transmisiones se han grabado y subido a varios sitios web en contra de su voluntad.
“Me gustaría pedir disculpas por el hecho de que sean públicas”, dijo a BuzzFeed News con un tono considerablemente más sombrío que su alegría habitual. “Quiero ser un modelo positivo para la gente, por eso estas imágenes no son lo que me gustaría que vieran”. “Estoy intentando tomar el control de la situación y decir: ‘Sí hay cosas por ahí, pero voy a dar el contexto, explicarlo y defenderme’”.
La historia comienza cuando McSwiggan estudiaba en la universidad en Derby. Había estado trabajando a tiempo parcial en una empresa de mensajería donde fue objeto de acoso por parte de un grupo de compañeros homófobos, y cuando se quejó fue despedido.
“Recuerdo haber estado buscando otro trabajo a tiempo parcial, pero estaba muy asustado de sufrir algo así de nuevo [el acoso]”. Poco tiempo después surgió una oportunidad completamente diferente. “Dos amigos sugirieron que probáramos a hacer shows por webcam. Habían visto a gente ganando dinero así y esperaban que me uniera a ellos para un trío”.
Las sesiones en directo, en las que los espectadores pueden interactuar con los artistas diciéndoles qué hacer a cambio de dinero, comenzaron de forma inocente.
“La primera vez que lo hicimos estábamos completamente vestidos y simplemente hablamos con la gente a través de un chat en directo”, dice. “Recibíamos bastante dinero, la gente daba propinas. Conseguimos algo más de doscientos euros la primera vez, por lo que parecía una manera muy fácil de ganar dinero. Y pensamos: ‘¿qué pasa si vamos más allá?’, no parecía un problema en ese momento. Era divertido y no pensé en las consecuencias a largo plazo”.
Antes de que los espectáculos se volvieran porno, McSwiggan investigó la página en la que aparecían. La letra pequeña lo tranquilizó: las actuaciones en directo no podían ser grabadas ni subidas a otro sitio.
“Obviamente eso era estúpido e ingenuo, porque la gente lo grabó y ahora está en todas partes”, dice.
A partir del segundo show todo se fue un poco de madre.
“La gente empezó diciendo: ‘Os doy 500 euros si os quitáis la camiseta’, ‘Os mando 200 € si os quitáis los pantalones’. Así que al principio era quitarse la ropa, luego fue enrollarnos y antes de que nos diéramos cuenta era sexo completo”.
Los shows resultaron tener más éxito de lo que McSwiggan esperaba, con miles de espectadores. Saber cuántos le estaban viendo le hacía sentir “incómodo”, pero añade: “Pensé que al terminar el espectáculo nadie volvería a verlo de nuevo. Si hubiera sabido que años más tarde todavía estaría allí, nunca lo habría hecho”.
Tras unas semanas dando shows cuatro veces por semana, los tres eran ahora lo más visto en esa página. “Nos dijeron [la página web] que si continuábamos así, a finales de mes podríamos ganar 2500 €”. Para entonces las ganancias por propinas de los espectadores superaban cinco veces esa cantidad. Varias compañías porno comenzaron a ofrecerles aparecer en sus películas, pero se negaron.
McSwiggan tenía dudas sobre toda la situación: ganaba dinero, lo que le evitaba buscar trabajo en otro ambiente hostil, pero no estaba a gusto con la situación. “Estaba un poco asqueado con lo que estaba haciendo”, dice. “Solo lo hacía por el dinero. Cuando lo recuerdo y veo ahora los vídeos me veo sonriendo, pero sé que no me estaba divirtiendo por dentro. Era todo por el espectáculo”.
Muchos profesionales del sexo han hablado de esta diferencia entre apariencia y experiencia, y quizás sorprende que alguien pueda suponer lo contrario. McSwiggan afirma que el hecho de que muchos no lo hagan es una de las razones por las que quería hablar. “Quiero que la gente sepa la verdad: el hecho de que estemos sonriendo no significa que nos sintamos bien delante de la cámara”. Es particularmente importante que este mensaje llegue a los jóvenes homosexuales, añade, ya que el trabajo sexual está “tan normalizado dentro de la comunidad gay que hace que parezca fácil hacerlo para conseguir dinero, pero hay consecuencias que hay que tener en cuenta”.
Cuando se paró a pensarlo era demasiado tarde: los vídeos en directo, que él creía que se perderían en internet, empezaron a aparecer en páginas porno.
“Al principio, cada vez que aparecía uno, me ponía en contacto [con la página en cuestión] pidiéndoles que lo retiraran – ‘Soy el propietario de los derechos de autor de esto, por favor, retiradlo’. Por lo general lo retiraban, pero por cada uno que conseguía retirar aparecían diez más. Estaba fuera de control. Ahora hay tantos que ya no los tengo localizados”.
McSwiggan quiere que la gente sepa lo que se siente al hacer que esos momentos íntimos sean accesibles por cualquier persona:
“Me hace sentir asqueado, violado. No tengo ningún control sobre eso. No quiero que la gente que conozco navegue por internet y vea los vídeos, aunque sé que hacerlo público significa que mucha gente va a ir a Google y lo encontrará”. Aunque dice que está aprendiendo a aceptar esa impotencia, no hay nada que pueda hacer al respecto. Tampoco hay nada que pueda hacer sobre el hecho de que no usó condones.
“Aunque todos nos hicimos pruebas antes de hacerlo y sabíamos que el resultado era negativo, cuando ves los vídeos no hay contexto, simplemente parece que estamos teniendo relaciones sexuales sin protección y eso no es algo que quiera fomentar. Apoyo lo contrario, tal y como digo en mis vídeos: ‘No lo hagas a pelo, asegúrate de usar protección’. No quiero que esto dañe mi reputación ni todas las cosas por las que he trabajado tan duro”. (Nota: hay que tener en cuenta que aun cuando ambas partes se hacen una prueba de VIH antes de tener sexo sin protección, solo se puede detectar el virus varias semanas después de la situación de riesgo).
Cuando el canal de YouTube de McSwiggan y sus vídeos que exploran cuestiones cada vez más graves, como enfermedad mental y la salud sexual, empezaron a hacerse famosos, algunos espectadores comenzaron a vincularlo a los vídeos pornográficos. Algunos dejaron comentarios en YouTube. “Una persona me amenazó y me dijo que se lo iba a decir a mi madre”, comenta. “Algunas personas estaban siendo bastante malintencionadas y vengativas”.
Antes de hablar con BuzzFeed News, McSwiggan se lo contó todo a sus padres, que fueron, según él, muy comprensivos. “Estaban decepcionados porque no les hubiera pedido dinero a ellos”, dice con tristeza. “Creo que era demasiado orgulloso en aquel momento”. La comprensión de sus padres fue muy importante para él: “Que mis padres lo averiguaran siempre fue la peor parte. No quería que se avergonzaran de mí”.
Ahora habla del tema con alivio. Lo describe como un “enorme secreto” y cuenta cómo afectó a su vida posterior. “Cada vez que quedaba con un chico, en algún momento salía a relucir: ‘Ah, por cierto, hay vídeos de de mí desnudo en internet’. No es una conversación fácil de tener”.
Finalmente quiere utilizar lo que le pasó para enviar un mensaje a los jóvenes: “Quiero que sirva como advertencia, porque sé lo tentadora que puede ser la industria del porno, que se alimenta de jóvenes y personas ingenuas”, dice. De repente, su trabajo en YouTube parece claro: quizá pueda ayudar a otros chicos a no caer en lo mismo que él, y a prevenir errores que es imposible deshacer.
McSwiggan transmite, en su canal de YouTube, mensajes importantes de forma animada y alegre, lo que explica su popularidad. Es el hermano mayor que muchos adolescentes homosexual neesitan, y ha subido un vídeo, realizado al mismo tiempo que esta entrevista, donde aborda el tema para explicarse con sus fans:
“Hay muchas personas de 18 años en el porno, y sí, eres legalmente capaz de dar tu consentimiento a esa edad, ¿pero tienes la cabeza bien amueblada para tomar esa decisión?” Hace una pausa durante un momento y por primera vez parece enfadado: “Yo desde luego no la tenía”.
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People Try Iconic Music Video Dances
Watch these everyday people attempt (and fail) at performing the most famous music video dances of all time.
BuzzFeed Motion Pictures' resident dancer Eugene has a long history of teaching his coworkers iconic choreography.
Like that time he taught them a Britney medley after work.
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But how would they handle some of the most famous music video dances of all time?
It's tougher to strike a pose than you might think...
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You know, those unforgettable songs with the even bigger music videos? And everyone is familiar with, like, one part of the dance but has never tried the entire routine?
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Even with little to no dance experience, they admitted that popular music video routines looked pretty damn easy.
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Weird Ways Guys Say "I Love You"
Cool.
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17 famosos que, aunque no lo sabías, hablan varios idiomas
Susúrrame al oído, Colin Firth.
Tom Hiddleston hablando francés.
De hecho, es políglota. *Suspiro*
Colin Firth hablando italiano.
El señor Darcy aprendió italiano para impresionar a su familia política.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt hablando francés.
Levitt estudió Poesía francesa en la universidad y ahora parle comme un ange.
Johnny Depp hablando francés.
Su exmujer Depp, Vanessa Paradis, es parisina; él aprendió francés para seguir el ritmo de sus hijos bilingües.
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Are You More Like Zoe Or Joe Sugg?
The battle of the Suggs.
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You Should Be Paying Attention To Kayode Ewumi
Kayode Ewumi knows he is going to be successful – it's a fact. "I don’t see myself competing against anyone," he tells me on a warm October afternoon. We are sitting in a quiet corner of the Lyttelton Lounge on the first floor of the National Theatre, waiting for Ewumi's writing partner to turn up. "I'm running my own race," he says. "And by that I mean I have my own destiny. God has his own plan for me. So I have to stick with my plan and be committed."
On the internet, Ewumi is famous enough to have spawned memes: His face – captured, moon-like, in phases – has become a multipurpose reaction tool for when words simply aren't enough. There are Vines of him, and even fan art. It all comes down to one big bang moment: #HoodDocumentary, the mockumentary he co-created with lifelong friend Tyrell Williams.
#HoodDocumentary is kind of A Big Deal. While its central character was showing up in Vines as early as July 2015, it wasn't until August that Ewumi tweeted a 28-second clip with the hashtag "#HoodDocumentary". In the clip, dressed in a black leather jacket with no shirt, and a gold pendant in the shape of Africa glinting on his bare chest, Ewumi attempts (with a noticeable lisp) to deliver a freestyle rap. Nonsensical shoutouts to, variously, "the mandem", "slipster", "stampster", and "249" are pitch perfect – exactly the sort of low-budget grime video an up-and-coming MC would put out – and by the time he taps the pendant and raises a pseudo-solidarity black fist, you're sold. For those who haven't seen it, there follows a top notch visual gag I will not reveal but that, too, is perfect. It was the official birth of #HoodDocumentary, and the proper launch of its man-on-the-street star, Reece Simpson aka RS aka "Roll Safe".
A 22-minute episode dropped on YouTube on 11 October, picked up 100,000 views in less than a week, and today sits at just under 2 million hits. A second episode arrived in November before being yanked from YouTube (but more on that later) and gained fans like grime superstars Stormzy and Skepta (whose hit "Shutdown" was the soundtrack to an earlier trailer). Then in early December, just two episodes in, Ewumi and team announced a hiatus, in order to "pursue other projects in other genres and explore our creativity". Fans cried out. But as RS might say, roll safe.
Ewumi has plans that reach far beyond Reece and his famous leather jacket.
Kayode Ewumi, 22, was born and raised in Elephant and Castle in London, where he still lives. He is the middle child in a Nigerian-British family that laughed a lot – "My mum is the funniest," he says. "Like, she's got jokes. She has the most random stories."
Ewumi at his graduation ceremony
Kayode Ewumi
As a child, growing up on the Aylesbury Estate, he had a big imagination. "I enjoyed being in front of the mirror and making funny voices," he says. "I was always present – I wasn't away with the fairies – but I had my own world." In year 5 he met Tyrell Williams, co-creator and co-writer of #HoodDocumentary, whom he calls his brother ("He's a blessing from God. He speaks sense, and that's what I need around me.") At City and Islington College, he studied drama and theatre studies among other subjects, and has nothing but praise for his drama teacher there, Victoria Meager.
After winning a place at Coventry University to study journalism, he switched courses to theatre and professional practice within days, because "that's what my heart resonated with". He learned about practitioners like Bertolt Brecht and Steven Berkoff, and graduated with a first last summer (he discloses this with a wide, proud smile). He is again effusive about the talents of one of his lecturers there, Glenn Noble. "Glenn and Vicky [Meager] taught me how to conduct myself as a professional actor, but also as a human being – and what it was to be great." The course itself afforded Ewumi the chance to do "a lot of group work, a lot of collaboration. I enjoy collaborating with people who are just like, 'let's do it, let's go.'"
In the case of #HoodDocumentary, he joined forces with Williams (who also voices the unseen and bemused filmmaker of the mock documentary). The two had been messing about on Vine after uni ended in the summer, and RS came about very organically. "I did a Vine I wasn't happy with, and T was like, 'Why don't you just try you stalling the car?'" Ewumi complied. "And I said 'roll safe' to some imaginary youngers." Serendipitously, Ewumi had his dad's black leather jacket with him. "I took off my shirt, had the chain on, and it happened. We did another video with him, and this character was forming."
Chris Ritter / BuzzFeed
Around the same time, he attended a party and was chatting with spoken word artist Suli Breaks and another friend, Ayo Ogunjimi. They asked if Ewumi had seen the BBC Three comedy People Just Do Nothing. He hadn't – but when he did, he found it "hilarious, probably one of the funniest things I've watched. And I said, 'T, why don't we make a mockumentary?' And T said, 'Let's make it happen.'" Ewumi claps to punctuate the big bang of their project. By the time it had settled around the 22-minute mark, they decided their material was "captivating enough" to survive at that length.
This is the only time during our conversations that Ewumi sounds even vaguely cocky; it is apparent that he and Williams knew exactly what they had created – a singular and immediately memorable character of the type that inspires affection and picks up fans with ease. And so it came to be.
Their videographer and director of photography was fellow Coventry alum Rey Maunze, and they shot quickly, around the vagaries of a British summer. "We did it independently," says Ewumi. "A lot of people want it easy. They want it quick, but it takes time." He drags out the last word for emphasis.
The thing about RS is that he is sort of familiar, even as he is someone we're not used to seeing on TV every day. He is not a generic character, says Ewumi. "There's more to him, and that's what we were trying to show. With his dialect, his vernacular, you're thinking he's a typical..." he tails off. "But then you look at the way he dresses, and you're left thinking, What is this person?"
It's true: RS's sartorial choice is the most initially arresting element of the character – an instant classic, a tailor-made Halloween costume for internet kids. Is the jacket real leather? Ewumi has no idea. The whole look is reminiscent of a young Eddie Murphy, and, in conjunction with Ewumi's haircut, I have to ask: Is Murphy a strong influence? "You know what? To be honest, no." He laughs.
#HoodDocumentary is recognisably London in its interiors and exteriors, and in the character of RS, Williams and Ewumi challenge the idea of what it is to be a young black man in London. In a world of Dushanes and Sullys (from Channel 4's Top Boy), RS stands out as an alternative representation of onscreen black masculinity. Writing him was fun, Ewumi says. At his core, RS is just trying to figure out who he is. "He's got a good soul. He's a sweet guy, who's moved around a lot. He probably met LJ and Hannah in the youth club and wanted to make friends. He has high spirits and that vim to go and do things. And it’s not about if you're good or not." He brings up RS's "triple threat" claim from the first episode – 'I can act, I can sing, I can dance.'
Chris Ritter / BuzzFeed
"As young people, a lot of the time, we feel like if we're in a certain environment, we have to try and fit in. That's the thing Reece is trying to find: Do I have to talk like this to try and fit in? Or can I still be myself – wear my leather jacket, my chain, my haircut, keep my 'tache – and walk around?" In essence, the show and the character is a sort of inquiry into identity. "Really and truly, [RS] is not hood: That's the gag of #HoodDocumentary," says Ewumi. "No one in it is really hood. That's the whole underlying thing of it: What, exactly, is 'hood'?"
The beginning of the first episode looks like a very specific sort of documentary: a montage of urban council blocks, workmen wearing orange high-visibility vests, London buses whizzing past, and a series of shuttered shops filmed from a moving vehicle. It even sounds like one too: The voiceover informs us, "London youth are quickly leaving violence behind to embrace an emerging culture of artistry, creativity, and independence." If #HoodDocumentary were real, it's fair to say its primary audience would be white, looking to "learn something" about the urban youths of whom they've read so much. With that in mind, then, the show is a send-up on two fronts: a straight-up mockumentary with a fictional protagonist, but also a weighted nod and wink to the consumers of this sort of programming. Ewumi is aware of this. "I think it's beautiful," he says.
For RS "hood" is having big dreams and a pseudo-inspirational motto that matches his initials – the gently lisped catchphrase that has become shorthand for a specific brand of sweet and harmless ineptitude.
Back when he was producing Vines on a semi-regular basis, his uploads included smart and affectionate shots at specifically British things like soaps, gangster films, and low-budget grime videos. Ewumi is serious about being an actor. The first time we meet, in October 2015, he has just come from filming a project he wrote, and last summer he starred in a short film (co-written by Nicole Rachelle-Moore and Tyrell Williams), about a young man faced with an unexpected pregnancy. When he's not working on his own projects he's a part-time usher at the Young Vic theatre.
I ask if he thinks the current wave of creative young black Brits might be a minuscule counter to the much-reported brain drain to America of British talent. After a long pause and a deep breath, he speaks slowly. "It's picking up," he says finally, "especially for young black actors and actresses. A lot of people can now showcase their talent through social media, which is amazing, no matter what colour you are." He himself has had castings off the back of #HoodDocumentary. But he worries there's a downside to success on the web. "It could be detrimental – because it could just stay online. For people who want to be actors on that theatre stage, on TV..." he doesn't finish his sentence but his face expresses the rest of his sentiment clearly. The genre of web content that seems to do well is also worth noting. "Sometimes, it's the comedy that's received the best," he says wryly. "No one wants to see someone do no monologue, you know? Even if it's really good! You just wanna laugh, I guess." He sighs, then smiles. "The creative scene is improving, but there's much more that can be done."
Chris Ritter / BuzzFeed / YouTube
"I want to challenge and push myself. I’m 22 years old. I love making people laugh. But it’s not the only thing I can do. I also want to make you cry." Ewumi throws back his head to laugh at his own earnestness.
It's the comedy that makes people stop him – and sometimes his dad – in the street. "I get approached literally every day when I'm out. Every single day. Someone will either take a picture, shout 'roll safe', give me a hug, stare at me for ages, or just literally laugh." What, people laugh in his face before even saying anything? He nods. "When people see me on the street, that's the first thing they do. A lot of people assume that I'm just so hilarious. I think I know how to make people laugh... But I don’t think, like, I'm..." He chuckles, and enunciates slowly. "I'm not. That. Funny. I co-write a good joke, but some of it is improvised. But I think a lot people feel like, 'this guy is gonna make me laugh straight away' and when I'm talking, they're thinking, 'this guy doesn't have a lisp.'"
He's particularly pleased to note how many young black boys come up to him to congratulate him. "[These boys are] not giving me dirty looks or trying to be rude," he says. "They're laughing, smiling, motivating me, 'Bro, keep doing what you're doing. We love it.' And it's amazing. This work is touching so many people, especially young black boys out there who feel like they have to do this or that [to succeed]. Do it yourself. If it's good, it's good. If it's not – it's not." He laughs quietly, almost to himself. "It's that basic. That's it."
Ewumi has seen his profile explode over the last few months: YouTube is full of the seemingly unending interview tour he's undertaken. Last November, he attended the Mobo awards, having a good time on the red carpet. He also popped into the studio – in character as RS – on Charlie Sloth's BBC 1Xtra show. The result is a lot of fun: With Sloth as a natural foil, Ewumi plays RS entirely straight and with no vanity. But the truly fearless performance comes during his turn on Sloth's Fire in the Booth slot, when RS steps up to the mic and spits offensively inept rapping. "The lyrics were good, weren’t they?" he says, smiling. "Charlie's nice. The majority of my friends were there and we had a ball." The clips are all over the internet, and Ewumi says he's even seen footage of DJs playing it in clubs. How does he feel about that? "I squint my eyes and I shake my head [he mimes this]. How? This is what we’ve done. I’ve seen some bizarre things.
"But it’s all a blessing because these people have taken the time to watch it."
When we first spoke, in October 2015, the first episode of #HoodDocumentary had been out for less than a fortnight and Ewumi told me he and Williams had agreed to three episodes. In December they announced that they were taking a break from making the show, and then shortly after that the second episode mysteriously disappeared from YouTube. Fans are distraught – what on earth happened?
Ewumi is a little cagey in his response but assures me there were very good reasons behind pulling the episode. Here's the bad news: It doesn't look like it will be back any time soon. But good news: Something is en route. "Tyrell and I have done something which is really special," he says. "But it’s not going to be episode two or three. And I guess when you see what we’ve done, you’ll understand." He pauses for effect. "Just say there’s a surprise in store. And that’s all I can say on that."
In the meantime, the team behind #HoodDocumentary are working on another project, a sitcom this time. "I created it, and T and I are writing it together again. Tyrell will direct it, and Rey Maunze will again be head DoP." At this point, his grin is wide and very toothy. "I don’t know why I’m smiling so much!" he says, unprompted. "You know when you can’t say much, but you want to? I’ve never been able to hide smiles, ever since I was young. It’s ridiculous. Can’t stop smiling."
When he talks about his future, he is a mix of millennial energy and old-fashioned first-gen Nigerian. He's turned down a lot of offers ("I say no 80% of the time. If it's not right, it's not right") but says he tries to pass along opportunities where possible. What does success look like to him? His answer is immediate. "Just be happy. That's the plan: to be happy and to continue making work." I tell him it's a wildly romantic outlook. "It is, yeah!" he agrees. "I just want to be happy, and I'm happy making work – I enjoy the physical work, I enjoy writing the scenes that might never be published – so I'm going to do it. I'm happy having my friends around me.
"I just want to be happy. And that happiness came from me, performing on stage and having that round of applause, or writing with Tyrell, and going to work and watching theatre shows, you know? Are you writing so you can be famous? So you can get awards? Write because you love it. Don't make it a burden, you know?"
Photographed at Aqua Nueva in London on 13 January.
Lynzy Billing / Chris Ritter / BuzzFeed
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Which Weird YouTube Challenge Are You Based On Your Zodiac Sign?
Tin can? Or Tin can’t?
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Here's A Look At Six Decades Of Indian History In One Minute
Damn.
R.K. Laxman was one of India's best cartoonists and illustrators, most famous for The Common Man – his ToI comic strip that captured the hopes, dreams, struggles and daily life of the average Indian.
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In his memory, The Quint created an animated recap of Indian history, using Laxman’s comics.
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And it's pretty powerful.
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Watch the video here:
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6 Musicians In 5 Different Cities Made A Tribute Track For A.R. Rahman Without Ever Meeting
When six songs collide.
Antara Nandy, a Kolkata-based musician, recently gathered five musicians from around the world to sing a tribute to A.R. Rahman on his birthday.
The six musicians have never met.
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The six musicians perform Tamasha's "Agar Tum Saath Ho" and the video was spliced together from footage from different locations including Kolkata, Chennai, Pune, London, and Hawaii.
The video features Keethan (London) on piano, Ábel Libisch (Hawaii) on the cello, Manoj Kumar (Chennai) on the violin, Nish Raj (London) on the tabla, Abhishek Borkar (Pune) on the sarod, and Nandy (Kolkata) on vocals.
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Watch the impressive video here:
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Someone Made A Version Of "Mohabbatein" In Which SRK Is A Pothead, And It's Freaking Brilliant
Oh, and Amitabh is an alcoholic.
Everybody remembers Mohabbatein, a classic film, and the first on-screen appearance of Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan together.
The movie focuses on the story of a strict headmaster and a rebellious music teacher at a boarding school for boys.
Yash Raj Films
For the second episode of their DumbSmash series, YouTube channel ScreenPatti decided to make the plot of the film even better...
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By making Amitabh's character an alcoholic...
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And Shah Rukh's character, a pothead drug dealer.
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This Is What It Looks Like When 8,000 People Wait In Line For A Job Interview
I can’t even.
According to YouTube user therKept, this video was taken on January 24 in Bangalore, outside HCL’s walk-in job interviews.
According to Bangalore Mirror, there were 8,000 applicants waiting in line.
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People from all around the country came to Bangalore for the interview, and although it was schedule to begin at 9:30 A.M., hundreds had already gathered in line by 7 A.M.
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The company later cancelled the walk-in interview and asked people to just hand in their resumes after the crowd became too big to handle.
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13 Dinge, auf die sich alle Deutschen einigen können
GEMA4life.
Wir spüren alle das Gleiche bei dem neuen Zayn Malik Video.
Und wir freuen uns alle so krass auf einen neuen Track von Kanye, damit genau das hier passiert.
Jeder kennt doch dieses tolle Gefühl, wenn jemand eine Liste von coolen Liedern postet, die wir noch nicht gehört haben.
Es macht immer soviel Spaß, wenn man mitreden kann.
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Beyoncé Plays A Bollywood Star In Coldplay's New Video
OMFG.
Coldplay just released their new music video starring actual Bollywood star Sonam Kapoor.
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But Beyoncé, a collaborator on the track, plays one in the video. Here's a poster for a Beyoncé-starring fictional Bollywood movie.
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The video features a Beyoncé movie being watched in a movie hall.
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And here are a few more instances in the video of Bollywood Beyoncé just bein' Bollywood Beyoncé.
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We Transformed One Woman Into 6 Different Disney Princesses
You better work, girl.
If you haven't already heard about Madeline Stuart, she's a professional model with Down Syndrome who absolutely slays. So who better to model six different high fashion Disney-inspired looks?
Makeup by Joshua Masuda
Hair by Yuichi Ishida
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Up first, Madeline models a Rapunzel-inspired look complete with a long braid with woven flowers throughout.
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