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Youtube Rewind
BY Angie Reatiga
As many fans may know, starting in 2010, Youtube started a series called “Youtube Rewind” that comes out annually around the end of the year. To put it in simple terms, each video recaps the year’s most popular Youtube videos.
Their first rewind was titled “Youtube Rewind 2010: A Year In Review”. It was a quick one and a half minutes that featured the top ten most viewed and/or talked about viral videos, including: ‘Bed Intruder Song’, ‘Giant Double Rainbow’, and ‘The Twilight Saga Eclipse Trailer’. It was uploaded on December 13th and gained a little over two million views since.
Their second was simply “Youtube Rewind 2011”, and was released on December 20th. It again showed the top ten of the year. It was narrated by Rebecca Black (due to one of her videos being at the very top) and has gotten almost seven million views. Although, it received a negative view as there was double the amount of dislikes compared to likes, which many believe is due to Rebecca being the highlight. Among the videos featured were ‘Rebecca Black - Friday (OFFICIAL VIDEO)’, ‘Nyan Cat [original]’, and ‘The Creep (feat. Nicki Minaj & John Waters)’.
“Rewind Youtube Style 2012” took a different approach compared to the previous two. This time, many of the popular Youtubers were featured, including celebrities Psy and Felicia Day. The video revolved around the two famous videos at the time; ‘Gangnam Style’ and ‘Call Me Maybe’. It was more of a giant music video mash-up than a top ten countdown, with appearances from Ryan Higa (nigahiga), Grace Helbig (DailyGrace), DeStorm Power (DeStorm), Annoying Orange (RealAnnoyingOrange), duo Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla (Smosh), the members of Epic Meal Time (EpicMealTime), Jenna Marbles (JennaMarbles), GloZell Green (GloZell1), and many more. It was uploaded on December 17th and is currently the most popular Youtube Rewind with almost 150 million views and a great reception from the audience.
The fourth installment of the series is “Youtube Rewind: What Does 2013 Say?”. This one is similar to the last, but much more chaotic, as it involves double the amount of Youtubers. Along with the ones from the previous video, they brought in Robby Novak aka Kid President (soulpancake), Bethany Mota (Macbarbie07), Toby Turner (Tobuscus), Laina aka Overly Attached Girlfriend (wzr0713), Hannah Hart (MyHarto), Tyler Oakley (tyleroakley), duo Benny and Rafi Fine (TheFineBros), Dominic Sandoval aka D-Trix (theDOMINICshow), Justine Ezarik (iJustine), and many more. They even managed a creative way to involve PewDiePie without having to fly him over! This one also involved a few celebrities, such as Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Macklemore, and the Cookie Monster. The popular music of 2013 thrown in to create this one giant music video were ‘The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)’, ‘Blurred Lines’, ‘Can’t Hold Us’, ‘Get Lucky’, ‘Gentleman’, and ‘Harlem Shake’. They also referenced the year’s popular topics such as Miley Cyrus and Breaking Bad. At the end of the video, there was a dedication to the late Talia Joy, which read “For Talia Joy who still inspires us”. This one was put online on December 11th and gained over 100 million views.
“Youtube Rewind: Turn Down for 2014” is currently the final rewind to end the year of 2014, posted on December 9th, 2014. Again, they brought many of the past Youtubers back in, but this time adding (by popular demand) some fan favorites such as Dan Howell (danisnotonfire), Phil Lester (AmazingPhil), Connor Franta (ConnorFranta), Yousef Saleh Erakat (fouseyTUBE), Germán Garmendia (HolaSoyGerman), Lilly Singh (IISuperwomanII), Luke Cutforth (LukeIsNotSexy), Michelle Phan (MichellePhan), duo Jesse Wellens and Jeana Smith (PrankvsPrank), and Troye Sivan (TroyeSivan18). Adding all these new Youtubers means we had to say goodbye to a few that have been brought in the past (Ryan Higa, Epic Meal Time, and Dominic Sandoval for example). Along with these Youtubers, they also brought in guest stars Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, John Oliver, Conan O'Brien, and Big Bird from Sesame Street! The music involved in this video that took over the nation in 2014 were ‘Turn Down For What’, ‘Bang Bang’, ‘Happy’, ‘Anaconda’, ‘Dark Horse’, and ‘Let It Go’. They mimicked popular videos including a prank by PrankvsPrank where their “cat” falls out of their window, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge videos, and the popular “First Kiss” video.
Do you think they recapped all the main videos or music throughout the years? What did they miss out on or forget?
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