♪ (upbeat techno intro) ♪
♪ (upbeat dance music) ♪ - Who is this?
Oh, Larry! (claps)
I wanna do this.
(claps softly)
- Who the hell is this?! - Cutie!
- He be popping!
- Who in the-- (laughs) - He's mad that Larray's got
a better outfit than him. - Eh...
- (FBE) Kenneth, ever seen this person?
- No clue. - (FBE) So, this is TikToker,
YouTuber, influencer Larri Merritt, better known by his username, Larray.
He's a member of the Hype House... - Yup.
- (FBE) ...and is probably best known for his TikToks, so let's take a look
at some more of his content. - It just keeps getting
worse and worse from here. - D'Amelios, James Charles,
Noah Beck. - I feel like this is all--
everyone who's been canceled. (laughs)
This is Canceled Crew. - I'm pretty sure the one person
I respect out of all of them is James Charles probably.
- I think he needs to stick to the lip syncing,
like, walk videos. I really like his transition ones,
where he's in the camera and powerful.
The commentary, I would say, needs to be up.
- Anna, so you tend to like these kinds of dancing creators.
Why do you tend to watch them? - I think there's a certain charisma
and talent you need to have, where you can capture
the audience's attention. I respect it, honestly.
I think he really does have raw talent,
but maybe it's visual and dance-y, not comedy commentary.
I don't know. I think all these people
need to stay in their lanes when it comes to what they do.
- (Larry) Who was doing that? - (man) Charli's sister.
- (Dixie) Did he just call me Charli?
- (woman) ...people here. - (Dixie) If I'm impostor,
I'm killing you first. - The concept of a YouTube video
in TikTok, why? - (man) Where the [censored]
is Dixie's sister? - (Charli) Wait. Sorry--
- (laughs) - (laughs) Okay.
That's pretty funny. - (Larray) ...[censored] the heteros,
welcome to the LGBT community. - (James) It's definitely Larri.
- Identity politics. - I thought that was funnier.
But then again, I'm pretty sure-- maybe besides James Charles
and Larry, I'm pretty sure the rest of them were just
doing it because it's popular, and they could get more views from it.
- (FBE) These people are doing a video with Corpse.
- (Jaxon and Kenneth) Yeah. - (FBE) Thoughts on that?
Thoughts on that? - I mean...
- Hey, they're hopping on a trend. - You're friends with who
you're friends with, right? Just you're friends
with who you're friends with, 'cause I know Corpse knows them.
- Do you think they're friends? - Well, Corpse and James are friends.
- Yeah, I think they're just kind of hopping on a trend
since it's very popular and everyone wants to see
this type of content. But personally, I hate the way
that it's a YouTube video on TikTok. - Yeah, I definitely agree with that.
But it just seemed like they were hopping on a trend to hop on a trend.
♪ (deep bass electro music) ♪
- Y'all think that's real or an edit? I'm confused.
- That'd be kind of funny if it was him, though.
- That's so much more funny. (laughs) - It reminds me
of the Dylan O'Brien thing. Somebody gave money
to Dylan O'Brien in public. They thought he was homeless.
- Oh my god. (laughs) I'm down with--
I would like that if I saw it. - This is better.
- I would double tap that. - Yeah. It's nice and short.
- It's better than the dances for me specifically.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- Y'all don't like this?
- No, not this side of TikTok.
- I don't know who the second guy is, though.
- Here's the thing: I appreciate his outfit.
- I've seen that dance everywhere, so many times, the basics of it.
I'm just like, "Bro, I don't care about this anymore."
- I just don't think they deserve the criticism
that they're-- how harshly people criticize.
They should be criticized for other things, like the partying
and the vacations and all that. But for dancing?
Eh, I don't really care. - (FBE) Larray is also a YouTuber
and musical artist. Back in October of 2020,
he released a music video for his song "Canceled,"
that gained a lot of attention. - Oh, I actually love this.
- (Larray) Um, I am so sorry that you have to hear this.
♪ Let's start off with Bryce Hall ♪ ♪ Yeah, he got smelly balls ♪
- What the [censored]? - ♪ I only know his name ♪
♪ 'Cause Addison gave him fame ♪ ♪ Now moving on to Sister ♪
♪ I think I'm about to diss her ♪ ♪ That ass is looking thicker ♪
♪ But forehead getting bigger ♪ ♪ Oh ♪
♪ Up next is this boy Noah, Mr. Thick Nick [censored] ♪
- Wow. (laughs) - ♪ Now, I see why Dixie
chose him ♪ ♪ He hit different ♪
♪ 'Cause he got a bigger Peter ♪ ♪ Ain't that right, Griffey? ♪
- Yeah, I mean, this song is just going off
of other people's popularity. - It was-- it's two years too late.
- I need a second to process. - I can understand
why it's very entertaining, you know? So, at least I can appreciate that.
- Yeah, I like that he's making fun of the diss track.
The other guys tried way too hard on their diss tracks.
- Remember the Logan Paul-- all of that?
- Yeah. - Oh my god. (laughs)
- So, I definitely took this as making fun of other diss tracks.
- Yeah, and they're all in it. They're all-- you know,
they're all a part of the act. - People like drama.
They like beef. They like that kind of stuff.
So, I mean, this is just a fun way to poke fun
at other creators that he might not necessarily hate,
just wanna have fun with. - People sitting
behind their computer screens and not have much going on,
they kind of want to have a-- you know, they wanna dip their toes
into some drama and what other thing can they do and it's just fully
presented to them on the internet?
- (FBE) Larray actually gained popularity on YouTube,
posting videos of him playing Roblox. So, let's take a look
at one of those videos. - Oh, Jesus Christ.
- God. - (Larray) You look like a famous
TikToker. (as girl) Oh.
Want to be together for clout? (as boy) What do you mean?
(as girl) Like, we can be a famous TikTok couple.
- Something about this doesn't sit right with me.
I don't-- something about this just doesn't--
something about this doesn't seem right.
- (Larray as girl) You don't like short girls?
- (laughs) - (Larray as girl) I prefer
the word "dainty." - I just don't like Roblox. So...
- (Larray as girl) What? I literally breathe.
(as boy) Well, stop. Ooh, that was a dark one.
- That's off-putting, but that was pretty funny. (chuckles)
- It reminds me of Episodes, except it's more creative,
'cause he made him themself. - Yeah, I saw Addison there.
- (FBE) As you can see, Larray has cast a pretty wide net
as far as his content goes, from silly TikToks to music
to gaming content. What are your thoughts
on how he approaches his content across all these different platforms?
- If he's getting consistent views on all of them, props to him.
That's pretty hard. - (FBE) What do you think
that says about him that if people don't really care what he posts?
- They care about his personality rather than what he does.
- I agree. I think people are buying into his personality.
And people-- I mean, when people have a strong fan base like that,
they'll buy anything. So, it doesn't matter
what he does. - I definitely agree.
- Yeah. Also, I kinda like that he diversifies his stuff.
Except-- wait, wait, wait, wait. Except the YouTube thing!
Don't ever do that again. - (FBE) Larray himself has been
at the center of a couple controversies.
Most notably, it was Larray that Nikita Dragun
threw a party for in the midst of the COVID pandemic.
What do you think about how creators such as Larray can influence
the public like this in much more serious ways
than just joking around on a diss track?
- I just don't like how people that get clout on TikTok
or something think that they're better than others
and throw parties like this. It doesn't go well.
Plus, if you're gonna throw a party during a pandemic, why the [censored]
would you post it?! It makes it look bad on your part!
If you are gonna go to a party and you are gonna do this stuff--
I'm not encouraging this-- why the [censored] would you post it?
- I don't think they understand how powerful they could be
to younger viewers. - You're someone famous.
There's consequences to your actions. You can't do this stuff.
- (FBE) If there was any advice that you could give Larray
or anything you'd maybe wanna say to him, what would it be?
- So, even though I might not know your content very well--
and I really didn't know who you were before this--
what you're doing is special, right? Because people are watching you.
And keep doing what you're doing that's making you grow.
And get the bag. You know, just get the bag. (laughs)
- I think you have talent. I think, you know, you have
a lot of good going for you. I'm really glad you got
the opportunities you've gotten. But to focus on using
that power for good. - I think your next journey
should be starting a fashion line. I think you should just try
to use your platform to spread positivity to the kids,
especially this day and age right now. It's what we need the most.
- Thanks for watching this episode. - What other creator
should we react to? Let us know in the comments.
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