Today, I'm gonna reward you guys
for helping this channel reach an important milestone
by revealing a secret about this channel
that nobody knows.
Let's get Undone.
[offbeat music]
♪ Gerald Undone ♪
♪ He's crazy ♪
What is happenin', everybody? I'm Gerald Undone
and today we're celebrating two things.
The first is the two-year anniversary of this channel.
And the second thing is this channel surpassing
5,000 subscribers. Now, I'm a little bit late
on both of these things, but it's not my fault, I swear.
I literally had no chance to make
the 5,000 subscriber video sort of around the time
that it happened. Because I was--
when I was in the planning stage for it,
which was around, like, the 4,500 subscriber point,
then the next thing I looked, it was past 5,000
just instantly in, like, one day. So, I didn't even have
a chance to make the video. And in the middle
of trying to sort out that video and deal with everything
like that, the two-year anniversary kind of passed by.
So, today's video's gonna be kind of a combo of both
of those, even though now I don't--I think we're over,
like 6,000 subscribers now. Which is great,
just means it doesn't really line up with the video.
At the rate we're getting subscribers, by the time
I finish recording this video, I'm gonna have to do
some alternate dialogue to sort of dub in over
the amount of subscribers that we get. It'd be like,
thank you guys so much for helping me reach
[flat voice] "43,000" subscribers.
[Normally] But no, as of right now,
the amount is 6,211. And that's crazy.
I'm really happy about that.
And I think the last couple videos have a lot
to do with that, so thank you so much
to all the new subscribers that we've recently gained.
Who knew how much you guys would like me
showing you things with plain white text effects
morphing across the screen. That's great, though,
because I like making those kinds of videos.
And I like to think I'm a bit of an expert
on what kind of videos I like to make
because in the last two years on YouTube
I've done quite a few different things.
In fact, reaching 5,000 subscribers over two years
isn't particularly impressive in its own right,
but I blame that sort of slow growth in the beginning
on my protracted development period to figure out
what kind of videos I should be making.
Yet what's even sillier is I actually started my channel
making this kind of content before I veered off
to do other things and then eventually come back to it.
Mind you, they weren't quite as good of quality
when I started out.
Who could benefit from maybe
just a little bit of information involving how to light
their shots a little bit better? [breathing loudly]
So, I'm gonna start out-- [breathing loudly].
But despite those early videos
being reasonably successful, I stopped making
that kind of content so that I could focus on
something much more important.
Today, I'm gonna teach you guys
how to sharpen your hammer. To help pass the time,
I recommend listening to Enya.
["Only Time" by Enya played out of tune]
♪ Who can say where the road goes ♪
♪ Where the day flows ♪
♪ Only time ♪
[rock music]
I spent over a year on YouTube trying to be successful
by making the most absurd, sarcastic,
self-parody videos that I could think of.
And as much as I love quite a few of those videos
for their humour and originality,
it's not a real big surprise that that plan failed.
And throughout that process, I would continue to make
the occasional tech or DIY video that would usually do
quite well, but I refused to take the hint.
I even went so far as to take on a ten video
per week schedule that involved everything
from Let's Play gaming videos to a freaking cooking show!
But you know what? It was a fun ride and--
and I'm not complaining,
because as much as it may have set back, you know,
my timeline in terms of subscriber growth,
I'm really glad that I got to just sort of make
whatever content I wanted to make.
Because originally that was the whole point of YouTube
in the first place. And there are quite a few of you guys
that have actually stuck around throughout this crazy,
wacky journey that I put you on. And I know
it must not have been easy. There had to have been times
where I was really sort of testing the patience
of the type of absurdity that you would endure.
There had to be times where you were sitting there
watching one of my videos and just
being like, "What in the sweet hell is this?"
For my newest form of comedy, sarc-dramedy.
[deep voice] Ydemardcras latnemirepxe.
[mysterious music]
But I'm also glad to have found something
that seems to be working and is helpful to people,
because that was another point from the beginning,
and that's why I end all of my videos with saying
that I hope this video
was helpful or at least entertaining,
because that's why I'm making them.
I want to give something of value to the internet.
And I'm not so sure that I was doing that before.
[soft electro music]
♪
Now, for those of you that are seeing these clips
for the first time, consider that part of my thank you,
because you won't find these videos anywhere
on my channel anymore. I've since cleaned shop,
I've made new playlists and deleted all the old videos
that don't really pertain to creative tech anymore,
to try and focus the channel a little bit more reasonably.
And that's the phase of the channel
that we're currently on and have been since
about February of this year.
I like to call this phase, Phase VI, Return of the Tech Guy.
[Star Wars theme]
And I think that that guy is here to stay,
because the results speak for themselves.
But I do think that we'll continue to see the crazy stick
its head up from time to time,
because I just can't help myself.
Anyway, that's enough rambling on about that.
I just figured since I haven't done an update video
in a while we could kind of put that into
the milestone video. A little bit of a story/update,
which would help the new subscribers get a little bit
of a synopsis on the background of this channel.
And the OG subscribers, well, I hope you enjoyed
our walk down memory lane. But what I'm really trying
to say is that I am extremely happy about
where this channel has gone over the last two years
and where it ended up today, and I am very thankful
to all the subscribers, new and old,
for watching these videos. Thank you for your views,
your likes, your comments. It's been a blast engaging
with you and growing this channel together.
So, here's to year three and the next milestone.
Now, I said in the intro to this video that I was going
to reveal a secret about this channel that nobody knows.
And I realize that this may shock some of you,
but there is something going on here with my studio
that I've never told anyone. Okay, here goes.
This whole place is actually black-and-white.
There. Ha, I said it. Feels good to get that off my chest.
I'm sorry for not being open about this until now,
but I just couldn't hold it in any longer.
But yes, my whole world is black-and-white.
Now, I know what you're thinking:
"This guy has lost his marbles. Clearly the video is in colour."
And you're right. The video is in colour,
but it's not because my studio is in colour.
In fact, it's because I have a very rare
and important filter that converts black-and-white
to colour. And I'm gonna show you what my world
really looks like for the first time right now.
All right, here goes.
See? It's all black-and-white.
And the filter is doing all the colour work.
It's a pretty impressive filter, isn't it?
It's where I get my signature colour grade from.
And it even has a dial on it that lets you control
the saturation. Anyway, that's my secret reveal.
Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.
And don't worry about future videos.
Just because I told you my secret doesn't mean
I'm gonna stop making my videos in colour.
They'll all still have the signature Undone colour.
In fact, I think we'll all probably feel a little bit
more comfortable if I just go ahead and put this back on.
There. Anyway, that's gonna be it for me.
Thank you so much for the 5,000 subscribers.
You guys are amazing, and I hope you found
this video entertaining, because let's face it,
you probably didn't find it helpful.
And I'm not gonna ask you to subscribe
because chances are you already are.
So, instead I'll just say, I hope you have a great day.
Alright...I'm done.