♪ (industrial music) ♪
♪ (whimsical intro) ♪
- Who is this?
- Is this Lindsey Stirling?
- (whispering) She's so good.
- Well, it looks like post-apocalyptic kinda.
♪ (passionate violin music) ♪ - Maybe?
- Oh, is that Lindsey Stirling?
- Nice dance moves.
- Nice little violin in the beginning.
- In my dreams, I dance just like that.
- Her face is really familiar. Is she on YouTube?
- That's the dude from Dancing with the Stars, right?
- She's got the violin and the dance moves.
- She's a great dancer. I don't think I've ever seen her dance.
♪ (emotional violin music) ♪
♪ (cautious violin music) ♪
- This is so good. She's so good.
♪ (soft violin music) ♪
- I love the Mad Max feel.
- I'm getting a Game of Thrones vibe.
♪ (violin quivers) ♪
♪ (bold violin music) ♪
- Is the whole thing instrumental? Like, there's no lyrics?
- Wow, they're really featuring that violin.
♪ (bold violin music) ♪
- I don't get it. Are they watching themselves?
Am I supposed to be getting something?
- Now I'm just confused. (laughing)
♪ (piercing note) ♪
♪ (lilting violin music) ♪
- She's definitely very, very talented.
- I didn't think I would listen to this kind of music, but it's really good.
♪ (music continues) ♪
- What? No hands?
♪ (song fades) ♪
- I liked her.
I feel like I've seen her before.
- I like it. I appreciate the talent in all of that.
That was Hunter, our son's, first concert, Lindsey Stirling.
♪ (dubstep violin music) ♪
- All right, we're in snow now.
- This is the song that turned me on to her.
- It's, like, so dubstep-py.
- Has there ever been a violinist this popular?
- I had this song on my Spotify for the longest time.
♪ (spirited violin music) ♪
- And when she's not playing music, she's doing gymnastics.
- Wow, she can't be stopped, man.
Any kind of weatha. No one can do it betta.
- That's so crazy. She's, like, super talented.
♪ (sonorous violin music) ♪
- It's so cool. The production value's awesome.
- She's breaking barriers, that's for sure.
Come on, like, that's amazing.
♪ (pensive violin music) ♪
- Well, that's a lot happening.
- Doing anything upside down just ups the ante.
- Oh, that's fun.
- So cool!
- I love that kind of stuff. That's so rad.
♪ (rocking violin music) ♪ - Oop, that's a concert right there.
- She's literally playing all these genres of music with just her violin.
♪ (piercing violin music) ♪
- Dude, she's like a rock star but with a violin.
That's sick.
♪ (frantic violin music) ♪
- If I ever play an instrument, I want to play it like that.
♪ (thrashing on drums) ♪ - Wow.
M'kay, cools.
(audience screams)
- Wow. (light applause) That was really good, man.
- Was that it? I want more.
- Kind of a badass with that violin, isn't she?
♪ (industrial music) ♪
- (Finebros) So we just showed you the performing artist Lindsey Stirling.
- Lindsey Stirling, that's right!
- She rocks, man. I dig it.
- (Finebros) What do you think after watching a medley of her music?
- I mean, she's super talented.
She doesn't even need words to put into her music.
- It's definitely not stuff that I would listen to on my own,
but it was actually pretty good.
- She's a beast, obviously.
I haven't heard of any other violinist that's doing something similar
that's that big.
- I'm not very flexible, so the fact that she can move like that
while playing a violin is unbelievable.
- I think she's fantastic.
I know she has a YouTube channel.
I don't watch her YouTube videos.
I just know of her just as a musical artist.
- (Finebros) Lindsey first hit the scene on America's Got Talent.
- Oh really? Okay.
- (Finebros) And she was told on that show
that she would not make it in the industry.
- Really?! Ha ha.
That's what I say to that.
- (Finebros) That motivated her over to YouTube,
where she now has over eight million subscribers,
making her one of the most popular musicians
of all time on the site.
What do you think of her story?
- It's fantastic.
It's a comeback story.
- It kind of works out better 'cause you do it all on your own terms
and you have no one to really answer to.
- For somebody like that, with that amount of talent,
to be told that she can't do somethin',
you could tell she loves proving people wrong.
- I bet she walks around with a chip on her shoulder-- in a good way.
Like she just walks around-- she keeps in the back of her mind,
every time she sells out shows, she's like, "What? What was that?"
- When you have those people that are kind of like...
you know, naysayers, you take that and say "You know what?
That's gonna be the fire that's lit under me to really show 'em."
- (Finebros) Not only has she had big success on YouTube,
but her album, Shatter Me, debuted at number two
on the Billboard Charts back in 2014. - Wow!
- That Shatter Me album, I went out and bought it the first day it was out.
- (Finebros) She's even worked with artists such as John Legend
and played at venues like The Kennedy Center.
What do you think of her ability to cross over into mainstream success?
- Well, isn't that what YouTube's all about,
is getting yourself out there, putting yourself out there?
- She found her niche and she's rollin' with it.
You can't stop her. Man, she can't be stopped.
- A lot of really amazing success stories have come out of YouTube.
- It's also an opportunity for other artists
to cross over into YouTube success.
John Legend is, like, a really good musician too,
so you want to collaborate with really good musicians.
And you see something visually stunning, like what she does,
who wouldn't want to be a part of that?
- (Finebros) Despite all of this, she has spoken about
not being taken as seriously sometimes because of her online following.
What do you think about that?
- That's sucks if it's true.
- She's a better musician or artist than people that are on TV.
- Isn't that the story of every YouTuber?
Like, no one's ever taken seriously?
But they're constantly proving people wrong.
- People sometimes look at YouTube and there's this kind of stigma,
and not really taken seriously, but, I mean, that's changing.
- People are looking at that like that's not the way that they did it,
therefore it's not the right way, and they're idiots.
Just don't listen to people like that.
They're stupid.
♪ (guitar riff) ♪
- (Finebros) What do you think it does for others who are pursuing
their own aspirations, seeing the massive success of Lindsey?
- I think it's a beacon of hope for them.
There's just something extra-special about being told no
and then showing everybody wrong, like, proving them wrong.
- Younger people are not really used to seeing any artist play the violin.
The fact that she's taking a classical instrument
and she's making it contemporary, I think that stands out.
- Any time you find someone who has followed their passion
and they have had that success, watch those people.
Because for every one of those you will find,
you will find 20, 30, 40 or 50 people who were too scared shitless
to follow their own passion, and since they were scared
will try and talk you out of following your own.
- (Finebros) Finally, if Lindsey watches this video,
what would you want to say to her?
- Lindsey, I love you.
I'm going to be your biggest fan now.
- You go, girl.
I will definitely check out your channel.
- Ultimate girl power. Love you.
Keep up the good work.
- Lindsey, I think that you are super inspiring.
You're super talented in so many areas.
- You're extremely talented and an absolute pleasure and delight to see.
- Thank you, I think is the best thing that I could say
because it is always very motivating to see anyone that had an idea in mind
and made it concrete and made it real.
- You're changing people. You are affecting people
in a very, very positive way, so for the naysayers, [bleep] 'em.
- Thanks for watching this episode of Adults React.
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- Let us know in the comments what YouTube star we should react to next.
- Goodbye and KSLL: Keep Spreading that Lindsey Love.
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