- What's up, guys?
I'm Loren Gray here with BuzzFeed,
and today, I'm going to be sliding into my own DMs.
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So, I'm gonna go into my Requested Inbox right now
on Instagram and see what kind of messages are inside.
I get a lot of DMs like this
where people I think
are having like a one-sided conversation.
This one says, "Oops.
"Hey Loren.
"Hehe.
"Hey, baby.
"You okay?
"Loren, I love you, I'm sorry, ugh."
I forgive you for whatever it is
that you're apologizing for.
Okay, this one's really nice.
This one says, "Hi, Loren.
"I'm one of your biggest fans
"and I've wanted to meet you
"since you started Musical.ly in 2015.
"I make edits for you on my page.
"I'm 14 and I love you so much.
"I hope you stay safe and have an amazing day.
"I know you might not see this,
"but I really appreciate all the nice things you've done
"and how amazing you are with your fans.
"If you see this, you mean the world to me."
So, that's just a nice one
and I get a lot of those.
Those are my favorite kind of DMs, so thank you.
The next one says, "Are you a camera by chance?"
And there's no follow up to that,
but I'm really, really curious as to what the follow-up
could have and would have been.
Because I'm not a camera.
This one says, "This was the perfect story
"for me to reply on, but honestly, it left me speechless."
And then he DM'ed again a few hours later
and said, "I was thinking about the odds of you answering,
"then I realized if I messaged you at least once a day
"they'd go up by a lot.
"If anyone sees this, they'll think I'm crazy.
"But you're just like, wow."
And then (laughs) and the next message the next day,
so he had this whole thing
where he was gonna message me everyday.
And then, the day after that, he said,
"All right, I gave up.
"Can't make a fool of myself for you.
"We'll meet some day."
He gave up pretty quickly,
but I respect it, and I respect the hustle.
The next one's pretty straightforward,
"Can you literally marry me?"
And then replies again in a couple hours
and says, "Please marry me."
So, he's a bit more polite the next time.
But I'm not sure I'm looking
for that kind of commitment right now.
I do get a few marriage proposals.
Although, I did get proposed to once
when I was on tour in person,
and that was kinda awkward, but we made it through.
We're not married.
I'm not married.
Just puttin' it out there.
The next DM is one of my favorites,
because all he said was "Chocolate queen."
And that I am not.
I'm not sure what context he meant that in,
but he followed it up with three kissy faces,
so it was meant to be a positive.
Sometimes people will send me hate messages to my DMs,
which I actually think is quite nice
because they're keeping it between us
and not you know, publicly commenting.
So, this one just says, "Hate you, Loren."
And I really appreciate it, it's to the point,
and you know, she didn't do it publicly.
She made it private.
And she just wanted to let me know how she feels.
I respect it.
This one says, "You look like Kylie Jenner."
Which, I don't see the resemblance at all actually,
but I guess it's a compliment,
so I guess I will say thank you.
The next one just says "You are doing well, honey."
I appreciate that.
Sometimes, you just need a little motivation.
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This person said "You have good natural lashes
"with mascara."
So, they were letting me know
that my natural lashes are good,
but they need a little bit of help, so thank you.
This one, I like, because they've thrown in some
you know when you put numbers instead of letters.
They've done that to like make the message more interesting.
"There's my queen in her majestic verse scene.
"I could stare at those all day, in every light array."
I feel like that was a very heavy like really deep message.
Also could have been pulled from like Pinterest.
I like this one because I've got a nickname
that I'd never heard before.
"Hey, Princess Yoda."
I'm not sure what that's supposed to mean.
"I saw that everyone is trying to reach your attention,
"but I didn't see that someone asked you how are you,
"how was your day?
"How's quarantine going?
"What do you do through these days?
"I love you so much, and I hope you could answer.
"Have a great day and stay safe."
Yeah, Princess Yoda, that's me, I guess.
And this person says I look like Alison
from the movie Pretty Little Liars.
But I'm pretty sure it's a show.
I've never really seen it.
But I don't know if there's a resemblance, I don't know.
Maybe it's just 'cause, a lot of people just compare me
to people who have blonde hair.
I'll take it as a compliment.
Thank you guys so much for watching
and coming into my Instagram DMs with me.
I have a new single out right now called "Cake"
so, check it out if you want.
And thanks for having me, BuzzFeed.
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