Before Jennelle Eliana would go viral gaining over 1.5 Million Subscribers off of three
videos titled Van Tour, How I Shower In A Van and a Q&A.
Before The YouTube community would be split in half with many starting to questions if
she was a YouTube plant - while others applauded her for winning the
YouTube lottery!
Before Jennelle Eliana would clock in a quarter million instagram followers and would sell
out of almost all her thrift clothes via her website.
Aright, there is a lot of buzz going on around about this girls massive rise to fame!
I've poured over all the YouTube videos, the Reddit posts, the social media stats and the
Paste Bin search history looking for an explanation.
I'll get into that a little later in this video BUT to be fair, I think this girl has
checked a lot of the right boxes to make her virality happen authentically.
I mean her story and lifestyle is incredibly unique and she has all the makings of an online
digital star.
She's fun, she's positive, she's family friendly, she's resourceful and for those curious – well
she even so happens to be single.
She could really use a man to help her squash some of them bugs:
She could probably also use a little bit of security.
Just a thought, probably a super tight living space so all applicants should be able to
provide their own van.
I bet she's got a thing for dudes who own an RV and some kinda Boa Constrictor.
If you are out there dude we'd love to set you up!
Tell them it was the Before They Were Famous guy who set you two up!
Let's just hope it's not this guy who posted this video about Janelle.
What's going on guys?
It's your boy Michael McCrudden taking a crack at the life before fame of Jannelle Eliana
who is essentially the Lil Nas X of the YouTube game this year.
She's currently experiencing a historic rise and I got a feeling it's only gonna get bigger!
We've dropped ton's of videos on other YouTubers in recent weeks including Tana & Jakes Wedding
and the 16 year old Bugha who just won himself $3 Million bucks.
We need your comments to keep us on track on who to do next, I was thinking about doing
the crying girl from Tick Tock (Thumbnail saved) but if you guys don't tell us who to
do we can't do it.
In fact if YouTube don't start helping us out I might be living in a van myself like
my man Kelso from That 70's show.
BURN!!!
Truthfully though, there was a time when I was going to buy a van for $5,000 bucks and
I planned on living in it.
Can you guess how old I was when I was down to do this?
Take a guess in the comments down below.
Aright, let's get into this video.
intro
Janelle Eliana was born sometime in and around 1999 and in an interview she gave earlier
this year to Bonappetite.com well back then she was going by the name of Janelle Long.
Cue the conspiracy theorists.
No shade to that guy, but he's starting to remind me of the ancient aliens dude.
Okay, so we do know that Janelle's home state is California and she lived in and around
Silicon Valley.
San Fransisco has some of the most expensive rent prices in all of America so the bay area
makes a lot of sense
and also for her know how about van living.
Apparently out there this lifestyle is more common.
We still don't know much about Janelle's formative years but she has stated that she lived a
pretty sheltered life growing up and moved out on her own when she was only 18.
Despite what many people think, Janelle is not financially supported by her parents and
when she found out that the college fund she was banking on for school never existed she
decided to pack up her things and move out of mom and dads.
From there she lived with a friend for a little bit before she got her van.
She also started to juggle a part time job and schooling while in her free time she made
a few friends who were already enjoying van life.
Not that kinda stuff, more like this:
Jannella actually knew all about van life back in high school and has been obsessed
with RV'ers and small living lifestyles for quite some time.
Prior to buying the van, Janella's only means of transportation were her roller blades.
She spent months cruising Craigslist for her perfect home.
That's when she stumbled upon her perfect whip, a 1995 GMC Vandura Limited with only
120K Miles on it.
A ride that's in fact older than her!
The previous owners had only used it for odd trips to Disney Land and she became an official
home owner at 19 but the van still needed a lot of work.
While continuing to attend school and sleeping in a hammock or on a yoga mat Janelle began
customizing her space.
She pulled out the large bucket seats and back recliner all by herself.
She would work on the car in the parking lot of her part time job.
At one point in time she was working at a sporting good store and later doing data entry.
A local Auto Zone lent her the tools and all the while she had big plans to on eventually
document her van life on her very own YouTube channel.
Once she got the van into tip top shape, including an aquarium for her ball python named Alfredo
she began taking trips to other parts of California.
On one stop at Venice Beach she posted to Instagram:
I’m broke af and have no idea what I’m doing with my life, but I’ve never been
happier and wouldn’t change a thing.
In early June of 2019 she appeared on the YouTube channel Apartment Therapy where she
offered them a tour for their series Tiny Tours.
That video has clocked in 70K views and Janelle did the smart thing by deciding to posta video
of her own, to her own channel on June 26th, 2019.
Things progressed slowly with her receiving 800 subscribers the first day and 352 views.
According to a few posts over on Paste Bin she also got featured on a number of websites
that are owned and operated out of Nigeria.
From there things started to take off rather quickly with daily views continuing to compound
from 1000 to 2000 until it snowballed into the millions.
She followed this up with her second upload on July 11th and this one clocked in almost
100K views within the first 24 hours.
This one titled, How I Shower Living In A Van.
This video exploded clocking in almost 13 Million views at the time of this recording
and Jannellle herself was even a little taken back having stated:
I have no words to express the gratitude that I feel at this moment, but to be honest,
watching the rapid growth of my channel was a little overwhelming
I needed to take a step back from social media for my mental and physical health, because
I was not prepared for this.
She has since decided to put school on hold so she can focus on her YouTube channel which
has since been monetized.
Her full time job doing data entry, will allow her to take time off when she needs it and
she plans to hit the road in her perfectly set up van.
Janelle also revealed that she has since reconnected with her fam – of course pulling up in her
van and although her parents were in disbelief her dad and her sister gave her their full
support.
She also got some support from the YouTube community.
But of course not everyone was thrilled.
If you type her name into YouTube there are countless videos being made trying to re-construct
her massive sub and view growth.
Some conclude she's a plant who is someone manufactured and promoted by YouTube.
Others are just doing stuff like this:
Looks like we got another Sexy Vegan on our hands.
YouTube has even shared some info due to all the blow back that Van Life videos have seen
a massive climb in interest, the same with sustainable living.
Plus she's got great thumbnails, longer format videos.
A great personality
and even a snake!
What more could you ask for?
Aright guys?
I'm wrapping up this video.