So today we’re not only going to be talking about e-boys, but also how I wound up trending
on Instagram for accidentally becoming an e-boy . . . on purpose.
Yes I can explain and yes it’s as sad as it sounds.
So why are people even talking about e-boys?
So what is an e-boy / Today I’m going to be turning into an e-boy / They always look
like they’re kind of dead inside / And I thought to myself, you know, TikTok is the
perfect platform / I’m now full e-boy mode / Enough to put an end to these e-boys, alright,
it’s only gotten worse.
As you can see from that montage, I have no idea either.
Basically, just take an 2000’s skater boy, run him through an emo filter and several
hundred layers of irony, and then place him on TikTok and bam.
You’ve got yourself an e-boy.
Not to be confused with e-girls, who I’m not even entirely convinced are human.
How many times do I have to tell you that if your uWu doesn’t make it on the For You
page, you just don’t have what it takes to be an e-girl.
That—I feel bullied.
That video bullied me.
There’s nothing worse than being bullied by a child, because you can’t do anything
back.
You know, unless nobody is watching So I woke up one morning and thought, wouldn’t
it be funny if I dressed up like an e-boy and posted it on Instagram with no context?
That would be funny, right?
Well I did it anyway.
I threw a polo shirt on top of a long sleeve and added one chain and posted that on Instagram.
Oh and also I drew a heart on my face.
Well much to my delight, that wound up on the top posts on Instagram under the eboy
hashtag for the entire day.
At one point, it was in the top five posts.
One thousand, seven hundred and eighty-six people who don’t know me and were specifically
looking for e-boys found this picture and thought . . . actually I don’t know what
they thought and I’m glad I don’t because I don’t even know what I was thinking.
But people were saving it, re-posting it, DM’ing it, wait DM’ing it?
. . . Okay.
Basically, I did in fact become one of the top eboys on Instagram for like five minutes.
But you know what?
That experience really left me thinking: it was lazy!
I didn’t bother looking into e-boy culture, I just saw that it was popular and appropriated
it for my own easy Instagram—Okay you know what, the more I explain this, the worst I
sound.
My point is, in this video, I’m going to do it all again.
But better.
The first step is observing the e-boy in his natural habitat: TIkTok.
So I typed up E-boy Tiktok compilation, and up came this video called “E-boy TikTok
compilation.
Weird things girls find attractive: the eye-roll thingy, choking, chain biting, veins.
Did it work?
So, this first TikTok is awful, but at the same time, it confirms a lot of my suspicions.
These e-boys are doing this specifically for attention.
See when I was a kid, okay I’m literally 21—
When I was younger and people would dress like emos it was because they were trying
not to fit in society.
But now we have guys on TikTok who are just like let me paint my nails, draw on my face,
and wear oversized clothes . . . and then people will follow me on TikTok.
And they’re completely up front about it too.
As someone who is also upfront about doing literally on this channel for views, I have
to respect it.
I found an e-boy at school, they actually exist.
There he is, lookit, it’s an e-boy!
So here we have e-boys spilling over from the internet, into real life.
That’s terrifying.
This guy looks like he Googled e-boy once and wore the exact outfit that came up in
the first picture.
This guy watched one TikTok, then he went on Amazon dot com and the rest was history.
Okay?
Like was it that serious?
Was it actually that serious.
I never thought I’d see the day where I would get shook by the sound design and production
value in a TikTok.
Alright guys, so we ordered the, you know, e-boy special.
We’re trying to get famous on TikTok.
It’s literally ironic.
They’re doing it ironically.
It truly is ironic.
So you get the point, right?
Oversized T shirts, Striped longsleeves, painted nails, face drawings, lots chains, dangly
earrings, et cetera.
And while that may seem like a lot, I already painted my nails, so it’s time to become
an e-boy.
I went from owning no jewelry to suddenly owning more jewelry than my own mother.
You know that sounds like lyrics to a really sad rap song.
All of my money is gone, uh.
I got more drip than my mom yuh.
Stream Jewelry by D’Angelo Wallace.
So when you put jewelry on, which items do you put on first?
The chain, the necklace, the other chain?
Okay it just sounds like I’m \ bragging about the jewelry I bought.
I assure you, everything in this drawer is fake.
My videos are getting views so we do have a budget but it’s not that big.
I think I’m going to start with the chain.
Now I actually got this chain from—wait they’re not paying me, nevermind.
We don’t care where I got the chain from, okay, it’s from the trash as far as I’m
concerned.
Why is it so hard to close this.
Like, I literally can’t see past my own face, how do people—oh I’m standing in
front of a mirror.
That’s probably why people put jewelry on in front a mirror, right?.
So they can . . . see.
The jewelry.
So let me try that!
I don’t really spend a lot of time looking in mirrors because I just, am aware that I
look good at all times, so I really don’t need to.
Okay cool.
We’re going to start with these black cargo pants.
Full disclosure, I already owned these pants.
But it’s not because I’m an e-boy.
Next we’re going to need a striped long-sleeve.
I’ve never worn something that screams “look at me” so loudly before.
I look like a traffic sign.
I’m positive that if I was 200 feet away, you would be able to see me and turn right.
Next, we have the shoes.
Now I do have Vans which I also owned-- I said I’m not an e-boy-- I'm not-- You’re
an e-boy-- But you know what, I already got the skater portion taken care of in a second,
so I don’t need Vans.
Instead, we’re going to go with something more tactical.
Okay bet.
Now for the skater portion: I have this oversized Thrasher T-shirt.
So I’ve now become one of the people who owns Thrasher merchandise but doesn’t know
how to skate.
Okay cool, I’m wearing two shirts now.
I am so hot.
Not visually but literally, I live in Texas and I’m wearing two layers of clothing.
And also visually.
Now we just tuck both of my shirts into my pants, otherwise, we won’t be able to see
the other chains.
You know there’s so many steps to putting this outfit on, it honestly feels more like
putting on a uniform.
Okay, bet.
If I tried to go through a metal detector right now, I would—I would just get shot.
Now for the piercings.
We’ll start with this fake nose ring I got.
I didn’t even know that there were fake nose rings until like two minutes before I
bought this one.
But now it’s in my nose.
Why does this actually look good, like I’m confused.
Next I have to put in a single dangly earring.
You know, I really don’t have to do that, do I.
Next I’m going to put in a single dangly earring.
Okay . . . okay.
I look like I’m trying look like Lil Nas X.
You know what, no, I’m not even going to play that song as a joke because if I have
to hear that song or a remix of that song one more time, I’m going to take my horse
to the old town depression clinic.
Now I’m going to draw stuff on my face.
So my favorite part about that is that it’s not skin-safe like at all.
Well it is water-based.
You know what, I don’t know, so I’m just going to blur it out, and we’re going to
pretend like it is skin-safe.
Because I don’t promote bad safety habits on my channel.
Is this how a clown feels, waking up early in the morning and putting on literal clown
makeup.
Alright now I . . . yeah.
And finally I’m going to top it all off with this plain, black beanie.
Alright cool, I’m an e-boy now.
Time to record some TikToks.
Now the cool thing about TIkToks is that they use a copyrighted music, and the cool thing
about that is if I put that in my video, it would instantly get claimed.
So I’m definitely not going to be able to show the TikToks in their entirety.
If you want to watch them, watch them on TikTok I guess.
I don’t know.
I’m going to record three TikToks, the first one is just goint to be me unironically showing
off my outfit, because let’s just be honest, I’m kind of rocking this.
I’m going to replace the copyrighted music with something more fitting.
Now for the second TikTok, I’m just going to lipsync to that first TikTok I showed you,
because I definitely think it applies in this case.
Weird things girls find attractive: the eye-roll thingy, choking, chain biting, veins.
Did it work?
At what point does it stop being ironic, because I actually tried really hard to make that
look convincing.
And then for my last TikTok, I’m going to make an e-boy transformation video.
New people finding my TikTok account are going to be like, does he just have the one TikTok
outfit or?
Yes.
Yes I do.
And upload.
Alright, if either of those three TikToks comes anywhere close to the amount of views
I get on my YouTube content, which I actually put effort into . . .
I’m going to be very upset.
Anyway, I’m still wearing two layers of clothing and I’m pretty sure I forgot to
buy nail polish— I need to go take a picture for Instagram
before I have a meltdown.
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