- Hi, I'm Joey Graceffa and I am a YouTuber.
And today, I am going to be playing a YouTuber's Life.
Let's see if this is actually like the reality.
(upbeat music)
Oh, cute, we got to make our own character.
This is honestly the best part of any game.
Ooh, look at all these hair options.
Oh, he's feeling himself, look it.
(gasps) That's literally my hairstyle.
We just needed to add some brown.
I've had every single one of these hair colors.
Honestly, I feel like if you're a YouTuber,
you at least once have to dye your hair a crazy color.
I'm just a natural boy today.
Oh, you know what?
That's more like me.
Yes.
Clothing, oh, you have to unlock these?
Probably when you become a famous YouTuber,
you get to have the special clothes.
That's actually pretty accurate.
The more money you make,
the more Gucci you get to wear.
Just kidding, I don't like Gucci.
Oh, that is me.
I would wear this IRL.
What do you want to talk about on your channel?
Gaming, music, or cooking?
'Cause that's the only thing that is on YouTube, apparently.
Okay, we'll go with gaming.
I do have a gaming channel, actually, as well.
So, this is very fitting.
Wow, I started making my first video in this room.
I just had moved in with my mom
and I did not have a lot of friends around here.
I actually can relate to this.
I didn't really have many friends in high school
and I feel like most YouTubers don't have a lot of friends,
that's why they find themselves online,
trying to connect with people that they do relate to
'cause there's no one in their real life
that they really can.
I approve this message.
My goals are to go to the shelf
and select a video game.
Where's the shelf?
Oh, right there, choose a game.
(gasps) Oh my god,
I'm accomplishing so many goals in my life.
There's a lot going on right now.
A webcam, a workstation, microphone, it's all accurate.
You do need all these things to make a gaming channel
but what am I supposed to do?
I don't like to read directions.
Oh, you have to title the video?
Oh my gosh, this is the most important part
of being a YouTuber.
I say we go with something Click Bait-y.
I can't believe
this happened!
So then people are gonna be like,
"Oh my god, what happened?
"I need to click on this video
"and see what happened."
First game, learning how to play.
This is kind of like Inception right now
because I'm playing a game
as I'm playing a game.
Are we in a simulation?
Oh my god, is someone playing me right now?
That's kinda scary.
This freaks me out.
What this person, this avatar's thinking,
is probably what I'm thinking right now.
Oh, I get to...
Do I choose these?
Oh.
I guess it's time to edit, okay.
Girl, I gotta edit this too?
Did we do an intro and outro?
I don't know if he did.
Let's process this.
Hopefully, it goes viral.
Okay, go to school.
I have to go to school?
Boy, just drop out.
Just kidding, don't actually drop out of school.
(gasps) Hi, honey.
How was your day at school?
What did you learn, hmm?
I guess we could go buy some new equipment.
Let's go shopping.
Oh, Amazon.
Oh, just kidding.
Amazing On.
(chuckles)
Oh, should we get a new game?
Let's look at top sellers.
That's always a really good way
to know what games are popular
so you could see what people would like to see.
LORT
Battle for Upper Earth, let's buy it.
Coming soon.
Oh, I can see...
Oh crap, I have a test coming up soon.
Do I have any friends?
Oh my god, I have friends.
Should I talk to them?
Do you guys wanna collab?
(gasps) Oh, I got my package.
Yes, my game arrived!
Oh, you can upgrade?
How do you upgrade?
Actually, I don't know what I'm doing.
I just hit upgrade.
I don't know what I upgraded.
Second video, we need to think of
an even bigger title.
Biggest
Explosion
Ever, exclamation, exclamation, exclamation, exclamation.
People wanna see big explosions.
Murderous look, yes, let's get that in there.
A funny comment, people like comedy.
Oh, that's it.
Okay, that was a quick video.
Okay, let's process that.
I don't know if that was a good video.
I got a four score.
Oh, these are my skills
so I can slowly get better and better.
Love that.
(gasps) Oh no.
"You studied almost nothing this week.
"I hope next week is better."
My mom literally just yelled at me.
Mom,
fine.
How old are you that you have facial hair, sir?
Let's look at the comments.
"Good video, terrible idea."
I'm sorry,
either it's a good video or a terrible idea.
It's not both, Arthur.
How dare you.
I've never played this game,
this is really trending right now.
Yes, I am a trendy boy.
Annalisa says, "You shouldn't be a U-Tuber.
"THat's how it is, buh-bye."
You know what?
How do I block her?
(gasps) Oh my god,
653, 150 subscribers.
Oh my god.
Oh gosh, mom, what are you doing in my room?
Don't yell at me mom, I'm famous.
I'm gonna be a star
and you're gonna regret that one day,
when I don't buy you a house.
Ha.
Let's do LORT again.
Wave hello.
Okay so see how in the top left thing,
it has a little gap?
Oh wait, this don't even show if that was right or not.
Oh but it was right, okay.
Yes, okay, perfect.
See, that fit perfectly.
So, now let's process it.
My fans are waiting for part two.
I'm so glad I was able to give them it.
Okay, let's look at the comments on my new video.
"Dear God, you shouldn't turn on your camera
"to record something like this."
Jeremy,
that's very rude and disrespectful.
Well, Jaida is sweet.
She said, "A video can improve a lot with good editing
"and you've nailed it!"
Thanks, Jaida.
"What in the world is this?"
Aiyana, what in the world are you?
I'm gonna go shopping
and I wanna see what other trending games
are for sale.
Top sellers, let's look at best rated.
Explosive Donkey in the Desert.
That sounds like a real good game to play.
Oh shoot, that was $60?
Okay, wave hello.
We love that I have an intro down.
Let's do a funny comment.
No, that was the wrong one.
I don't know how this video's gonna do.
I totally messed that up.
Score 10, yeah, not a new record.
I have to re-do it, I have to re-film it.
That happens sometimes.
Sometimes, if a video doesn't do well,
just have to re-do what you just did.
Not just gonna post a video to post it.
We wanna be proud of our work.
Wave hello,
don't do a funny comment after you wave hello, appartently.
Off topic?
Please.
Yes.
And then a professional comment, maybe.
Oh my god, my editing skills are...
I'm gonna get a high score.
Yes, 24!
Oh my god, that is literally
a new damn record.
Sometimes it's better
if you take the time to re-record.
We'll sleep and by the time we wake up,
it'll be uploaded
and we'll see what people said.
(gasps) Yes!
Okay, the reviews are in.
Let's see how Explosive Donkey did.
"Explosive Donkey in The Desert
"is the best game I've ever played.
"This game is trending right now."
"Well, well, well, I finally found someone
"who knows how to edit videos.
"Congratulations on your editing skills."
Thank you, Stuart.
(gasps) "What a surprise!"
I didn't explosive...
(stuttering)
Thank you Riya.
Oh, we have a hater in our midsts.
Isabela, "Dear God, you shouldn't turn on your camera
"to record something like that."
Well you know what, Isabela?
I hope all your eye lashes fall out.
Who are you?
Hi, sir, may I help you?
Hi Joey, I want to make a video of me playing a game
but I don't know how to record or edit.
Could you...
What a freak.
I don't understand, what am I supposed to do?
He just left.
Where are you going, sir?
Did you not want to shoot a vid?
(gasps) Oh my god!
I just looked, I have 567 subscribers.
Oh, let's see how my comments did.
"My grandma could've made this video."
Oh, let's see.
Honestly, actually, that would be a good video.
I would love to see your grandma do this, Kailey.
I feel like I should talk to some of my friends.
Oh, okay, so I just invited that friend
who wanted me to record a video for him
so what do I do?
Flirt, I can flirt with him?
(gasps) Oh, wow!
Okay, let's flirt for a moment,
let's see what happens.
He's yawning.
He yawned when I tried flirting with him.
You know what?
Ask to leave.
Can you leave, sir?
My goal is to get 1000 subscribers.
I'm at 850.
Oops, it seemed that my PC was giving some problems.
I had to check this out.
Why is my PC smoking?
(gasps) No!
Not when I'm so close.
20 bucks to repair it?
Okay.
Oh, the repair man.
Hi, sir.
Thank you.
What are you doing here?
I thought I told you I don't want you around.
Oh, he left.
He came to laugh in my face and then he left.
Okay, let's do one more.
Hopefully, this will be what pushes us over the edge.
It's episode three,
ii feel like my fans have been waiting for the third part.
Wave hello, off-topic comment,
and then happy expression.
I feel like that's what you're supposed to do.
Nope, that's not what we were supposed to do.
That's okay.
It's still better than nothing.
Process and upload.
We're at 12 subscribers away, guys.
New record.
Yes, publish it, quick.
Oh, we did it!
Oh my gosh, guys,
I hit 1000 fricking subscribers.
I just want to say thank you so much for supporting me.
Oh my god my...
Mom, I was having a moment.
I just hit 1000 subscribers.
This game was actually pretty accurate
to what it is like to be a YouTuber.
The fact that you have to pick the right game,
choose the right title,
you have to edit it properly,
and based off that, you'll get good reviews
or bad reviews.
You also have to juggle the real life things
that you have going on,
you have to eat food, you have to study,
you have to maintain your relationships.
So it's a lot to juggle at once.
Is it exactly the same as being a YouTuber?
Absolutely not but I think it was a fun replication of it.
And it's a fun game.
(jazzy music)