- In today's world, we are as connected to celebrities
as we've ever been.
We're just one tweet away
from getting a response from Ariana Grande or Billie Eilish,
at the very least a retweet.
But nothing quite compares to the real thing,
meeting your favorite celeb in person.
Fans can spend lots of money on meet and greets but,
what's even better than knowing your going to meet a celeb?
Being surprised by one.
So many of our favorite celebs have been part of
some epic surprises for their die hard fans
and let me just say the reactions everything.
There're tears, laughs, screams and everything in between
and we've all seen celebs surprise fans with money
or cars or other luxury goods,
but there's something about
actually meeting your favorite star in person
that is truly priceless.
So we're rounding up the best moments
of celebrities surprising fans, right here on Listed.
Starting with the master of surprises, David Dobrik.
Whether it's a hilarious prank surprise
or sincerely sweet surprise,
David goes out his way to make his vlogs
some of the best videos that YouTube has to offer.
But this one is kind of a twofer,
or actually even a threefer because David is surprising fans
not with himself, but with other celebs.
Like when he surprised fans with Kylie Jenner,
it was truly everything we needed and more.
- You should congratulate Kylie.
- Congratulations Kylie--
- No, no, look she's right here.
- Thank you.
- (laughing) Bro, you're (beep) kidding me.
What the (beep), oh my God (screaming).
I love you.
Like I dead ass love her bro.
- Seriously, these fans were totally caught off guard.
- Picture with you?
(Kylie laughing)
- Oh my God.
Oh my God.
Where did you just come from?
- And fans loved this video so much
it got over a million likes on YouTube.
And clearly David liked it too
because he took the same concept and did it again
but this time with none other than Justin Beiber.
- What's up guys, I'm here with Justin Bieber today,
and today we're gonna see
what do people think about Justin Bieber.
- And if you thought the reactions to Kylie were crazy,
you might want to plug your ears for these screams
when people realized Justin is in the car.
You've been warned.
- Oh my God.
- Can I touch you?
(girls screaming)
- But it wasn't just all screaming and selfies,
things actually got emotional too.
- Oh my God.
- [David] Oh my God.
- I've looked up to you so much.
- [David] Wow, it's like he proposed to you.
- There you have it,
leave it to David Dobrik to make us all cry
and we're just getting started.
But let's move on to another emotional celebrity surprise.
That one time when Taylor Swift surprised a fan
and his fiance at their engagement party.
And if it wasn't already obvious by now,
let me tell you Taylor Swift loves her fans.
She's been known to surprise Swifties
with private listening parties at her house,
or send them a car to celebrate their graduation,
but she went above and beyond for these fans
by actually showing up
and performing at their engagement party.
(people screaming)
One of the fiances was in on it
as he sent Taylor an email explaining
how important her music was to them as a couple.
- So, Alex emailed me
and said he was gonna do this and that...
That there was this song
that was really special to you two called King of my Heart.
- [Narrator] And not only did Taylor show up,
but she actually performed their song King of my Heart
for the engagement party.
- This is from Alex but sung by me.
(people laughing)
(soft guitar music)
- Alex posted on the epic surprise on Instagram writing,
"I decided to propose to Ross
"listening to this song in my car.
"I can't thank Taylor enough for wanting
"to help make this day so special."
And he also shared these sweet pics and wrote quote,
"She came, she sang, I'm dead."
And their family and friends who were at the party
also shared about it on social media.
One person wrote,
"Celebrated the engagement of Ross Girard
"and Alexander Gold today.
"Everyone needs more friends like them in their lives,
"because not only was there love in the room,
"but Taylor Swift performed.
"Sorry I don't have more video,
"I had to stop and soak in the warmth."
And another said,
"This girl has really shown up to fans engagement parties
"and bridal showers and has brought us into her home,
"hand delivered and also sent Christmas presents,
"had us over for Valentine's Day
"and brought us as her date to award shows.
"She really does the absolute most for us."
I mean, can you guys imagine
if Taylor Swift showed up to a party you were at?
I mean what would you do?
Tell me down in the comment section below,
but sometimes celebs don't just surprise one or two fans,
but they surprise a whole group of fans.
You know, like on a late night show or a talk show.
I think there's gotta be something about Jimmy Fallon
and Ellen Degeneres that just gets celebs
in the mood to surprise fans because
sometimes the very best surprises go down on their shows.
Let's start with out girl Ariana Grande
who surprised her fans
on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
- In the next room are some of Ariana's biggest fans
and they're gonna do a cover of one of Ariana's songs,
thinking that it's a fan video for Ariana, to show to her.
What they don't show is that,
she's actually right next to them,
listening to them live.
- And to say things got emotional
would be an understatement.
♪ One more time, I need to-- ♪ - You sound great.
- (screaming) Oh my God.
(audience cheering)
Oh my God.
You're real, you're real, you're really real.
- [Narrator] And it just kept going,
Ari and Jimmy had some fun with the surprising too.
- One more take and then,
Ariana what do you think?
- I love (mumbles)
- And these fans were all left in complete disbelief.
- Sorry I messed up.
- Yeah,
you messed up a little bit. - It's okay, we got you,
don't worry, we'll help.
- No, are you serious?
- Hey.
- Hi.
- I mean, I know I certainly would have lost it
if Ariana and Jimmy just walked into a room I was in.
I feel like these fans honestly kept their composure
better than I could've.
And Ariana isn't the only celeb
to surprise their fans this way.
BTS did something similar on the Ellen Show,
and we all know that the BTS Army
is one of the most dedicated fan bases in the world so,
being the sweet guys as they are,
BTS set out to meet as many members
of their BTS Army while on Ellen.
- Today, we're gonna surprise some members of the BTS Army.
We wanna meet as many as we can
so we're only gonna have a seconds with each.
- In the set-up, fans spoke directly to a camera
about their relationship with BTS and then voila,
BTS appear behind the camera and some panels.
They only get to see BTS for a few seconds
but it was worth it.
So short, yet so long.
- Oh my God, I've been a fan of BTS since like what?
Since their debut.
I love them so much
(girls screaming)
- [girl in audience] I love you.
- And they even did some impromptu singing
and dancing for the fans.
- Down to earth.
- They're so humble, handsome, hardworking.
- So nice.
(girls screaming)
(singing in foreign language)
- They also decided to have some fun with the Army
and act surprised right back at them.
- We love you.
(girls screaming)
- Oh my God.
(speaking in foreign language)
- I mean seriously, these surprises never get old,
but Billie Eilish did a similar surprise for her fans,
to that of BTS and Ariana Grande,
but instead of just showing up,
she was there the whole time, but in disguise.
Yes, you heard that right,
Billie was in the same room as her fans the entire time
but they had no idea she was there, thanks to her outfit.
So here's what went down,
a handful of fans thought they were simply invited
to talk about what they loved about their icon,
and they spilled their guts right in front of Billie
without even knowing she was there.
And you think you'd know Billie Eilish
if you saw her, right?
Well, apparently without her trademark baggy sweatsuits
and lime green hair, she isn't as recognizable.
- I love these babies,
I'm gonna go up and I'm gonna surprise them,
and they're not gonna know it's me,
but it is gonna be me.
Okay, let's go.
- [Narrator] Billie even put her acting skills
to the test by hopping in the shots with them
without the fans noticing.
And it was clear that Billie was super humble
by all the kind things her fans were saying about her.
- She's unapologetic. - She's very honest.
- Her voice is like an angel.
- I know.
- Like an angel.
- And let's not forget her...
- She's helped me through a lot, depression and anxiety too,
like her music makes me feel less alone
just by listening to her 'cause
I know she goes through the same things too
and she's very open about it.
- And nothing compares to the fan reactions
when they realize it was Billie.
(girls screaming)
- And these fans couldn't believe
they were fooled like this.
- I've seen so many of these videos
and I'm always like, how do people not know,
that's the famous person, it's obvious,
and I was just pranked.
- I honestly don't know if I would've known.
Do you guys think you guys would've known
that was Billie off to the side?
Let us know, but we've got to move on
and talk about when Selena Gomez surprised a fan
in a totally creative and totally unexpected way
back in 2017.
So while on the Capital FM show,
a Selenator was told that she'd be experiencing
a VR experience that would show her a virtual display
of Selena thanks is some ground-breaking technology.
But what's better than the VR version of Selena?
Well, the real thing of course.
And that's exactly how Selena surprised her fan.
- I'm Selena Gomez.
- Hi, Selena.
- How's it going?
- It's going good.
You look so real.
- Do you want to give me a high five?
If we could try that? - Can I?
- Yeah, let's try.
- Oh my goodness, what?
Wait, are you actually here?
Oh my God.
(Selena laughing)
- I mean can you even imagine?
This is such a trip.
I would have totally freaked out.
The best part of the whole prank though,
was when Selena gave her a big hug
with the VR goggles still on.
And sometimes celebs surprise their fans on live television,
as if being on live TV isn't nerve-racking enough,
imagine meeting your idol at the same time.
Yep, that's what Jennifer Lopez did for one fan
while live on Good Morning America.
A J-Lo super fan named Kimberly shared her story
about how she came to the U.S. from Costa Rica
with her mom at four years old,
and their struggle,
she talked about the obstacles she faced
and how she eventually joined the Air Force,
all while being inspired by J-lo,
then she got the biggest surprise of her life.
And credit to Robin Roberts
for totally keeping a straight face during this whole thing
because I feel like I would've totally cracked.
(audience clapping)
- People in the audience are so inspired
watching your story so,
does anybody wanna ask a que...
Oh okay, there in the back, okay, stand up, stand up.
- I'm really inspired by...
(audience screaming)
I'm really inspired by your story.
- Drake has also been known to surprise his fans
and has been really thoughtful
about visiting some of his biggest fans
while they're in the hospital.
In this case, he visited one of his biggest little fans
Sophia Sanchez, while she waited for a heart transplant.
Sophia had previously gone viral
for doing Drake's In My Feelings challenge,
so she clearly was overwhelmed with excitement
when Drake actually showed up in her hospital room.
- Oh my God.
- (laughing) You asked me to come, I'm here, what's up?
(soft music)
- Ugh, that was such a sweet moment,
I'm so glad they captured it on camera.
And just in case you're wondering,
Sophia has since received her heart transplant,
and in her words is quote, doing really great now,
much better than I was before.
And these surprises sometimes get super emotional
for the celebrities too, not just for the fans,
and that's exactly what happened
when Lady Gaga met a super fan of hers.
Little Monster Brandon Gallas was told
he would be getting a full makeover
from one of Gaga's personal makeup artists Sarah Tanno,
and at the beginning of the video,
Sarah asked Brandon to read a note
he had written to Lady Gaga about how she inspired him.
It was already an emotional video but then,
Brandon got the surprise of his life
when Lady Gaga appeared from behind the curtain.
- I couldn't talk about my sexuality at school
for fear of being bullied or violence,
but your lyrics in Born This Way spoke to me.
- Oh my God.
- [Narrator] Gaga and Brandon hugged and cried
and he continued reading his note to her
about how her song Born This Way
helped inspire him to come out to his family.
It was truly a beautiful moment between Lady Gaga
and Brandon and she even got in there
and started doing Brandon's makeup herself.
Gaga said, it's not how look that makes us beautiful, right?
It's what we've been through and how we've survived.
Coming out to your family,
not everyone can do that, way to go.
And even after Lady Gaga left the set
to let Sarah continue her makeup lesson with Brandon
she still came back in tears.
- I just wanted to tell you that,
that letter that you wrote, I...
This is why I do what I do.
Thank you for sharing that.
That's so vulnerable.
- She continued on and said,
"That's not easy what you did,
"you just changed a lot of people's lives
"and when they see this, they'll be less afraid."
And if that wasn't enough
to make you feel all the feels well,
then I don't know what to tell you but,
I can tell you that that's all we've got for you here today
on our list of best celebrity surprising fan moments,
but now it's your turn to chime in.
Which of these surprises was your favorite,
and what other celeb surprises do you love?
Please share your thoughts
down in the comment section below.
(soft music)