- (FBE) So today, you're going to be reacting to yourself.
- No!
No-ho-ho!
- I thought I was avoiding this.
[Bleep]!
I thought I got away with it, too.
- I saw the video of someone doing this before,
and I was like, "Thank God I wasn't in that,"
and now-- oh my gosh, no!
- (FBE) Today, you are going to be reacting
to your audition for Teens React.
- I don't remember this for a reason.
- I was scared. I was so nervous!
I don't want to watch this.
It wasn't too long ago, but at the same time,
I've become a very different person.
- Yep.
- (Nora) This guy put a lot of work into editing this.
Wow. - I don't like this.
- (FBE) How are you feeling right now?
- Really awkward and uncomfortable, which I probably will be
watching this episode of me reacting to myself.
- (Nora sighing) No. - (giggling)
- (Nora) I really don't like One Direction.
- (laughing softly)
I was, like, the cool girl that didn't like One Direction.
I still don't, but not... (sighing)
- (Nora groaning) Do I have to watch this?
- (laughing) Oh my gosh. Yeah, you do.
I have to watch this.
- (FBE) Can you sing any of it back to us?
- (Nora) ♪ Crazy, crazy, crazy til we see... ♪
- I did this? No!
(laughing)
- (FBE chuckling) - Okay.
I think that's the point where I gave up.
Right before then, I was like, never getting invited back here,
so what the hell?
- (Nora) I'm more into Linkin Park or Eminem or...
- Oh my gosh! - (Nora) ...Lana Del Rey.
- Still true, all true.
Um, I have my Linkin Park shirt with me, actually.
- (FBE) Do you hope One Direction lasts?
- (Nora) No. - (FBE) Why not?
- (Nora) That's really mean, but... I want them to be successful.
I don't wish for them to-- - See, I'm not mean.
I'm just opinionated.
I can't believe you guys put that on the internet forever now.
- (Carson) Did you get my good side? - Argh!
- (FBE) Here we go. - No!
What are you doing? What are you doing?
What are you wearing?
- (Carson) That's not too weird. I probably would do that to myself.
- Stop moving. Stop with the smirk!
It's so cringing!
Am I the same?
I'm probably-- I hope not.
- (Carson chuckling)
- What? Argh!
(screaming) Why?!
- (Carson) They were funny, definitely.
It's just-- (stammering) if I got a friend to do that with me,
I would totally do it. - I'd probably still do that.
But still-- but... - (Carson) You know.
- (FBE laughing) - (groaning loudly)
- (FBE) You're all done. Great job!
- (Carson) Okay. - What are you--?
Stop moving!
I couldn't stop moving.
I was extremely nervous.
I was like...
I did well. I'm here.
I mean, now, like, a year and a half later.
I've changed a lot.
- (FBE) What's some YouTube channels you like?
- (Daniel) Um, The Fine Brothers is definitely one of them.
- (groaning) I'm mildly impressed.
I don't know if my voice has changed.
I don't think it has.
- (Daniel) I used to be really into PewDiePie--
- Oh, I'm so chubby!
- (Daniel) I don't mean to sound like a hipster,
but I don't like to be everything that's so super mainstream.
- I was an edgy teen. (laughing)
Oh, wow.
You know, I don't think it's that different
from what I would say today.
- (FBE) You don't seem nervous at all in this video.
Were you not nervous?
- In my head, I was screaming, but I guess I seem all right.
- (Daniel chuckling) Yeah, I know this guy.
- Guess I remembered him.
Um, I had a problem with enunciation and still do.
It's gotten a little bit better since then.
Not too much.
I'm surprised.
I'm really surprised right now.
I'm still levelheaded.
- (Daniel) He's got his dad, who can dance way better than my dad.
- You know, my dad's an all right dancer,
but yes, that guy-- I'm just still in shock!
My commentary is so almost the same.
I just feel like I'm a little bit louder now,
and maybe perhaps a little more vulgar.
- (Daniel) I already get enough of this at my school.
- Oh, here's the One Direction video.
- This is... (mumbling)
- (exhaling) My heart's still pounding, man.
This is-- it doesn't feel like it was that long ago,
but it was.
It was almost three years ago.
I didn't think it would go as far as it did.
I'm still surprised to this day.
- (Daniel) There's girls at my school who bring speakers
just to blast this.
It's terrible.
- It is terrible.
I think One Direction is garbage, so my music taste
hasn't changed that much.
- (FBE) Can you sing back any of it for us?
- No.
- (Daniel) I have a little bit of sense of pride left.
(laughing) - I still have it!
(laughing) My little sense of pride.
- (FBE) All right, Daniel, we're all done.
- (Daniel) Awesome. - I was so levelheaded.
Wow. I remember being scared shitless.
I remember in high school I would daydream
about being on this show, and then I am on this show,
so that was a very surreal experience.
And then I was also told I was one of 60 kids auditioning,
and I was like, "[Bleep], there's no way in hell
I'm getting this part."
These 60 other kids are gonna be 60 people
who are better than me.
- (FBE) So why did you want to be on the show in the first place?
- (laughing) I actually really didn't think it through.
I know that-- I kind of just applied and got it
and I was like, "Whoa, I have to do this."
I was like, "Okay, how about I email them?"
I got, "Hey, here's your audition.
Fill out this application."
I remember that I spent so much time on it.
I'm kind of quiet. I'm a quiet person normally,
so every time someone who knows me finds out I'm on the show,
they're like, (taken aback) "What? You?"
I think it's really important to give people my age voice in the world
because we tend to sort of brush over us
and, like, "Oh, they're kids. They're millennials.
They don't know what they're saying."
Like, yeah, we kinda do. We do live here
and we should have a voice.
- I first started with YouTubers React,
then I started watching Teens and Kids
and I was like, "I wonder one day if I could do that."
And then not too long later, you guys posted on Instagram saying,
"Teens wanted."
I'm like, I could do that.
I combed my hair, I made sure to look nice,
even though I looked really curly and bad.
Then a couple days later, I got, "Hey, show me a video,"
and it was Civil War, which is just as bad.
I still feel like I'm the new guy.
It's been a great journey and I've enjoyed every bit of it.
- It asked for your name, your location, and your age.
I was 15 at the time.
So that was late May.
I didn't hear back until early September.
So at that point, it had totally slipped in my mind.
I didn't think anything was gonna happen,
and then they're like, "Hey, we want you to do a screen test."
I was like, "Holy shit, mom. We gotta go!"
I never thought much about this wall before
until I was there for the first time because you can't see
anything outside of this box of YouTube.
I was like, "Oh my god, it's all here!
It's all in one room. What the hell?!"
There's very few places in life where you can have
your voice heard by millions of people,
and the fact that this show is so much fun,
it's just a combination of two of those things,
it was just like-- it's a dream.
- (FBE) So finally, what would you want to say
to anyone who is interested in becoming a part of this show?
What would be your advice to them?
- Don't hesitate!
Just click-- email them.
- Don't be scared to give your opinion because this is kind of overwhelming,
being in here, and you're going to try to sort of stay in your shell
and your bubble and I think my advice is to get out of that
and get out of your comfort zone.
You're already here and you might as well use
this platform to show the world what you think.
I think it's amazing to have this, and it's amazing
to have this opportunity.
You shouldn't waste it.
- Hey, guys, Ethan here from FBE.
Thank you so much for watching this episode.
I hope you enjoyed it, and if you are interested
in being a part of the show, be sure to check us out
at Instagram.com/FBE.
That is where we post when we are needing new reactors,
so be sure to check us out there, and good luck.