How Yung Lean Changed Hip Hop Forever
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Jonatan Aron Leandoer Håstad (born July 18, 1996), known professionally as Yung Lean, is a Swedish rapper, singer and songwriter. Widely cited as one of the most influential figures in the early cloud rap era, Yung Lean rose to prominence in 2013 with his song "Ginseng Strip 2002", which went viral on UA-cam. Later that same year, he released his debut mixtape, Unknown Death 2002, and the following year, he released his debut studio album, Unknown Memory. In 2016, Yung Lean released his second mixtape, Frost God, and his second studio album, Warlord. In 2017, he released his third studio album, Stranger, followed by his third mixtape, Poison Ivy, in 2018. Yung Lean's fourth studio album, Starz, was released in 2020.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:20 Background
02:45 Noticed by Barron Machat
04:30 Miami Days
06:15 Yung Lean's Influence
08:15 Disappearance from the world
9:00 Warlord, Stranger and Starz
11:30 Yung Lean's story
13:15 Sponsor + Outro
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Bladee documentary when?
Glad you didn't say that he popularised bucket hats and vaporwave. So many videos say that, and it's just so stupid. He did a lot more for culture (like inventing Sweden).
Right...Macintosh Plus along with a Fantano review popularized vaporwave...and Schoolboy Q popularized bucket hats...but let's be honest, Lean did bring those aesthetics to an audience that probably wouldn't have found it otherwise
u a fucking dumbass bladee invented sweden (aswell as walking)
He invented Travis Scott
Yung lean invented me he’s my dad
frr
I went to a Yung Lean concert in the 10th or 11th grade. Must’ve been about 2015. He was about an hour late to do his set which lasted for all of 20 minutes and was just mumbling with absolutely none of his hits being played. One of the best times of my life honestly.
That’s wild! I saw him in 2014 on the Unknown Memory tour in Seattle, and he played a full set and absolutely killed it. My friends and I stood outside in the rain for an hour after the show to meet him. Crazy to think he was only 18 at the time. He was a super nice guy too.
Wack
sounds about right for 2015 lean, glad he’s better now
If you watch the documentary you'll see they were off they heads on an army of drugs. Shit kinda falls apart after awhile haha.
Hes coming to fvded in the park in vancouver this year, mad excited to see him live
Bout time they put some respect on Sweden's greatest export
Next to IKEA
Ikea in shambles
Who bladee?
Yung Lean and Volvos. Sweden is under appreciated!
This is why Avicii killed himself, because of comments like this
YOU CANT IMAGINE how much i needed someone to talk about yung lean, THANK YOU FOR BEING MY VOICE OUT THERE.
i recommend watching the vice documentary this was practically all said in the documentary just without the visuals and the length of the documentary
@@prod.jake739 DJ Billybool?
i agree, sadboys and lean projects defined the current point in my life
esp w all the tiktokers hopping on lean 😭
It’s not like there’s 36273773 videos about his story and a literal whole movie
drain gang, sad boys, goth boy clique, and team sesh are all insanely influential and i feel like it isnt talked about nearly enough
goth money records*
@@mxrph5147 oh yeah true them too my bad
no saben Metro Zu??? before Goth Money bruh
& Space ghost purp
@@colourfulsouls 100%
Seeing a Yung Lean music video for the first time in Summer 2013...it wasn't like finding OFWGKTA in 2010 or listening to Live.Love.A$AP in 2011...it really did feel a little bit more futuristic and alien...
"OFWGKTA"??
@@lauens what?
@@lauens stands for Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All and its Tyler The Creators, Frank Oceans first group with a lot more artists
It also felt like you were the only one who listened to it along with a bunch of anons online. It made you feel nostalgic for a memory that had yet to happen. Somehow you got it, without having to "get" it.
@@lauens Fuck you're young lmfao
This is a Volksgeist classic
Not even out yet bro, calm down
Gang
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Miami Ultras genuinely changed my outlook on life and drugs. The music video of him digging his own grave hit me so deeply it genuinely gives me shivers just thinking about the beat.
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I hope people actually pay the attention to STARZ that it deserves a masterpiece of an album
literally one of my favorite albums
Fell off after that
Although i like stranger more, Starz production is amazing especially boylife in eu and violence
i got STARZ tatted on me lol, good album fr
@@bigboss-qv7pe he literally didnt drop anything except a single after that ur trippin
I remember people thought I was weird as fuck for listening to yung lean, but he completely shaped 2013-2015 for me, high school was a blast.
Many say that his prime is behind him, his “time in the spotlight” but I tell you all now. His peak hasn’t even began yet. That man is going to enter his genius phase one day and drop some genre breaking game changer that will flip the gang. Viva Los SadBoys
man dropped game changers 10 years ago, but he gonna do it again
hes getting his bag now from tik tok
hes a certified hit maker he been making game changers and we will get more
@@MindaugasKuzminskas966 so fucking whack
Check out his newest song it’s great
The reason why I'm such a huge fan of Mr. Lean's work is that I feel like I grew up with him through listening to his music. When Unknown Death dropped, I was a Sophomore in high school, and I still haven't found my clique. I became fascinated with the Solarflare music video, and Lean's Bape hoodie from that music video got me into fashion. A few months later, Yoshi City dropped, and the song got me into music production. I feel like I owe a lot to Yung Lean and his crew because they made me the person that I am today. Seeing his growth from Unknown Death to Unknown Memory to the later albums is super inspiring. His music is truly an art, and I can't wait to see what he has in store for us.
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I taught high school Digital Design to 9th thru 12th as a 25/26 year old in 2014/2015. I was also a well known “retired” rapper in my small town so a lot of the students would bring their favorite artists in for me to listen to (it started as a meme and them teasing and quickly turned into a Friday tradition). As a STUDENT of hip hop growing up, I completely related with their passion and excitement and loved seeing them light up while exposing someone older, someone “new” to their favorite artists. I found out about Yung Lean, suicide boys, death grips, grimes and so many alternative and indie artists and groups. I also got to share a ton of artists that they’d never heard of that some of them ended up really appreciating.
That's actually really nice
These kids pitched you commercial garbage, you were witnessing the death of rap in front of your eyes
I'm not an old head btw but Grimes? Tf
@@bigboss-qv7pe clownin
@@bigboss-qv7pe that was the most pathetic thing i heard today
Yung lean is one of the most influential people from the last 20 years
U mean the last 100 years
@@Interredband You mean of all time?
@@jfarriola ye
Lmao
to yt people
As a long time Lean fan, thank you for making this breakdown. Quite on point. The honesty quotes are moving.
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The visuals are so sick here, such a well done video. Love the commentary and mellow vibe throughout. Immaculate.
this has to be one of the most underrated channels ever, the quality of the video and sound is amazing
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Incredible video boss.
Bladee next?
On god
Once Be Nice 2 Me blows up in 5 years then maybe he’ll make it.
@@ConnorJem bn2m blew up already ..... but not to the same extent as ginseng strip ig
I Need That
lean is so incredibly fucking relatable, well except being a rapper part
when he first blew up in 2013 i knew this was it, i was sad angsty lonely depressed and never left the house
later i started living a fantasy, i turned my life 180, what i thought was for good, i was popular even
but i spent years in a drug fueled rage, i was dragging down others around me, i suffered so much
and i lost my best friend
finally, i went to rehab, got back to my parents place, i get therapy, focus on mental health, work on my traumas, i even began gender transition, which something ive always wanted, but never got the courage to do
love to see you doing better and loving your life, keep going yo
Holly shit man that’s one hell of a life story
Congrats on getting clean and finding yourself ❤️
@@RealityBoat actin like he dead/retired he not even at halftime 🤣
Many of us out there brother, similar story for me Lean's and others music kept me going through it. Things are looking up
Kyoto remains as one of the most ahead of it's time song i heard, and it translate to the music video with the crazy editing and effects that were yet to be seen until years later once the psychedelic themed music became mainstream by the hand of artists such as Kanye and Travis Scott. I'm glad one of my favorite artist is a study subject each time he drops.
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really good job on this video man
i have been sad and drained since the beginning
and this is the only video like this that has not made me
mad as far as people covering these guys
chills, definitely one the greatest videos i've ever seen from you
Thank you for talking about whitearmor and gud, these dudes are probably some of the best producers ever and I feel like people dont talk to about them enough. From making the insanely good early hits for lean and the awesome beats for drain gang as well I feel like their contribution is unparalleled into what yung lean and drain gang have become today
true, they are truly geniuses as well, changed producing and beatmaking too
you deserve alot more subs mate, this quality/execution and authenticity is a genuine find. hope this message finds you. Hope creating content like this makes you happy because it is a treat for us viewers! love from Australia
Yung Lean is such an inspiration to every youngin’ from the the Nordic countries or Europe in general tbh. His story proves that any random kid from a ”random” European country can have global success.
You’re saying that like it has never happened before☠️☠️☠️
Yeah, we've lost too many young artists, we gotta be grateful for Leandoer still creating new art.
Facts
Just found your channel man. This video is dope. Cant wait to get more into your uploads. You are super knowledgeable and get your ideas across in a super easy way to understand. "I'd rather you hate me for who I am, than love me for who I am not." That is such a great quote and not corny at all.
Thanks!
As someone who discovered yung lean ginseng strip during my 1st acid trip and learning his influence from a friend back in 2013 it blew my mind how important he is culturally now so this is refreshing to see thank you
Thank you for making this video. For yung lean fans this is the voice we needed. Despite knowing this story already, it nearly brings me to tears hearing it again, without knowing anything about me he has changed my life beyond comprehension. Sadboys and DG forever
Holy sh*t, this story moved me
I love the way you told the story with the way you worded it and delivered it, you portrayed the story in just the right way to move me emotionally. Thank you
Stranger is my #1 album of all time, beautiful music with beautiful memories tied in from my life. Long Live Lean.
every day we get closer to an episode on bladee
need a dj billybool documentary
a few days ago i went to a technology store and yung lean was pumping out the speakers... felt so weird but so right at the same time hearing his music play in the mainstream
Wow. Great video ❤. Thank you for making this!
Thanks alot for making this video!
Thanks for watching fam
This is unexpected but great!
As a bipolar person who has had manic episodes, I find comfort in the themes in Lean's music. It reminds me that even when things are hazy and confusing you can find meaning in chaos.
awesome video i felt some of your points were a little vague and at times it went off topic but i really enjoyed how much you were able to find out about his life
Thank you for this video king
Finally someone to shed light on Lean after a long time, imo he will always stay underrated, but I like it that not everyone listens to him, the music stays underground in a way.. Been a fan since Kyoto came out
I love Stanger! That album helped me! I got to tell Lean this on his tour and he looked like he wanted to cry it was so sweet Lean forever!
Such a great documentarian! Keep going brother! 😊
Been waiting for this
when the fader article about yung lean was released it felt wrong whenever i see lean being boiled down as just just sadboy and vaporwave post fader article, he's been through a lot and i'm really glad this video explained lean more than what is in the surface when he just come up to the spotlight again
Listening to GS2002 in 2013 man, What a time to be alive.
SBE FOREVER
Bro, this was a great video
such a good essay, thank you!
As a huge yung lean fan, I wanna say that this is one of the best yl videos i've seen on youtube. You didn't try to categorize him and you did well on going all threw his career (main releases) in a short 15min youtube format. I relate on how you describe all his different eras, showing the interesting parts of them and the global evolution of his music.
Once again a great video man !
Lean early on found ways to connect realities that shouldn’t really be together. The mind of young creator, scrambling through 100s of references managing to paint pictures with the help of wondrous sound. In the US it’s all money/hoes/clothes, Yung Lean was opposite, melancholic.
He was able to paint pictures about himself & in Leanworld the imagery of going through a Disney like kingdom was what really hit me as a listener. Sound & idea melded so perfectly together that a shared dream was achieved.
Listening now, it’s gnarly to look back at the topics he touched on. What originally was loud & in your face, seems the opposite.
Yung Lean, the sadboys are all craftsmen that were uniquely themselves in a world of stealing styles & copying beats.
Absolutely love Starz. Thanks for the video
A couple of days ago a friend of mine met him in a restaurant in Stockholm and asked him to say hello for me on camera. She told me he was nice and even a bit shy. I’ve been listening to him for a long time and quite often, knew some separate stories from his life, but this event made me find out a bit more about his life story and understand how much this person changed in the industry. Thank you for the video
Yassss Queen! Looking forward to it
awesome video. u should make a video about black kray/sickboyrari and his influence on trap..1 of the most underrated yet influential artists in rap...
Seeing a Yung Lean music for the first time in Summer 2014. When I was 14
. Yung Lean change my childhood, change my mind about rap. Change me when i broken. Tank you Yung Lean.
Man i always loved ur vids but it was kinda a long time ago i watched one from urs.
And just now u popped up with this banger lean vid.
Love u man keep it up
With this video out, you should do a video on Drain Gang. Would be interesting to hear more about the swedish cloud rap scene.
Thank you! Yung Lean finally getting the respect he deserves.
I recall him being pretty big back when I was in high school. Everyone was bumping his shit but I didn't lol I still haven't heard anything from him yet but I'll check it out.
Amazing video. thank you
Great video, thank you!
literally so proud of him
Agony is a great song. Love the beach fossils cover too
great vid bro D9
Amazingly well done video 💜
This deserves more views
Thanks for the vid.I grew up with lean, I’m 2 years younger than him, started with unknown memory and listened to all of his projects. Overall I think the most mature and most musically sound album has to be starz it feels less rough more mainstream and is still true to form. My favourite album is probably poison ivy, I can loose myself in the dreamy vocals and cloudy beats, I can dance to and play some tracks from PI at parties. Overall lean has been with me since the age of 16, listening to his old projects feels like being a teenager in the summer and smoking way too much weed with my friends. Listening to his more mature albums (everything from frost god) is like a coming of age story for me I can always tell in which stage of life I’ve been and what I did when I listened to a new lean album. In a time where quarter life crisise are a thing and everyone texts instead of talks, our genoration has their very own problems and lean can bring them to a common denominator. Oh and Boylife in EU is so relatable for most of 20-25 yr old europeans.
i got goosebumps reading this because i relate to it so much. i think thats why so many people love yung lean. its because we grew up with him and saw him become the person he is today
@@TheFearlessGoat thanks man, what's your fav album of his?
beautiful video, thank you
10 years latter and Yung Lean still making music and still remains original. I got nothing but love for him. Also buy every album of his to show support and care
I think why stars is seen as “boring” is because I see it as lean accepting what happened and how he can’t go back but is still here and all to do is keep going forward and hoping for the future
I really think the appeal for me with bladee and lean is
that the vocals are very relatable
you dont feel like hes trying to perform but more so get
something out of his head fr
no frills and that why i love these guys
I feel that. Ecco said in a recent interview with FACE that they dont care to entertain anyone and they dont like marketing themselves because they wouldn’t be happy with that. So really everything they create, they stay true to themselves.
Great video man
great video, thank you vry much!
LOVE TO SEE DUDE FINALLY GETTING HIS RECOGNITION
i love yung lean so much, eversince i started listening to him in 2015, my life has changed.
eversince you say ?
Honestly finding Yung Lean back when I was in Middle School (now in college)is going to go down as one of my biggest hidden gem finds
great video man
Praying that we get a Drain Gang video someday 🙏🏼
Lets not forget lil b. The one true pioneer of this kind of music imo
Cloud rap fosho
Great video!
I LITERALLY GOOGLED FOR THIS 2 WEEKS AGO AND NOT MUCH CAME UP, U CAME IN CLUTCH
i feel like starz is like a somber reflectioon of his past and accepting he isnt in that place in life anymore, and for future albums i feel hes going to become EVEN more creative because of that acceptance.
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"Lean leaned" made me chuckle lmaoo
FINALLY! So glad he's getting some recognition!
Great video bro
Äntligen Jonathan!
I feel this way about Corbin aka Spookyblack dude is so good.
Will never forget hearing Lean for the first time in 2013 in a friends car. Knew it was something special
great viddd
Lean and Lil B are the most influentials rappers of last 20 years.
40 year olds listen to Yung Lean. It’s a thing
I’m 44 and I fuck with Leans music
Great Video🖤
Excellent video, sir
shit, agony got me crying again
I've been a fan of lean's for years and its weird to me people are JUST catching on, especially with Starz and unknown death, I thought those records would have been a smash as far as popularity but not a lot of people talked about it compared to how much he's discussed now.
fr
Cause he got famous again because of Tiktok.
I think his music is just a bit too ahead of its time for the mainstream to pick up on it straight away. When I first listened to his music from 2013 in 2016, it felt futuristic and new and from a generation younger than me that I didn't quite understand. He's ahead of his time and his time is now slowly catching up.
Nobody will tell it straight up, but: he was a weirdo and not popular in the start. That means normies hate it because its not part of the status quo and they can't play it at parties, because then ur associating with a wierdo. Now it hit a tipping point of popularity and positivity where those same people will tell you how they didnt understand it at first, and they didnt listen to it correctly (this just means you didnt want to be associated with him) or even have the nerve of telling others they always loved him and yappa yappa, they are so weak and they sicken me. This video sickens me as well, make this 8 years earlier and you get my respect, but now ur bandwagoning.
Great video man! Lean is the goat!
Yoooooo, was listening to Lavender when I saw this. Hyped!
can't believe yung lean created music
He didn't call Barron and ask him to bring the cd. If you watch the doc, they talk about Barron just going to the store.
GREAT VIDEO!
+1 to the point at 11:43 about having gratitude that we're still able to get new Yung Lean music/projects 🙏