Lin-Manuel Miranda in Washington Heights (2008) 🍎 You Had To Be There | MTV News

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  • Опубліковано 25 чер 2020
  • A month after his musical, 'In The Heights', opened on Broadway in 2008, Lin-Manuel Miranda showed MTV News around his beloved neighborhood.
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  • @polarimani5709
    @polarimani5709 3 роки тому +2216

    He was only nineteen but his mind was older.

    • @vannahedits
      @vannahedits 3 роки тому +42

      genius

    • @johndavid360
      @johndavid360 3 роки тому +56

      He had to be his own Lin like Usnavi but older!

    • @wolfkai8583
      @wolfkai8583 3 роки тому +43

      And those New York City streets getting colder I shoulder.

    • @thedarkninja3562
      @thedarkninja3562 3 роки тому +21

      @@wolfkai8583 Every burden disadvantage I've learned to manage

    • @wolfkai8583
      @wolfkai8583 3 роки тому +18

      @@thedarkninja3562 I walk the streets famished

  • @Nat-bv3vk
    @Nat-bv3vk 3 роки тому +914

    Lin with literally any musical he’s written:
    “I don’t get how someone hasn’t done this before!!”

    • @g.g.7730
      @g.g.7730 3 роки тому +8

      Off topic but I LOVE YOUR PFP LMFAOOO

    • @sofilupi
      @sofilupi 3 роки тому +2

      Lovejooooyyy

    • @gracebonen9794
      @gracebonen9794 2 роки тому +1

      Lovejoy!!!!!

    • @ElizaHamilton1780
      @ElizaHamilton1780 2 роки тому +4

      Well…
      Someone did do “In the Heights” before Lin. That musical was “RENT.”
      “In the Heights” uses RENT as a springboard. Both musicals are centered around a major holiday. Both have a character named Benny, who yearns for upward advancement, among other things. Both have a main character who isn’t directly part of the action (Mark vs Usnavi). Both have a character who keeps the community or family together (Angel vs Abuela Claudia). Both are meant to be for generation “now.” In Jonathan’s time, “RENT” was for the MTV generation. “In the Heights” is for us now.

    • @sofilupi
      @sofilupi 2 роки тому +6

      @@ElizaHamilton1780 lin literally said in the interview that he got inspiration from rent hahaha

  • @Krillinish2
    @Krillinish2 3 роки тому +607

    Don’t be shocked when your history books mention Lin-Manuel Miranda.

  • @Travelpage193
    @Travelpage193 3 роки тому +567

    He wrote it when he was 19.....I’m about to turn 19 and I can’t write a paper 📝

    • @ominousyoshi
      @ominousyoshi 3 роки тому +29

      He started*
      You can start today too :)

    • @jd42010
      @jd42010 2 роки тому +8

      It took him 8 years to finish it. People forget they have time, all they need to do is spend it doing what they love.
      Besides, the timer only starts when you begin

    • @boiwifeyasmr4U
      @boiwifeyasmr4U 2 роки тому

      I published my novel when I was 19.

  • @welcomestranger
    @welcomestranger 3 роки тому +126

    Let's get this guy in front of a crowd.

  • @x3Vicki
    @x3Vicki 3 роки тому +539

    Oh my goodness look how far he’s come. I love a good success story

  • @Gypsi53
    @Gypsi53 3 роки тому +341

    just watched this video. He had yet to write Hamilton. How ironic that the last thing he said in the interview was about the ATM that distributes $10 bill (uh..a Hamilton)

  • @dyskelia
    @dyskelia 3 роки тому +1182

    So if we follow the timeline, we can expect another musical in 2024?

    • @jovigal17
      @jovigal17 3 роки тому +32

      I hope so. I'm hoping sooner. Lol

    • @OrigamiMarie
      @OrigamiMarie 3 роки тому +62

      Hard to say. He knows more about writing musicals now, so it might happen faster. But between the many other things he has been able to do now because he's famous, and the [waves hands around at the world right now] and the projects he's been doing to make the world less bad, it might take longer.

    • @Angie-ji7be
      @Angie-ji7be 3 роки тому +24

      @@OrigamiMarie "to make the world less bad" I like that. I like that a lot.

    • @OrigamiMarie
      @OrigamiMarie 3 роки тому +6

      @@Angie-ji7be I was probably thinking of The Foundation To Reduce World Suck (which is a real thing) when I wrote it! And thank you, I think that mitigating the harm is super important right now! Well, always, but especially now. I've been trying to help by writing letters to people who are less likely to vote, to help encourage them to go to the trouble.

    • @OrigamiMarie
      @OrigamiMarie 3 роки тому +9

      @Nicholas Parker and now he's making a concerted effort to stay off of Twitter, so that might even happen! I'm sad he's not tweeting anymore though.

  • @stellamantikou4978
    @stellamantikou4978 3 роки тому +137

    Who isn't in love with this precious,amazing human?

  • @bingette7832
    @bingette7832 3 роки тому +201

    7:40 He was the $10 founding father before he even started writing Hamilton.

  • @oriana_fortunato
    @oriana_fortunato 3 роки тому +53

    Something I don't see people talking about enough is:
    Lin plays Usnavi, who can't talk to girls and kind of represents him...
    and he likes Vanessa.
    AND LIN'S WIFE'S NAME IS VANESSA. AND THEY KNEW EACH OTHER WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG.
    LIKE, DUDE, HE REALLY WENT AND DID A BROADWAY SHOW WHERE HIS CHARACTER ENDED UP WITH A VANESSA.
    Imagine when they met up later.... what she must've thought, I've always wanted to know.

    • @victoriat7961
      @victoriat7961 3 роки тому +12

      according to him it wasn’t on purpose (he said in a tweet that Vanessa from the musical was “born” in 1999 and him and ‘real’ Vanessa only started dating in 2005) but i saw an interview where he said they knew eachother in high school and that he was too shy to talk to her or something, so i wonder if it was subconscious (that he named the female lead Vanessa). but that’s just my theory lol it might just be a crazy coincidence.

    • @oriana_fortunato
      @oriana_fortunato 3 роки тому +1

      @@victoriat7961 i share your theory. Its suuuuch a coincidence.

    • @TheDoktorlubicz
      @TheDoktorlubicz 3 роки тому

      recently I've read about it (or watched an interview with him) and he said that Vanessa is named after his sister's best friend. Unfortunately I don't remember where but if I find it I'll post it here

    • @_maddy
      @_maddy 2 роки тому

      dude finally, someone else noticed that!

    • @roseprimviolet5852
      @roseprimviolet5852 2 роки тому

      Ikr? Why is nobody talking about that. Also Lin said that he was totally crushing on V and everyone knew except Vanessa

  • @professionalnerd4055
    @professionalnerd4055 3 роки тому +43

    ¨Do you know what merengue flavor is? I don't either but it's effing good¨ I love him so much omg

  • @reaganrabuck395
    @reaganrabuck395 3 роки тому +87

    Awww Lin is such a baby here 😍😭😱

  • @AkariIto
    @AkariIto Рік тому +7

    Lin: "I knew I was going to be broke"
    Also Lin: Proceeds to write the biggest hit musical of all time, Hamilton

  • @madiroser1546
    @madiroser1546 3 роки тому +62

    Look at where u are, look at where u started
    He has come so far

  • @TheHabitualWordsmith
    @TheHabitualWordsmith 2 роки тому +5

    He saw "Rent" on Broadway for his 17th birthday and I saw "Rent" the movie in theaters for my 17th birthday.
    My mind just exploded.

  • @madiroser1546
    @madiroser1546 3 роки тому +58

    He has come so far, I’m so so proud of him

  • @cosmiclatte9416
    @cosmiclatte9416 3 роки тому +60

    Lin can't believe other people aren't mus cal geniuses!

  • @_maddy
    @_maddy 3 роки тому +40

    HE DOESNT LOOK ANY DIFFERENT- I SWEAR LIN, YOU DONT AGE-

  • @Lily-bz3sp
    @Lily-bz3sp 3 роки тому +36

    AND NOW THIS IS COMING TO THE CINEMAS

  • @aidansheehan7777
    @aidansheehan7777 3 роки тому +74

    This video is full of great advice for future artists! I would suggest it to anyone planning on going into art of any kind!

  • @ewenchan1239
    @ewenchan1239 2 роки тому +14

    This is one of the best and greatest things and one of the reasons why I love musicals (and other forms of art/media) so much.
    I never got a chance to grow up in Washington Heights, NY, but through this, it provides a glimpse into that life - something that I otherwise would not have been able to experience.
    re: "I can't believe no one else has done this yet"
    The most famous words said by people who end up becoming incredibly successful.

  • @kylleethekiwi2175
    @kylleethekiwi2175 3 роки тому +63

    Man I love him so much, he inspired me to write a musical and it’s actually working out!

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays4186 2 роки тому +6

    Lin-Manuel at 19: Starts working on his first Tony Award winning show.
    Me at 19: Trying to pass my community college classes.

    • @boiwifeyasmr4U
      @boiwifeyasmr4U 2 роки тому

      Me at 19: published a book and passing community college classes.

  • @briansounalath
    @briansounalath 2 роки тому +35

    Ha. He got defensive when he got called out for not actually growing up in Washington heights. And he probably knew he might be criticized for a playing a Dominican. Regardless this musical going to Broadway in 2008 was revolutionary.

    • @Perro-nv4jq
      @Perro-nv4jq 2 роки тому +1

      I noticed that too lol

    • @retro9173
      @retro9173 2 роки тому

      The movie adaptation isn't doing to well at the box office .. :/

    • @rushankadri8055
      @rushankadri8055 2 роки тому +11

      @@retro9173 probably because of COVID and it's availability online rather than because the movie is bad, I personally loved it

    • @lizziebakeoven3225
      @lizziebakeoven3225 2 роки тому

      @@rushankadri8055 yeah I chose to watch it at home too. I'll be buying it on DVD for sure. I LOVED ti

  • @HausdorffLover
    @HausdorffLover 3 роки тому +66

    The can't talk with the girls thing
    The 10 dollar thing
    Ah this video is just too precious

  • @legowtham
    @legowtham 3 роки тому +5

    Here after 'In the heights' movie. What was I doing all my life not finding this gem already...

  • @vanniam7220
    @vanniam7220 3 роки тому +15

    this interview made my heart happy

  • @TriciaS1986
    @TriciaS1986 3 роки тому +19

    He’s a genius and I love how amazing he is

  • @JoshuaHenelyThornhill
    @JoshuaHenelyThornhill 3 роки тому +10

    Dude just listen to this man he really knows what he wanted to achieve with that play and god he did that amazingly !!

  • @katherineknapp6604
    @katherineknapp6604 3 роки тому +11

    I LOVE LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA BECAUSE HE'S SO INSPIRING!

  • @tsthinker1318
    @tsthinker1318 3 роки тому +11

    he`s the most cute thing ever

  • @joesc3343
    @joesc3343 3 роки тому +16

    RIP mtv

  • @tylerhayes9278
    @tylerhayes9278 2 роки тому +3

    HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON YOUUUUUUUUUU

  • @nk2ti
    @nk2ti 3 роки тому +9

    Maaan dude is a genius 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

  • @mari.tiengo
    @mari.tiengo 3 роки тому +12

    Eu amo Hamilton de paixão, mas In the Heights sempre vai tocar mais no meu coração! Toda a história me faz querer ainda mais uma vida melhor, em um lugar melhor!

  • @malvarezbjj
    @malvarezbjj 2 роки тому +3

    2021 - In The Heights Movie is finally here and is a hit ❤️

  • @vernam.c.mendiola8903
    @vernam.c.mendiola8903 2 роки тому +3

    Wow. What a cool throwback. I absolutely love how they explained the name Usnavi.🤣 🥰⚓

  • @beatrizpestana
    @beatrizpestana 3 роки тому +4

    I've watched the movie today and youtube recommended this 🥺

  • @Jasonnovember
    @Jasonnovember 3 роки тому +4

    When Lin said Manhattan I hat to sing that part from the Schuyler sisters

  • @josyperez7483
    @josyperez7483 3 роки тому +2

    Im blown away by lin manual, so talented

  • @magvlogs83
    @magvlogs83 3 роки тому +2

    Just watched In the heigths yestarday. I F-Love it.

  • @aboutkimmy
    @aboutkimmy 3 роки тому

    So inspiring ❤

  • @tashadhyani
    @tashadhyani 3 роки тому +45

    10-dollar bill!!

    • @ericmckinney9057
      @ericmckinney9057 3 роки тому +6

      Founding father without a father

    • @Henry3Productions
      @Henry3Productions 3 роки тому +5

      got a lot farther by working a lot harder

    • @allielee
      @allielee 3 роки тому +4

      @@Henry3Productions by being a lot smarter by being a self starter

    • @isabellegrace5665
      @isabellegrace5665 3 роки тому +5

      by fourteen they placed him in charge of a trading charter

    • @sistinevenize868
      @sistinevenize868 3 роки тому +2

      And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up

  • @moriahlim7904
    @moriahlim7904 3 роки тому +6

    His voice is so much higher here

    • @crystalward1444
      @crystalward1444 2 роки тому +1

      Big MTV interview...yeah stress does that and tightens up people's voices so the speak at a higher pitch.

  • @thetunebella6675
    @thetunebella6675 Рік тому +1

    "Do you know what merengue flavor is? I don't know either but it's F-ing good"
    best thing I've heard all day😂

  • @nairobideservesbetter507
    @nairobideservesbetter507 3 роки тому +2

    Omg just watched it😭😭

  • @heathers.9740
    @heathers.9740 2 роки тому +1

    This is a great moment in history!

  • @felipeeusebio6313
    @felipeeusebio6313 2 роки тому +3

    One of the staples of the Bodegas is finding all those Dominicans and puertorican groceries, something you could not see it anywhere else

  • @santoshsahoo7417
    @santoshsahoo7417 3 роки тому +3

    This man is an art God for me.

  • @vivianawagner112
    @vivianawagner112 2 роки тому

    Love love love

  • @randomgeekstuff7078
    @randomgeekstuff7078 3 роки тому +1

    A true genius

  • @thetunebella6675
    @thetunebella6675 Рік тому +1

    5:57 little did he knew 2 years later he would be marrying his high school sweetheart!!!!!

  • @mayena
    @mayena 3 роки тому +2

    3:52-4:29 according to Wikipedia Lin Manuel was brought up in Inwood, Manhattan.

  • @chrissies5442
    @chrissies5442 3 роки тому +12

    His voice is so high I can't-

  • @joshuayork8362
    @joshuayork8362 3 роки тому +5

    defiantly looking forward to the movie.

    • @laurathornton1456
      @laurathornton1456 3 роки тому +3

      Saw it yesterday. It's wonderful! Do not leave until AFTER the credits. You'll miss 1 last scene!

    • @cxcflower4727
      @cxcflower4727 3 роки тому +1

      @@laurathornton1456 NO WAY!!

    • @laurathornton1456
      @laurathornton1456 3 роки тому

      @@cxcflower4727 YES WAY! I think you can find it on UA-cam. It's just a little thing but cute.

    • @lizziebakeoven3225
      @lizziebakeoven3225 2 роки тому

      @@laurathornton1456 best cameo ever

  • @tsthinker1318
    @tsthinker1318 3 роки тому +15

    Chris Jackson as Mr. Softee

    • @emroman1108
      @emroman1108 3 роки тому +2

      LMAO YES

    • @avettcore
      @avettcore 3 роки тому +1

      Yes. Just YES!!!!

    • @CaribbeanOlympian
      @CaribbeanOlympian 3 роки тому +3

      Congratulations. You predicted the future! :)

    • @tsthinker1318
      @tsthinker1318 3 роки тому +1

      @@CaribbeanOlympian what?

    • @CaribbeanOlympian
      @CaribbeanOlympian 3 роки тому +1

      @@tsthinker1318 Watch the movie adaptation if you haven’t already, and you’ll see what I mean.

  • @solmariamusic
    @solmariamusic 3 роки тому +7

    I'm so excited to see the film tomorrow. Always wanted to see the show on Broadway, but I've been listening to the soundtrack on repeat for yearssss. Play close attention to the themes, specifically gentrification. This film is gonna change the world. IM SO EXCITED 🥺🥰🤗God bless Lin!!! PS: He plays the Piragua Guy!!!

  • @elbatorres6113
    @elbatorres6113 2 роки тому

    Lin Manuel Miranda is a prodigy!

  • @talithathompson5830
    @talithathompson5830 3 роки тому

    ❤️🥺

  • @mena7878
    @mena7878 3 роки тому +1

    The country club is also sold in DR

  • @lin.ith.ham.
    @lin.ith.ham. 5 місяців тому

    everytime lin writes a musical he puts himself as the main character

  • @thetunebella6675
    @thetunebella6675 Рік тому +1

    " and I just turned 28 a few months ago "
    Me: damn boy...oh oh wait a minute this is 2008 my bad!
    Also me: well in 2008 you still looked as handsome and as charming and as hot as you are today

  • @missmylarose
    @missmylarose 3 роки тому +14

    He's definatly a guy if he doesnt know what fabuloso is! every spanish women in NY know its the everything cleaner not laundry detergent lol

    • @tknows470
      @tknows470 3 роки тому

      California madres too!

    • @runefaustblack
      @runefaustblack 3 роки тому +1

      Umm, I think you mean Hispanic. Spanish means it's from the country of Spain in Europe.

    • @missmylarose
      @missmylarose 3 роки тому

      @@runefaustblack yes ty

  • @Computerlegacy
    @Computerlegacy 3 роки тому +4

    This is where in the heights was born

  • @selahmoments9469
    @selahmoments9469 3 роки тому

    Bahahaha...yup on that final ATM shout out. 100!

  • @DisneycraftYT
    @DisneycraftYT 3 роки тому +4

    3:15 my high school hasn’t done a musical/play 😭

  • @COBYKOEHL2
    @COBYKOEHL2 3 роки тому +2

    WHAT A BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING AND A GENIUS

  • @katherineknapp6604
    @katherineknapp6604 3 роки тому

  • @whatevs00
    @whatevs00 2 роки тому

    Is the interviewer the same guy as the voice of the guy who does the 73 questions videos for vogue?

  • @sarahkelly6375
    @sarahkelly6375 3 роки тому +6

    Fabuloso is actually a floor cleaner. Not detergent.

  • @Mark_R_Tho
    @Mark_R_Tho 3 роки тому

    Not broke, anymore!!!!!!

  • @breanagarbiel
    @breanagarbiel 3 роки тому +4

    He looks famished walking these streets

  • @CaapriceTube1
    @CaapriceTube1 2 роки тому +6

    and now 13 years later, it's a movie.
    but the sequel Miranda,
    you know who to cast more of next time :)
    Gracias

  • @zorachanelh
    @zorachanelh 3 роки тому +2

    He was 28 here

  • @awsomishdude
    @awsomishdude Рік тому

    My favorite part was when he said “I’m past patiently waitin’, I’m passionately smashin’ expectations, every action is an act of creation”

    • @aliluv7816
      @aliluv7816 11 місяців тому

      This made me laugh

  • @cynthiahernandez4437
    @cynthiahernandez4437 3 роки тому

    Am dead the ATM i wish we had $10 atm

  • @dianemariemichelle3141
    @dianemariemichelle3141 3 роки тому +6

    Hair:
    Blonde (Britney Spears)
    Yellow (Christina Aguilera)
    Natural Blonde (Lady Gaga)
    Ginger (Ashley Tisdale)
    Bright (Shakira)
    Light Ginger (Kesha)
    Light Brown (Gwen Stefani)
    Brown (CC Catch)

  • @tigristhelynx7224
    @tigristhelynx7224 2 роки тому +1

    I feel like he's the modern-day equivalent of George M. Cohan.

  • @LB0206
    @LB0206 3 роки тому +7

    ... He doesn't look any different... 2008?

  • @Sarahthelunsford
    @Sarahthelunsford 3 роки тому

    Baby, a woman who lives with you and takes care of you is called a nanny. She sounds lovely though 🥰

    • @runefaustblack
      @runefaustblack 3 роки тому +1

      What's in a name? What we call a rose will smell just as sweetly with any other name...

  • @MiguelAguasvivas_
    @MiguelAguasvivas_ 3 роки тому +7

    Isn’t that guy from Hamilton

  • @rocolas
    @rocolas 2 роки тому

    is this.. is this the Vogue 73 Questions guy?

  • @moreblack
    @moreblack Рік тому

    Shoutout to Cola Shampan

  • @shutuphester
    @shutuphester 2 роки тому

    hes so little omg

  • @mithroch
    @mithroch 3 роки тому +1

    The most real thing is the $10 ATM.

  • @AquaArisu
    @AquaArisu 3 роки тому

    It looks like hes pogging in the thumbnail

  • @jordankent3701
    @jordankent3701 2 роки тому +4

    my god does he age?

  • @larranag
    @larranag 3 роки тому

    He waits for his change?

  • @scarlettr8823
    @scarlettr8823 2 роки тому +1

    the shade to Andrew Lloyd Webber💀

    • @crystalward1444
      @crystalward1444 2 роки тому

      I wouldn't say that. Those of us who grew up in the 1980s were inundated with Andrew Lloyd Webber themes as they were the big ticket shows. Prior to that it was Westside Story. ALW brought Rock into theatre starting in the 1970s. There weren't many original musicals in the 1990s other than RENT. LMM isn't throwing shade, he's just saying it was an intimidating task and ambition to be in.

  • @jeffcadet82
    @jeffcadet82 3 роки тому

    Sosua

  • @RoaroftheTiger
    @RoaroftheTiger 3 роки тому

    Still the Least expensive Apartments in Manhattan, NYC ... But starting at about $2,500 a month, for a "Studio" !

    • @5620103893
      @5620103893 2 роки тому +1

      Jesus christ. You could own 2 houses for that price where I live in Florida, taxes and all (in which the property taxes are quite high).

    • @RoaroftheTiger
      @RoaroftheTiger 2 роки тому

      @@5620103893 - hey ... like the lyrics, from the old Blues Tune - 'Tobacco Road' - "But It's Home, the Only Life, I've Ever Known ..." But seriously, I nor any long time residents, are Not likely to be paying Current Fair Market Value. Thanks to NYC Rental Laws. But, I would agree. For anyone starting fresh in NYC. " the Rent is Too Damn High !" ;-)

  • @hi-zy5zd
    @hi-zy5zd 3 роки тому +3

    lin-manuel miranda: writes a good musical like i am not throwing away my shot
    me: writes cyfbhgbybgvbybbuggbghghghghghg

  • @caspertheghostking5344
    @caspertheghostking5344 2 роки тому +1

    TIL that fabuloso aparently isnt made for floors

  • @Heytheredelisandwich
    @Heytheredelisandwich 2 роки тому +1

    Damn I’m 19 and I’m just a baby-sitter

  • @Boobalopbop
    @Boobalopbop 3 роки тому +2

    If he was 19 in 1999.... How is he 28 now? Lol
    Oh, OK. He was joking

    • @sharizzle09
      @sharizzle09 2 роки тому +1

      This video was filmed in 2008 when the musical came out on broadway so he was 28 at that time.

    • @soooofetch
      @soooofetch 2 роки тому

      This video is 14 years old

  • @heathers.9740
    @heathers.9740 2 роки тому

    Cats lol

  • @mikeholp2400
    @mikeholp2400 3 роки тому

    I wonder if he knows that people dream about him??

  • @grmp1992
    @grmp1992 3 роки тому +5

    Imagine writing something when your 19 and making a movie about it and gets criticized for not having ''enough'' black characters...

    • @queenfrankey9441
      @queenfrankey9441 2 роки тому +1

      NO MATTER HOW PASSIONATE OR GOOD YOU ARE, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE PEOPLE WHO WILL NEVER BE SATISFIED. 😏

  • @beatrizpestana
    @beatrizpestana 3 роки тому

    10 dollar bills...