I hear ya. Even if the music ends up being terrific it's hard for me to enjoy it because of the context it was introduced to me in. Leaves an off-putting taste in my mouth.
i saw so many of these ads on Instagram and i can't help but to roll my eyes as if guilt tripping or "being relatable" helps selling their music. even worse, they don't even show you the music.
i remember her, when x died she made multiple videos about it, his fanbase really supported her, she had a fanbase supporting her videos so she's literally lying
yeah its weird I used to watch her reaction videos lol. people loved her content and suddenly went ghost, she definitely had a community and ditched it out of nowhere
@@songpsych also I wanted to added to the Yummy situation. Him and Selena Gomez were being desperate bc they wanted to beat Roddy Ricch’s “The Box”, since the song went #1.
i was a fan of her for like 3 years and i supported her when she first came back with music, it feels like a slap in the face for her to be so ungrateful lmao
This is the new thing. Industry giants using the “indie”, “grass roots” or “brick and mortar” aesthetic to sell and manipulate people into thinking their down to earth. This aesthetic is so easy to maintain that it doesn’t take much to fool young people into their false authenticity. Fantano did a bunch of videos on Tik Tok industry plants Tramp Stamps who did a similar tactic.
Doesn’t help that most the music follows the same themes and has the same aesthetic, meaning industry plants will have a much easier time infiltrating the scene by doing the bare minimum to keep up appearances. Scary stuff for people who wanna see indie music become more popular without the help of fake passionless artists and production companies
@@stevie8271 The thing is TV Static invoked that kinda Uncanny Liminal feeling, even if it was Good if her song was that, that still saying that her song is so empty and still count as an insult.
Same for Selena Gomez when she put out an emotional video telling her fans to stream because she really wanted a number 1. And Roddy who was also number one told people to stream her album/song or whatever it was
@@bamboleo6348 thats a dumb reason to ask their fans to get a new song to top the charts, if you make real and honest music and you're emotionally vulnerable, topping the charts should be your LAST priority... and literally openly asking for it is very disingenuous
I think it's safe to say that the inauthenticity of Lael's "marketing" is so blatantly obvious, but I DIED when you went as far as to pull up approximate costs of the robot arm camera she used lmaooo. Amazing video
As someone that used to watch her UA-cam channel, it’s clear everything she stated is false and also hypocritical. She’s most definitely privileged and has money, not only that the whole selling soul is hypocritical because she was close with Xxxtentacion, who literally has a song about speaking to the devil and selling his soul. She knows what she’s doing, she wants to erase her past and become an artist and this is not the way.
That's not all. His ex came out with her album and considering how little creativity is in "Yummy" I feel like it was only released to spite her since a big chunk of her album was calling him out (fair thing to do as artist with a toxic relationship).
First video I've seen from you, everything here's super well structured and you carry the topic really smoothly! Really cool to see fresh content from people like you who have never gotten lucky or had a big break living middle of no-where 😀😀😀
This was a pleasant surprise! I was expecting a very bubbly lesson on psychology and marketing strategies used in the music industry, but Dev was very frank about her criticisms of lame and unethical music industry practices. It felt really pleasant to see this side of her.
It kind of sucks seeing Lael use this tactic of guilt tripping people because i used to like her content. She did funny reaction videos along with other stuff and her music really isnt bad, she's just promoting in the wrong way
@@matthewkimani5367 Did you even watch the video? What shes saying is misleading. She says she lives in the middle of nowhere when she lives in Toronto and the guilt tripping shows in her tiktoks with her "Friend who betrayed her"
@@matthewkimani5367 Because lying is a shitty thing to do. What do you think if you buy a pringles can, and its only filled 40%? You would be mad too right? How is that lying any different from her lying.
Lael used to have a business with her boyfriend(ex-idk/idc) back in the day, they used to review music and sell their services as filmmakers/cinematographers, sooo yea, she's hardly from the mud fool
I see this happen with illustrators too. Artists constantly complaining that their followers aren't reblogging/retweeting their art and ragging on people who only like.
@@arisboba not even lmfao, it's a tiktok/yt shorts/twitter thing nowadays, tumblr counts reblogs the same as likes (ik this was a joke but still figured I'd explain it a bit)
when you mentioned the fake text scary stories, i knew EXACTLY what you were talking about but didn’t think you’d mention ‘hooked’ by name-those stories are so bizarre my friends and i used to poke thru them just for laughs
Lol killed it with the ending, no but seriously excellent job on this, this is my first video of yours that I’ve seen, super well spoken, organized and well researched. 10/10. Subbed and excited to see more.
Being “in the middle of nowhere” is no excuse anymore. Especially when you can complain about being in the middle of nowhere to millions of people from the comfort of your own toilet.
I used to be a fan of her UA-cam channel and when I heard a little bit of her music I was like “oh wow she’s surprisingly decent” then I saw this and the “apology” video for it and ughh. I preferred when she was a lighthearted goofy hip hop reaction channel lmao
talk about literally anything, idc. you’re charming and funny and have good insights on things and i love your voice. you could be reading the ingredients of a bag of chips and i’d watch
I would probably bet money on some of those videos (the infamous one at the very least) being promoted with likes in mind - if she could afford renting that camera then a TikTok ad campaign isn't outta the question
thing is, the reason why she has so many listeners is because a lot of her fans missed her after she went on her hiatus, it's mostly kids and teens who actually feel depressed or exaggerate their sadness, others are just haters, I don't listen to lael but I used to watch her music videos.
Really don’t like it when people create fake sob stories or lies to manipulate people to stream their music. She should have been honest with her fan base. Thanks for creating context on her!
just a little bit of clarification on the Justin Bieber story, that was a graphic made by a fan just like those BTS guides. he just reposted it. which makes it even more desperate that he couldn't be bothered to hire his own graphic designer to do it professionally, he yoinked it from a fan, lmao.
that wasn't him who repost it but his manager Scooter Braun who have access to Bieber's social media and manage them. JB isn't using social media that often mostly it's Scooter who post something there
@@siuuuu7229 scooter represents jb and they are a team. whatever he says on his behalf, jb probably agrees with. justin could have came online and clarified that it he did not agree with the post but he never did.
I was a super fan of her really supported her and i remember how happy i was when she answers comments and contact her fanbase, sadly after she left youtube she came back with this bootleg billie eilish and it's so bad lmao
even if her music is good, there's an immediately negative connotation surrounding it. And yes, she doesn't want to sell her soul, but let's pretend that she's looking to get signed to a label. No one will take her seriously, she has an entitled attitude and most likely won't have lasting success. She's clearly going to be a handful to work with.
I know a couple of great musicians who refuse to put their songs on streaming services. As a result I saw them once at a festival, went to look them up afterward, said "huh, they're not on Spotify" and then never listened to or thought about them again.
Even when she’s talking normally she out of nowhere talks in a weird tone lol at least that proves she doesn’t force it and it’s just part of her personality
saw someone ik post a story rant saying "if u follow i assume u support the journey, if not unfollow, if u still follow i expect you to engage with my posts" hope the algorithm send this their way
You should make a video on the band Black Dresses. They have the edginess and intensity of Death Grips with the quirky queer aesthetic of 100 Gecs and it just goes so hard lmao. They recently added their music back to Spotify.
very random video for my recommendations, but watched the whole thing! great analysis, great video quality, wondering where your subscribers are at?! keep it up!
i remember hearing about (now deleted i believe) videos she made reacting to peep before he died and she had all these terrible things to say about him and then after he passed she had this huge switch up and deleted all those past videos as well as talked about him as if she had been a fan for years
As someone who’s been writing and singing for years I just posted my first video of an original song and have had super low interaction or engagement, even from my friends and family, at least where I posted it (on yt). This video has been very helpful in choosing what not to do next about that. Considering the music itself is a bit sad in nature, I think clarifying that I am not victimizing myself while promoting it, but instead showing my personal feelings of being stoked for music and stuff would be the best route. Thanks yt algorithmic thought control erratas FBI agent :)
On TikTok they’re not really artists if they hate making art when they don’t get payed for it. It’s a hobby that makes money, why are they treating it like a chore? Like “uh I have to wash dishes/paint/take out garbage/write a song/pour resin into a cast I bought on wish… and no one will even buy it!”
also it’s music, people should listen to it because they enjoy…not to give streams and musicians should make songs because they enjoy it, not because they want to be famous
Even if her music is amazing, she’s so ungrateful and clearly feels like she deserves success more than everyone else that I could never support her. Especially going after artists like Lil Nas X to make her point about “not selling her soul” lmfao, that’s so cringe regardless of what you think of Lil Nas X.
I dont watch youtube on this channel (I upload it) and usually my recommended is just tiktok clip compilations for no reason, but today I saw this video and I just wanted to say that Im really impressed with your content.
one of advice i get for an artist, "Create what you love, with the way you loved it, and for the people you loved, if people acknowledge you, then you had touched other peoples heart and be grateful for it, if not... still be grateful because whatever happened you have created something you loved." don't beg for fame, it won't last, people will lost respect of you and leave you as a beggar. gaining something out of pity rather than from your own creativity
Im only about a minute into the video, but heres like a…fun fact? I guess you could call it that, lol. But anyways ive been making music strictly as a hobby for the better part of like 11 years, i rap, sing, write, whatever. And ive noticed something… A lot of people around me who make music will try and pull off different marketing techniques they see big artists do, thinking itll just work without an already loyal fanbase. For example, i had a dumbass friend who dropped a “surprise album” once. The only downloads it got were the people he had told prior. Ive had friends randomly make songs in a genre they have no business trying and absolutely 0 experience with, just to claim “its like when Lil Wayne did how to love, no one will be expecting this shit.” As if anyone was waiting for his music to begin with. People just lose touch with certain things when they think they’re really about to win.
The best part is that even after Justin Bieber begged his fans and posted those ridiculous instructions “Yummy” only peaked at #2 on the Billboard Charts because it was blocked by the actual most popular song at the time (The Box)
As a VERY stubborn person to the point if someone asks more than two times for me to do something especially if it's not in a generally decent fashion... I will NEVER listen to someone's music just cuz they're selling a sob story. My favorite music just randomly came into my life or I genuinely sought out good music that I was curious about. Like I BARELY started really listening to the Beatles like a couple years ago. I'll be 30 this year. Lol I've always heard their music and my parents loved them growing up but I wasn't there yet. Now I listen to their songs and I can truly say they're musical geniuses.
This is very informative, and we artists struggle many times because we don't wan't to end up using these methods, but you see so much "scandal" strategies or whatever you want to call it, being used and working for many big hitters in the industry, that its hard to avoid these stupid methods, even our teams suggest we use them.
Watching... will update on how much this video stinks... Edit: I... I admit it. This video didn't stink Devon. You won't get off scot-free though. Stinker.
Fyi, with her saying she didn’t ‘blow up overnight’, yeah she didn’t blow up overnight, she blew up over a couple months milking the fact that she had a dm conversation once with x
If her music was good no one would care, they would listen regardless of how they found out or how they feel about her promotional ethics. They would write it off a stunt or joke and then bam, forgiven. Basically, anything goes when you're trying to get seen, artists do whatever it takes and the general population understands that to a certain degree
@@arisboba Are you a fan of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tyler the Creator, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Elliott Smith, The White Stripes, or SZA? They've all engaged in depective or inappropriote marketing but you're probably going to excuse it considering how hard it is to make it in the music industry and how important their contribution was once they made it
I hear ya. Even if the music ends up being terrific it's hard for me to enjoy it because of the context it was introduced to me in. Leaves an off-putting taste in my mouth.
Hello finn
i saw so many of these ads on Instagram and i can't help but to roll my eyes as if guilt tripping or "being relatable" helps selling their music. even worse, they don't even show you the music.
I am the most famous man on YouTub! This is not bragging! This is the truth! The truth will set you free, dear tinn
@@AxxLAfriku yeah I dunno about that sir. You might have to pass pewdiepie before you can call yourself the most popular youtub chanel eva.
Same it just makes me not enjoy the person.
Great video
Hey Finneas
oh my gosh
wtf
Love your music, boss
Oh shit
i remember her, when x died she made multiple videos about it, his fanbase really supported her, she had a fanbase supporting her videos so she's literally lying
And when juice died as well
Really weird that she's doing this because she was genuraely liked
@@marvin9860 exactly! i really don't get it, acting like people can't remember her activity on the internet lol
yep i remember her too,,pretty shocking to see her like this
yeah its weird I used to watch her reaction videos lol. people loved her content and suddenly went ghost, she definitely had a community and ditched it out of nowhere
If someone tries to guilt trip me into streaming their music I will go out of my way to NOT listen to it
sameee
Facts
Ya
streaming this video on repeat NOT ON SILENT ON LOW VOLUME
omg hi dignan
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Hello Dignan, How’s the court case going?
@@napster3075 Dignan will be fine. He's taking the OJ Simpson approach
wtf i literally found your guys' channel today and become obsessed and now you're here
why try to guilt trip your audience when u can just tell them it STINKS I bet that'll work
so true
ppl gotta realize that celebrities with fun personalities get so much love , not ones that guilt trip 😭
@@songpsych also I wanted to added to the Yummy situation. Him and Selena Gomez were being desperate bc they wanted to beat Roddy Ricch’s “The Box”, since the song went #1.
Ancient reference, jeez
i was a fan of her for like 3 years and i supported her when she first came back with music, it feels like a slap in the face for her to be so ungrateful lmao
literally sameeee lmao
I like your profile pic :)
same bruh
@@finchcarvingadiamond gasia.gasia is the artist
It’s like she thinks we forgot about her whole UA-cam career
she was loved by the xxxtentacion community and then she just appears outta nowhere like "I hate everything and life is bad listen to my music🥺"
Definitely the weirdest part of this. She probably could of just succeeded more by using her existing fanbase for streams
its called depression and anxiety, have you heard of it before?
@@realhammy420 yeah but why is she depressed
@@realhammy420 ???
@@realhammy420 it's called romanticizing her possibly fake disorders to manipulate her audience
This is the new thing. Industry giants using the “indie”, “grass roots” or “brick and mortar” aesthetic to sell and manipulate people into thinking their down to earth. This aesthetic is so easy to maintain that it doesn’t take much to fool young people into their false authenticity.
Fantano did a bunch of videos on Tik Tok industry plants Tramp Stamps who did a similar tactic.
i think you might be actually right
Shits ez af to spot ppl be dumb an eat that shit up
The tramp stamps were IMMEDIATELY busted and ridiculed tho lol
Yep. I've seen those kind of artists even in my country.
Doesn’t help that most the music follows the same themes and has the same aesthetic, meaning industry plants will have a much easier time infiltrating the scene by doing the bare minimum to keep up appearances. Scary stuff for people who wanna see indie music become more popular without the help of fake passionless artists and production companies
It doesn’t help that she’s managed to write the only song in existence that invokes NO emotion from me. Nothing, it’s the musical version of TV static
That's one of the coldest insults I've heard💀💀
idk tv static is p cool tho
@@stevie8271 The thing is TV Static invoked that kinda Uncanny Liminal feeling, even if it was Good if her song was that, that still saying that her song is so empty and still count as an insult.
😂
Best part of the Yummy saga is the guy who got the number one spot (Roddy Rich) said “stream Yummy.” That’s a 5-D chess move right there
Same for Selena Gomez when she put out an emotional video telling her fans to stream because she really wanted a number 1. And Roddy who was also number one told people to stream her album/song or whatever it was
@@Ghosty716 She wasn't begging like Justin tho
@@andrewkim2013 Well ig but I do think it's fair since she hadn't released music in years + the things she went through with her health
@@bamboleo6348 thats a dumb reason to ask their fans to get a new song to top the charts, if you make real and honest music and you're emotionally vulnerable, topping the charts should be your LAST priority... and literally openly asking for it is very disingenuous
Roddy finessed right there, he made a shit ton of money by getting paid to say that but got promoted instead
Lets all repeatedly stream "Guilt Trip" by Kanye West on repeat on low volume just for the fun of it
Bet
"Star Wars, Chew-Baka"
It's so good
but it's a good song i would probably put it on high volume hahah
@@iwoaf me too
thank u for speaking on this
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Didn't expect you to be here
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Mans back when we need em
this is a great video
Yo james
I'm surprised that only one person replied to your comment, but I just want to say I love your videos
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I think it's safe to say that the inauthenticity of Lael's "marketing" is so blatantly obvious, but I DIED when you went as far as to pull up approximate costs of the robot arm camera she used lmaooo. Amazing video
As someone that used to watch her UA-cam channel, it’s clear everything she stated is false and also hypocritical.
She’s most definitely privileged and has money, not only that the whole selling soul is hypocritical because she was close with Xxxtentacion, who literally has a song about speaking to the devil and selling his soul. She knows what she’s doing, she wants to erase her past and become an artist and this is not the way.
Don’t forget that Justin started doing that because “The Box” by Roddy Ricch was becoming extremely successful, lmfao
oh that is why lmao
That's not all. His ex came out with her album and considering how little creativity is in "Yummy" I feel like it was only released to spite her since a big chunk of her album was calling him out (fair thing to do as artist with a toxic relationship).
First video I've seen from you, everything here's super well structured and you carry the topic really smoothly!
Really cool to see fresh content from people like you who have never gotten lucky or had a big break living middle of no-where 😀😀😀
hi
This is weirdly the joke most passive aggressive I have ever seen, haha
Noah hey what’s up
It’s the dude with .. with the.. feet? Awesome!
Yoooooo I love your stuff
This was a pleasant surprise! I was expecting a very bubbly lesson on psychology and marketing strategies used in the music industry, but Dev was very frank about her criticisms of lame and unethical music industry practices. It felt really pleasant to see this side of her.
"Lael" sounds like a name of an enigmatic child star, of any gender
Her insane production value had me suspicious right away
It kind of sucks seeing Lael use this tactic of guilt tripping people because i used to like her content. She did funny reaction videos along with other stuff and her music really isnt bad, she's just promoting in the wrong way
ye i remember that
Why is it a problem the way she promotes her music? It's fire regardless.....i just wanna know why y'all don't like her promotion
@@matthewkimani5367 Did you even watch the video? What shes saying is misleading. She says she lives in the middle of nowhere when she lives in Toronto and the guilt tripping shows in her tiktoks with her "Friend who betrayed her"
@@matthewkimani5367 the whole video is about this??
@@matthewkimani5367 Because lying is a shitty thing to do. What do you think if you buy a pringles can, and its only filled 40%? You would be mad too right? How is that lying any different from her lying.
Ok song physc is so pretty though, like I’m so jealous of her.
ikr !!
that's what I'M saying!
If you listened you bought into it
RIGHTTT shes kinda giving diana silvers
I want her
Lael used to have a business with her boyfriend(ex-idk/idc) back in the day, they used to review music and sell their services as filmmakers/cinematographers, sooo yea, she's hardly from the mud fool
I see this happen with illustrators too. Artists constantly complaining that their followers aren't reblogging/retweeting their art and ragging on people who only like.
Sounds like some tumblr shit lol
@@arisboba not even lmfao, it's a tiktok/yt shorts/twitter thing nowadays, tumblr counts reblogs the same as likes (ik this was a joke but still figured I'd explain it a bit)
I've sold my soul several times but my music career isn't magically exploding. I guess I got scammed
such a great video
your videos are great too bro
I used to watch ur vids hella, kinda grew apart from rap though and needed a break from it. still cool to see you here :)
it's like she forgot she literally built an entire fanbase from making youtube reaction videos lmfao
when you mentioned the fake text scary stories, i knew EXACTLY what you were talking about but didn’t think you’d mention ‘hooked’ by name-those stories are so bizarre my friends and i used to poke thru them just for laughs
When Justin started begging for streams it just made The Box that much better
Lol killed it with the ending, no but seriously excellent job on this, this is my first video of yours that I’ve seen, super well spoken, organized and well researched. 10/10. Subbed and excited to see more.
Being “in the middle of nowhere” is no excuse anymore. Especially when you can complain about being in the middle of nowhere to millions of people from the comfort of your own toilet.
I used to be a fan of her UA-cam channel and when I heard a little bit of her music I was like “oh wow she’s surprisingly decent” then I saw this and the “apology” video for it and ughh. I preferred when she was a lighthearted goofy hip hop reaction channel lmao
talk about literally anything, idc. you’re charming and funny and have good insights on things and i love your voice. you could be reading the ingredients of a bag of chips and i’d watch
Even that, she has the audacity to say her life is boring....
I would probably bet money on some of those videos (the infamous one at the very least) being promoted with likes in mind - if she could afford renting that camera then a TikTok ad campaign isn't outta the question
Hello Dev i would like to request a video on music
NO 🤬
@@mugiwarano_rishi4595 wtf I hate dev melons now
Man that's actually genius, imagine if she actually did a video on music like damn
never
thing is, the reason why she has so many listeners is because a lot of her fans missed her after she went on her hiatus, it's mostly kids and teens who actually feel depressed or exaggerate their sadness, others are just haters, I don't listen to lael but I used to watch her music videos.
the underlying smile in every word pushes a really good vibe !!
It’s so disjointing from following your personal tik toks to see you be so thorough and speak in full sentences lol
Really don’t like it when people create fake sob stories or lies to manipulate people to stream their music. She should have been honest with her fan base. Thanks for creating context on her!
just a little bit of clarification on the Justin Bieber story, that was a graphic made by a fan just like those BTS guides. he just reposted it. which makes it even more desperate that he couldn't be bothered to hire his own graphic designer to do it professionally, he yoinked it from a fan, lmao.
that wasn't him who repost it but his manager Scooter Braun who have access to Bieber's social media and manage them. JB isn't using social media that often mostly it's Scooter who post something there
@@siuuuu7229 scooter represents jb and they are a team. whatever he says on his behalf, jb probably agrees with. justin could have came online and clarified that it he did not agree with the post but he never did.
The way you do air quotes is so aesthetic
I was a super fan of her really supported her and i remember how happy i was when she answers comments and contact her fanbase, sadly after she left youtube she came back with this bootleg billie eilish and it's so bad lmao
even if her music is good, there's an immediately negative connotation surrounding it.
And yes, she doesn't want to sell her soul, but let's pretend that she's looking to get signed to a label.
No one will take her seriously, she has an entitled attitude and most likely won't have lasting success. She's clearly going to be a handful to work with.
I agree with everything that’s said in this video, I used to watch Lael Hansen so it’s weird seeing her do this
Dev I love you, I’m about to artificially manipulate the UA-cam algorithm to boost your vids
She sounds like someone who has never had anything bad happen to her besides having relationships/friendships end. which is entirely normal.
Lmao right
I know a couple of great musicians who refuse to put their songs on streaming services. As a result I saw them once at a festival, went to look them up afterward, said "huh, they're not on Spotify" and then never listened to or thought about them again.
I've never heard Dev talk normal 😂😂.
Lmao same😅
Even when she’s talking normally she out of nowhere talks in a weird tone lol at least that proves she doesn’t force it and it’s just part of her personality
Same thing with art channels. They make ugly stuff and then say it took 50hrs to make it. Then they guilt trip you into liking. It’s really stupid.
Yeah especially the one that are like “ I only got 1 like on this 😖😖😖😖😖”
blackbear has been an independent artist his whole career it's not impossible for independent artists to be successful.
Watched because the title and enjoyed the video but I couldn’t help but think throughout it about how I feel like a elementary kid crushing on you
You got some explaining to do buddy
@@juancervantes4341 this one time at band camp …
A video on something to do with music videos would be cool, maybe looking at how their significance has evolved over time?
saw someone ik post a story rant saying "if u follow i assume u support the journey, if not unfollow, if u still follow i expect you to engage with my posts" hope the algorithm send this their way
Dude the fact you went into the camera is soooooooo fucking good, this is the kinda meticulous research I love!
You should make a video on the band Black Dresses. They have the edginess and intensity of Death Grips with the quirky queer aesthetic of 100 Gecs and it just goes so hard lmao. They recently added their music back to Spotify.
Don't know who you are or how UA-cam led me here, but you have wonderfully chill vibes and this video slapped.
Subbed.
very random video for my recommendations, but watched the whole thing! great analysis, great video quality, wondering where your subscribers are at?! keep it up!
you sound familiar but at the same time you sound like 10000000x better than the person i was reminded of. YOUR CONTENT IS AWESOMEEEE!!!
is it me or did a spider run down the middle of her curtain at 0:53 before the cut
Great video essay! I love phenomena like this in the music industry being put to words.
Dude your personality in the way you speak is magnetic! Got me locked in and entertained the whole way through
The contestants on American idol are QUAKING
first video i’ve ever seen of yours and you are now my new favorite channel, such good takes omg
i remember hearing about (now deleted i believe) videos she made reacting to peep before he died and she had all these terrible things to say about him and then after he passed she had this huge switch up and deleted all those past videos as well as talked about him as if she had been a fan for years
As someone who’s been writing and singing for years I just posted my first video of an original song and have had super low interaction or engagement, even from my friends and family, at least where I posted it (on yt). This video has been very helpful in choosing what not to do next about that.
Considering the music itself is a bit sad in nature, I think clarifying that I am not victimizing myself while promoting it, but instead showing my personal feelings of being stoked for music and stuff would be the best route.
Thanks yt algorithmic thought control erratas FBI agent :)
On TikTok they’re not really artists if they hate making art when they don’t get payed for it. It’s a hobby that makes money, why are they treating it like a chore?
Like “uh I have to wash dishes/paint/take out garbage/write a song/pour resin into a cast I bought on wish… and no one will even buy it!”
Someone reviewing Lael's music this is a fever dream holy
also it’s music, people should listen to it because they enjoy…not to give streams
and musicians should make songs because they enjoy it, not because they want to be famous
0:55 Is that a spider crawling down the wall in the back??
I just discovered your channel. I really enjoy your commentary.
Even if her music is amazing, she’s so ungrateful and clearly feels like she deserves success more than everyone else that I could never support her. Especially going after artists like Lil Nas X to make her point about “not selling her soul” lmfao, that’s so cringe regardless of what you think of Lil Nas X.
I don't like Lael but Lil Nas X is a whole minstrel show
I dont watch youtube on this channel (I upload it) and usually my recommended is just tiktok clip compilations for no reason, but today I saw this video and I just wanted to say that Im really impressed with your content.
She is studying Billy’s style now all of them want to mimic
one of advice i get for an artist, "Create what you love, with the way you loved it, and for the people you loved, if people acknowledge you, then you had touched other peoples heart and be grateful for it, if not... still be grateful because whatever happened you have created something you loved."
don't beg for fame, it won't last, people will lost respect of you and leave you as a beggar. gaining something out of pity rather than from your own creativity
Im only about a minute into the video, but heres like a…fun fact? I guess you could call it that, lol. But anyways ive been making music strictly as a hobby for the better part of like 11 years, i rap, sing, write, whatever. And ive noticed something… A lot of people around me who make music will try and pull off different marketing techniques they see big artists do, thinking itll just work without an already loyal fanbase. For example, i had a dumbass friend who dropped a “surprise album” once. The only downloads it got were the people he had told prior. Ive had friends randomly make songs in a genre they have no business trying and absolutely 0 experience with, just to claim “its like when Lil Wayne did how to love, no one will be expecting this shit.” As if anyone was waiting for his music to begin with. People just lose touch with certain things when they think they’re really about to win.
omg i love this more laid back video format
great video! curious what mic do you use?
just found your channel because of the iceberg videos. I love it!
This video is crazy well made
I used to felt bad for posting too much abt my songs on social media in a "hey i made this!!!" kinda way but after seeing this I feel no shame lmao
Lmfaoooo
The best part is that even after Justin Bieber begged his fans and posted those ridiculous instructions “Yummy” only peaked at #2 on the Billboard Charts because it was blocked by the actual most popular song at the time (The Box)
Great video!
I've never heard of you or the person you're talking about.. that being said, this video kicked ass and you're funny.
0:55 hello spider :-)
why is dev so normal here
it scares me
At first I had no idea why this video existed - then the roast began, and now I understand. Flawless journalism
Just got this in my recommend. Hope it gets more views
Don’t get me wrong, I’m loving this analysis…but I’m also a bit distracted because your camera quality is so good! Anyone know what camera it is?
How the hell is anyone meant to tell you that?
@@hentai7444 damn chill the fuck out lol maybe someone has watched a video of hers where she mentioned it.
As a VERY stubborn person to the point if someone asks more than two times for me to do something especially if it's not in a generally decent fashion... I will NEVER listen to someone's music just cuz they're selling a sob story. My favorite music just randomly came into my life or I genuinely sought out good music that I was curious about. Like I BARELY started really listening to the Beatles like a couple years ago. I'll be 30 this year. Lol I've always heard their music and my parents loved them growing up but I wasn't there yet. Now I listen to their songs and I can truly say they're musical geniuses.
This is very informative, and we artists struggle many times because we don't wan't to end up using these methods, but you see so much "scandal" strategies or whatever you want to call it, being used and working for many big hitters in the industry, that its hard to avoid these stupid methods, even our teams suggest we use them.
Watching... will update on how much this video stinks...
Edit: I... I admit it. This video didn't stink Devon. You won't get off scot-free though. Stinker.
We'll get her next time she be stinkin' for sure
I love this. You’re so well articulated. Imma fall asleep to your videos 😊
Fyi, with her saying she didn’t ‘blow up overnight’, yeah she didn’t blow up overnight, she blew up over a couple months milking the fact that she had a dm conversation once with x
Anybody else have a little crush on the girl talking. like she's so pretty
If her music was good no one would care, they would listen regardless of how they found out or how they feel about her promotional ethics. They would write it off a stunt or joke and then bam, forgiven. Basically, anything goes when you're trying to get seen, artists do whatever it takes and the general population understands that to a certain degree
I find that horrible for humanity
@@ghostflossy2403 Why?
If she was good her come up would be "marketing genius" or she would be a respected industry plant at least
Speak for yourself
@@arisboba Are you a fan of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tyler the Creator, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Elliott Smith, The White Stripes, or SZA? They've all engaged in depective or inappropriote marketing but you're probably going to excuse it considering how hard it is to make it in the music industry and how important their contribution was once they made it
This is the type of journalism why I subscribed, thank you.
0:54 that's a big spider in the backroudn
bruhhh i love the way you talk and discuss!!!