TEENS REACT TO YOUTUBE REWIND 2016

♪ (punk rock music) ♪

- (FBE) So we're gonna show you something

we recently showed the YouTubers.

But we want to get the YouTube
fan perspective on it as well.

- Okay.

- Awesome. Oh, YouTube Rewind.
I mean, we'll see what it is.

(wind whistling)

- Is this... is this YouTube
Rewind, by any chance?

- Is that The Rock? (gasps)

- Wait, is this the YouTube
Rewind for-- okay.

I don't watch these normally.

- YouTube Rewind.

I knew it, 'cause I watched this
as soon as it came out.

- Dan and Phil, oh my god.

- Swoozie. That's what's up.
I like Swoozie.

- Oh.

- I always thought YouTube Rewind

was the coolest thing that ever happened.

- Oh, and there was Rachel,
that girl, RCLBeauty.

- ♪ You don't gotta go to
work, work, work, work ♪

- I like the music. It's fun.

- ♪ Gimme the thing and
make me rock in a dance ♪

♪ Gimme the thing make me... ♪

- Oh my gosh. There's Oli.

- I think the coolest part
about these videos is seeing them

and going, "Oh, I don't know
who 80% of these people are."

- ♪ But I can't stand these nights alone ♪

- See, the only YouTuber
I've recognized so far

is Timothy DeLaGhetto.

- Scott Sterling.

- I recognize faces, but
I don't know who they are.

Okay, I know who Casey Neistat.

- Casey Neistat, of course.
Of course, the king of vlogging.

- We gotta get the Mannequin Challenge.

- I think that's Dude Perfect.

- PewDiePie. Aw.

- YouTube Rewind is nothing
without PewDiePie.

- KSI.

- ♪ At night... ♪
- The Running Man Challenge.

- Oh god, this was such
a cringy challenge,

the Running Man Challenge, oh no.

- That's a thing that I forgot about

10 minutes after it happened.

- ♪ If your game is on ♪

- (singing along) ♪ Give me a call, boo ♪

- That's the only thing about this:
there's too many challenges.

I, like, lose the name of 'em.

- (boy) Damn, Daniel!
- What? That wasn't even a YouTube thing.

- "Damn Daniel," dang.

- ♪ ...gonna give my all to you ♪

- I thought this year's was pretty clever,

but I feel like they get
much longer and longer

every single year.

♪ (upbeat brassy music) ♪
- (cracking up)

- Was that the guy
that did "Pen App--" it is!

- ♪ We can work from home ♪

- Okay, Markiplier.

- Oh my god, it's Markiplier!
I love Markiplier!

- All the gamers.

- Yay, Andre!

- Is this like a Street Fighter
thing going on here?

- Aw, there's Alfie.

- ♪ Gimme the thing
and make me rock in a dance ♪

♪ Gimme the thing
and let me rock in my Benz ♪

- Oh. Hodor. Hold the door.

- Kanye's music video.

- ♪ ...can't stop ♪
- Liza!

- Oh, the Hundred Layer Challenge
always grossed me out.

- Good Mythical Morning.

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- The dab.

- Oh, they're dabbing.

- What's his name? Alex Wassabi? Mm-hmm.

He's on YouTubers React.

- I like the David Bowie tribute.

- Oh, the bottle flip.

- Grace.

- Of course. The water bottle flip.

- (annoyed) It's the water bottle flip.

- The suspense is ridiculous.

- Gosh, all the suspense
for what? For a bottle flip.

- Woo-hoo! This is so epic.

- Then Lilly.

(water gushing)
Is Lemonade.

- She looks like a goddess.
Heh. She IS a goddess.

- It's cool, 'cause it's
like a React Rewind too.

I can be like, "Oh, we reacted to them,

and we reacted to them,
and we reacted to them."

- ♪ ...before I met you ♪

♪ I drank too much, and that's the issue ♪

- I feel so behind now.
I used to know all these references.

♪ (music warps) ♪
- ♪ Light it up ♪

- Oh, I know him. See, all
these people, I'm like, "Yeah, I know,

but I don't know the names."

- ♪ ...by three for my people ♪

- I got to admit, I really,
really like the music.

- This looks like it was
so much fun to film.

- ♪ But you gotta do the work ♪
- This is so dope.

- I like how they had
the different countries.

That makes me happy.

- (echoing) ♪ Sorry ♪
- Is that it? Er, no?

(gasps) Yes!

- That's jennxpenn and Connor Franta.

- ♪ Is it too late now... ♪

- Carpool Karaoke was the biggest thing.

- ♪ 'Cause I'm missing more... ♪
- There's Bethany Mota.

- ♪ ...body ♪
- I don't know who any of them are.

Or them.

- ♪ Yeah, I know-ow-ow... ♪

- Honestly, Carpool Karaoke:
my favorite thing ever.

- (James Corden) There it is.
(Jenn laughs)

YouTube Rewind.
- (Connor) Done.

- (Jenn) Done.
- (Connor) Killed it.

- (James) 2016.

- Go, James Corden, man. He ended it.

- That was a good rewind.

- I honestly think YouTube
Rewind 2015 was a bit better.

- No matter what happened in 2016,

that video makes it look
like it was much fun.

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- (FBE) So this was YouTube Rewind 2016.
- Woo! That was amazing.

- (FBE) Do you usually watch
YouTube Rewind every year?

- Not really.

It's just a mashup of everything
you wanted to forget about.

- I usually end up watching it,
but not actively seeking it.

- Yeah, I usually do.

- Yes, because YouTube pushes them
to the front page every time.

- I've been watching YouTube Rewind
since probably 2013, 2012.

I knew less people than
I thought I normally would.

- Each year, it just gets
bigger and better.

I'm noticing that each year,

I actually start to notice less people.

Like, I know less people
in the YouTube Rewind,

even though I watch more YouTube.

- This year, I wouldn't say
it's lacking, because it was great.

But I think it was also because
there was a lot of people

that were from TV
and movies that were in it.

I wouldn't say they messed it up,
but it was just kinda like,

"Whoa, what are they doing in here?"

- I kind of hated all of the trends,
but I still liked them.

That's part of 2016,
is they try to incorporate

all of the meminess
that YouTube has become.

- (FBE) So who do you think YouTube-wise

was missing in the Rewind this year?
- I mean, I don't even--

I don't think that I'm too educated
on the whole YouTube culture.

- One of my favorite YouTubers,
Philip DeFranco,

I know he's not in it.

- They didn't have Ben J. Pierce.

They didn't have Troye Sivan.

They can't have everyone, I understand.

But some big people were missing.

- I didn't see Tyler Oakley,
and I know he's been in it FOREVER.

They're missing YouTubers,

but they're incorporating more YouTubers.

- No one can compare to
the drama channels and the roast channels

or whatever you want to call 'em.

Filthy Frank, maxmoefoe, iDubbbz, h3h3.

RiceGum.

What, 5 million in a year?

And you're gonna put him
in YouTube Rewind? Like, that's crazy.

- (FBE) There's a lot of love
but also some hate with Rewind

around not liking the video
or not seeing a favorite YouTuber.

From a fan perspective,

why do you think people
get so vocal about Rewind?

- Well, I think it's like,

if you watch YouTube Rewind,

you watch it to see
your favorite YouTubers.

So if your favorite
YouTuber's not in there,

it's like, "Why did I even watch this?"

- I totally get why the fans
are probably angry

when their favorite people
are not in there,

because hey, I've been watching them
since they started YouTube.

Like, they're a huge part of YouTube.
Put them in there.

- They're trying to tell
who's the biggest of YouTube.

If you like someone's work
and you really appreciate it,

you're gonna get mad
that they're not incorporated

or a part of this huge thing

that is supposed to encompass everyone.

But the reality is, there was
probably 200 people at least

in that video, and they
can't get to everyone.

- YouTube has gotten
so mainstream popular.

When this first started out,
it was still kinda weird and quirky.

And it's like, "Wow, all of these people

vlogging from their bedrooms
are in space. That's so awesome."

And now it's just like,

"Wow, all of these celebrities
are dancing. That's less awesome."

- People need to get over it.
That's ridiculous.

You can't hate because
someone wasn't in a video.

Like, I could see why
you're upset to a certain extent.

But after that, it's like,

you don't got to give
YouTube crap for that.

- (FBE) So speaking more of 2016...
- Do we have to?

- (FBE) ...out of all the videos

that you filmed with FBE in 2016,

what is your favorite episode
that you were in?

- Let's see. I have to say
the R.I.P. Headphones,

only because it was my first video.

- The Brookhaven Experiment
was really, really fun,

just 'cause we got to use the V.R.

- There was a V.R. where I did
a 7-Eleven store clerk simulation,

and that was really fun.

- Five Nights at Freddy's:
Sister Location. That was a fun one.

- Well, I haven't seen it yet,

'cause it actually
doesn't air until Sunday.

But Just Dance 2017.

- Superhot. Like, the video game
that I was actually good at.

That actually made my week,
being good at a game.

- Eating a scorpion. I really
didn't think I would do it.

Like, if anybody actually knows me,

they know that I'm terrified
of any bug in general.

- The Carolina Reaper! Oh, of course!

I was in pain for, like, hours
after that. That was horrible.

- Reacting to Liza Koshy.

She reacted to us!

It was amazing, and she said
I had great eyebrows.

- (FBE) So finally, YouTube
has had a lot of controversies

this year, and especially recently,
with a lot of channels

speaking out about issues
that they have with YouTube.

- Yep. YouTube's broken.

- (FBE) So can you share how you feel

when you see some of your favorite
YouTubers having these issues

and how it makes you view YouTube?

- I don't know. I guess I don't
put much thought into it.

For me personally,
I just don't really care.

- I feel like they're turning
into an evil, greedy corporation.

- Now it's just clickbait videos.

And a lot of people
are losing their demographics,

their audience, and
I would say their money,

because that's like their job.

- I recognize, "Hey,
my homepage IS different."

Like, I don't see what I usually see.

YouTubers put their videos
out for a reason.

And when they're not
being reached to their fans,

that's upsetting.

- Sometimes people
are doing it just to get views,

because that's what's popular right now.

But at other times,

bringing it to the attention
of the fans is very important.

- If all of the top YouTubers
started a new platform,

I would go. And I think
that would be huge,

to go from just, like, people that started

filming themselves talking to people

with their own production company

to people that start their own platform.

That's such a cool evolution.

I would subscribe to

PhilipDeFreSmoshShaneDaws
RiceGuShaytardFineBrothers.com.

Would you?

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- Bye, guys.

- Hey, hey, everybody.
It's Dallen here from FBE.

Thanks so much for watching
this episode of Teens React.

If you want to see the
YouTubers React to Rewind 2016,

we've got that below,
so go ahead and click.

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