Hank's song 'Accio Deathly Hallows' (2007)
project history · status: last documented in 2008 (looked back on in 2020) · last event: milestone (2008-08-12) · last mentioned: 2020-06-05
Accio Deathly Hallows is Hank's July 2007 song about waiting for the last Harry Potter book. Within a week YouTube featured it on its front page, the first Brotherhood 2.0 video there; it passed 200,000 views within days and 1 million by July 2008, and the brothers later called it the video that brought them a whole new audience.
Parts: Hank asks viewers to spread 'Accio Deathly Hallows' before the book's release (2007) · Hank: respond to everyone's messages about Accio Deathly Hallows (2007)
Told alongside: Hank's yearly Harry Potter songs (2008) · Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters · My Pants: the Brotherhood 2.0 forum (2007)
About: Accio Deathly Hallows, YouTube, Harry Potter (book series), Brotherhood 2.0 forum
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-07-18 | milestone | In 'Accio Deathly Hallows', Hank sings of needing the final Harry Potter book as its release approaches, and of being sad that the series has to end at all. (playful) · also in: So Jokes: Video EP | July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows (no spoilers) 00:02:36 |
| 2007-07-20 | milestone | Hank reports that 'Accio Deathly Hallows' is currently the number five top-rated song on YouTube. | July 20: Green Mohawk 00:02:03 |
| 2007-07-25 | milestone | Hank reports his song video is on the YouTube front page, the first Brotherhood 2.0 video to get there. | Re: July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows 00:00:08 |
| 2007-07-25 | milestone | John finds Hank's song video featured on the YouTube front page. | July 25: Brotherhood 2.0's Youtube Comments Are Answered! 00:00:10 |
| 2007-07-26 | milestone | Hank reports 'Accio Deathly Hallows' was featured on the YouTube front page and watched over 200,000 times. | July 26: The Price of Fame 00:00:51 |
| 2007-07-30 | looked back | Hank says writing a song about Harry Potter was not his own idea but a suggestion from someone in the comments or the forum, and thanks whoever suggested it first. | July 30: Mystery Lyrics and Paying Rent 00:02:50 |
| 2007-08-15 | looked back | Hank looks back in song on 'Accio Deathly Hallows' being featured on the YouTube front page: 30,000 watched his happy dance and the video reached 700,000 views. (playful) | August 15: Getting Featured on YouTube 00:00:52 |
| 2008-07-18 (happened 2007-07-18) | looked back | On its first anniversary Hank recalls recording 'Accio Deathly Hallows', which came out right before the last book and pretty much changed his life. → refers to July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows (no spoilers) | Book Eight...Another Harry Potter Song 00:00:30 |
| 2008-07-18 | milestone | Hank reports that Nerdfighters got 'Accio Deathly Hallows' up to 1 million views. | Book Eight...Another Harry Potter Song 00:00:30 |
| 2008-08-12 | milestone | Hank records an actual studio version of Accio Deathly Hallows. | Eight Days of Awesome 00:00:40 |
| 2009-07-15 | looked back | Hank marks the near third anniversary of 'Accio Deathly Hallows', the song he says kicked the Vlogbrothers into the mainstream. → refers to July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows (no spoilers) | This Isn't Hogwarts! A Harry Potter Song 00:03:02 |
| 2010-07-21 (happened 2007-07) | looked back | Hank marks the roughly three-year anniversary of Accio Deathly Hallows being featured on YouTube's front page (July 2007), when many people first watched the brothers. | I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally 00:00:52 |
| 2011-07-15 (happened 2007) | looked back | Hank recalls writing his song about the book Deathly Hallows four years ago (2007), about how he wanted it to come out. | Harry Freaking Potter 00:00:04 |
| 2012-08-17 (happened 2007) | looked back | Hank recalls that the Harry Potter song he wrote in 2007 changed his life. → refers to July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows (no spoilers) | Open Letter to the Wizards 00:00:15 |
| 2013-01-15 | looked back | Hank recalls emailing YouTube before the last Harry Potter book to suggest a front-page feature and his video; they featured it, the brothers' first real traction on YouTube. → refers to July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows (no spoilers) | An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall 01:06:09 |
| 2013-07-12 | looked back | Hank's description says that every year around the anniversary of Accio Deathly Hallows he releases another Harry Potter song, and this is that song. | Oh, JK Rowling - A Harry Potter Song video description |
| 2014-05-20 (happened 2007) | looked back | John says Hank's 2007 Harry Potter song gave the brothers a whole new audience. | Deserving 00:00:55 |
| 2017-07-18 (happened 2007-07-18) | looked back | Ten years ago today Hank uploaded Accio Deathly Hallows, a song about his excitement for the publication of the last Harry Potter book. → refers to July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows (no spoilers) | Accio Decade Hallows 00:02:31 |
| 2018-05-01 (happened 2007-07) | looked back | John often thinks that if Hank's Harry Potter song hadn't been featured by YouTube in July 2007, none of this would exist, though countless other things had to happen too. | How to Win 00:01:00 |
| 2020-06-05 (happened 2007) | looked back | Maya recalls seeing Hank's Harry Potter song in 2007 because it was featured on YouTube's homepage. | So Much to Do 00:25:42 |
What is said about it
16 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-07-20 · July 20: Green Mohawk — Hank says people liked his Harry Potter song a lot; he likes it too, catches himself singing it, and sometimes sings it in different styles. — 00:01:09
- 2007-07-20 · July 20: Green Mohawk — Hank credits Katherine with helping write the song on the porch: when he complained that nothing rhymed, she suggested 'spell' as a good word for a Harry Potter song. — 00:01:34
- 2007-07-20 · July 20: Green Mohawk — Hank says he currently has the number five top-rated song on YouTube, a dream come true that makes him feel like a small-time rock star. — 00:02:03
- 2007-07-25 · Re: July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows — Hank reports that, for the first time after about 150 videos, a Brotherhood 2.0 video is on the front page of YouTube. — 00:00:08
- 2007-07-25 · Re: July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows — Hank insists he is not gloating but celebrating, taking in thousands of YouTube viewers enjoying his music. (playful) — 00:00:08
- 2007-07-25 · Re: July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows — Hank explains he wrote the song before the book came out, so it has no spoilers; that is why things from the book are not in it. — 00:00:56
- 2007-07-25 · July 25: Brotherhood 2.0's Youtube Comments Are Answered! — John finds Hank's face on the YouTube front page: the brothers' video has been featured. — 00:00:10
- 2007-07-26 · July 26: The Price of Fame — Hank concedes the commenters who say he mispronounced 'Accio' are right. — 00:02:22
- 2007-08-15 · August 15: Getting Featured on YouTube — Hank says his song is about something that happened to him a few weeks ago that sort of changed his life; he started it then and has now finished it. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:03
- 2007-08-15 · August 15: Getting Featured on YouTube — Hank: In the song, John phones Hank in bed shouting 'front page'; Hank wants to nap, then realises, runs to his laptop and finds himself featured on YouTube. (playful) — 00:00:52
- 2007-08-15 · August 15: Getting Featured on YouTube — Hank: The song says the featured video was highly rated, its pronunciation debated, 30,000 people watched Hank's happy dance and it was watched 700,000 times, reaching the most-discussed page. (playful) — 00:01:23
- 2008-07-18 · Book Eight...Another Harry Potter Song — Hank thanks the Nerdfighters for working together to get Accio Deathly Hallows up to 1 million views. — 00:00:30
- 2008-07-18 · Book Eight...Another Harry Potter Song — Hank thanks everyone for an amazing year since Accio Deathly Hallows and for the Nerdfighter experience in general. — 00:04:14
- 2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank says eight days earlier he was in the studio recording an actual studio version of Accio Deathly Hallows, to be discussed later. — 00:00:40
- 2010-07-21 · I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally — Hank marks roughly three years since Accio Deathly Hallows was featured on YouTube's front page, the first time many people watched the brothers' videos. — 00:00:52
- 2011-07-15 · Harry Freaking Potter — Hank says four years ago he wrote a song about the book Deathly Hallows and how he wanted it to come out, and has written another Harry Potter song every year since. — 00:00:04