Hank's yearly Harry Potter songs (2008)
project history · status: last documented in 2013 · last event: milestone (2013-07-12)
After his 2007 song 'Accio Deathly Hallows' changed his life, Hank began marking its anniversary each July with a new Harry Potter song, starting in 2008. He kept it up every year through at least 2013, saving the 2012 song for a premiere on stage at LeakyCon.
Told alongside: Hank's song 'Accio Deathly Hallows' (2007)
About: Hank's 2011 Harry Potter song, Harry Potter (book series), Accio Deathly Hallows
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-07-18 | launched | Hank says that a year ago today (18 July 2007) he recorded a Harry Potter song that pretty much changed his life, and celebrates the anniversary with another Harry Potter song. | Book Eight...Another Harry Potter Song 00:00:30 |
| 2009-07-15 | milestone | Hank says it is nearly the third anniversary of 'Accio Deathly Hallows', the song that kicked the Vlogbrothers into the mainstream. | This Isn't Hogwarts! A Harry Potter Song 00:03:02 |
| 2010-07-21 | milestone | Hank says he has written this year's (2010) Harry Potter song for the Deathly Hallows anniversary, as every year, and plays its chorus. | I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally 00:02:04 |
| 2011-07-15 | milestone | Hank presents this year's (2011) Harry Potter song, continuing the song he has written every year since Accio Deathly Hallows. | Harry Freaking Potter 00:00:09 |
| 2012-08-17 | milestone | Hank releases this year's (2012) Harry Potter song, premiered on stage at LeakyCon, keeping his promise to write one every year on the anniversary of his 2007 song. | Open Letter to the Wizards 00:00:24 |
| 2013-01-15 | looked back | Hank recalls deciding, after 'Accio Deathly Hallows' went well, to write a Harry Potter song every year on its anniversary, and plays one of them ('Book 8'). (playful) | An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall 01:10:25 |
| 2013-07-12 | milestone | Hank releases this year's (2013) Harry Potter song, 'Oh, JK Rowling', continuing the song he releases every year around the anniversary of Accio Deathly Hallows. | Oh, JK Rowling - A Harry Potter Song video description |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2008-07-18 · Book Eight...Another Harry Potter Song — Hank: In the song Hank says he wants a Book 8: he thinks there's an unwritten story and it's time to put fingers to keys. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:14
- 2012-08-17 · Open Letter to the Wizards — Hank says a Harry Potter song he wrote in 2007 changed his life, so he promised himself to write another Harry Potter song every year on that video's anniversary, and has. — 00:00:15
- 2012-08-17 · Open Letter to the Wizards — announcement: Hank: This year (2012) Hank saved his song to premiere it on stage at LeakyCon, and now releases it to everyone. — 00:00:24
- 2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — Hank: After 'Accio Deathly Hallows', Hank says its success made him decide to write a Harry Potter song every year on its anniversary, and sings 'Book 8', about a book that doesn't exist. (playful) — 01:10:25