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Most Subscribed: A Song

2009-07-01 · song · Hank · 2:53 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Internet & YouTube · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: song or performance, self promotion, community lore

Hank sings a comic song about YouTube's most-subscribed channels, teasing Fred, Nigahiga, Smosh, KevJumba, Universal Music Group, Machinima, the Jonas Brothers, Buck and sxePhil, then plugs a limited DFTBA shirt.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Song about YouTube's most-subscribed channels, with one-line jabs at each

  • ★★ Hank sings that YouTube's most-subscribed users, the most popular people on the world's biggest video site, are a couple of girls and a couple dozen guys. (playful) — 00:00:00 · YouTube
  • ★★ In the chorus Hank sings that everyone wants to be like the top subscribed, except Fred, whom he does not want to be like. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • ★ Hank sings one-line takes on top channels: Nigahiga has multiple personalities, Smosh is hilariously dumb, Machinima is where he gets video-game news, Buck has superior sass. (playful) — 00:00:27
  • ★★ Hank says he didn't even mention Universal Music Group in the song because, as far as he is concerned, they can go eat poop. (playful) — 00:00:27
  • ★ Hank sings that KevJumba stole the brothers' giraffe-sex thumbnail. (joke) — 00:00:27
  • ★ Hank sings that sxePhil has figured out what works on YouTube: talking about douchebags and hot girls. (playful) — 00:01:22 · YouTube

00:02:29 — DFTBA shirt plug (200 made, about 50 sold) and sign-off to John

  • ★★ Hank says the DFTBA shirt he wore in the song is on sale at DFTBA.com; only 200 were made and about 50 sold before he mentioned it. — 00:02:29 · DFTBA, DFTBA Records

Humor (dominant)

  • Listing top channels, Hank accuses KevJumba of copying the brothers' famous giraffe-mating thumbnail. — 00:00:27

    “Kev Jumba stole our giraffe sex thumbnail.”

  • Hank notes he left Universal Music Group out of his song about the most-subscribed channels. — 00:00:27

    “Because as far as I'm concerned, they can all just go eat poop.”

  • Hank says sxePhil has figured out the formula for YouTube success. — 00:01:22

    “Just talk about douchebags and hot girls.”

Threads in this video

Mentioned

People: KevJumba · Michael Buckley · Philip DeFranco · Ryan Higa

Projects: DFTBA Records

Organizations: Machinima · Universal Music Group · YouTube

Groups: Jonas Brothers · Smosh

Terms: DFTBA

Characters: Fred Figglehorn

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