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I Copied Viral YouTube Videos___(gone wrong)

Last year, I had a major crisis and a
huge case of imposter syndrome, which
resulted in me unintentionally, yet kind
of intentionally copying other viral
YouTube channels' videos. And it
resulted in probably one of my worst
video ideas ever. I built a secret
store. Like, what is this even supposed
to mean? This thumbnail doesn't even
make sense. And it never got posted
until today. So, I had the delusional
idea right now to expose my
neverbeforeseen video where I just
straight up copied other viral YouTube
videos and tell you everything wrong
with my approach. And just to challenge
myself, I'll have to say three good
things about the video. Spoiler alert,
it will be very hard to find three good
things. First thing wrong with it, the
thumbnail. Just a quick background,
these were the type of videos I was
copying. Let me show you real quick.
Today, we're building four secret rooms
in one color. Today we're building three
secret sports rooms in our house. Today
we're building 12 secret rooms you'll
never find. Today we're building four
secret rooms in one color. Today we're
building seven secret rooms in our
house. Today I'm building a secret in my
room. Today I'm building a secret movie
theater in my room. Today my secret
house. Today I'm going to build a secret
room in school. Today I'm building a
secret pool in my
room. Yeah. So the secret something type
videos, you know, secret 7-Eleven,
secret room, secret pool. A lot of
secret rooms. And if you just compare my
wannabe thumbnail with theirs. Yeah, it
Mhm. I would definitely rather watch
theirs. Next up, the concept in general.
Unfortunately, I am not rich enough to
demolish my floor and build a pool. So,
I resorted to an online secret store.
Two out of 10. Not as exciting as a pool
or zoo. Okay, now that the basics are
covered, let's go on to the video
itself. I had the delusional idea to
build a secret store so I can finally
feel like I fit in. And you might be
wondering, what do you mean by fit in?
The way I said fit in was just not good.
Fit in. Don't listen to it again. Let's
just move on. Yeah. So, you can see
there's a lot of secret building. And
you know what? I'll be honest. I'm
feeling kind of left out. So, to try and
fit in with my fellow colleagues. Get
it? Cuz you know, we're all YouTubers
kind of. Maybe that one. That was just a
terrible joke. I'm going to build a
secret store. Wait, no, I should say it
like them. Today, I'm going to build a
secret store in my house by myself. My
first major thing that I did wrong here,
I should not have mocked the YouTuber
accent because I think I literally now
sometimes have one. I talk in that
YouTuber accent. I'm sorry. Let's go.
So, here's the game plan in five steps.
Step one. Here's one thing that I do
like. I like how I was very organized. I
was like, "All right, everyone. Here is
the game plan. Step one, step two, step
three, step four. Very clean and
tidy." Listen, I've always loved
hoodies. I love hoodies. There's
something about like a good hoodie
design with like some nice fun text that
just gets me so excited. And I'll be
honest, I've been on Hopecore Tik Tok
recently. If you don't know what
Hopecore is, you you got to get on it.
But it's basically just like finding the
joy and positivity in the little things
in life and realizing how lucky we are.
I still do love Hope cuz our hoodies are
going to be Hope related. So, I was
thinking a great name for our store is
either Myora cuz it kind of rhymes with
Viora. Get it? Huh? Or Safe Space. I
don't know. They're both pretty cute and
kind of go with the vibe that I'm going
for. So, we'll see. I Right now, I'm
leaning towards my aura. Sorry.
Sometimes I just got to skip ahead of my
own videos cuz I'm like, "Wow." Like,
does she ever stop talking? Okay, step
two. Now, typically when I design my
merch, like my t-shirts, tote bags,
hoodies, and other stuff, I like to
personally draw designs for everything,
but this time I wanted to experiment a
little bit more with text, simpler
designs, cuz I just think text would
work better for this hope core kind of
vibe. So, here's what we're making. One
hoodie, two t-shirts, one zip sweater,
and one tumbler, cuz you know, I love a
good Tumblr. I still love a good Tumblr.
Starting off with a hoodie, I went with
a quote that I think is very important.
Thinking of the bigger picture. I'm not
going to lecture you on like
philosophical mindsets, but you know,
sometimes we we think a little bit too
tunnel vision. Let's think of the larger
image. Anyway, so, as you can see here,
it's really easy to just format the
design on the hoodie itself. Once you
get the format you like, you just put in
a quick description, a nice title, and
then boom, here we go. First piece of
clothing in our secret store is now
done. Another thing that I did right in
this video was using Printify to make
all the t-shirts and the hoodies and
everything. If you watch some of my
videos, you know that I've been using
Printify for a long time. They are
literally the best. The hoodies and
t-shirts always turn out great. I
literally buy them myself. This is from
Printify, and I'm not even kidding. I
use this every single day. Like, I am
being very, very candid with you. This
video is sponsored by Printify, but
genuinely I use Printify every single
day. They have so many things in their
catalog and genuinely one of the easiest
print on demand companies that I've
tried. There are no upfront costs, so
you basically only pay once something
sells and everything arrives on time.
Good quality. Look at that. Look at
that. Look at how good that is. And then
the phone case, I made a phone case with
them, too. Turned out so good. So, if
you ever thought about designing merch,
I truly recommend Printify. All you do
is you just make your design and they
handle everything from packaging,
printing, and shipping. Just don't be
like me and make your store a
secret. And you know, all my YouTuber
colleagues, they went with, you know,
physical demolition and construction
building. Because I'm kind of doing this
alone and on a budget, we got to opt for
a budget friendly version in comparison
cuz your girl does not have enough money
to do major house reconstruction. So,
while we are waiting for our My Aura
clothing samples to arrive, let's design
our secret store. Here is the other part
that went kind of wrong. Well, not
really wrong, just straight up a little
bit boring. Because let's just be for
real with ourselves for a second. Would
you rather watch someone destroy their
house with cool hammers and saws and cut
holes into their walls and build a pool
or watch someone press connect from
their online store to their clothing
store? Yeah, I think the answer is quite
obvious then. Like, because it was so
easy to connect, literally all I just
had to do was press connect. Like, how
does that even compare to cool
demolition? Now, here comes arguably the
worst part of this video. If you thought
the beginning was bad, this part just
gets worse because I thought the best
way to show off my secret store was
through memes. Yeah, I'm not even
kidding. Like, what was I even thinking?
You know how these cool YouTubers showed
off their secret rooms and stuff? They
apparently hired like bounty hunters to
try and find them in these secret rooms.
Like, that is so cool. I I made memes
and this took up like 10 minutes of the
video. I'm not I'm not even going to
make you go through that, but just
imagine watching 10 minutes of me making
memes. Like, that was insane. Why did I
think that was a good idea? However,
fast forwarding to the best part of the
video, probably my favorite, which is my
mom modeling the clothes from my secret
store. And she's just so cute. Let's
just watch this part together because
this is the best part of the video.
Extra large for this one. So, it is
very, very baggy, very oversized. I
think a better oversized fit for her
would have been maybe large or even a
medium. But again, you can see the color
here. Fabulous. I don't know what she's
doing here. She's doing a lot of
spinning. I don't know why she keeps
holding her arm out like that. But also,
she does a one really weird modeling
move in like 3 seconds. She does this
weird star jump. I'm like, why? Why did
you do that? But yeah, here here she is
just I don't know, spinning around and
doing some nice poses. 10 out of 10.
Mother Vora is a model. Here's your
secret message. If you don't know, I
hide secret messages in all my videos.
Just comment mother Viora modeling
queen. And then we got the t-shirts
next. Again, we got an extra large. Very
oversized, very comfy, very cute. Mother
being a model again. I don't know why
she took out her arm like that. New
modeling pose right here. And I'll
admit, I was a little bit skeptical
because I was just like, okay, this is
actually really affordable. I don't know
if it's going to like print well, but
trust me, the print turned out so nice.
The I don't know why she jumped like
that either, but And new Oh, and she
stuck out her arm like that. Again, new
modeling pose, guys. Okay, what I was
trying to say, the colors and the print,
everything turned out really sharp, very
detailed. So, I was like, huh, these are
actually really good. But yeah, my mom
said the t-shirts are her favorite. And
I don't know. Ooh. Okay, this new
modeling pose is called self hugging.
Yeah, but these t-shirts again, extra
large, so they are very oversized, very
baggy, but she is kind of short, so the
extra large might have been a little bit
big for her. And the leg, okay, a true
model. And she's doing more jumping,
more jumping, and a lot more spinning. I
think she almost fell over. And here she
is modeling my favorite one, the zipped
hoodie. We got this one in a large
instead, so I think it fit a little bit
better in terms of the oversized fit.
Again, the print and the quality. Top
tier. 11 out of 10. Truly was not
expecting that. And if you know me, you
know I love anything oversized, cute,
and comfy. And this just hit every mark
on the criteria. And I don't know what
she's doing here. Some odd dances, a
thumbs up, some more dancing, and wow. I
don't know what is going on. And here
are all the photos of the t-shirts and
the zipped hoodie for our Pinterest
marketing promo. And lastly, I didn't
forget about the Tumblr, the very iconic
Tumblr. I was unboxing it, but the
entire time I was just like, "Oh my
gosh, oh my god, this is so cute." And I
was just like, "No one wants to hear
this." And this is me modeling the Tumbr
cup myself. I don't know why I'm holding
it up like it's the savior of the
world. But yeah, look at that clean
printing. I Okay, I guess I am as bad as
a model as my mom. Actually, no. My mom
is a great model. Stop. I'm bad.
Anyways, yeah, the color is fantastic.
It looks great. The stay hydrated
message very good cup. Great quality.
So, I am very happy to move forward with
these photos as well. And now we are
ready to post them on Pinterest. Wasn't
that so nice? Okay. Yeah, since we're
finished the best part of the video,
let's go on to another terrible part of
the video, which is I Oh my gosh. I
messaged these YouTubers that I
blatantly copied and sent them the
cringiest messages ever. Just like I
too, okay, I have no This is probably
like the cringiest thing I have ever
written. Hello Alan, I too am a YouTuber
of sorts and have also recently created
a secret something of sorts. Spoiler
alert, it's a cool store. I don't know.
Let me into your cool YouTuber secret
something club. Thank you. Yes, I I am
cringing and he's probably going to
cringe reading this if he even reads it,
but you know, we just got to go for it.
I can't even believe I'm showing this,
but just just watch and try not to
cringe. Next up, we have someone called
Ben. I'm not sure how to pronounce his
last name, so I'm sorry. He also has
done a lot of secret rooms, so he is our
second person to message. Yeah. Wow. He
has done a lot. What? He has to follow
me. That's the only way that I can
message him. Okay. Well, okay. My
message to him will be via this YouTube
video. Okay. Hello, Ben. Um, please let
me into your secret something YouTuber
club. You seem to have the most videos
of these secret rooms. I made a video,
this one that you are watching right
now, of a secret store. So, if there's
like, you know, a secret YouTuber club,
please let me in because I am now
officially a secret something builder.
Oh, yeah. I was trying really hard to be
funny. Okay, great. Finally, that's
over. Obviously, no one has responded
still to this day. I mean, why would
they? I do not blame them at all. And
then literally that's just how I ended
the video with the cringiest messages
ever. I don't even know. Like I have no
words. But now that that is finally
over, what can we learn from my crisis
and the worst video I've ever made?
Number one, just just be yourself. You
know, be original. Clearly, we can see
here my efforts to copy other YouTubers
just did not work out because it was
just not really me. Number two, my mom
is the best model and she looks great in
these secret store clothes and she
should be the next it model and oh and
Printify is lovely. Check them out if
you ever want to start designing merch.
Number four, when having a crisis, do
not doubt your creativity and hop on
trends that you are not passionate
about. And lastly, number five, stay
organized. I feel like aside from the it
model mom, the only other thing I had
kind of going for me was staying
organized. So yeah, now I have truly
exposed one of my worst videos. And you
might be wondering why post this on a
random Wednesday when your normal
posting schedule is on Saturday. Maybe
I'm just going through another crisis
and this is me just telling myself, you
know, you just got to stick to your
roots. Or maybe it was just me seeing a
large influx of faceless AI YouTube
channels and just AI stuff in general.
That really just made me realize that
now is the best time to show your own
creativity and originality. And I know
this isn't like my normal type of videos
where we do a lot of fun challenges,
some delusional ideas, but I feel like I
just had to post this because it was a
good learning opportunity, a good
reflecting opportunity for me and
hopefully maybe to you. And I know I was
like really beating myself over for some
of the cringe things I did. And it
really like isn't that deep. And I don't
think I'm normally that harsh on myself.
I hope it came across more so as like
constructive criticism, but I still
tried to keep it somewhat light-hearted.
I don't know. It's hard to find that
balance, you know? But that is me when I
tried to copy other viral YouTube
channels' videos and ideas. It went very
wrong. As you can see, it just it went
posting this will hopefully allow others
to see that, you know, we all have ups
and downs as creatives. Times where we
doubt our originality and creativity.
So, after seeing that monstrosity of a
video that I did, hopefully we all just
get a little bit more confidence in our
originality. I feel like I said
originality like 30 times in this video.
But yeah, that was my very casual,
candid outro. Again, not my normal type
of videos. I know. I'm sorry. We are
going to be back to the scheduled
delusional ideas on Saturday. I don't
know. Let me know if you want more of
these like casual, more vulnerable
videos. I don't know. I'm kind of scared
to post this, but I talked way too long,
so I'm going to go now. Okay, bye.
You're awesome.