Neil Cicierega | Getting Into

[@Thearus_]

yo i hope you enjoy the video that definitely didn't take me nearly 3 years ANYWAYS let me know if you got any criticism or feedback to give. i already know of a lot of areas i can improve in but hearing what other people think is always important to hear. alright thanks for watching BYE

[@haate151]

Great video, minor nitpick however, elsewhere is not an instrumental, sorry I tend to nitpick over those things!

[@nekoAle]

This is actually a very well made video!! Alot of things are right and some small things are left out but it's a very nice way to introduce new peeps to the community! Crazy that everyone who has made a vid taking about Neil got in the same way lmao. Anyhop 11/10 very cool

[@Thearus_]

@@haate151 nah it cool, that was my bad i just misremembered it and didn't double check

[@Amphibian42]

Homie this rocks, cant wait to see the future stuff you make

[@SmokeGravity]

You forgot to mention he's from the future!

[@MilkintheMicrowaver]

He also made that one Ariel comic. Ariel needs legs. That was him.

[@Eochus]

“Yeah grimsby but- eight legs.” * lights pipe* “seven vagánias”

[@znezhirtzloset]

seven vaganias

[@Catcajat1424]

“Hey I recognize that pfp… OH MY GOD ITS TERMINALLY SILLY”

[@MilkintheMicrowaver]

@@Catcajat1424 lmao

[@Dibbydibble]

Dude I swear when I started getting into lemon demon about 5 years ago I was like “THIS DUDE MADE THIS? AND THAT???” Now I’m super obsessed with all of Neil’s creations and he’s favorite artist of all time 😭

[@SomeoneIsHere_87-sq8sv]

Same except I got into him this year cus somebody I watch was really into Neil’s music and I finally decided to search him up 😭

[@nocoffeehere]

he made everything you love

[@IAmOneAnt]

yeah

[@jpeg1991]

The Hyakugojyuuichi Animutation has and always will be Neil's magnum opus.

[@larryflaco8320]

i hope he makes a 5th mashup album

[@nofivefivesevenseven]

The time between Silence - Moods and Moods - Dreams was 3 years, and it's been almost 3 years since Dreams, so there should be one decently soon

[@Ty4TheWaky]

@@nofivefivesevenseven I also realized that!! and I completely agree!!

[@cjsawyer]

@@nofivefivesevenseven I've been thinking about it but since my entire existence is a punishment from god I feel like stating it is just going to jinx it but i'm praying to the lord neil gets another mouth soon enough

[@NazoCrystal]

there's one called "Mouthcraft" he played live at a minecraft music festival, look it up!

[@CharlieRankin]

There’s been Mouth Sounds, Mouth Silence, Mouth Moods, Mouth Dreams & MouthCraft

[@Maculata.]

a video about neil cicierega that mentions clown circus, FINALLY

[@rudeboyspodcast]

Been a fan of Neil for 20 years now, funny how time flies. He definitely inspired my mashup albums, both with his sense of humor and excellent musicianship. I hope people just now getting into him can appreciate the impact he's had on so many other creators.

[@NumberOneRatedSaIesman1997]

woah 20 years?? did you go to any of his concerts? what was it like having an album released?

[@znezhirtzloset]

woah you're like cool

[@문성현-m3s]

"I love Neil Cicierega and his music" 🗿🍷

[@J.Carstens]

internet dudes that look like neil or jreg automatically get +1000 cool factor

[@inactivepleasegoaway]

very cool video, i like how you covered a large range of Neil's work, instead of just focusing on his most popular works or just his music. very cool editing too. some minor corrections: Lemonic Demonade wasn't hosted in Neil's backyard but Alora Lanzillotta's (she's a friend of Neil's and plays bassist whenever Lemon Demon plays live) The Ultimate Showdown only got views in the tens of millions, not hundreds Neil not only heavily popularized the content aware scale meme, he actually made the photoshop script that most people use when making content aware scale memes. Brodyquest Megamix wasn't Neil's first experience with mashups, songs like Everyday French and Super Hey Ya were on View-Monster back in 2008, there's a really weird hidden "remix" "song" from Damn Skippy in 2005 called "Neil.soul", and Neil made a mashup of his first song with vocals, Behind The Badge (a cover of a song by his friend Aaron Ackerson), with Ice Ice Baby called "Badge Badge Baby" after his former friend B0B Barker made a mashup of it with "Without Me" called "Without The Badge" back in ~2002. both of these songs are believed to be lost to time.

[@Thearus_]

thanks for the corrections! i was actually aware of all the things you mentioned about the prior mashups he had made but i guess they just slipped my mind or something. everything else you mentioned i wasn't aware of though so i appreciate you bringing it up :).

[@inactivepleasegoaway]

​@@Thearus_ some other minor corrections: potter puppet pals didn't first come out in 2006, it was originally a comic by neil's sister emmy that he later turned into a flash animation in 2003, where he would later turn it into youtube videos in 2006. many of neil's short films that he's released recently (including the ones you mentoned) have also featured ryan and kevin from new kids on the rock, so much so that they now post short films together under the Guaranteed Video* name. a lot of work goes into each of them, with many other people than ryan, kevin, and neil being involved as well. they all definitely deserve some credit too. view-monster wasn't immediately released like a lot of neil's other albums, it had a teaser video on youtube uploaded on july 18th 2008, where people could pre-order it, the album later came out on august 1st 2008 (i know many people say the album came out the same day as the announcement video (including neil himself in some places) but they're wrong). overall though i love this video a lot, i've occasionally thought of making a video explaining a lot of neil's work but i know i wouldn't be able to go on for more than 10 seconds without rambling about some really obscure neil cicierega thing that only i care about for 10 minutes, i'm excited to see what else you'll come to upload.

[@Thearus_]

@@inactivepleasegoaway appreciate the continued corrections :). i probably should've mentioned the other people working on the crew for guaranteed video stuff but it felt like it might've been too much of a tangent to include so i just kinda skimmed over it. for view-monster i completely forgot about the announcement video so that's my bad. had no idea about the potter puppet pals comic though (probably cause i don't have too much interest in ppp personally). i'm grateful for the corrections and that you like it either way :).

[@inactivepleasegoaway]

@@Thearus_ i'm not sure if the potter puppet pals comic is still around, as i believe it was posted to livejournal, where many old images are lost. i also don't have much interest in potter puppet pals, so i haven't checked if it's in the internet archive or anything. iirc it was just one standalone issue by emmy for a quick joke, that neil made a couple of flash animations off of

[@pigeon9191]

another correction, Spiral of Ants (and most of the songs on Spirit Phone) actually have no meaning (as said by Neil in the Spirit Phone commentary) and were usually made off of things that came out of his head and then gradually got improved over time !

[@jakesteampson7043]

5:32 To quote Neil from his commentary track "If you're like me you just listen to songs without consciously parsing the lyrics. Sort of in one ear and out the other, and the vocals are just another instrument. That's how I listen to music. I go years without realising what a song is actually about. And I'd have a much easier time writing songs if everyone were like that. But some of you are... those... maniacs who instantly focus in on understanding the lyrics and you know right away if it's a good song or just a good sounding song. And I live in fear of you people... Please, just let me sing about bugs; bugs that don't matter. That's all I want to do."

[@jpeg1991]

Neil used to hang out on the albinoblacksheep forums back in the 2000s, however the forum is now gone.

[@toothycookie]

Cicirega is the grandfather of every good internet meme that we have ever come to enjoy and I will die on that hill

[@Freeze-DriedWater]

You can't tell me it's already been 2 and a half years since Mouth Dreams was released

[@SpineStoat]

COMMUNITY REFERENCE IN MY NEIL CICIEREGA VIDEO>??????? IM IN AUTISM HEAVEN

[@RatchetSly]

As someone whose first internet community was the long-gone official Lemon Demon Forum, I think you got most of Neil's varied and scattered work in here! Well done. I hope the other Illemonati are doing well nowadays.

[@cotboy]

Holy shit me too. I was just recently reminded of the +1 contest that happened and wish for it to be stricken from my mind. I feel bad for Neil who had to put a stop to it.

[@RatchetSly]

@Cotboy That thread was a hoot but it also deserved to get locked, haha. I'm surprised it lasted for as long as it did.

[@Thearus_]

@@cotboy what was the +1 contest?

[@MASHUPWEEK]

holy SHIT (great video)

[@emmamaki5862]

I appreciate how this video manages to be fairly comprehensive while still succinct (ie not stretching hours on end like some youtube deep dives these days) and entertaining. Overall a nice look into Neil's career

[@suppertea6056]

yyeah yeah, it's called the "Neilization", we all go through it

[@SmokeGravity]

I named my giratina in pokemon platinum Cicierega :D because its a 'Lemon' Demon Lemon because it has yellow spikes and has a very sour personality Think Lemongrab from adventure time Aggressive, territorial, screams when ever its on screen It is also the 8th wonder of the (reverse) world by being the 8th legendary pokemon in generation 4(iv) out of 9 Legendaries that are introduced Hope that helps!🧙‍♂️

[@julester]

im actually very relieved this video took so long to make bc i used to make lemon demon gifs like 3 years ago and if any of those had shown up in this video i wouldve had a heart attack. one of my friends at the time randomly came up with a particular two word phrase analogous to the original popular nonsense neil gif caption "super pizza" that i was absolutely dreading seeing bc it really caught on in the ironic lemon demon gif scene and was so ubiquitous back then that neil himself was familiar with it (i refuse to say it to avoid resurrecting the demons it seemed to make him genuinely uncomfortable which is fair) but i am so so glad it to see that nature is healing it wasnt in this video at all and if it had been made at an earlier time theres no way it wouldnt have been so, thank you for taking forever op you presumably have no idea what youve spared us from in the process

[@aspengezin]

taco sex

[@Thearus_]

holy shit

[@julester]

@@aspengezin THE FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE.

[@aspengezin]

@@julester i remembered reading the explanation on reddit a while ago and realized it lined up, funny to see you here tho lol

[@julester]

@@aspengezin wait omfg i didnt realize someone else had talked about their experience with it there lmao do you have a link??

[@fursona_au_chocolat]

can't forget he also made splendorman

[@Thearus_]

a classic

[@fairliuzz]

not necessarily he just recorded it splendorman was someone elses idea i think

[@thefernofrommarsgaming4204]

neil is both everywhere, and no where at the same time.

[@znezhirtzloset]

you never know he's there, but he is always lurking. he is everywhere. he is stalking your internet fixations. you cannot escape him

[@Vichroma]

Homestuck was a jumpscare. Godspeed, solider.

[@DiamondBrickZ]

this video’s great! i love how comprehensive and informative it is, plus this has hit all the right spots. great topic, great script, great writing. definitely didn’t expect to see one of my own mashups referenced in this though, haha.

[@TheActualAnthonino]

Only nitpick I have with this video is the explanation that Spiral of Ants is about herd mentally. It's not. It's about the circle of death phenomenon in which ants following pheromones get trapped in a loop, never reaching their destination, and eventually dying of exhaustion. That aside, excellent video! One of the best I've seen talking about Neil's work!

[@nyssalikesbugs]

Neil uses ant death spirals as a metaphor

[@inactivepleasegoaway]

​@@nyssalikesbugs neil said in the spirit phone commentary that he was just singing about ants running in circles, and there isn't too much meaning to the song. i don't want this to take away from whatever meaning you've personally extracted from the song, but neil is just singing about bugs dying

[@ninoaffrini7282]

Got this in my recommended. Clicked it without seeing the viewer count and stayed the whole way through. I never heard of Neil, the vid was very informative and well made.

[@pepper_zzz]

THIS DESERVES SO MANY MORE VIEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i absolutely love your editing, you're hella talented

[@padriazozzriaorizifian8672]

Homestuck reference at the end jumpscare (great video, gonna absorb the entire google doc. also when it comes to remixes of Spirit Phone, I've gotta mention 3 fanmade albums: "Ghost Fax Machine", "Predisposed to Madness" and "Perish Point")

[@Thearus_]

i had heard of those last two but i've never listened to any of them. will be sure to check them out though :)

[@pafersip]

​@@Thearus_you should watch "truck moods", its a fucking masterpies

[@dysonsphereishere]

i fucking love this video, i watched it when i was first getting into lemon demon back in like may 2023, now it's fucking january 2025. that's fun. this video is in a special place in my heart and i'm glad you made it because it's pleasant and yeah it made me start getting into my favorite artist, for better or for worse. sorry if i am incoherent in this comment i have taken stuff

[@testhekid]

i am now halfway into his discography, or so i thought before watching this video.. the intermission had me like "THERE'S MORE??" as it was the full extent of the songs i knew he made, that just made me an even happier fella i loved this video, niel truly deserves more recognition than he has and the same could be same for viva and aimkid and you too for covering all of this in one huge video for people like me who want to know more about niel

[@LittlePangy]

This is a super high quality video! I was definitely not expecting this channel to only have 170 subscribers. I hope your channel blows up in the future because this video was amzaing!

[@estebannlezcano4095]

This video deserves more views than it has

[@typreegamingtpg2198]

I like this video alot. Really good at keeping one's attention throughout, never got bored. It's not perfect, but I feel like it's the start of something great. In fact, it's rekindled my interest in Neil Cicierega far more than it was before, since I fell out of his music quite a while ago. This felt like a pretty thorough yet brisk coverage of his work, thanks to it being under half an hour. Overall, yeah you've piqued my interest. Good stuff.

[@dustiibunnii]

Oh god there’s so much more music he made I need to listen to!!! He’s honestly so skilled

[@theawesometeg219]

Lemon demon caught you stealing from the lemonade stand

[@Miserys_B1tch]

You can’t take one without paying, you might lose your ha-e-a-e-and!

[@lowqualityfrogimage]

MY HANDS

[@CameronAllOneWord]

Neil is my hero

[@Ph0ton]

Neil really is a jack of all trades, but unlike the original phrase, he somehow found a way to be a master of all of them

[@Boppercat]

As a nitpick, I’m very sad you didn’t mention the Neil povs is the meme section. There are many things you can do with Neil in Neil povs.

[@znezhirtzloset]

I've been a fan of almost everything neil has done separately without knowing it was the same person. I can say I have only one hyperfixation now.

[@BlueAcresApartments]

THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO IVE SEEN REGARDING NEIL. i got to this video through a pizza heros animation and im so glad i did. im currently sharing this with a friend of mine since im a huge fan of lemon demon and have been for years

[@fairliuzz]

in the past 3 years i havent been able to escape from him so i might as well enjoy all of what he has

[@Pixelarity64]

I'm now curious what creation of Neil's was mentioned by Tally Hall.

[@Thearus_]

ross federman follows him on twitter and i think he's replied or quoted one of neil's tweets before if i remember correctly

[@Pixelarity64]

@@Thearus_ Nice

[@Pixelarity64]

@@Thearus_ Vsauce is publicly subscribed to him!

[@perthfarr7383]

I love this!! Your editing is insane and I love how much detail you went into in such a relatively short spam!

[@sentinian]

holy shit this is very high quality

[@nyssalikesbugs]

Best video on this website, good job!!!

[@Randompiecesoflint]

I LOVE NEIL SO MUCH THANK YOU YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYA

[@Bi_Strawberry]

YES YES YES, WE LOVE NEIL CICIEREGA

[@Tatanyc]

well it wasn't 2023

[@number2869]

the question at the beginning of the video is exactly how I felt when I got into TMBG, TH, and LD 😭😭

[@GamerTowerDX]

Damn, the editing of this video is pretty elaborate, call me impressed.

[@radiatingsun8719]

Absolutely awesome essay! Couldn't find much to be improved. Some of the audio mixing was a bit loud at times, ig

[@drawnoutrandom5953]

Wow, this was genuinely a very high quality video! as someone who watches youtube (and quite enjoys Neil's music) i was highely entertained and informed by this video, well done!

[@molber5342]

So good for a very first video

[@wyattaward4368]

Love the editing

[@gamereviewsdonebadly]

this video is super great man good work overall keep it up!

[@MalLoHi]

You are soooo underrated, omg

[@suscollins2257]

awesome video and great introduction to neil and his fantastic work!

[@suscollins2257]

also MASHUP WEEK MENTION LETS GOOOOOOOOO

[@cringecande_9352]

You're at the party goes so hard

[@chxrIie]

this is actually really good, what the heck

[@soapqness]

Good video about Neil, learned alot from it

[@CakedPie]

Amazing video i learned something new actually!!! Loved the homestuck edits LOL

[@Brush421]

the internet historian uses a modern type of animutation, and joeseppi does too.

[@Sanker1]

That thing in the intro happend to me dude, I've been listening to neil's music for years and 2 months ago i just realized that he made brodyquest Which isn't surprising to some, but to me yes, I always thought it was one of those generic songs out there lmao

[@thefernofrommarsgaming4204]

the editing here is fucking amazing

[@ARSONPUP]

Great vidya on my favorite music artist, for me my earliest memory of lemon demon music was actually back when i used to play roblox as a kid playing the normal elevator, the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny would play in the background (tho at the time i didn't even know who lemon demon was) and i used to watch brodyquest memes as well. But my true first intro into Lemon demon was spirit phone in high school (sophomore year to be exact) my friend showed me a few spirit phone songs (cabinet man and lifetime achievement award) and from there i was hooked i downloaded all of spirit phone and listened to that album for a year straight almost every day too. And now i own one of the vinyls for spirit phone and i also have it on my iPod and his other all of his other albums, eps, and songs too.

[@hylwicks]

Hey I really like your editing style and narration, I really hope you make more videos! This one was super enjoyable to watch

[@PhantomObiWan]

Very good video. This is the best video essay I've seen on him. Great editing too.

[@starr_forest]

This is a really good video about such an interesting guy. Great work!

[@WholePunch]

what mashup week

[@gamermoment4641]

🎷

[@sophisticatedtoad]

I forgot to commenr on this but i love neil sm!! my hyperfixation started like 9 months ago :DD

[@Steemy]

Fantastic video, super engaging and informative all the way through. Editing is incredible as well, great work!

[@giovannagomes7784]

I loved this video, it's really well organized C:

[@konrat_art]

Underrated asf

[@moldy_dooor]

This only has 450 views, what the fuck, get this man the views he deserves for his hard work

[@dogmanreal6298]

HOW DO YOU ONLY HAVE 62 SUBS MATE, REMEMBER ME YOUR GONNA BE A STAR YOUR SO COOL

[@mjgrizz1005]

Probably because he has one video. But yeah this video is very good.

[@Mortemerrors]

Great video! Love Neil and his stuff lemon demon my beloved :)

[@VioletMarbitz]

I hope for your success! I'll be here always!

[@dalbyspook]

19:16 invader zim spotted

[@dalbyspook]

12:40 whyd you do it twice...

[@dalbyspook]

16:52 🙁🙁

[@Bi_Strawberry]

YAYY

[@cyanthe100]

the edition is so good

[@adamantGriftress]

u just earned a sub omg this is so good

[@NintendoDSsoulinjectoin]

Needs more veiws‼‼‼

[@tweer64]

0:29 Add Toby Fox to that list.

[@tweer64]

Also Eddsworld

[@tweer64]

Daniel Thrasher, Gus Johnson, Adam Neely.

[@JennBit]

Duuude this is so good

[@lycieae8879]

I hope he makes another banger like Spirit Phone

[@obsidian_oki]

How do you not have more subs and views 10/10 vid

[@katswarrior]

EIGHTH INKANTATION MENTION!!! THIS IS A WIN FOR SPLATOON NERDS!!!

[@laughinglingsabcdefg]

THE HOMESTUCK COSPLAYERS AUGHHHHHHH

[@NoshWare]

yo wtf this video is not worth just 6000 views clean editing and good research tf youtube?

[@MarsesGlasses]

Lemonic demon

[@LegoFarieval]

This is a good video

[@KipYip]

Very knowledgeable. Thanksgiving turkey.

[@isitreiningtoday]

nice video essay

[@jpg_yk4]

wait when did Vsauce mention Neil Cicerega??!

[@Thearus_]

he hasn't mentioned him specifically but he does follow him on twitter so he definitely knows who he is

[@jpg_yk4]

@@Thearus_ Oohh okay thanks 🙏🏼

[@ChrisChipuli]

I think I think I am unsure of what to say

[@WhatTheKel33]

Good video :) commenting for the algorithm

[@EvKem]

Wonderful video ! ;3

[@Satiricalinstrumentals]

Error here: Elsewhere isnt an instrumental it has lyrics at the end

[@emptyacronym]

in the middle*

[@christopherross282]

neil has a neopets account

[@1tsmeadam]

I love it