The Biggest Frauds in Music History: Milli Vanilli

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[@Violet__Veil]

no

[@Violet__Veil]

cool video though

[@Davorox1]

Damn. I was eating. I thought you said Clone 😂

[@beautifulbull]

8:51 Fab is still alive

[@Kingcarsen]

Fab is still alive

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I feel like I'm listening to a voice note from my friend who spent 3 hours falling down insane rabbit holes on wikipedia and now has to tell me the wild and crazy things they found out. this has become my favourite channel now

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Same! He lays it out like a friend would, not some expert trying to show off. Just the snappy important elements of the story to keep your attention.

[@TheDinis553]

This describes it so well. It sounds like a buddy excitedly telling you about the crazy stuff they just found out.

[@RealElongatedMuskrat]

Perfect explanation lmao

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I paused this on my TV, to grab my phone so I could come and comment this exactly 😁🩷

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It's me..I'm that friend..

[@youdontneedtoknowmynameweirdo]

so milli vanilli can lip sync and get away with it for a year but when i lip sync in choir class i get called out immediately?

[@nancynobullets85]

Are you Black and pretty?

[@kingace6186]

lmao

[@Zaida-d4v]

😂

[@monlei1020]

Conductors have a great ear and they'll know if you're faking it

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You see, the conductor had a problem..

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Long vids > Shorts any day

[@chubbydiaries1]

Hands down

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I found this guy off of the shorts but frfr the long videos fire

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[@owenwesterhout]

Not when half the video is a commercial

[@dowansulton123456]

Fab Morvan is still alive, it was John Davis(real Milli Vanilli singer) that died from covid.

[@paulomunozartavia2282]

I was going to comment this. I didn’t know that John Davis had died tho

[@demitasse22]

I thought one of them committed suicide!

[@Xinjiekou_新街口_Station]

@@demitasse22 Yeah Rob died of overdose back in 1998

[@FSUfan1991]

Yeah he had me googling like wtf lol

[@adamrushford]

that's why you don't fake you're someone else, we'll honor them in your honor.

[@kingace6186]

Sad story. Really, I blame whoever wrote that Time article AND that lame, exploitative producer.

[@Hibolibo]

The brothers and the background singers took the money and kept quiet tho. They are to blame as well, the producer didnt exploit any of them, they all took the money by choice and couldve terminated their contracts on the spot if they wanted to keep their intergrity.

[@bricksquadgermany]

@@Hibolibo true, the producer just did what the industry does - scam people - this mofuka sold 800 million units - as a german producer this is 10x the people living in germany right now.

[@thedude8153]

That lame producer is also behind Boney M, where the "lead singer" also did not contribute any vocals and lip synced during live shows

[@tatkkyo9911]

​@Hibolibo If they were to speak out they would have been screwed. Both the vocalists and the lip sync guys had terms in their contracts that made it so if they spoke the company could sue them into oblivion. Legal literary was.much lower back then and by the time all 4 of them relised what happened they were undercontract. The producers pulled a contract bait and switch. Told them one thing handed contracts that was somthing diffrent.

[@Hibolibo]

@@tatkkyo9911 I never said they should speak out, they werent victims, they knew the whole plan and quietly took the money instead of terminating their contracts on the spot. The producer even gave them money to keep quiet and they took it willingly.

[@AcceleratedExpansion]

Fab is still alive Xevi, their producer is the one that died this year. I got confused for a second 😅

[@BenjiDarius]

Frank died and also the real singer of Milli Vanilli

[@AcceleratedExpansion]

@@BenjiDarius Yep, correct

[@lrs1519]

I was about to say I just saw him doing something music related about two months ago.

[@AcceleratedExpansion]

@@lrs1519 Had me double checking Wikipedia, thank god it's false 😅

[@MrEazyE357]

Wait, his name was Xevi too?

[@alicewakashima1442]

To have a german accent whilst talking and non while singing is normal actually, like that's a thing😅 don't ask me how, but it bugs me too when people talk with an accent but get it "right" whilst singing I'm german, I'm not talking about other accents, just german, I can't speak about other languages or accents

[@oo4758]

Yes, you're right, that is a real phenomenon. But it's a little less common. Like if you hear k-pop in English you can tell they're not fluent.

[@Slick5150]

Yes everyone's vocal cords are different

[@SenshiSunPower]

This is a documented thing! British people sound American, American people sound British. There's a whole art with accent singing.

[@essennagerry]

Truuuue but I think when people have a heavy accent it comes out during singing when the singing slides more towards talking yaknow? With kpop too some have a really good accent when singing but then on certain words it still slips out.

[@essennagerry]

​@@SenshiSunPower I'm European but I have a very American accent when speaking like yeah I sound European but not British and you can tell it muat be American media I learned from lol. I've been feelin weird about how I have a tendency to slip into a British pronunciation when singing specific words, like "can't" it takes me off guard even. Never heard it goes both ways, I though just British accents got Americanized!

[@joe2k20]

Small correction it was John Davis who died NOT Fab Morvan

[@gi7685]

That's actually a BIG correction. Two different persons mingled up isnt a small correction.

[@strangedeadmonster9246]

@@gi7685Yo! Is that Pakki from Mighty Jack?

[@ifwrainbow190]

​@@gi7685it kind of is small it's just the names he could have just gotten the names confusing his head don't get your panties in a bunch bro just learn to live and enjoy life

[@ahwhite2022]

Those background singers are who people heard on the radio and liked. The way they got just dismissed from history is a sad indictment on how "visual" we are as consumers. In a rational world, those guys would have become famous "Singing in the Rain" style.

[@spht9ng]

Most of the talented songwriters and singers out there aren't conventionally attractive enough to be marketable. That's why they ghostwrite for a marketable face instead.

[@redlober9982]

0:25 "german music producer that produces music" ✏️🔥

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Sí, No Mierda.

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From the pen to ring ❤️‍🔥 ✏️

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IT'S LONG VIDS FROM XEVI Y'ALL, I'M READY 🎉🎉

[@necrophagiakc]

Rumor was someone in their backstage production crew did it on purpose(the background music skipping)another salty employee but instead of getting money they just shitted on everything..

[@raven4442]

You mean "exposed frauds".

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First time ever watching you and your delivery of this story was just top notch...felt like I was in the lunch room chatting with my friend and I didn't want it to end. You've earned yourself a new subscriber!

[@michaelar2188]

These vids are the perfect length 💕 and remember you’re the creator, so do what you want. I’m just saying, I love the 10-15 minute stories because we get more info and you’re able to slow down just a bit

[@oliviapetithomme]

love your vids, just wanna say at 8:50 fab didn't pass away, hes still alive.

[@Mohammedssbu]

This is actually a very sad story and I think if this happened in the modern day nothing would come of it all celebrities lip synch and 90% don’t write, this is just the next step.

[@GabrielaCenturionNeumann]

That "It is what it is" is both comforting and terrifying, tbh... Btw, love your storytelling. Keep it up

[@MoreThan7Digits]

0:52 BRO A SAVAGE 😭😭😭

[@KappaGammaTv]

Facts😂😂

[@DearDiary931]

Straight up diabolical 😂😂😂😂

[@taylorstep8135]

Nowadays a lot of artists do this. You don't know who can actually sing.

[@Ameck161]

I wiil not tolerate Milli Vanilli slander. I haven't watched the video yet. Rob and Fab were taken advantage off. I think people blame them because they were the face of the scam, but when they were originally signed they thought they'd be singing but the contract it said they were actually gonna lip sync some songs at the start of their career to get some buzz in their native Germany, thinking it was temporary they went along with it, but ended up blowing up quicker than expected. Watched the video, pretty much said same thing.

[@han-dell]

Lip sync acts were also very commonplace in Germany and the rest of Europe around then too! Americans essentially took it too hard when they found out what the deal was (AND JUST ASSUMED IT WAS FRAUD because it's different to how the US music industry works) ((the album cover thing, Xevi mentions was actual fraud according to US law courts, but I disagree))

[@Armzed1]

I agree,what happened to them was tragic.

[@EskimoPagan]

@@han-dellBoney M!

[@han-dell]

@@EskimoPagan Yes! Great example!

[@MinecraftRick]

​​@@EskimoPaganAnd in case anyone doesn't know, Boney M had the same producer as Milli Vanilla. Frank Farian just did not know how to have a music production career without fucking black people over in the process.

[@kierah16]

2:27 the background singer said what?!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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You are so talented, keep making videos!

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[@CarolMiller-qu9te]

Honestly, this video made my day!

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U getting the sponsor’s My Boy getting BIG! 👏🏿

[@LukeCruzado]

I think there have been about 20 biggest frauds in the industry but this definitely tops

[@amandalee5274]

I feel bad though bc these poor guys were victims as well. Frank Farian is the true villain here

[@birchwwolf]

Frank Farian's previous group was disco group Boney M. He hired Bobby Farrell to lip-sync his own vocals live, and people were fine with that too. It was very common in disco and eurodance to have the face of a band and the actual singer be different people (see the careers of Martha Wash, Deborah Cooper and Jenny B.)

[@CapAnson12345]

They got a raw deal and Fab is legit talented.

[@Jjejvdkjdilbfdkvcykgtgddgkbvbk]

U might be the best youtuber atm your videos are mad entertaining even when i dont rly care about the subject you still make it interesting

[@Noname99903]

“The fall out was bad, why?” Because back then it actually mattered if you didn’t have talent 😂ain’t no way we would let no sexy red or ice spice become famous 😂

[@Eddyeden11]

Yep! For those of you who were not alive when it happened, you have no idea how that lip syncing and track skipping was perceived. It was seen as a huge scandal by the public unfortunately.

[@MinecraftRick]

​@@Eddyeden11Unfortunately? No. We need to bring that standard back.

[@terrencecarter1915]

We had our no talents, that had 15 minutes of fame back then too. Frank Farian, the producer who Created Milli Vanilli, had done this before with a group called Boney M. This was a common practice back then, not only today. Get some good looking people, some backing vocalists for live preforming, or lip-synced.

[@ST1TCH916]

​@@terrencecarter1915Everything of what you listed does not apply at ALL to people like Redd 😂, dog faced plastic bitches shaking their laffy taffy asses around with their cracky ass voices autotuned dont take anything

[@AshleighDanburry]

Excuse me??? Then explain Madonna.

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Hey Xevi! can you do a video about Action Park or Lil Wayne/dirty contract deals in history? Your vids are the greatest out there!!!

[@patricksweverly]

This makes so much sense, now I see why they emphasized this song in the Netflix show about the Menendez brothers, their stories are very similar.

[@kevinawarner1005]

Fab is very much alive hes on tiktok with the actors playing milli vanilli

[@yoyo_ma7677]

0:20 dude that guy looks like Donald Trump trying to be a hip version of Donald Trump

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4:53 end of the sponser for ya’ll

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Doing God's work.

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I saw this too late😂

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That sponsor spot was loooong

[@scarletohhaha6938]

I honestly feel like Frank should be able to be charged with manslaughter or similar (depraved indifference?) for what happened to Rob. He manipulated both him & Fabio (and the back up singers); forced them into a situation that was bound to get exposed eventually (the truth will out as they say), ultimately sending them down a very dark path that sadly Rob didn't survive. All for his own selfish greed.

[@WillieQuevo]

Frank did this same thing with the group “Boney M” first. Please check it out!!!

[@EmpressChernobyl]

Great video! Fab is still alive, though 🥰

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Get that bag Xevi, loving your content.

[@DarlingKnqii]

I thoroughly enjoy the longer videos!!.. I enjoy the shorts, but I prefer the longer videos 😊

[@kmercado1128]

My greatest heartbreak 😭

[@TrishC5280]

I threw my Milli Vanilli cassette tape when this news broke back in the day 😔 I was soooo disappointed! I was 14 😮‍💨

[@nigerianpr1nce948]

Love the long vertical vids 🔥🔥🔥

[@PlasmaEnergised]

I really wanna hear you talk about that Elvis story. Great video

[@RewdAwakening]

8:33 Bro looking like a bearded Ryan Reynolds having a bad hair day...

[@southphillylilly]

I was a young teenager when Milli Vanilli appeared on the scene. After the truth came out and the whole debacle imploded, Sony had anybody that owned a CD or album wanted a refund, send the back sleeve of the CD. The one that had the track listings on it. They then returned the cost on average album/CD to each customer that you sent in the back cover, I remember getting nine dollars But, since I had gotten the CD from Columbia house, I never paid for it anyway. Milli Vanilli 0 South Philly Lilly 1

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You need to release more videos 😭 I can watch your content all day

[@9009pam]

Xevi i just want you to know everytime i feel down you always make me feel better when i watch your videos! Thank you 🙏🏼 i really mean that

[@flamethrowerdude]

Reminded of one of the weather's girls who sang it's raining men, also did everybody dance now but wasnt given credit. She got laws put in place so they had to.

[@Bmarquismarkail]

I'm still blown away that Milli vanili had a resurgence after that, but Ashley Simpson got lambasted

[@BigSleepy985]

Genuinely one of my favorite channels ever. I’d put you up there with Todd In The Shadows

[@Denzelborges]

man. u a real story teller. keep ´em comming

[@tishawnusiade9892]

I am so proud of you ! Great job growing

[@timmy841212]

Fab is still alive. The original rapper/singer John Davis (who actually toured with Fab) died from COVID.

[@katherineyarbrough2314]

So glad I know you are on freaking KZbin I need a playlist not TikTok one at a time. Learning while I’m cleaning 😂.

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Watching this coming back from the club in South Africa 😂😂😂😂

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I know you grinding right now but when u get big don’t stop posting videos. This posting everyday is therapeutic

[@anxmaly]

7:16 “like i always say…” 🧢 😂

[@seup2765]

It's crazy that you doing an ad placement but I'm actually happy that you getting a bag! Proud of you Gang 🙏🏿

[@infosuge]

They were still as talented as most major boy and girl bands of the time from Europe. Spice Girls, Take That even New Kids on the block. These guys could dance and had their own look, if they had been fronted by a singer no one would have known the difference.

[@papigangatv7002]

Great video! Thank you for turning up the volume….

[@kizyyy-r1]

I love how u somehow put the short format into a long video

[@GuitarVader_]

It’s still sickening how Fab and Rob got hit worst when this came out, they truly were passionate about music and their own desire to make it big was exploited by a slimy slug.

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Get that bag Xev. You deserve it.

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Congrats on 400k subs bro🎉❤ More growth and great videos ❤

[@kennyneal1987]

I remember distinctively as a child listening to the song 'Im gonna miss you' and I took a look at the album cover and literally thought to myself, they look like they sing like that. I shook it off because it's the 90's and it was a very stereotypical and stigmatic era....All along it was my subconscious and the singing family I grew up in so I had an eye for it more than I thought. This may be a lot deep but if you're a 80s baby or Gen X at least you get it.

[@sama.murphy5846]

the joy when I see you uploaded more long videos 🥰

[@Corleone1891]

Fab did NOT die. He is alive and well. Also there are about a dozen other inaccuracies in this video.

[@_Julie_Bee]

Right?

[@vusi5902]

Y'all gonna tell us?

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@@vusi5902 watch the show coming out?

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Your plug timing is perfect!

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Love your content. Thank you 🧡

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Bro storytelling so good I for the 1st time ever stayed a really listened to the paid sponsorship

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How tf are u so good at story telling, I swear I'm so tuned I don't even notice the video is 10 minutes

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We, the people, are very accepting actually. Freakin media. Thank you for your great coverage!

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The way you tell a story is amazing keep it up

[@MemoryyOG]

i need to hear that story about elvis cus you got me addicted at this point 🤣

[@Magnus_VII]

So disgusting that the biopic is dropping now after they expired so the film doesn’t have to Pay them!

[@jessesmith5932]

Frank go “Oh snap! Them boys handsome!”

[@hildahmastanomulenga5572]

Love the long videos Xevi. Keep it up Sir.

[@jeromeclowney8536]

Keep it coming brother pause

[@tuc-kaankaraayan]

The greedy ambition of the producer killed them. The easiest thing to do was to help rob and fab to get better. Or not hide the singers. Instead its pointless side picking.

[@SHORESHOTCOMPANY]

I love how alot of us know the story already but stayed cus XEVI is telling the story

[@raason4854]

love your long form content my guy please keep it up 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@Dan-jz3ui]

2:50 Both of them were not Germans. Fab Morvan is french (and still a live btw), Rob was German, and they both met in Germany

[@michiel5305]

Definitely interested in that story about Elvis!

[@moonlitegamer]

I love that you're on KZbin. I don't have a tiktok because it over stimulated my brain. But I do love youtube ❤

[@tirame001]

Xevi, happy for your success man.

[@brandisification]

Fab is still alive

[@davidmoore1201]

We love ur vids just do music dramas it’s amazing

[@dionnajackson7397]

Keep the vids coming, bro!

[@joeskys2362]

Always so informative. I love your stuff man!

[@alexsmith6070]

Bro the long form is wonderful!

[@TheOneandOnlyQuack]

Love the long form content!

[@TG-jc7vb]

I gotta hear the extended version about Elvis stealing songs frm us 😂😂 I appreciate these long vids gang!