The History of Four Loko

[@thrillist]

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[@untouchedcookie]

I drank 2 four lokos on my 20th birthday and that's all I remember

[@thrillist]

We can relate

[@Werk4Cash]

HAHAHAHAH

[@blaaake6010]

Thrillist FR

[@untouchedcookie]

Damn time is flying I remember commenting this but it doesn’t feel like it was 4 months ago

[@untouchedcookie]

hello world best way I can describe old 4 loko is the version they have now mixed with pre workout

[@AssCunt-h3p]

You forgot to mention that 80% of the revenue from fourloco is from high school students

[@matthewhuerta5831]

Ain't that the truth

[@grantrichardet6250]

@@matthewhuerta5831 gotta love kappa sigma

[@louieDsypo]

Do they sell these in white neighborhoods?

[@grantrichardet6250]

@@louieDsypo yea I believe so

[@grantrichardet6250]

Nah it’s college towns

[@thecatfishchronicles7640]

I once saw someone shotgun two 4Lokos back-to-back, easily the most impressive and disgusting thing I've ever seen someone do.

[@thrillist]

Wow, my stomach just turned.

[@Chuckles4200]

Did they die?

[@SuperDSJGaming]

I tried , only managed to get one and a half down but …. I’m determined to make it to 3 in one night 😅😂 maybe someday, aka the day I die 💀

[@KingLouie42013]

@@Chuckles4200 nah bruh my brother drinked 4 and he was good

[@waynemack9053]

I saw a girl shotgun one and pass out in her kitchen 5 minutes later. This was 10 minutes into the party

[@danielmelgarejo8868]

"We will never forget you even if we have trouble remembering you in the first place" is such a cool line

[@miafaske1868]

New security question: where were you when you puked up four Loko in 2010?

[@thrillist]

LMAO

[@FilmaticProductions]

Trick Question: Never yakked, but ALWAYS blacked out.

[@bigblackearl6852]

I have an answer for this. I was in the local trailer park w some homeboys and kept passing out in peoples yards and waking back up until I ran into the cops luckily they just drove me home cuz I was underage and already on probation

[@chicoruddo8588]

At my cousins house

[@nickboivin3300]

My best friends mother's bed 😔

[@kyrajo5446]

Omggggg Four Loko 😂 the reason behind most of my poor decisions and memory loss during my late teens/early 20s !!! It came out a year after I graduated high school. Man this video brought back bittersweet nostalgia 🤣

[@thrillist]

Hahaah right, talk about a throwback.

[@Chuckles4200]

Don’t try to blame four loKO for your mistakes. 🤣

[@redwolfe7049]

@@Chuckles4200 lmao exactly. I threw up chugging it because I had no idea it was alcoholic. That was my fault for just grabbing something off the shelf and not reading it.

[@Vectd]

Gettin trains ran on u by the homie offa 2 of these

[@JD-ip4fs]

High school was a lot of fun… I think I remember it.. THANKS FOUR LOKO! ❤

[@EnbyNomad]

I miss the old 4Loko but that problem's easily solved by my pattented 9loko, where you mix a 4loko and a 5hour energy. It's best chased by a redbull or kickstart.

[@ninezerotwo1778]

You're crazy lol

[@vern2k653]

You still alive?

[@ylimeasil]

😱

[@pussehhoecouldneva5766]

I drank the original loko a few times as a teen & when I tell you, I got drunker drinking a couple of those even more than when I would drink straight liquor. One night my friend and I were partying in a university & she drank 1 & a half and was belligerent drunk, laid down on the floor, passed out and pissed all over herself in front of everyone. It was rough trying to get her out of there 🤣 it wasn’t called black out in a can for nothing! I tried the new four loko years back and it’s sucks compared to the old one 🤣🤣

[@emanuelgonzalez8620]

I only got a sip it from my older brother can... I was 12

[@gensen1945]

@@emanuelgonzalez8620 eh

[@soulassassin0g]

First time I got drunk off of 4loko was in 2010, all I remember is waking up shirtless in my backyard with my dog eating my throw up. Looks like I ate tacos from what I can remember lol.

[@Dttg0]

Im dead🤣🤣💀

[@calikidag1571]

😂😂

[@Disappearit]

Never got to drink an OG Four Loko before they were banned! Maybe it’s a good thing though lol

[@jojo_yoyo3349]

Same lmfao every party you'll catch me with a loko in my hand

[@juniorsanchez2251]

They were very strong the new ones are very strong try it. Some times the recipe can slip up and u might be buying some classic history.

[@riskrask3310]

Sounds like you can just add a Red Bull and espresso to the new can to make it the OG one

[@esmokems]

No. You missed a good thing. I do admit they taste better now. But the super powers are removed.

[@lelanledoux21]

It was a craze

[@Ruben-vh4ot]

This is going to sound a bit dumb but I never knew this drink had caffeine in it, kinda makes sense now on my a friend of mine wanted to go for a jog at three in the morning after drinking 2 four lokos… lol

[@esmokems]

The best drink in history. It was like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. It was like Hulk and Bruce Banner. I would return home and forgot how I came home. I became an instant ladies man according to my friends. I would wake up with numerous missed calls from women that I don't recall meeting them.

[@ninezerotwo1778]

Sounds like those make for some funny family stories.

[@UserCommenter]

dad?

[@wickedgames5493]

Dude I drank so many of these while I was underage! Once they recalled it, as a 18.5 year old, I realized Taurine was the main ingredient they removed so I had my friends and I mix these with monsters 😂 oh yeah and I was in a sorority haha... some stereotypes are true sadly

[@Sklang32]

I remember getting a matching flavor vodka shot and pouring it into my four loco...Ahhhhh so many injuries.

[@MartyD]

Had a red Four Loko in college. Thought I was puking blood.

[@thrillist]

Yep that'll get ya

[@AGloves1D]

Ate pasta or pizza with one can’t remember got in the car and threw up chucks of red so same

[@musclecarfan74]

I was in my 30’s when this came out. I don’t drink coffee nor energy drinks.

[@juggalomatt3072]

Back in the day my favorite flavor was the blackout Orange which had crazy amounts of caffeine in it.

[@blaaake6010]

I was 15, 6 beers deep and 2 lokos done. Cracked my head open, got a cuncussion, puke everywhere, not my proudest moment

[@jaysibiri]

PSA: if you drink four Loko, only drink 1 and don’t mix it with other sources of caffeine.

[@blackmesa232323]

I guess if you want to be a nerd about it

[@reidkemp]

The new one still gives you an insane sugar rush

[@tdestroyer4780]

That's all it does now is give you a sugar rush. It's like double the sugar of coke.

[@sburton015]

I remember when I drank Four Loko for the first time back when it had caffeine in it when I bought the original fruit punch flavor of Four Loko from a 7 11 store back in early 2009. Even before that, I remember drinking Sparks and also Tilt and Joose back when they had caffeine in them as early as 2006 and 2007. This was in my younger adult years when I was able to drink and still funtion fully. Of course I turned the legal drinking age of 21 years old on May 11th, 2005.

[@MidnightMusings948]

The OG Four Loko … I was a sheltered kid who went to FIU freshman year and thought it was an energy drink so I had 2. Four friends drank them also. One of the four got arrested for streaking downtown and dancing on a cop, the rest of us woke up in a park in each other’s clothes not knowing how we got there and had blinding migraines and projectile style vomited.

[@n00n1n]

Four Loko is help me get my first and only OWI. And that was the first and only time. Four Loko shouldn't be sold for human consumption, perhaps it could be used to thin paint or an alternative to nail polish remover.

[@andy56duky]

I drank 1 four loko and 4 bottles of Heineken (it was popular at the time) plus I ate bunch of peanuts around 7:30pm on my 21st birthday. Around 8:30pm I don't remember anything after that.

[@Redn87]

Right On!!! My first time drinking 4 loco, I drank two and woke up in my hotel room naked with just my socks on. No one else was naked.

[@SomeAftermath]

2008, I was 17 and all I needed was half to fall asleep. It was insane.

[@angeljosemaradiaga7747]

Meanwhile me drinking a four Loko buzzed asf on the couch with my cat on top of me vibin might not be a happy life but this is one good moment

[@randyjackson3561]

First drink I ever had in high school was a 4loko Back in 2015 and Haven’t had one since they still sell them here in Texas

[@whataderk]

Drank 3 in a span of 18 hours and I was a 10/10 drunk the whole time till I passed out. Never again.

[@thomasledwick3420]

It’s back

[@armorykittington]

This is about the proper speed for my brain to take in information... usually have to put videos on x2 speed. And it's not all annoying like a Sonic commercial with some man yelling at me to buy a burrito. Great music. Something about the edits seem weird, but I can't put my finger on it. It's like they''re missing a "break." I guess it could be a perceptual side-effect of the pace of the entire video. That makes sense. They just feel very "soft," but I think it's because all the energy is in the voice and not the transitions, at all. I'd make the voice deeper. Aside from that, great video. Everything is done right, even though this is 3 years old lol

[@R3dH4z3]

I was in my sophomore year of high school in 2010 and my friend got me 2 cans of it. I don't remember half of the day but apparently I was the type to crack hilarious jokes. The only thing I remember was a girl stuffing gum into my mouth to mask the smell of alcohol on my breath before my teacher discovered it. lol

[@Ruben-vh4ot]

Wait, you were in school?! how did you even make it through the day?!

[@R3dH4z3]

@@Ruben-vh4ot I didn't. Friend told the teacher I was sick and took me home. Lol

[@Ruben-vh4ot]

@@R3dH4z3 and they never thought it was alcohol related? lol

[@R3dH4z3]

@@Ruben-vh4ot I was that model student every teacher loved. Lmao.

[@cartoonvideos5]

I had one for the first time yesterday, it didn’t taste bad but it gets you too hammered for too long

[@oswaldogarcia5358]

As current college student, these are the best bang for buck drunk AND nasty special

[@TheDerpyDog]

My friends once gave me four loco without telling me what it was first. Long story short I broke down a door in my house and blamed my friends the next day.

[@drainedyvngxd3xth]

1:56 is that corey mf taylor from slipknot wearing a troll face shirt 😂😂😂

[@lelanledoux21]

2008/early 2009 at the University of Miami when these hit?!?!?! Wasn't surprised by the crazy then the fall

[@thatking-horus5606]

I drank that four loko in high school so much until one of my student passed away in class because he mixed it with red bull and coffee. Now I'm chilling with water 💧

[@grahamjones4539]

No way fr?

[@quinchien]

Drank 2 4 loko , plus a half ( 2loko) of my bud’s second one , and half a Fin du Monde ; broke my foot running in a snowstorm in an alley , and my friend woke up ultimately in a snow wall on the side of the road , just as the snowplower took the other side’s wall

[@anthonyhutchins2300]

Four loko is boogey man of alcohol... People literally still drink energy drinks with vodka and whiskey or drink 5 hour energy shots while drinking. People will do cocaine while slaming hard liquor. All it was was a high ABV drink...

[@bluejonathanr]

💯

[@DeepSpaceBass1]

My guy you could get these for 2 bucks

[@kinzy5401]

This is a crazy video, good job lol

[@unknownarc]

im from Europe and had a gap year in new york back in my days. Had no idea what 4 loko was... had 2 cans and that's all i remember. never again.

[@juniorsanchez2251]

This shit is so strong even the new one that making this almost illegal again

[@Michael-pp8lz]

I don't think I can recall a time where remember finishing a four loko. Usually Im about empty then I wake up either in my bed, or another persons bed, on couch, floor, bathroom floor, bush, etc. I've yet to try a 9loko (4loko + 5 hour energy)

[@derrickharmon7980]

The fast n furious input is accurate 👌

[@connierogers2840]

Four loco grape was great!... kept Minnesota lit 🙌🙌🙌

[@thrillist]

Loved grape!!

[@Ti0midwest]

Iowa especially the 712 was lit of this shyt ...ufff man the memories ...

[@ObviousOccult]

We still have Four Loko in TX. Shit, drinking one right now.

[@missmargmillionaire6421]

Do you have comprehension skills? Four Loko is still everywhere...just without the caffeine

[@seamusmckeon9109]

Brilliant narration and editing

[@PROUDTOBEANAMERICAN55]

Four loko is still in Georgia going strong. Reminds me of 16. Grade ten getting drunk and stoned

[@fleurdepeach]

Ahhh the memories. I had my first black out with four loko. Drove home and woke up the next morning and do not remember driving 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@danbyrne5619]

That original recipe made for a very weird holiday party. But my heart belongs to SPARKS!!!

[@6aloolq8]

“Coronavirus!” ~ Cardi B

[@Secret-Juice]

Too many lightweights in this comment section my god

[@lazytv4318]

Good Ole Four Loko (OG formula)....I do miss it, but don't regret it....

[@thrillist]

hahaha true

[@eranoob4732]

Anyone else drinking a four Loko rn?

[@n00n1n]

If heroin and meth are illegal then so should Four Loko. I could be used as an alternative to gasoline in cars. It's definitely should not be imbibed by humans .

[@thesquaremonger]

Four Loko makes Steel Reserve look like tea.

[@Okillydokilly69]

I remember watching these savage chicks in my friend group beer bong a full four Loko each . They were PUT DOWN but still talking hahaha

[@Daniii9000]

Being from Va back then hearing it was being banned Us: “but is it really tho” *takes sip of so called banned 4loko*

[@georgemendy860]

Just got sipping a loko now I feel loko 🔥🔥😂

[@ChuckItUp]

Drank half a can at a friends place and woke up in my room ready to throw up. There was something crazy in there

[@Masssshysteria]

what does taurine do when mixed with the alcohol?

[@calamity6259]

im glad i found this im drinking one right now i think its time for a chug

[@RaiderNation126]

Best senior year of high school ever. Random: aye bruh you heard niggas dying from 4 Loko Everybody: bruhhhh let's cop

[@clover8673]

It allowed people to respec all someone's special points into strength

[@saramuchnick2378]

I Still Can Hear My Head Hitting The Bathtub After Consuming One Yellow One..

[@JShawnPaul]

They took the caffeine out of Four Loko’s back in like 2010 😂 I wrote this before I watched the video. I still drink Four Loko’s to this day, and I only drink fruit punch flavor, and I drink it on ice in a cup

[@louieDsypo]

Back in 2011 my guy bought me one after i asked him if they were good cause he drank em everyday.. and after my first sip i felt bad for him for drinking it . It made my stocmach burn

[@dangeloromero3874]

Shit was dangerously good.

[@Rougrou1597]

Chuck schemer takes the fun out of everything

[@Ushisim]

And the new bang hard seltzer has come

[@jaimebernal8128]

I get their purpose but why is it filling up half the booze section

[@alexagati2593]

I once drank a four loko and a shot, yet somehow I remember most of it

[@eddysphagetti4009]

I was in high school when these first came out, had one and started puking

[@Anthony-gv2wn]

You forgot to mention they bumped up the alcohol content to 14%

[@jeremypoythress4995]

I remember watching the news about those 2 kids that got hit by a train after passing out on the train tracks drinking four locos and smoking k2 spice. That was right before they banned the original and tweaked the formula.

[@Hunsyquic]

that sound like a death wish. k2 n a 4loko phewww

[@SynZ777]

Four Loko hangovers are the worst hangovers. 10 beers won't even make me hungover, but one Loko and a few beers and I want to die the next day.

[@edtheangler4930]

Ever drank a bottle of cognac in one sitting? You will projectile womit if you even think about drinking

[@SynZ777]

@@edtheangler4930 No lol. I value the health of my liver for the most part.

[@edtheangler4930]

@@SynZ777 Same, I only drink like 2 times a year but I make it count

[@baileybland6415]

They also still sell 4 loko where I live 🖤

[@brownhippiex496]

Same here

[@franksends7851]

Ah yes the drink we all had at least once in our younger days when we were introduced to alcohol 😂 I used to spend money like crazy on these drinks all I needed was 2 anything after that I was at the toilet.

[@noname-wv3ve]

I drank these all the time. But I drink a fifth of vodka a day.

[@aaroncolonnese8578]

You forgot to say please drink responsibly! 🎉

[@martinlucas6004]

Who's here after a night of wondering what happened?

[@Yourboibrad]

I never knew they were banned lol I had one in Mexico bout 4 months ago it 1 got me drunk as shit and made my stomach hurt

[@Izziana]

jesus christ that was all delivered so quickly. im guessing your other videos are like this too. todays generation of kids really need info quickly. google is a interesting thing haha.

[@lilswish3939]

I'm the 4th person to watch this

[@thrillist]

Congrats!

[@dieoutlanders4938]

Here cause of Daquan😂

[@Tacticalzd]

Yep

[@MachineHeadDissent]

Used to combine Four Loko and Steel Reserve....That’s a party!!!...

[@yaadmankahtion2917]

That sounds like death... Lol

[@gytrash6167]

Damn I get this stuff for Four dollars a can everyday after I work. Apparently simply enjoying one is difficult

[@kiwitoothpaste]

i drank one four loko back in 2010 and it put me off drinking forever lmao

[@icummins1806]

I miss the old four loko

[@wherethehoochiesat4210]

I think everyone has at least one four loko crazy story 🤣 god they give me ptsd

[@YoshidaSPECL]

I never got to experience the og loko so i mixed half a xan jungle juice and vodka to make my ungodly tonic happy to say i can't remember that night

[@MacaroniGril]

just making sure im not about to die on my 3rd four loko

[@jerz18]

Last time I had four loko was in 2010 I was doing shots of it while playing beer pong.....that was the last time I had it lol

[@chipjones7609]

Drinking a sour grape right now lol

[@boxman7044]

My friend jay drank three four lokos and proceeded to shit all over the house in hidden areas and when he came to we made him spend the next few days finding where all of it was and clean it till it was spotless it was horrible and hilarious so godless four loko

[@cnote4128]

I threw up on the couch and slept in it 🤧

[@omacadams]

Very happy to have never tried this

[@SuperSlimshady1]

FOUR LOKO ITS 6:51 AM TIME TO GET LOKO!

[@Yirmyah]

Pretty on point