The Rise and Fall of the Brit Crew

#zoella #pointlessblog #britcrew
Although I jest, these youtubers were a huge part of my childhood and this platform. So get out your Rimmel 107, grab a cheeky nandos, and settle in for a major nostalgia trip with minor tea. Like, Comment, and subscribe if you are NOT a Tory
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[@Sarah-vr2jq]

lets not forget jack and finn … the british vlog crew adjacent shining stars of that group. i’m glad they turned out well. pioneered white boy cozy vlogs and then dipped to become climate activists and architects

[@Becksnnc]

My god I completely forgot about them.

[@mariaduarte8272]

Definitely the only ones that actually made something useful with their teenage internet fame money

[@gloss6969]

i just had to look this up and i’m shocked !! they’ve really done well for themselves post-youtube. glad they actually grew up hahaha

[@lechewga]

I was always sad because they kind of left that youtube space in their prime but now I can look back and feel proud for them because they knew what they wanted to do with their lives and never let the youtube clout change that about them

[@chloebetony2219]

I still actively follow the two and they're awesome. They're the reason I first got involved in climate activism so thank god for them

[@jessica23claire]

Alfie’s “I am not a Tory” lives rent free in my head

[@FTRRacingTv]

I can not stand Alfie he would be nothing without Zoe his content was bland and was very stuck up the £1 challenge video pushed it over the edge for me I think jacksmate reaction video summed it up best how people up and down the country have no option but to live off very little money

[@jessica23claire]

@@FTRRacingTv I’m not a fan either, I don’t think he means harm, I think he’s just uninformed.

[@haliee]

sometimes i randomly can hear his voice saying that and i haven't seen the video in years

[@abbysc417]

The way Jim was choking over trying not to call out Tanya’s infidelity. Honestly that takes a lot of class on his part.

[@charmax88]

He's so careful it makes me wonder if he signed an NDA or something

[@agbarugo]

"This wasn't malicious. To have malice, there needs to be thought, and I say again - there is not a thought behind those eyes. Alfie just was not thinking." I am LIVING for this backhanded defense.

[@tonichan89]

The following "And you cannot blame him for what he's capable of" was the most savage part!

[@leeneedsfriends6750]

Something to add about the non-controversy surrounding zoella: it wasn't just one school that didn't want to study her anymore, an entire exam board dropped her. Background info needed for the non-Brits: when you're 16 you sit tests based on 2-3 years of learning in both core subjects (like maths) and ones of your choice (like media studies). These are nation wide and are very strictly controlled- everyone does the exact same exam on the exact same day at the exact same time with no prior information on what the questions are and are watched by adults to make sure they don't cheat. Their papers are then sent off and marked as part of a large system by random teachers or ex teachers from across the country. There are multiple national companies/organisations that design the content that is taught and the tests themselves. By dropping her from the exam content, they basically meant that probably over 100k students (just my estimate) who would've studied her didn't. Dropping her from the course meant she was no longer being taught to students as an example of a successful online creator all because she was an adult women with normal adult women needs. I completely understand her anger since this was an absolute insult on all she's worked for since she 100% deserved to be taught as a successful creator.

[@manouka]

I also found it interesting that she said they never asked or told her this was gonna happen lol

[@fionaWhatever]

i think the thing that made me watch them all so religiously was just that it was like a weird, parasocial virtual friendgroup for me lol. Now that i am older and look back at it, i am just stunned by how....boring and bland everyone of them really is. Sorry not sorry but besides Louise, they're all just the most regular people you can think of.

[@Qabim]

THEY REALLY WERE SO BLAND! like I watched them once when I was 10 and even I thought they were the equivalent of unseasoned Drain water.

[@oomay1925]

Back then there were only so many large youtubers and I watched anyone that was a fairly big and everyone were chummy with each other so you'd feel inclined to watch everyone that were in the same circle 😅

[@Octobris]

Louise 💜 honestly the only person from that crew I still follow and occasionally watch (apart from Phil Dan who I don't really count as members of that crew.)

[@Afternoonsun-c9y]

I am stunned as to how ppl are just finding out that now. I would only watch this brit crew when they would collaborate with troye, Tyler Oakley, Connor franta, Joe sugg and Casper- these are watchable even today. On their own the brot crew was soo bland.

[@ToniCarrington]

overhyped whiteness

[@Reem.H.A]

“To have malice, there needs to be thought” I actually laughed out loud 🤣

[@xglosis]

“You cannot blame him for what he is not capable of” had me cackling 😂

[@camouflagedreality8006]

Joe has kind of blown up again after his stint on Strictly Come Dancing, which personally got me back into watching his content. He also ended up dating his professional dance partner Dianne and wow they are so cute I love them both. I think they've been together for like 3+ years now. They're currently in Australia visiting her family and both of them have been vlogging.

[@eleanor9878]

For anyone who doesn’t know strictly come dancing is the uk (and the original) version dancing with the stars

[@kittyfairy662]

tanya and jims relationship always seemed a bit odd to me, but the fact that tanya cheated on him and then the whole internet accussed and harassed jim saying he was the one who cheated and tanya didnt even say he didnt is just rude. jim is a better person than me, i would have said tanya cheated LMAO

[@lauras5359]

Looking at Tanya now and how she’s changed, arguably for the worse, I’m not surprised that she cheated. I used to Love her and her relatability but now I’m not a fan. The only one I still like is Zoe and Joe

[@sullivanmoores9264]

Colleen and Josh who💀

[@SmileyMikee]

I think the reason the reaction to the 'one pound challenge' was so harsh was because it was supposed to be about educating people about poverty. If I remember right it was connected to a charity that helped people living on/below the poverty line i.e. £1 a day was the amount the government aid people living in poverty in the UK had. The point was to show people how hard and unhealthy it is for people to live like that. Then to have someone like Alfie completely ignore that to treat it like a quirky KZbin challenge insulted a lot of people. Also these are the safer group of british KZbinrs. There's a whole cesspool of British KZbinrs around this time.

[@OrangeJuice1]

Right, I think the reaction stemmed from the fact that his idea of this 'challenge' came from his privileged mindset. Writing off a privileged pov as just 'someone who's ignorant' doesn't address being privileged or its implications on under-privileged groups.

[@mylittlepeonies8693]

@@OrangeJuice1it’s politicians, who are out of touch on a whole other level, who are affecting people negatively, not youtubers/ celebrities. Alfie made an absolute fool of himself but that was about it

[@blacktigers98]

I still watch Dan and Phil esp since the revival of their gaming channel I’m glad they weren’t as close with the rest of this group, being introverts who had each other and didn’t need the spotlight like that I’m glad they’re both seemingly doing well mentally to be back to posting regularly ❤

[@riyaisnotokay]

The dan and phil renaissance is literally keeping me sane rn

[@libbystorer9399]

I would argue that actually Joe Sugg is doing the best out of the brit crew now! I guess you can't really tell this if you're just looking at his youtube channel but he took part in Strictly Come Dancing (british Dancing with the Stars) in 2018 and made it all the way to the final with a pretty good shot at winning. He was very popular, becoming the darling of all of the mothers and grandmas who watched the show whilst also having the support of the younger people who knew him from youtube. Now he is the BBC's go to 'young relatable person' and often pops up as a guest on charity events and in minor presenting roles. He also started dating his dance partner Diane who was somewhat of a celeb in her own right from Strictly. The two have a channel together now and make couples content I believe. In my opinion, he has completely eclipsed his sister in terms of popularity. Ask a lot of (older) british people and they will know him without ever having heard of Zoella. He is basically the only youtube personality in the UK who has 'made it' in traditional broadcasting

[@jedan1539]

good for him he was always my favorite!

[@aquafinner1505]

i still remember him passing out in the great british bake off 😭 it was everywhere

[@ShivaaShukla29]

agreed 100% he also seems the most genuine.

[@ToniCarrington]

Didn’t he make a white sup hand signal on that show?

[@the-berries-and-cream-dude]

I think he was able to stand out because he actually is an entertaining person. Everyone from the Brit crew were sooo bland, they just happened to get famous at the right time. And even if Joe did partake in the blandness he also was able to be entertaining on his own. It also help that he never got into any big controversy and was able to transition into the tv media at around the time the Brit crew was losing their spark.

[@Aster_Risk]

"Very expensive Vaseline for white people." That killed me.

[@kit4250]

Anyone remember the other side of British KZbin with charlieissocoollike, nerimon, tommilsom, eddplant, littleradge, crabstickz etc and how terribly that ended? I wonder how many other people had super intense parasocial relationships with them in middle school/high school.

[@whosindee]

i dream of a crabstickz revival every night

[@margaretelford8309]

How did it end? I guess I stopped watching before everything crashed and burned lol

[@juliac6256]

i loooooved crabstickz lol

[@TheGirlInGeekGlasses]

@@margaretelford8309 Many of them (nerimon, tommilsom, eddplant) were accused of sexual abuse and harassment

[@SamWest96]

Yeah, I remember waking up randomly a few hours after the news broke and my dad coming down to me sobbing. My dad has been telling me for about 3 years that Alex Day was a predator and he never let me get tickets to anything he did. I always felt so sad for Charlie

[@abbix7034]

As an English girl Casper and Joe definitely got a lot more popular after the Brit crew fell. When they started living with Conor and Jack Maynard that was peek!

[@sundanceekid8]

Yess, and also the 4 of them plus Ollie white would colaborate

[@aakritijha7188]

Oh my god yeah the videos in that house...yup

[@Afternoonsun-c9y]

For me their peak was 2013-2016. I liked when Joe and Casper were roommates and they'd do their pranks. Even Ollie insults were gold

[@elizabethbeckz55]

I did Zoella for my media studies in GCSE about three years ago, and honestly it was quite fun. So sad it got cut for literally no reason because all it was talking about was her media presence not even like anything in detail like her blog.

[@eek1455]

youre so funny and you deserve all the success that’s gonna come to ur channel ! im really glad i discovered your content (i also love hearing about people i know nothing about)

[@eojeras]

100%%% agree home girl is gonna be a STAR praying on her being up next frfr on g🙏

[@LaLemonie]

My favourite moment of Alfie's one pound challenge was when he said that if he was living in Czech republic this would've been easier bc apparently we are 3rd world country to him. 😆 Lot of ppl were genuinely offended but to me his ignorance was so incredibly comical. 😆

[@katjau_]

My god! 😬

[@sioneus]

bet 10€ he mixed up Czech republic and Dominican Republic

[@monikavec]

lmaooo to si ani nepamatuju 😆😆

[@l5468]

Ummmm COŽE řekl? 🤣🤣 No way

[@ayangyi]

to jako fakt loll

[@maisiekellyreid4168]

the sex toy school thing - it actually wasn't just one school it was a national exam board, so even worse of them lol

[@jordanjones51]

was literally about to say this. was flabbergasted she said the entire GCSE exam board was a random school

[@iknownothing8829]

“She had childhood trauma, so you know she’s the funny one.” Lol

[@Octobris]

Omg pls (also this statement checks out and I'm saying this with love)

[@loladgomez]

The “I am not a Tory” bit is still so iconic, I reference it all the time to my friends lmao

[@tzuiyaa]

these kinda videos are honestly fascinating to me bc i stopped following these ppl after like 2014 and it's interesting to see where they are now.... another group i would love to see a deep dive for is our2ndlife tbh

[@Pixieaugustgirl11]

omg yes o2l

[@noellebrown576]

Not only for this group, but I feel like the whole of youtube shifted in 2016 and I can talk about this 24/7

[@expensivepink7]

Agree! I also think there was a shift around 2019/early 2020. Less KZbinrs post on their “real” channels since then. Lots of them moving to podcasting channels instead. Something I’ve noticed!!

[@trishgoud17]

KATE MOSS RIMMEL 107 bringing out a memory I forgot I had.

[@Rhaifha]

My biggest issue with all those British influencers is that all of them lost their relatability as they grew richer and richer. Especially when they were continuing to try to be relatable, while also being completely out of touch with how most people live. I had the same issue with FleurdeForce and some other unrelated youtubers from the era. I think I unsubscribed to most of them before a christmas when they were suggesting christmas gifts I could never ever afford.

[@MultiEquations]

Fleur did that weird thing where she lied about taking her family on a vacation to Dubai during the height of the omicron variant.

[@TheGirlInGeekGlasses]

I never quite understood why FleurDeForce was so rich, until I found out that her husband Mike is the co-owner of a massive car sales business in the UK!

[@LydiaCalder94]

I liked them peak depression and tbh it was nice getting 5 hours of basically the same content where the creators foster a weird blend of fan/friend

[@sioparr]

The Marcus & Niomi slander _chefs kiss_ On a binge of all your content, you toe the line perfectly in never going too far but saying what we’re all thinking, or at least should be

[@Nowaynoway50]

Being in my mid twenties now , I look at these people in a completely different way. At the same time I must admit that little 16 year old me felt like these people were my family ( as sad and concerning as that may sound) . I was lonely , shy and incredibly insecure and their videos made me feel like I was their friend. I won’t ever be able to watch their content in the same way as when I was 16 . Regardless of some of their shit personalities, I’m forever grateful to these people for making me feel happy and at ease at the time. They truly meant so much to me.

[@ysnc12]

It really was the parasocial relationship for me lmaooo

[@Purrfectlypinkkitty]

Don’t think I could’ve been into them at age 16 I was into them when I was like 12/ 13 haha

[@Nowaynoway50]

@@Purrfectlypinkkitty where did i ask

[@Lisa-re9gw]

The thing about Marcus Butler is that he also kind of found a new audience through his girlfriend. Him and Stefanie Giesinger have been dating for a few years now. She won Germanys next Topmodel a few years back and through that became a major influencer in the german scene, she also still models. I think they also started a fashion brand together? Yeah, so these days I think he is mostly just living out his dreamlife as her armcandy 😂 It‘s just so funny to me that that is never really brought up in these kind of videos bc nobody outside of germany really knows Stefanie

[@missbatson11]

Omg these KZbinrs were an ERA I used to watch all of their videos religiously! Like once a year I still go check their socials and see what they are up to. I always loved Louise because she was open with her struggles and gave good advice! Love your videos!

[@PerriwinklePadfoot]

New subscriber, loving your channel so far! You gotta talk about the artsy British film/theatre/music people too. Carrie hope fletcher, Alex day, Charlieissocoollike, Benjamin Cook, Jack and Dean, Bertie Gilbert, Sammy paul, kickthepj, crabstix, hazel Hayes, dodie, Daniel j Layton, Hannah Whitton, Orla Gartland, Lucy Moon, Savannah brown, etc. they were all adjacent to Louise Pentland and Dan and Phil and there is so much crazy interweaving history between them all.

[@lailedcat]

I know she has lived in London for ages and is associated with a bunch of uk people but it hurts my tiny Irish soul to hear Orla Gartland referred to as British haha Also oof remembering when a subsection of KZbin kind of fell apart back in 2014 or so, after some of folks turned out to be - to varying degrees - not very good people. I always liked Charlie best though and it’s been so good seeing her latest stuff!

[@ThatCrazyBookWyrm]

Don't forget Tomska! This was the side of British (and American) KZbin that I watched religiously as a teen (and I still follow a lot of them!) I actually got to meet Charlie in person at Nerdcon: Nerdfighteria in 2017, she was very sweet and very shy. It's still crazy to me that I got to meet the very first KZbinr I ever subscribed to; I'm so happy that she's still doing well and is living as her authentic self 💖

[@espifreak]

I always associated Brit KZbinrs with Dodie and her friends. Jack & Dean, Sam, Evan Edinger, Dan Layton, Hannah Witton, that Irish one that did drunk interviews with celebrities, and every now and then Irish Melanie Murphy would get in the mix. There was the odd American musician that Dodie collabed with, and some overlap with the crew mentioned in this video.

[@adeponol]

melanie murphy is my cousin lmao

[@lisa_vxng]

Hazel is weirdly one of the only people out of that group whose content I still follow :D (the drunk Irish one) but yea that group is kinda the second gen Britcrew? except for their collabs with tomska, who's been on here so long he qualifies as an og

[@pinkestpeaches6302]

I think the American you’re thinking of if Jon Cozart, or PAINT

[@lewlavabra6811]

i followed both "groups" at different times and have to admit the ones you mentioned have in my opinion released more consistently interesting and just quality content than the ones mentioned in the video. except maybe louise pentland, she's pretty cool. although my favorite brits, the ones i'm still subscribed to, are dan&phil, tomska and kickthepj :)

[@merrymermaid]

HIGHLY recommend ‘some lovely boardgames’ if you’re at all familiar with this friend group, even if you’re not! they’re so, so hilarious and always make me smile

[@rosvokisu]

honestly jim chapman was kind of an accidental trans ally, i learned many things from his videos as a baby trans boy and they were a legit source of gender euphoria for me

[@ysnc12]

Wait did I miss something? Could someone fill me in on this? What did he do?

[@ossswin]

this is so sweet though

[@SamWest96]

@@ysnc12 his men's grooming content, despite having a pretty much entirely female audience

[@onygma]

Same! It’s so funny I haven’t thought abt him in maybe 6(?) years but this video me reminded me that he was the one that taught me how to shave properly

[@bethanyhellwig5720]

“Naomi Smart… the least likely to get vaccinated” THE WAY I CACKLED

[@mrscoffeebeanqueen]

I was in my early to mid 20's when they blew up and I really only followed Zoe, Louise and Joe. To my surprise the only one I still follow is Joe. He's grown into a 30 yo Grandpa who's obsessed with his garden and searching for stuff with his metal detector 😆 I'm also grateful he found Dianne because I would have never heard of her otherwise and she's become one of my favorite humans.

[@rkkwc]

i have no stake in this i did not watch any of these people but the idea of a currently pretty normal woman’s instagram comments being flooded with “WHERE’S THE HOUND” is extremely funny

[@LunaBeth97]

Man this takes me back😂 I've shared this with my best friend who I found out ran a Tumblr fan page for these guys (bust mostly jack and Finn). I do miss the cohesiveness of the UK KZbinrs as it was really easy to find/ watch KZbinrs based in the UK because they all collabed but the content wouldn't really hold up today😭

[@ashrosa860]

Honestly got nothing against the part of Alfie's apology video shown here, feeling embarrassed by people thinking you're a conservative is probably a good thing 😂

[@kaemincha]

the way that Joe Sugg is like legit famous now is absolutely bonkers

[@lauramarie3605]

He’s done so well for himself, yet he stayed so humble!

[@Simplebadger27]

The only people I watched regularly were Louise and Zoe because I was already in college when they were really popular so most of the people in the group didn’t appeal to me since I was older. Of course I tuned in to everyone else though on occasion because they were so prevalent. I also still like Zoe’s vlogmas videos. All the scandals are really funny to me now considering how awful other influencers are. Alfie’s “I’m not a Torie” is the funniest youtuber apology I think I’ve ever heard. The whole video all I could say was “bless their heart”

[@ashleynorton]

Alfie tried his best 😅

[@frith.calluna]

"Where's the hound?" The way I WHEEZED at this.

[@the-berries-and-cream-dude]

I feel that if Zoe hadn’t gotten together with Alfie, she could’ve been like a Jenna Marbles UK edition. They always gave me the same sister-vibes but Jenna was able to grow and mature with Julien and because of that, her channel changed but it felt so natural and genuine and in line with her personality that she was able to keep and expand her audience. I feel Alfie kinda kept Zoe on the immature side plus all the controversies they were involved in, it kinda stunted her growth.

[@jf5419]

In all honestly though, I miss 2010's youtube, it was such a fun and happy little escape from the world.

[@Kdkdleeme]

0:04 the pain in your eyes after you did that. I am actually deceased from an extreme case of laughter.

[@georgia8592]

Zoella's Boots advent calenders were a damn scandal £50 for £5.00 worth of stuff I've never forgiven her 🤣🤣🤣

[@boojersey13]

Oh man the excavation of my memory seeing Louise... she's the only one I genuinely forgot about that I ever learned about. Also omfg why is this the first time I've genuinely heard the meaning of tory because I never once cared enough to figure it out LOL

[@nbcali3390]

My favorite was Louise’s offshoot friendship with Jack Howard and then that whole group. They were the less popular Brit crew but honestly way more interesting. Louise and Jack’s repartee was unparalleled. They also had a falling out at some point for some reason and a part of my adolescence died with it.

[@ashleynorton]

Louise and Dan Howell was also a top tier combo

[@Louisepentland]

We're very good friends again now, have been since 2020. Hope you can be revived

[@Louisepentland]

@@ashleynorton Agreed ;) xxx

[@anna6712]

do you think it's still a thing in youtube culture for ppl to group up and vlog as friends bc they work with the same management? like remember emma chamberlain being part of the dote girlies for example. i don't know if it's still happening bc i watch quite different videos now lol. love your channel and i know you're going to get big soon :-)

[@Steph568]

Damn, they were all so insufferable.

[@Forest_Thing]

Louise started hanging out more with the "alternative brits crew" as I used to call them and I remember people constantly asking if she replaced her friends and for whatever reason if she hates Tanya but I legit don't know why

[@CosmosCompletion]

I remember this! Louise just trying to meet new people and everyone was going nuts over it.

[@xglosis]

Ooo when she made that video about the fancy dinner with Dan Howell!! This is all bringing back soooo many memories

[@bigasspockets]

You somehow have managed to make deep dives into all of these different people that my brain will periodically remember and I am so grateful because I can listen to you coherently tell a story instead of spending like 4 hours reading different wikis. Thank you! I can’t wait to watch your other videos you are really entertaining!

[@mina3625]

tory is slang for the conservative party and although i guess their equivalent in america would be republican, they are much less far right.

[@Gingersnaps1978]

I’m pretty old, so I don’t actually know any of these people. I was young before the internet was a central part of life like it is now. I really appreciate how you cover these incredibly specific things from internet culture that would have no contact with otherwise. It’s fascinating and so entertaining. Love your channel💛

[@somecanadiangirl1]

The England obsession at the time with the teenage girl demographic went CRAZY. One Direction was the biggest music group or you had bands like The 1975 and Arctic Monkeys if you were “cool and alternative.” For the “nerdy girls” they were watching Doctor Who and Sherlock. Every type of teenage girl was in a chokehold.

[@HannahKalis]

Can you please do a deep dive on troyler

[@2012banksnb]

Yesss

[@sparkle6772]

oh man this era was a trip

[@shelbymiller894]

goose suddenly appearing at 22:24 is making me laugh so hard

[@andiieduaarte09]

I still comfort watch Zoellas 2012/2013 vlogs...

[@jessica23claire]

Saaaaaame, it’s just nice mindless background content

[@ggforde19]

i can’t believe i forgot about the “I am not a Tory” video 😭😭😭😭😭😭 thank u for blessing us with this vid Ashley

[@_Prudence_]

Kinda grossed out that they're immediately using their child for content tbh

[@jl5749]

how dare you not mention Joe on bakeoff😭😂

[@ashleynorton]

Joe’s been a busy man

[@Octobris]

The fainting

[@LittleFishy219]

Holy cow, I watched your Acacia video and didn’t realize you had less than 1k subs. You’re awesome! Subbing now, you deserve it.

[@EF-kk3vh]

29:05 ok… no pressure but I’d love a vid abt what happened to tobuscus just to validate that he actually existed and I didn’t dream the whole thing lmaoo

[@ashleynorton]

Quinton Reviews has already said everything I would say. A fever dream from start to finish

[@nem-kz3mk]

Zoe just flew too close to the sun. That calender thing was a big deal and stopped her being that relatable big sister.

[@bianchka]

I honestly miss the old days on KZbin so much. I don’t know if it’s nostalgia or where today’s content has gone but I do miss it regardless.

[@b_r_a_n]

i really love zoe, especially now she's become a mum i'm lowkey upset how close Zoe and Louise are no longer that close anymore

[@esme_6369]

aqa (a gcse exam board) was who dropped zoella from the media studies gcse, i took gcse media and her brand used to be studied for the online section but now they do marcus rashford/kim kardashian instead lmao

[@firuis1]

i studied zoella for my eduqas alevel media studies course! but that was around 2020. was very jarring watching vlogs in class lol

[@emmelinesprig489]

wait. what?! Lol they removed Zoe for having a blog post about sex toys, but include Kim K who became famous because of a sex tape?!… logic lol

[@emmelinesprig489]

wait. what?! Lol they removed Zoe for having a blog post about sex toys, but include Kim K who became famous because of a sex tape?!… logic lol

[@emmelinesprig489]

wait. what?! Lol they removed Zoe for having a blog post about sex toys, but include Kim K who became famous because of a sex tape?!… logic lol

[@emmelinesprig489]

wait. what?! Lol they removed Zoe for having a blog post about adult toys, but include Kim K who became famous because of an adult video?!… logic lol

[@fandomity239]

Tyler Oakley, Conor Franta, Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart, Mamrie Hart. The Americans of the time (also Troye Sivan)

[@Sophie_Cleverly]

Zoella is from the village that most of my family are from and my Nan refers to her as "that girl from down the cottages who does makeup" 😆

[@MiniMeags]

I love your content but saying Naomi was part of the group more than the non American members (Tyler and Connor) is like …. No. Lol. I had to be reminded who Naomi was that’s how irrelevant she was

[@lisa_vxng]

this brought back so many memories and now I feel kinda up to date with all of them because I never really kept up with any of their content after 2017ish (except for getting back into Joe's stuff when he came on Strictly? dont even ask) so thanks for the explanations!

[@bohemelavie1]

Same, I also got back into him specifically during strictly, just did a google and discovered he and Dianne are still together and honestly, I thought that was a PR relationship so was surprised 😮

[@mariaduarte8272]

Do one about Dodie & co., which were also brit-crew adjacent¡! And also would looove one about Alex day and Carrie Hope Fletcher

[@emilythompson1484]

For some reason I don't remember Naomi Smart at all... Anyone else

[@alltimecharlotte]

"WHERE'S THE HOUND?" gets me every time

[@itsjustmesam26]

me in the first half of your video: wow ashley is really well-spoken and makes some great points about youtube culture me in the second half of your video: let your doggo out!!!

[@aakritijha7188]

Joe has always been my favourite tbh, i always thought he was the funniest and had some actual talent in terms of like idk voice acting and stuff like that...i just, in liked his videos the most and he's still doing pretty well for himself so, thats cool

[@leeneedsfriends6750]

your videos are so well-made and you're incredibly likeable- when you're channel hits 100k in like 6 months (which it better bc otherwise i will have to yell at someone) i can say i was one of the ogs ;)

[@ashleynorton]

Thank you 🥲

[@reedvistaunet3493]

You are soooo funny and your videos are fucking awesome! You have such a natural delivery. You’re totally going to go places

[@ashleynorton]

Thank you!! 🥺

[@Natalie-hg3gh]

I don't watch regularly but every once in a while I'll binge Louise's videos. Her energy is the best and I love seeing her adventures

[@TayePurks]

Pretty sure O2L existed before these scallywags

[@jessica23claire]

NOT RIMMEL KATE MOSS 107 IM 💀and yes. I did buy that lipstick 😅 Edit: good for Zoella for defending the vibrator post!

[@junpi8562]

I unsubbed from Louise after she had a meltdown because her second ghost-written novel only went in at number 2 on the Times best-seller list and not number 1 like the first. Is it that hard to just smile and take the free money?

[@rebeccastevens7522]

Thought I'd awnser "what's that dude doing now" from the start... VeeOneEye was more part of the group with Emma Blackery, Lukeisnotsexy, Dodie, Evan Evanger, MusicalBethan etc rather than the Zoella crew. But part of the British KZbinr blowup none the less. All existed in the same sphere but were slightly different (imagine like a giant school with different cliques, so you all know your classmates but have separate friend groups). He (like Alex Day) decided to abuse his power by getting with young fans (won't go into detail here) He is now a heavy drug using crazy guy who essentially has become a hippie, off the grid "shrooms are life, the government are lizards and capitalism is doom" etc and essentially tried to leave behind all his past despite still giving off major vibes.

[@itsjusteddie7384]

5:40 Those cookbooks were SOOO popular at the library I used to work at. Midwestern middle aged moms really loved them

[@hanar965]

Not the GCSE board being called a ‘random British school’ 💀💀

[@FileCode1459]

tbh i'm glad that the standards for content on youtube have evolved past only vlogs and stuff, my parasocial relationships with some of those ppl was out of control and while it was probably at least a bit harmful for the audience, it could be so much more harmful for the creators (yeah i'm talking about dan and phil i used to be a demon okay i admit). meanwhile commentary youtubers have way better boundaries set between them and their audience, even though i believe the parasocial feel is part of the nature of the field, it seems much more healthy for both parts with commentary channels (at least from what i see nowadays, though i'm way past 15 at this point so maybe i'm just not in the loop anymore)

[@AmandaMiller-bn1vv]

Personally, I think Louise and Zoe just grew apart. Louise is older than Zoe and had a baby and just had nothing in common

[@ashleynorton]

Yeah that happens! It doesn’t need to be a big fight

[@theamelia4580]

this video randomly popped up on my feed & i have to say i’m lowkey obsessed w your content :) about to binge all your videos while writing my dissertation

[@lii8406]

i thought your channel must have hundreds of thousands of subscribers, this video was so in-depth and interesting. looking forward to seeing more content from you! :-)

[@ashleynorton]

Thank you!! 🥺

[@HanasRoom]

KickthePJ and Dan and Phil were my British YT. Sometimes Mazzie Maz, but idk Sam Pepper has ALWAYS been cringe… but Maz and Casper content was funny. Or I think it was… it probably has not aged well because this group of people were just popularity loving kids.

[@waikeekee3831]

You are hilarious, love the dead pan humour 😂 subbing!

[@lucybw]

I stopped watching most of them after the collab boom of 2013-2014 but I still go through phases of watching Zoe and Alfie. I don't think they are very good at handling controversy and they are both a bit airheaded so I get why they turn people off, but for me it's still my comfort content. I was really happy when they announced the pregnancy just because I know how much Zoe has always wanted to be a mom, and it seems like that really is her main focus these days - with a sprinkling of videos here and there just to share pieces of her life when she has the time.

[@arim7181]

I have been wanting to see a video like this for so long having been absolutely obsessed with the crew in my teenage years and I'm glad I found it ! Your delivery and humor are perfect I could listen for hours, thank you !!

[@LoraK31]

The white guy with dreads you were talking about is still out there doing travel content with his wife (the channel's called Raya and Louis)! They moved to a treehouse in Costa Rica.

[@leiloca96]

tbh a lot of the craze surrounding them was also about how mediocre generic white people doing not much but looking good (and by good i mean fitting eurocentric beauty standards) were the height of entertainment in the popular taste in the early 2010's, and that has changed a considerable amount since then - and i say this as someone who watched their videos a lot at the time lol

[@ashleynorton]

Agreed

[@KikiTheHobbit]

WHY did we like these people?!

[@miminaomi9844]

I really only watched Joe and Caspar and they were honestly quite funny together and Joe was quite a talented singer and did some pretty good character impressions on his youtube channel too if I remember correctly. The others were so boring I really don't understand how people could sit through their videos.

[@KathleenIllustrated]

"it's not looking good for martha" 😩😩😩

[@actuallyitsash1411]

Justice for Martha y'all 😭

[@96delorean]

you said what i always thought about marcus butler lol...also even tho i don't even know what went on with them it just annoys me like hell that niomi was pretty from the start and he was ugly and upgraded after a while with niomi and that after all he was with a beautiful model that he would never have the chance to be with if it wasn't for niomi's improvements... lol i know this was in too deep it just SPARKLED my traumas

[@96delorean]

@loveutill theendoftimes me toooo lmaooo i found him too boring but watched to get more content of the others

[@marwak7581]

marcus butler also appeared in one episode of germany's next topmodel last year! he and his girlfriend stefanie giesinger were guest coaches bc steffi actually won the contest in 2014 and is a successful model now. anyway that was a blast from the past lol, and i didn't even watch many brit crew videos at the time! very weird to see him on german tv

[@EMMASAUDIOS]

all of 'em except dan and phil fell off