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sWooZie gets the flowers he deserves, here and now, for creating the storytime animation format that has become integral to animation on KZbin.
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[@itsalexclark]

SWooZie will forever be an inspiring legend and he’s so humble to boot.

[@tamago2474]

omg this was SO GOOD! When I was 12 years old I messaged sWooZie on Facebook with an animation I made and asked for his thoughts, having been incredibly inspired by him as a creator. I never expected it, but he not only responded, he encouraged me too saying if he could make something like that when he was 12 - who knows where he'd be now. That message stuck with me for a long time (I'm 24 now). To be encouraged by my favourite KZbinr meant the world to me and hearing in this video that he didn't get as much encouragement as he needed is a sign that he wanted to do for others what wasn't done enough for him. Adande absolutely deserves his flowers and I'm very appreciative that KZbin put this together - it honours not just him, but all the people who have been deeply touched by his work over the years. Thank you ❤

[@YouTube]

it's touching to hear how that message has still stuck with you, and look where you are now!

[@swoozie]

Joining KZbin is hands down one of the best decisions I've made in my life! Zero regrets. I've made connections with subscribers, Google/KZbin staff and creators in the community that I look up to. If you're on the fence about creating, consider what I would've missed out on if I never started posting videos and the same could be applied to you. Every community is here and brewing with opportunity and like I mentioned in this (AMAZING) doc, your creativity is your only limitation! Just do it!

[@TARdee]

I love u swoozie

[@lilcherry444]

i’ve been watching you for 12 years! love your content ❤ thank you for being you!

[@CaptainphoenixofficialYT]

17 years and bro made it. Congrats Swoozie! Bask in that struggle to get here.

[@PaperMario64]

We love ya, Swoozie. Glad you’re getting your 💐❤️.

[@PaperMario64]

We love ya, Swoozie. Glad you’re getting your 💐❤️.

[@wavyjuicehq]

sWooZie is the grand father, the blue print and agent zero all at once, it is so rewarding to see him get the recognition he deserves

[@YouTube]

couldn't have said it better myself!

[@JawbreakerJuice]

i remember watching my first swoozie video and being like, i’m gonna do that one day. big inspiration. GOAT 🐐🐐

[@MichaelWarbux]

This was GREAT. I've been a big fan of Swoozie for YEARS. He deserves all of his flowers. I've seen him stand for hours meeting fans at VidCon when he didn't even have an official meet & greet. He's loyal to all his fans and friends and most importantly, he's made a huge impact on this platform. He's always been a "KZbin Hero" of mine and I wish him continued success. This video is exactly what I needed to see today.

[@earnestp]

I SAW HIM DO THAT, TOO!

[@YouTube]

love to hear how he cares about the community!

[@Kaidez]

Swoozie has been on the platform since the start, he is what being a KZbinr should be!

[@angrybirdsking123]

I'm a grown ass man but watching this made me shed a tear. Seeing swoozie succeed is such a good feeling, this man taught me so much when I was younger. I see swoozie as that distant brother that is always there no matter what. Living my best life with this man's wisdom and knowledge guiding me every step of the way. Going into my nursing program and gonna be saving lives and you can thank swoozie for guiding me through the years. CONGRATULATIONS KING🌹

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

Man, this guy was my hero, literally dragged me through college. His content was all the smiles I needed to keep pushing through so for me, he's a legend. Always got time for Swoozie.

[@YouTube]

it's great to hear that you pushed through, i always have time for Swoozie too!

[@jj021593]

He deserves all the flowers! 😊

[@swoozie]

My fav is here! Love u boo! Thanks for checking out the doc!

[@YouTube]

one of the 🐐 creators for sure

[@SabrinaSkyline]

As a Trinidadian-American and a gamer, I love swoozie and have been following him for so many years. He's been inspiring and a great role model. Big up Swoozie ☺️🖤🌸 I hope these future generations of West Indian parents are more encouraging and supporting of their children.

[@lupiniiistrike7896]

I wasn’t expecting to see Swoozie getting his flowers. I love this

[@user-cp7yv9vi9l]

Swoozie has earned the title: Animation King ✊🏾

[@inuyashaluver58]

Seeing Swoozie cry just broke my heart. I just want to come through the screen and give him the BIGGEST hug and let him know, “Everything is going to be alright. Everything is in God’s planning and you’re going to be SOOO blessed!” You, Swoozie, ARE the reason animated storytelling exists on KZbin. You were the 1st person I saw on KZbin and watched religiously; “Kiss and Tell”, “2 Girls, 1 Ice” (the OG video), “Kissing a KZbinr” (the OG video), “My First Kiss” (the OG video w/ Futurama playing in the background). You were placed here at the right place at the right time. You paved the way for SO many others, so they had a chance to show what they can do. To show that animated storytelling is an art form and therapy at the same time. God had His plans for you, Swoozie 😊 He knew exactly what you wanted and blessed you tenfold! You work SO hard and all of this is nothing but blessings! Know your worth 🙏🏽 and take the time to care for yourself; mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually 💙 Forever a homey of The Swoozie ✊🏽

[@zaidgallegos121]

This really showed a deeper and different side of Swoozie he deserves everything he has earned !

[@YouTube]

im glad you liked the look at the man behind the drawings!

[@JesseJokes]

This documentary is actually helping out a lot cus I’m currently making a school presentation about swoozie

[@DjXavier189]

The first guy to create yt animation

[@StanleyAnimations]

Definitely deserves his flowers genuinely wouldn’t be where I am without watching his videos when I was 13,14 years old all the way until now. Sometimes the community feels distant but he’s right it’s never a competition and always just being in love with what we make. My goat🫡 congratulations on your success I hope to start being as impactful in peoples lives as you were in mine 😤

[@PlanetAfterlife]

Been watching Swoozie for over 10 years now! His content has never fell off in quality. Truly a GOAT of youtube.

[@celestehernandez2000]

Swoozie is my CHILDHOOD!! He definitely deserves all the credit for the amazing videos he makes.

[@YouTube]

gotta give credit where credit is due!

[@tashley242000]

🇹🇹❤🇹🇹 Congratulations!!! I'm so proud of you!!!

[@darkrepulsor1204]

What a story. Truly, Swoozie is an inspiration to us all.

[@TheGamerAtticus]

Swoozie is one of the goats of KZbin. Bro was a pioneer in KZbin animation and deserves all the respect in the world.

[@stewboy69]

This guy deserves more credit than the most popular subbed animation storytime channels because he's the original inventor of a whole entire genre on KZbin. He comforted and influenced a whole generation.

[@vaw2188]

Didn't expect to watch this whole video but the storytelling was truly captivating. Kudos to the series creators and for sWooZie for all they've done! As a fellow Trini it's great to see you killing it and inspiring a generation

[@ChillWil]

Swoozie inspired me to start doing animation on KZbin ❤

[@BRADYLIV]

this man was a huge impact on my life seeing him cry hits deep, bro made my days better growing up

[@vrsa6857]

thank you for being there for myself, my family, and everyone in the community all these years. 🙏🏽

[@GabbyTeAma]

Ahhh I love this! I've swatched Swoozie since the beginning and one of the coolest parts of my childhood was growing up with these animations. When all my cousins were together we would sit around and watch swoozie videos and laugh our butts off. Then I grew up and became a teacher and I would play the cheating series for my students when teaching them about my classroom expectations. We would all laugh but learn so much and create core memories in the process. Swoozie deserves every single one of his flowers. Awesome drawings, awesome storytelling, awesome guy!

[@YouTube]

this story is so wholesome, love that swoozie helped create so many core memories for you 🥹

[@iiNDiie1]

From a “disappointment” to an inspiration. Love Swoozie! Addicted to his videos and I’m so glad to hear of the background story to such an amazing creator.

[@rice9304]

I needed that inspiration.. Thank you

[@TaiAnimations]

a true pioneer. thank you for paving the way my friend.

[@freshtodeath88]

yooooooooo I didn’t even realize that Swoozie was that big of deal. I just really love his channel. Dang!!! This is amazing. Thanks for highlighting him KZbin

[@LeoLynxAndTiger]

I'm so proud of you doing videos like this keep it up with the good work my friends

[@antawn808]

One of the coolest and most genuine humans I've met. Celeb or not, he deserved his flowers, much respect 🤙

[@AlexToonsAnimation]

Swoozie is definitely a pioneer in story time animation. Truly inspiring man.

[@SuperMustache555]

This is such a beautiful tribute. Well done, KZbin

[@TYfariguy]

An *Orlando LEGEND* much love the OG Swoozie 🫡💐

[@KingTheodore100]

I've been a fan of Swoozie since I was 12 and he's a big reason why I started youtube myself. Swoozie will forever be the greatest youtuber of all time

[@nate_nwb_3vb767]

swoozies is the reason why I work at Disney Land. he's really the GOAT of yt animations and on mount rushmore for best KZbinrs all time and one of the only ogs of yt that still constantly upload today

[@honeybunbunnygacharblx3989]

Love it youtube ! Keep ur app going ❤

[@vikkismith7497]

Always follow your passion. Dreams do come true.

[@dianac9651]

Been a Fan of his for the longest time. He is absolutely amazing and talented. Loved this video, very inspirational ❤

[@swoozie]

tysm for the kind words and encouragement!

[@ritabroils6190]

Wow, I am impressed. You are the man, the benchmark! Well done and keep pressing forward!

[@AG-ck7lt]

This man deserves all the love and respect and support. He’s truly inspiring ✨✨ it’s so cool to watch him come so far and it’s only onwards and upward from here ✨✨

[@Smittie69]

Yessss!!! I’m so with this!!! My dude!!! Well deserved flowers! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@LitBlood]

As a black animation content creator swoozie was a major inspiration. This documentary really takes me back to when he first was able to give me that spark of motivation and inspiration to start animating.

[@deepaksagar8619]

Super

[@maacilofamily_for-channel-mama]

Wow the real story ❤❤ I love KZbin ❤❤

[@mastercoleroxbury]

This was amazing. I’ve watched Swoozie since I was a kid and still look out for new vids at 22! We’re all proud of you Adande!

[@prankar896]

Thanks youtube team🎉❤❤

[@Joe-ns4ek]

I was watching swoozie growing up. Glad to see bro and hear his voice again 😢

[@poppyperfect9167]

He’s an icon, he’s a legend, and he is the moment.

[@SherifaNakalema]

No one is like you! Thank you for the inspirstion!

[@Leemaid2010]

All I can say is Thank you Swoozie. And I'm so proud of you

[@xavierdarko8250]

Swoozie deserves this soo much. He doesn’t just represent animators. He represents black men who want to accomplish so much in this world. Black men who want to make their parents proud. I started watching Swoozie at 15. Im 25 now so his hard work paid off. I cried watching this because I feel so connected to his story. It inspires me and others to grind and do that they dream of in this life. Anything’s possible.

[@Beatriz422]

❤❤❤❤❤I love KZbin

[@sor3999]

13:15 All those channels eventually brought me to swoozie so that's correct. I didn't know at the time he popularized this kind of channel. I started with Domics and TheOdd1sOut or so and then KZbin was recommending all these other similar channels and I eventually got to swoozie.

[@FreshRichi]

Love this!!! S/O to the living legend, sWooZie!! 🔥🔥🔥 💐💐💐

[@PogieJoe]

Can't believe I've been following Swoozie for a dozen years now! So deserving of his success

[@jerry.cray..]

This took me back to those early days of KZbin of me tuning in to watch the next Swoozie story lol. So proud to see him celebrated and validated for his contribution🙏🏿❤️

[@alexanderr8435]

This is absolutely amazing, been watching his videos for so long and still always waiting for his new videos to drop

[@pinkbunnygirl43]

So awesome to see!

[@crystals4ever]

Wow, I'm tearing up 🥺

[@arlakauffman4015]

❤awesomeness wow ❤

[@terrellroberts_08]

So glad to see him get his flowers Been watching him for so long

[@Screw064]

Nah he deserves the credit fr bruh. I’m ngl Idk how long I been subbed but I can’t believe that I’m jus now finding out he made the animations himself💀💀💀

[@JFurse96]

For like 12 years now, without question, he’s been my favorite KZbinr

[@VictoriousSage]

Beautiful documentary! Happy that Swoozie got to become very successful!

[@nova_final5683]

Swoozie came into my life on KZbin when I was feeling lost and at my lowest and he inspired me to pick myself up and turn my negatives into positives. Swoozie's videos have gotten me so far from where I was, and it's what lead me into my career I have now. Thank you Swoozie for inspiring me to be better.

[@mikecole4489]

Swoozie you've always been my favorite KZbinr of all time thanks for inspiring homie!

[@ahMAad2]

What a legend✨

[@vacationvibesofficial]

I just love Adande, been rocking with him for the last 10 years. He is a creator that so many should look up to and take notes from. I was horrified to watch him cry, knowing that despite the success he later found in life, those core memories are still there and alive. More flowers for our unproblematic KZbin King!

[@jazmineabelard3397]

Watching this made very emotional as well as inspired. I have been a huge fan of swoozie since I was middle school, going home everyday after school to watch his videos. Now I am college senior, still watching his videos til this day. I am so glad he is finally getting his flowers. It has been long over due. He deserves the world and so much more 🫶🏾

[@hopehonesty4234]

No tea no shade but swoozie is one of my favorite KZbinrs on the platform

[@BethanyGala]

Been watching swoozie for over 10 years, love hearing his story 💙

[@AliciaaugustXD]

Swoozie is amazing! I’m so happy to have been following him for so many years, every time a new video of his pops up I get so happy!

[@caitlinmosley5956]

Swoozie deserves all his flowers!

[@joshupton]

Love this!! So well done.

[@swoozie]

[@glkmee22]

You deserve this recognition and more like it Swoozie! Your stories and animations helped me through a lot of dark times in my life. Rejections, feeling like no one understands me, the love of art but no kne to share it with, and of course relationships lol. You've earned a place in my wittle inspired heart ❤. But the sky is the limit for you. Keep rising!!!!

[@Dynastyie]

This man single handedly shaped who I was in highschool. After stumbling upon and watching the "My first kiss" video, I fell down the rabbit. Consumed every video and wanted to emulate a life like his. One full of excitement and charisma. When I saw that they were giving you your flowers, all of those late nights of binging your videos came flooding back. I can't say it enough, thank you for being an early role model, and representing black kids who are into all aspects of art. I made music, drew art, and even starting bboying in school because of Mr. Thorne. Congrats again and please keep trucking on this ride until the wheels fall off!

[@dannysmetalden3343]

We need this guy animating MOVIES. God has so many blessings for this man's life 🙏

[@tenayahb7]

This made me emotional 🥲 so proud of u swoozie 💞🥹

[@Marlao.CNCPTS]

When this first came out, I kept putting off watching it. But in a time where I’ve become an adult and could no longer relate to the old Swoozie videos. Hearing about the real personal parts, it kinda blew the expectations of what I anticipated hearing. I think I needed to hear the part about your dad and the background of the story tonight. So I’m glad I held off on watching, it was meant to be. I feel re-invigorated to continue.

[@princethurm]

Congratulations Swoozie

[@nickmartin2896]

Swoozie has always been relatable. I found his channel while I was in middle school and seeing him get his flowers is so important. I thank God for him and his impact

[@gameboyy9993]

Years of watching swoozie…ive never seen him so emotional…. Thank you for everything you do for us @swoozie❤️

[@GodswillUgwaJr]

Beautiful and inspiring story. I'm so happy I got to watch his stories in early KZbin. It made me not feel alone to be an "atypical" Black nerd in the era when every Black person was expected to look and act a way. And even during a video dedicated to him, he shares the love with the community. I'm proud to be a fan

[@NeverDenyMe]

Thanks For Everything Swoozie! & KZbin For Giving Him These Flowers 💐

[@dwightk.schrute5559]

I’ve been a fan for this man for so long I was able to quote some of his story lol 😭

[@ManageGamingff]

Love it ❤😊

[@RazelolGaming]

Amazing story! This guy is inspiring me to continue my KZbin journey!

[@alexisalonso7212]

Swoozie’s Sims video was the first thing in a long time that made me laugh so much when I was a child undergoing significant trauma. He inspired me and made me so happy. Now I find myself asking the same questions at 22 - wondering if I can really do anything with art. I will always come back to this and the feelings his videos gave me.

[@cooldumi]

Swoozie on top fr

[@janellhart1356]

Honestly loved this 🥺❤️ I’m so happy he’s getting that recognition that he deserves 😭✊🏽 Thank you for being an inspiration to many! We love you immensely!

[@SageMode-ps5ec]

The legend who continues to inspire and put smiles when I need it. Thanks for everything Swoozie!

[@MKF30]

This is so cool to see Swoozie on a youtube promoted video how he paved the way for animation projects on here. That's awesome. So happy I had the opportunity to work with him on some of his past projects. 😎

[@kanakadurganadimpalli5464]

So beautiful, Amazing. One of the best.

[@xraymoduck]

I hope you do great Swoozie and I hope everyone who see’s this also does great in life

[@AzizasVlogs]

I am literally holding back so many tears at work i love this man