Greg Wycliffe - February 27, 2021


Pewdiepie Censored？ (Coco Melon Diss Track)


Episode Stats

Length

10 minutes

Words per Minute

177.03543

Word Count

1,899

Sentence Count

133

Misogynist Sentences

2

Hate Speech Sentences

5


Summary


Transcript

00:00:00.000 No, no, no, we don't get the joke.
00:00:03.280 No, we don't get subtlety.
00:00:04.820 No, we don't get humor.
00:00:06.120 No, we don't want to hear your social commentary.
00:00:08.780 I don't typically do videos on YouTube drama
00:00:11.520 and this sort of thing.
00:00:12.380 Usually I'm doing Canadian politics,
00:00:14.120 comedy, parody music videos,
00:00:15.440 but I really needed to comment
00:00:17.860 on the banning of Coco PewDiePie's music video
00:00:22.300 because unfortunately,
00:00:23.760 there's a very kind of grave political implication
00:00:27.860 of banning this music video,
00:00:29.540 which I'll cover here.
00:00:31.800 So there's a screenshot from the music video,
00:00:35.140 Gooba from 6ix9ine.
00:00:36.840 Here's another screenshot from the very popular WAP.
00:00:40.260 Here's a couple more screenshots
00:00:41.820 of very popular music videos that are on the platform.
00:00:46.020 Is anything wrong with this content according to YouTube?
00:00:48.880 Nope, because this is valid artistic expression.
00:00:53.660 For anyone who's been tracking YouTube
00:00:55.160 for some amount of time,
00:00:56.500 you would know that a double standard exists.
00:00:59.540 If you are CNN,
00:01:01.820 if you are a big established news channel
00:01:05.080 or personality on TV like Jimmy Kimmel or Jimmy Fallon,
00:01:09.000 your stuff will more easily get into the recommended
00:01:11.100 and will more easily stay monetized.
00:01:14.100 If you are some sort of creator or independent,
00:01:17.720 you will more likely be demonetized
00:01:20.260 and less likely to get into the recommended
00:01:22.660 even if you're making jokes about the same things,
00:01:25.100 even if you're talking about the same sensitive topics.
00:01:27.740 YouTube, we have seen in the past,
00:01:29.260 is more likely to have a different set of rules
00:01:32.100 or a different set of standards
00:01:33.300 to larger establishment companies.
00:01:36.540 The reason that the banning of this PewDiePie video
00:01:39.100 is so important
00:01:39.820 is because that we see that double standard
00:01:41.940 actually extends into the world of artistic expression,
00:01:45.120 even into the world of music production.
00:01:47.580 We're seeing that if you are not part of a big music record label,
00:01:51.680 then YouTube will treat you differently.
00:01:53.740 To bring you up to speed,
00:01:54.920 PewDiePie released a music video a week or two weeks ago
00:01:57.740 and I'll just speak from my own experience.
00:02:00.500 I saw the music video
00:02:01.620 and I was like a little perplexed by it, honestly.
00:02:05.100 I was a little like uncomfortable.
00:02:06.440 I'm like, oh, he's really like pushing this meme
00:02:08.480 of making fun of kids.
00:02:10.860 I kind of felt uncomfortable
00:02:12.280 because I'm like, oh, he's like swearing at children and stuff.
00:02:14.820 Like, oh my God.
00:02:16.920 I didn't think much of it though.
00:02:18.440 I thought, okay, it's PewDiePie being edgy
00:02:20.280 and pushing the meme to the limits.
00:02:22.500 And then I heard it got banned.
00:02:24.500 And I thought, hold on.
00:02:26.980 Did I not see something in there?
00:02:30.060 So then I rewatched the video a couple of times
00:02:32.520 and I actually started to really appreciate it a lot more.
00:02:36.380 I really started to pick up on the commentary,
00:02:39.460 the social commentary
00:02:40.580 that was baked into this music video, Coco.
00:02:44.620 How are we treating our children?
00:02:46.500 Who are the role models of these kids?
00:02:49.020 Are we really taking care of our kids
00:02:51.040 or are we letting our iPads babysit our infants?
00:02:54.960 And PewDiePie makes a very direct commentary on this
00:02:59.120 at the end of the Coco music video.
00:03:01.100 So while I'm discovering
00:03:02.120 how culturally poignant this music video was,
00:03:04.920 I'm finding out it's getting banned.
00:03:06.140 So this is enraging and so terrifying at the same time.
00:03:11.140 Number one, YouTube,
00:03:13.260 you're not letting this piece of art exist in its own merit.
00:03:16.820 You're not giving him an artistic license.
00:03:18.940 You're not even following your own rules.
00:03:21.140 And the second reason that it's like really terrifying
00:03:23.660 is that YouTube is employing a political tactic
00:03:26.800 that exists mostly in politics, especially now.
00:03:30.280 It's horrible.
00:03:31.560 They do this thing,
00:03:33.080 whether it's the media smearing somebody
00:03:35.120 or it's the political opposition smearing the other people,
00:03:37.680 they tell them what your intentions were.
00:03:40.460 They say, no, you intended to be one of these isms or ists
00:03:44.640 and you meant to be hateful
00:03:46.380 and you meant to be harassing those people.
00:03:48.440 That's what you meant by those words.
00:03:49.920 That's where there's the intent of those words,
00:03:51.540 which is really messed up.
00:03:52.700 This is a terrible phenomenon happening in our society.
00:03:55.280 We shouldn't be trying to extrapolate
00:03:57.920 what someone's intentions were
00:03:59.540 when we don't know for sure.
00:04:01.340 Like we need to ask questions and maybe clarify
00:04:04.820 as opposed to saying, they're a villain.
00:04:06.560 No, they're a villain.
00:04:07.260 No, they meant bad or no, this meant bad.
00:04:09.440 It's not a good look.
00:04:12.220 It's not gonna lead to any sort of productive conversation.
00:04:15.120 Yet it's almost become the norm of politics now,
00:04:18.400 which is just throwing mud on everybody
00:04:20.140 and assuming the worst in everybody
00:04:21.980 and then how everybody's a villain
00:04:23.260 and it's just so unproductive.
00:04:24.900 But to see this phenomena
00:04:26.520 now pass over into the artistic world,
00:04:29.360 that is really scary.
00:04:31.200 And to the people saying,
00:04:32.100 oh, but he was bullying kids.
00:04:33.480 It was inappropriate.
00:04:35.240 Watch Gooba.
00:04:36.620 Watch WAP.
00:04:37.800 Watch these music videos.
00:04:39.400 And you need to realize,
00:04:41.080 kids see this stuff.
00:04:43.680 You would have to be so naive as a parent
00:04:46.180 or a platform like YouTube
00:04:47.400 to think that, oh, kids don't see this stuff.
00:04:51.560 You know what the block of most stuff is,
00:04:53.260 is hey, when were you born?
00:04:54.580 I remember looking at porn years and years and years ago
00:04:58.580 and I just had to go,
00:04:59.420 oh, I know what to do here.
00:05:00.540 I just need to put it in the words
00:05:01.680 so it says that I'm 18 years old.
00:05:03.560 Like you are so naive
00:05:04.780 if you don't think kids see these disturbing,
00:05:08.120 graphic, degenerate rap music videos.
00:05:11.280 You are so naive if you don't think that happens.
00:05:14.460 And let's start that conversation
00:05:16.260 about these role models.
00:05:17.840 Something that always bothered me,
00:05:19.240 a song on the radio from Katy Perry.
00:05:22.060 The bridge of the song said,
00:05:23.980 this is going out to the people
00:05:25.740 who are paying for bottle service
00:05:27.560 with their rent money.
00:05:29.700 Like the music industry,
00:05:32.020 especially recently,
00:05:33.180 has been so many characters
00:05:35.740 that are wildly popular.
00:05:37.660 And they are,
00:05:38.760 I wouldn't call them good role models
00:05:40.340 for kids whatsoever.
00:05:41.740 And then the second that a role model like PewDiePie,
00:05:45.040 who is by the standards of the music industry,
00:05:47.360 a saint,
00:05:48.220 the second that he makes an interesting commentary
00:05:50.800 about how we treat children,
00:05:52.920 he gets banned.
00:05:54.060 And on top of that,
00:05:55.120 YouTube is just bullheadedly saying,
00:05:57.400 no,
00:05:57.900 no,
00:05:59.000 no,
00:05:59.300 we don't get the joke.
00:06:00.600 No,
00:06:00.860 we don't get subtlety.
00:06:02.100 No,
00:06:02.380 we don't get humor.
00:06:03.440 No,
00:06:03.660 we don't want to hear your social commentary.
00:06:06.400 It's so discouraging
00:06:07.980 and I almost want to say evil.
00:06:10.580 And for those who don't know,
00:06:12.120 6ix9ine has been accused
00:06:14.120 of sexually assaulting minors,
00:06:16.460 like a 13 year old.
00:06:18.520 He still has a platform.
00:06:20.360 He's still a popular music artist.
00:06:21.940 People still love him.
00:06:23.180 He hasn't been canceled.
00:06:24.600 Another great example is Chris Brown.
00:06:26.640 He has a huge rap sheet,
00:06:28.360 apparently,
00:06:28.840 of beating women up
00:06:29.900 and all sorts of horrible stuff.
00:06:31.140 But the music industry loves Chris Brown.
00:06:33.600 Gus Buckets,
00:06:34.380 or Gus Johnson on YouTube,
00:06:36.180 does a great video on this
00:06:37.860 talking about Chris Brown.
00:06:39.400 And it's like,
00:06:39.840 you know,
00:06:40.040 why hasn't this guy been canceled?
00:06:41.800 Why is he still a media starlet
00:06:44.120 or music industry starlet
00:06:45.540 when he's clearly displayed
00:06:47.880 that he's like not a good guy?
00:06:49.820 Not a great guy.
00:06:51.000 And this provocative music video
00:06:53.240 from PewDiePie
00:06:54.140 draws attention to this stuff
00:06:56.340 by calling out kids
00:06:58.420 and swearing at kids.
00:06:59.400 People are listening.
00:07:00.560 He's calling out 6ix9ine.
00:07:01.880 Do you know 6ix9ine's history?
00:07:03.320 We're talking about the algorithm
00:07:05.020 and feeding this mindless musical songs
00:07:08.360 to infants over and over and over again.
00:07:10.940 Why do infants have iPads anyway?
00:07:12.820 This is all so much stuff
00:07:14.960 that we should be talking about.
00:07:17.240 I can only imagine how PewDiePie feels.
00:07:19.320 He easily sunk at least $100,000
00:07:21.940 into this music video,
00:07:23.320 at least in a lot of his time.
00:07:25.200 He got collaborators,
00:07:26.880 casting,
00:07:27.500 all this stuff.
00:07:28.540 And the fact that
00:07:29.140 it's not even gonna exist on the platform.
00:07:31.420 Like one thing is getting it demonetized,
00:07:33.060 but it's a whole other thing
00:07:34.300 to not even have it exist
00:07:35.940 in your body of work
00:07:37.060 on your YouTube channel.
00:07:38.200 I didn't even mention
00:07:39.160 how this is going to throttle
00:07:40.520 PewDiePie's chances
00:07:41.560 of getting on the billboard
00:07:42.960 or for the song Coco
00:07:44.260 getting on the billboard.
00:07:46.140 Billboard measures streams.
00:07:47.940 It used to do things like radio play
00:07:49.760 and like record sales,
00:07:51.140 but now it does.
00:07:51.820 It measures the number of streams
00:07:53.140 on Spotify and on YouTube.
00:07:54.860 Without even having a YouTube link,
00:07:56.700 obviously the song's not gonna do as well
00:07:58.700 on the billboard.
00:07:59.400 You probably don't think
00:08:00.340 of PewDiePie as a musical artist,
00:08:02.600 but still,
00:08:03.680 billboard reflects
00:08:05.200 how popular music is,
00:08:07.060 even if it is made by a YouTuber.
00:08:08.840 So it's too bad
00:08:09.920 that we'll never get to see
00:08:11.320 how this song would have competed
00:08:12.800 in the world of music.
00:08:14.720 I mean,
00:08:14.960 the message I take away
00:08:15.840 from this manning
00:08:16.540 at the end of the day
00:08:17.340 is YouTube doesn't like art.
00:08:20.960 If your art is provocative
00:08:22.480 and thought-provoking,
00:08:23.760 we don't like it,
00:08:24.840 little artist creator.
00:08:26.120 If you don't have a record deal,
00:08:28.260 if you don't have
00:08:28.700 a big record contract,
00:08:29.920 then you don't have,
00:08:31.240 your artistic license
00:08:32.300 isn't good here.
00:08:33.100 You don't get it here.
00:08:33.820 You don't get the privilege
00:08:34.840 to really express yourself.
00:08:36.920 Sorry.
00:08:37.640 Sorry, little creator.
00:08:39.580 Not allowed here.
00:08:40.980 No thought-provoking content
00:08:42.400 is allowed on this platform.
00:08:43.940 And that's a real,
00:08:44.820 that's a real loss.
00:08:45.860 I think that's a real loss.
00:08:47.580 Not just for PewDiePie
00:08:48.880 and people not seeing his video,
00:08:50.240 but the issues he brings up
00:08:51.960 in a very kind of clever
00:08:53.440 and charming
00:08:54.600 and provocative way,
00:08:56.720 they should be talked about.
00:08:57.920 Can you imagine
00:08:58.800 how many reaction videos
00:09:00.800 there would be
00:09:01.400 to PewDiePie's music video?
00:09:03.360 People giving
00:09:04.260 their own interpretation.
00:09:05.720 People diving in
00:09:06.960 to the content.
00:09:08.640 And that's going to happen
00:09:09.460 to a much lesser extent
00:09:10.920 because YouTubers
00:09:11.780 are afraid to touch it now
00:09:13.140 because YouTube
00:09:14.220 is so adamant
00:09:15.580 at shutting down
00:09:16.760 too much
00:09:17.740 or any kind of mention
00:09:19.120 of this music video.
00:09:20.840 That sucks.
00:09:22.220 There's so much
00:09:22.760 worthwhile conversation
00:09:23.980 and discourse
00:09:24.620 could be happening.
00:09:25.820 People could be thinking
00:09:26.800 about these things,
00:09:27.940 but that's not going to happen now
00:09:29.480 or at least
00:09:29.960 to a much lesser extent.
00:09:31.360 And the fact
00:09:32.220 that YouTube
00:09:33.220 is going to stop
00:09:34.420 that conversation
00:09:35.200 and stop that commentary
00:09:36.280 in the name of like,
00:09:37.580 oh, abuse and bullying,
00:09:39.540 it's really unfortunate
00:09:41.420 because I think
00:09:42.660 that it encourages stupidity.
00:09:45.840 I think this type
00:09:46.520 of banning
00:09:47.240 encourages people
00:09:50.460 to not think hard
00:09:51.400 about things,
00:09:51.980 people to not really
00:09:52.760 reflect on things.
00:09:53.700 It encourages
00:09:54.280 this sort of just
00:09:55.080 bump, bump, bump,
00:09:56.320 bumping into things,
00:09:57.480 blaming people
00:09:58.180 for things
00:09:58.760 and not really
00:09:59.880 like going into an issue.
00:10:01.620 And it's really hard
00:10:03.500 to bring up these issues
00:10:05.240 in an interesting way.
00:10:07.040 And PewDiePie
00:10:07.760 and his team
00:10:08.560 went through the effort
00:10:10.100 to try and do that.
00:10:12.720 And then YouTube
00:10:13.600 just like,
00:10:14.020 no, we're banning you.
00:10:15.020 We're banning that.
00:10:16.020 We're banning that.
00:10:16.860 That art
00:10:17.620 that you worked on.
00:10:18.980 Actually,
00:10:19.460 you're just a bully.
00:10:21.740 Whew,
00:10:22.140 that's real disappointing.
00:10:23.480 YouTube doesn't like art
00:10:24.740 is essentially
00:10:25.540 what I'm getting from this.
00:10:26.960 Anyway,
00:10:27.220 thanks for watching this video.
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00:10:30.620 parody music videos,
00:10:31.940 you can click on one of these
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00:10:33.520 that I made as well.
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00:10:43.160 Cheetah.