The "Cute Boy" Epidemic

I was watching this documentary on Hulu called jawline. Follows a 16-year-old tester from Austin on his journey to becoming an Internet star. He doesn't sing or dance. Stream live on this platform called you know. It gives positive messages to its mostly female audience. but that's all, in a sense, anyone can drop a platitude or two, what makes this guy so different, in a nutshell, it's all about looks, how attractive one is can play a big role in the success of YouTubers, specifically, the YouTube ecosystem has generated a genre of adolescent male heart. Rob and I tentatively say that now and for the rest of the video and they explode overnight, but they're gone the next day.

Today we will see how attractiveness affects a teenager's popularity on YouTube and how it can destroy it too. In real life my name is Donna yeah guess what the e boy trend is and if you don't know what an e boy is according to urban dictionary and a boy is a boy who has black painted nails, skates, wears black clothes, chains and B's and sometimes they have hair parted in the middle and are usually very pale they have long striped sleeves they have plaid sweaters under their t-shirts they listen to music you've probably never heard of aka lil Pete a lot of people are wondering why these guys are going viral on places like Instagram and Tik Tok for content like this.

Now a lot of people just speculate that these guys are actually exploiting because a lot of teenage girls think they're attractive, but that's really not the case. some kind of talent for this there has to be some kind of talent right now. I know this happens with both teenage males and females, but today we are going to talk specifically about teenage males and find out why the e boy is gaining popularity. If we have to go back in time to the history of teenage heartthrobs, then perhaps we will find out why the e boy is gaining popularity.

In the 1960s, the Beatlemania

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had infected Britain's teenage population, then it would spread as well. to the US, no. look at this chaotic guy, I think they couldn't believe the Beatles were actually there, there's never been anyone like the Beatles before, I think they were just hypnotized, there's something in their DNA singing over that music playing so they can be lifted up. over the fence and should be closer to their idol, the screaming fangirl and over-enthusiasm for a group of attractive male celebrities is a sight we are all familiar with in my time, the same thing happened with boy bands like NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys, here's the thing.

I used to judge these teenage girls why they are so obsessed with these guys, but looking back I think it was the same now. I'm not. I'm not an obsessive person in general. Could you attest to this? right, this is my sister behind the camera, I'm not obsessive, right, I still have Oh Mike, I actually like Backstreet Boys more than synchronized, but for some reason I still have this crazy thing, for some reason this came with my tornado moves I think I lost the CD cover for this, but it's crazy. I mean, I don't know where my Backstreet Boys CDs went, but yeah, instinct is, for some reason, all I have in my possession.

I even have that Christmas special. Know? I'm a fan when you have a Christmas special, so I wasn't obsessive, but I have been a fan of teen groups before the cycle repeats itself over and over again with future generations of teens obsessing over people like Justin Bieber One Direction and today that. It can be seen with artists and kpop, so we can say that it is also intercultural. Now it is quite understandable how these groups gain popularity. Musical talent, whether the musicality is artificial or genuine, is beside the point. What is important to keep in mind is that these groups.

They are providing some kind of entertainment to these girls, their attractiveness is just a bonus or maybe it is actually the determining factor of their popularity. This isn't to say that these groups don't have real talent, it's the question of how much appeal influences their popularity. A perfect place where we see attractiveness being the driving force of popularity is in teenage male social media stars. In the past, one could argue that these boy groups had talent, which was the cause of their popularity. Now many times these social media stars don't have it. Even performing anything, it was literally a rap show, but with people who seemed to not even know the words to their own music nor could they carry their own beats in their own song, it was as strange an experience as I expected. to be a kids show, obviously, because I was by far the oldest person there, there wasn't a parent, but I actually saw four guys in their 20s flexing with five year olds for half an hour , what they do is lip sync or talk. about his day, this is again a feat that many people can do, but teenage males are more likely to gain explosive popularity in 2012, for example, a channel called Oh 2 L, short for our second life, began to gain traction At its peak, the canal ran. by 16 guys in collaboration, although a couple of members had performance experience, this was not what they were known for, they were known for talking about what they felt like on camera, so when they went on tour, the main thing they presented It was the dance.

Cue A lip syncing and stage challenges, the tours weren't too heavy on their performances, yes, but they still had that crazy family audience of fans similar to that of boy bands. Female social media stars are also increasing their popularity quickly and have a similar fan base as these guys. but they follow them for a different reason. Women are likely to follow her because of how much they can relate to her. Where do you shop? What type of makeup do you use? How do you like school? And see her more as a friend. This can be why the majority of a girl's fan base is the same age as her and the same gender as her.

Male social media stars have fans of the same age but they are not the same gender, so it can be said that boys do not relate to them more. of his fans are women, the interesting thing about the documentary is hearing why the fans of our protagonists follow him. When the lair of someone's performance is removed, we can see that a teenage male's popularity in this particular genre may be based on appearance, they are likely to be followed. because they are attracted to them for the female fan, it may be their first experience exploring relationships. So, what he looks for in a partner.

I have prepared a list of things you should keep in mind. You want to know if a guy likes you. you and these come from many years of experience ladies, in the same clip from the Joe Rogan podcast that I showed before, they also say it's the music, it's not too much about the looks, they were sexy, they weren't like hard drugs, no . I know it's the music, it's the music, they're so good with these kids that they blow up all over the internet. I like to argue that it's actually a lot more about appearance than people think.

I mean, when you watch clips like this. "You think there's actually some talent in those mainstream media that are already aware of this when you look at boy band songs, they're mostly love songs, you don't hear them talking about their Lambos or the third media of Gucci's traditional communications that come into this," friend. The character and the boys are also playing with it. Social media has just highlighted the importance of a fake boyfriend online. When we look at some of the most popular o2 L videos, we see that many of them are probably due to the curiosity of young girls.

Okay everyone, so this week's topic and challenge are no-brainers. Basically, each of the guys will fill in that blank with something different, so I, for example, will do things to do when you like someone, sometimes it actually is like that. It's not about talent, not to say they don't have any, it's about how good of a match the girl perceives that she is the star; We see more evidence of that at conventions outside of YouTube, one in particular called Mad Khan is a place for fans to buy tickets and meet their favorite online personalities or dare I say pretty boy mainly from places like Vine in music some of the big names associated with madcon or cameron dallas and nash grier not only is it the same story as these The guys don't really have any talent, but they go a step further and play on the popular boyfriend persona.

The way they pose with their fans and meet and greet is kind of like how you would be with your partner. They take their fans and kiss them. on the cheek, cold hands, would you really do that with, say, Jack Black? That's a rhetorical question because of the way many of their Instagram and Snapchat posts also make it seem like they're talking to their girlfriend when they're actually addressing thousands of people. It's not millions of people so here are some examples of that, firstly it's nonsense, secondly it's total manipulation. Maybe their managers know that these girls imagine themselves in a relationship with them and use it to their advantage so look at the story of teen heartthrobs on social media we know the end of the story what happens when they're thirty because when they're not

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game over no longevity for oh you're 30 now yeah yeah I'm 30 now when Look at the e boy right now and how he became popular.

Do you, the viewer, believe there is longevity in your career based on the type of content you make? For me, that answer is no and they are just as cheesy as the content they are creating. Do you think, I mean, it's attracting a lot of teenage girls, but is there a longevity to it that I honestly don't think? When we look at the list of crazy kids, we know from their history that many of them failed to reach the people. who have talent like Shawn Mendes actually made it I was also in adults without him, stay there, this guy didn't know what enchiladas really were, so if you are one of those who believe that starting a YouTube channel or social media generally requires attractiveness. for success it can help, but it's not really everything, not only do we not see longevity in it, but on YouTube it is the average person who receives praise.

I think this is a response to how unrealistically the media portrays beauty, the internet really realizes how false it is. or unrealistic lifestyles are portrayed for the adolescent of this particular gender. Yes, growth can happen too quickly with attractiveness, while longevity is rare. What cannot be taken away from you is your personality and your abilities. Longevity comes when one develops these two areas, not all. in the Madcon era it was lost, some have thriving careers and are considered world famous, they were able to adapt and evolve because of their skill and personality, as Tyler Oakley said number two, appearances fade and if that's how fame came to you, this It can also fade.

Okay, so what do you guys think about the groom? Do you think these guys have longevity in their career? Do you agree with me? They disagree? That's the end of the video. I'll see you next time, stay put.