Welcome to my backstreet myth.
Just arrived at a primary school this morning.
Primary and nursery school and you might be thinking
What the hell? Why are you at school? And we're kind of thinking the same thing.
We're actually off to somewhere in the city today.
It does feel weird that we're in a school car park, like literally this is a school.
Completely. And we haven't just chosen to park here. This is a space that they sell.
To people in the public. It was like four pounds to park in London all day.
It's ridiculous. Hang on, what time will this place shut?
But surely it won't be open all night.
Now the problem we have is we're actually locked in the school.
That's what I mean. What do we do?
I thought that'd be a code thing you can do to get out.
I've got a code, but I don't.
We might have to climb over the fence or something.
This is so random. We're good. We're good.
That was so, so random.
Luckily, there was just this random guy there who happened to know the code for the gate.
Somewhere in the city is, I think, the biggest YouTube event in England.
It happens every single year. It's Lucy and I's first time today.
So we've never been to this event before.
We're super excited. We're hopefully going to see some of our YouTube friends there.
Today is what they call creator day.
So you have to be a YouTuber or some kind of online creator.
I don't think you have to be one yet. I think you can be wanting to start one.
That is true. That is very true.
And there's people there today from YouTube, from Instagram.
They're doing talks.
It's basically like three talks an hour and you can pick which one you want to go to.
And there's like panels and chatting about it's like there's one about Instagram TV,
like why do you use it?
One about TikTok, the new Musical.ly and things like that.
And then also stuff like building brands and kind of the things that we're all into.
Just walk. I think the reason it was so cheap was because we walked through a sketchiest alleyway.
And there were like trolleys everywhere. It was really weird.
But I think we're surfacing to something more.
I don't know. Hang on.
Love Island has like a meet up here on the same day.
Like a meet the Islanders thing.
Same entrance. So we might meet some people today as well.
I think we're in the right place.
I can see lots of gorilla pods and road mics.
I think we're good. We need some food.
Are you hungry? Yeah.
Slight problem.
Everyone's got lanyards around their neck and we don't have lanyards around our neck.
Are you saying lanyards?
Lanyards. I thought you said lanyards.
Which one is it? Lanyards?
Lan. I think I said lan.
Lan. You lanyar lanyard.
Cool. Thank you very much. Have a good day.
This is so cool. That's Fun for Louise Barks and we've been following them for so long.
There's the man himself. Awesome.
With the merch. I love it.
So they've got all the Live the Adventure merch out.
Hoodies.
They've even said we can go inside the bus, which would be really cool.
You can do a little tour on your blog later.
I'll do you a little tour.
I'll be amazing. Thank you. Nice one.
We just had the best chat with Louis Colfant for Louis.
Huge, huge inspiration for us on YouTube.
And he has invited us to come back in a bit
and he's actually going to give us a tour of the bus for this vlog,
which is insane. He was so friendly.
It's like he was really tall.
No, super friendly and laid back.
I think we've got here quite early.
It's still quite quiet and there's not that many people around.
And so I think we're lucky to get in with him and just have a nice chat and stuff.
Yeah, maybe. We stood there, we thought he might be here over the weekend, but not today.
And he was stood there and I was like, why is there no one around him?
He's like literally just parked his bus in the middle of the place.
We found some breakfast.
Super healthy breakfast today, guys.
Some noodles. We've only been here for 10 minutes.
We needed a food stop. Always.
So throughout the day, there's like a schedule and you can pick like different rooms
and different talks.
We're about to go to one about clickbait.
But I mean, I don't think we've ever used clickbait.
I think we're very honest in the titles and their thumbnails.
I don't know why we're going to this one, do you?
I don't know.
I'm right at the end, so make sure you stay for it.
And I guess we'll just go down the line, introduce ourselves, what type of content you make.
We're going to see now if Louis is going to fulfil his offer from earlier
of giving us a little tour on the bus.
It's also the driving seat, but I thought it'd be cool.
I got a little driver's hat.
Do you want to go?
Oh, nice.
Oh, yeah.
That's insane.
It's incredible, isn't it?
Oh, wow.
Would you give it like a tenner?
Yeah, just hit that and it'll count down.
That's brilliant.
How long have you had it?
Actually, a while.
I think I got it in 2012.
Yeah.
And for four years, I had it in storage.
And before I converted it, two years ago, we started the conversion.
Yeah.
And then a year ago, it was completed like this.
Lovely.
We've just been adding little things.
So we've got like the kitchen area down here.
And then this converts into a bed.
So I'm renting it out as well.
All right.
If you wanted to rent it for a festival or something, there's like a bed down here.
That's amazing.
Full oven.
Yeah, full oven.
Yeah.
Obviously, big TV.
Yeah, nice.
Check upstairs.
I've got this little chilling area.
Hey, guys.
This is unbelievable.
You wouldn't even...
This is the big feature of the bus.
It's normally a hot tub.
But we didn't think it'd be appropriate for this event.
So we filled it with balls.
Oh, amazing.
So we're doing this lucky dip where people can win some sunglasses if they find...
Wait, where is that?
So one of these is going to be in the balls.
Oh, OK.
And then they have to like find it and then they can win the prize.
Nice.
Oh, man.
I was doing it the other day.
It's actually quite hard.
Kind of what I wanted on the bus.
But my friends helped design the rustic.
Like they did the...
This is all like reclaimed pallet wood.
Yeah.
And then they do this thing where they like kind of singe it.
So like, make it kind of burn a bit.
Right, OK, lovely.
It's pretty cool, isn't it?
That's unbelievable, yeah.
That's brilliant.
Lou is genuinely the nicest guy.
We are just...
He's acting like it's in his video tonight, isn't he?
Yeah, 100%.
One of the things they were just saying in that last talk is,
it's the same old thing on YouTube, be yourself.
But we're just ourselves in our videos.
Like Louie, from watching him and then meeting him,
he just isn't exactly the same guy.
So generous, just literally, like the event's going on out there
and we're just chilling in his bus.
We'll leave in a minute.
We won't, I'll stay our welcome.
No, no, no.
He's got this insane TV here so he can like watch his own vlogs.
He probably needs to do other things.
But how nice is that?
So cool, I love the live casting in here.
Unbelievable, yeah.
Thanks for your generosity letting us on.
Appreciate that, really appreciate it.
I'm just going to, but quickly before we leave,
sit in the driver's seat just so I can say I can.
And he's actually got this selfie thing that Lucy did.
Do you want to get one together?
Oh yeah, I've got to put the hat on.
That's all good.
Go now.
OK.
Get that in there.
Get that.
Fun for Louie's live the adventure bus.
Talk number two about to start.
Hosted by YouTube themselves.
The YouTube, actual YouTubers.
I'm Ayla and I work as a partner manager at YouTube.
So my goal at YouTube is really to help creators grow,
but also meet the goals.
So that might be working with a brand deal,
it might be launching their own merchandise,
it might be producing also content
that's going to reach a lot more audiences out there.
So before I introduce my partners,
I'll closely work with.
Like this, right?
Really good.
Look at these moments.
All of these stories, secrets, revelations
from every corner of the world.
Every video a chance to walk in someone else's shoes.
We just finished a talk for YouTubers
that have got quite large channels.
It was hosted by YouTube.
I was struggling with some of the answers they gave
because I feel like they are speaking
from quite privileged position
having had lots of subscribers before.
I said, why, what do you think?
What's your opinion on daily?
And they were kind of like, well, don't,
like don't put pressure on it.
And I don't know, I struggled with their ethic almost.
I feel like they weren't wanting people
to work hard and grind and push
to make their channel into something.
They were kind of on the mindset of,
like it will happen eventually.
Keep doing what you're doing,
upload once or twice a week.
And they didn't have that sort of, I don't know.
I don't know if it's just kind of a bad thing to say,
but I just found it quite difficult to listen to.
And I feel like some of the answers they were giving
the people that are like on their first 100 subscribers,
their 1,000 subscribers,
were kind of keeping them at that level almost.
So it was like, I don't know, I don't know.
Here's George, let's see what you think.
Yeah, I'm just saying about that panel and how,
I don't know if I should even be saying this really,
but it was just more that I found it quite uninspiring
and they were kind of from a privileged position
with having lots of subscribers.
It was interesting because there was a lot of people
in that audience who were,
some hadn't even uploaded a video yet.
And some were on their first couple of hundred subscribers.
And it was almost like this, we're not gonna name them,
but it was almost like this one person on the panel
like didn't want the competition almost.
I think we stand for like hard work
and like pushing and pushing until you get what you want.
And if you want something bad enough
and if you love the process enough,
that's the most important thing,
if you love the process enough,
you will just work hard on it and you will do it.
And not even question that, like that's what you do to grow.
Like you work hard on it and that's how it works.
She was kind of like, ah, you don't,
she was like, I'll maybe start uploading like once a week.
I literally just said all those.
If that's too much, like don't worry about it.
Which is fine like for some people,
but I feel like sitting in front of an audience
and having that position to then inspire people,
that specific person kind of did the opposite.
And luckily, I was able to think,
I don't agree with you,
I'm not gonna listen to what you're saying.
But I feel like that could be,
if you were easily influenced
or you were like at the very beginning
or not even uploaded like you said.
Younger or whatever.
Yeah, exactly.
You could easily go, oh, that's true.
And then not actually feel like wanting to work as hard.
But again, that's fine for some people,
but I think, I don't know.
But at the same time,
we have seen some amazing speakers today.
The other three were great.
Yeah, on the website as well.
But maybe she just wasn't saying things
we kind of wanted to hear.
I don't know.
That speaker is no longer on the grind.
They've got their audience,
they've got their pattern.
They don't have to upload that much
to still keep an audience.
And still keep their earnings coming in.
I think they're at a place
where they're quite relaxed with YouTube.
Very against taking risks.
Very bland.
Whereas the audience of that panel
are all smaller creators.
And in our opinion, they love their thing.
They should be on the grind,
whatever phrase you wanna use.
I agree, completely.
Basically, we should have been on the panel
and answered the questions, shouldn't we, really?
That's what we're saying.
If you're listening, someone is listening,
we're happy to help.
We're now off to our next talk about vlogging.
Probably about YouTube or something.
Probably about YouTube.
I have never been anywhere
where you see so many people
holding cameras up to their faces.
It's usually just us,
like walking through the street and stuff.
It's hilarious.
It's kind of weird in a way.
No, Cosmopolitan.
No way.
No, we were with you before that.
Oh, yeah, Gorgola, yeah.
We just bumped into our very good friends
on YouTube, Brogan and Binky.
We haven't seen for so long.
First met you at the Castle of Victy.
Something like that.
You guys are such a small channel now,
and you're growing, you're on TV, and Piper.
Love it.
Good to see you.
Yes, I know.
You're going crazy big at the moment, both you and me.
Oh, it's just growing steadily.
Yeah, yeah.
Steady.
Yeah, in a way.
Nothing too crazy.
We're here all weekend anyway, just hanging out.
So, love it.
Awesome.
Good to see you.
Food stop number two of the day.
Baguettes this time.
Yeah.
Lucy wanted ham and cheese as well,
but I bought the last one.
I'll eat half of that.
No.
And all of it.
No way.
Someone came up to me earlier,
and was like, I love your dress,
and I was like, it's actually his top.
We've just come out of our final panel of the day,
and Lucy's annoyed again.
When am I not annoyed?
No, right.
So, again, not using names,
there was a band.
The first thing that annoyed me
was the whole time they were talking
about the covers they make,
and then someone said,
what's the key thing that makes you different,
makes you stand out?
And they were like, originality is key.
Well, you've just been telling me
how many covers you make,
and that's not original.
Annoying.
Second point was, they were saying,
who do you watch on YouTube to this band?
And they went, well,
I'm not really a big fan of YouTube videos.
I don't watch anyone,
but they're at a YouTube conference.
I don't get it.
That is Samira from Love Island.
So these are the Islanders' cars.
Ooh, they just said E.L.
E.L's coming in two minutes.
And Jack and Danny have got separate cars.
We saw their names on the thing,
which surprised me.
Maybe it's a different Jack,
not Jack and Danny Jack.
More of the Islanders.
Where's E.L., where's E.L.?
Samira's.
A piggyback.
That's hilarious.
This is so funny.
They've all got their cars lined up,
their names,
and one by one,
or in a couple,
they're being brought downstairs,
with all, like, the balancers and stuff.
I don't know.
They're shoved in a taxi,
like, straight.
Hilarious, isn't it?
Josh and Kaz,
and Alex.
Hi guys.
Hi.
You guys doing this one?
This one, yeah?
Which one are we in?
Do you want me to put you on the staff?
Yeah, let me chuck this in here.
Hi.
How you doing, Alex?
Good, very good.
Hi, how are you?
Hello.
Thanks for today, guys.
We're walking in,
we're walking in a road.
No, that's,
look, that's,
look at the pavement.
That little bit there.
That's not right.
Okay.
Providing we don't get run over,
we are gonna leave this vlog here, guys.
Thank you so much for watching today.
We've had a crazy day.
Started off by meeting Funflip.
I don't need to list it out,
cause you've been watching this video,
if you're still watching by this point.
Go loose,
cause we're in the road here.
And then we saw all the Love Island cast,
heard some amazing people at panels,
heard some less amazing people.
Saw Brogan, Binky.
We'll leave their channels below as well,
in case you haven't seen them before.
To touch on the moaning again,
I don't want to come across as a moan.
You are a moan.
But you're also a moan,
that's what we get on.
It's more that I just want to make sure
if any people are watching that have been,
that have been inspired by the people
that are very uninspiring,
that they might think,
actually, maybe they're not right,
maybe I shouldn't listen to them
because they've got loads of subscribers.
That's all I'm saying.
Just trying to help.
Yep, that's true.
Is that fair?
That's fair.
Is it?
Common theme here.
We've now got to walk back through
this weird alley that we were in
this morning.
I don't want to do it.
There's like abandoned trolleys and stuff.
Right, they sound awful.
You know you hear like scary stories of,
ah, I'm walking through puddles.
Okay, don't walk through puddles.
Right, so you described it well.
Oh, George.
I didn't mean to, sorry.
And mud as well.
Anyway, you know,
you know when you're like a kid in school
and they show you like videos
of like why you shouldn't talk to strangers
and like that kind of thing
and you see these really scary like,
not adverts,
but like things that,
like little lesson videos
that you play in school.
It's just like that.
Thanks.
It's literally just like the kind of thing you see
when you're,
like you'd imagine a creep to walk around the corner
and kidnap you.
Yeah.
It feels like that.
I don't want to do it.
I'm glad it's not any darker than it is.
But right, we're going to leave this vlog here.
Thanks so much for watching, guys.
We will see you.
We had a great day.
Very, very soon.
Our announcement.
Wednesday's going live, Saturday.
This is Saturday night.
Our announcement is
tomorrow night.
We'll see you guys Sunday.
Super excited.
I'm super excited.
Onwards and upwards from here.
I'm also super scared.
Let's go.
Bye.