YouTubers That Keep Me Sane
*If you can't read right now you can listen to me reading the post to you here*
YouTube is such a complex and broad place. There are probably a lot of things I could write about this place and maybe I will in some other post, but for now, I want to write about a nontoxic side I found on YouTube. Now this channel I will mention, I found months ago, back in 2019, but I didn’t pay a lot of attention to it. I liked it, sure, but I would only watch it when I couldn’t sleep or something like that. I wasn’t looking for it or watching it religiously every day like I usually do with new channels I love.
When
the dreaded quarantine started my anxiety levels, which were high already, skyrocketed
and nothing was really helping. Sure, the classes kept me busy and my favorite
series helped for a while; however, when the classes ended and none of the streaming
services I usually watched were helping, I turned to YouTube. The only problem
was that the things I usually watched were drowned in dramas. Don’t get
me wrong, I do watch those drama channels so that’s why they were being
recommended, but this time it got to a point that even drama that had nothing
to do with me was just giving me horrible anxiety so I had to leave the
platform and just watch some sitcoms. But every day, I would try YouTube,
because sometimes I’m a masochist, and leave with anxiety to watch a sitcom. The
process kind of repeated itself for a few days until I rediscovered the channel
RoomieOfficial.
He
makes a lot of commentary, not reaction, videos about music stuff. The channel
is lighthearted, very humorous, and honestly has kept me as sane as possible in
these rocky times. The guy is crazy talented (in my very non-expert opinion) and
funny. I would say he is the opposite of problematic, I mean, he’s not
perfect, but I don’t think he has been in many controversies, which is honestly
a breath of fresh air. I can just enjoy him without worries. And while all of
that is great and review-worthy, the one thing that actually made me want to
write this post is his desire to help other small music channels on the platform.
He would do challenges (not sure if he still does them because I’ve been
watching his stuff without following the timeline) and post his favorite
contestants on his channel, encouraging his subscribers to go subscribe to other
very talented people. This helps those channels grow faster and creates a
community. He even went as far as buying one of his fans a microphone because
she was an amazing singer so she could make better videos. It just seems like he goes the extra mile to push
forward those upcoming musicians.
So,
I encourage you to check him out if you like “music stuff, funny stuff, and
other stuff” as he would say. I don’t think you’ll regret it, and hell maybe
you’ll find other channels like his that you’ll love too. Which incidentally, I
did. Through him, I found Boyinaband who you should also follow because his videos
are simply amazing too, even if he doesn't post constantly. So, go, check them out and remember that it’s okay to be
a little bit pitchy sometimes (if you check RoomieOfficial out you’ll get the
reference). Thank you for reading!
With
lots of love,
Mariana
Victoria
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