The "Kids/Teens React" Videos
Mar 17, 2019 20:32:00 GMT 10
Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 17, 2019 20:32:00 GMT 10
The reason for me creating this thread is that i'm just interested to hear other people's opinions on this series. If you're not familiar with it, it's a series of videos on YouTube where kids or teens have to try and guess the names of certain elements of pop culture. The videos cover a wide range of different topics, however most of them revolve around music.
Look, i'll be honest, i'm not an avid watcher of this series, however I have seen enough videos now to form an overall opinion of what they are like. I seriously doubt that most of the answers provided by the participants are genuine. If you look at the comments sections of these videos, you'll find that most of the people say something along the lines of, "these people must be living under a rock" or "can they really be that naive?". I personally think they are on too something.
I get the impression that the series is produced in a way that it is done solely for the purpose of creating "shock value", too create something that will get people talking and ultimately result in the creators earning more money/views. Would these videos be anywhere near as successful if the kids/teens involved were being entirely truthful and saying all the "right" things? I very much doubt so.
Here's an example of what I am talking about:
I don't know how old the teens in this video are, but i'm guessing that they are probably around my age (they look like they're around 17-19). Speaking as someone who was born in the Late '90s, the amount of naivety that is displayed by the teens in this video is pretty surprising. How on earth did most of them get the Green Day question wrong? I was only 5 years old when American Idiot was released back in 2004, yet I can quite clearly remember when the album was a huge hit. I know that there are plenty of people around my age who can as well. In fact, the singles off American Idiot were actually Top-40 hits during 2005 and even well into the early part of 2006. They're definitely old enough to know who Green Day are.
The only thing that perhaps goes in their favour is the selection of songs that were used in this video. Most of these songs were released during the Early 2000s, which was when these people were only toddlers/little kids. Also, bands such as Yellowcard and New Found Glory were never synonymous with the genre in the same way that Simple Plan, Blink-182 and Good Charlotte were. You really had to of been of a certain age at the time or be right into pop-punk to know anything about their music, as Yellowcard and New Found Glory were essentially one-hit wonders in the mainstream.
I do think it's interesting though how the majority of these teens express a fondness for pop-punk/rock. They did grow up with this music, so it's not surprising in that sense, but it really does emphasize the differences in music tastes that exist between them and people just a few years younger. If this experiment was conducted with people born during the Early-Mid 2000s, I tend to think that most of them wouldn't respond in the exact same way.
Anyway, what is your opinion on the video above and the "kids/teens react" series in general? Do you think the responses are genuine or made-up for the series?
Look, i'll be honest, i'm not an avid watcher of this series, however I have seen enough videos now to form an overall opinion of what they are like. I seriously doubt that most of the answers provided by the participants are genuine. If you look at the comments sections of these videos, you'll find that most of the people say something along the lines of, "these people must be living under a rock" or "can they really be that naive?". I personally think they are on too something.
I get the impression that the series is produced in a way that it is done solely for the purpose of creating "shock value", too create something that will get people talking and ultimately result in the creators earning more money/views. Would these videos be anywhere near as successful if the kids/teens involved were being entirely truthful and saying all the "right" things? I very much doubt so.
Here's an example of what I am talking about:
I don't know how old the teens in this video are, but i'm guessing that they are probably around my age (they look like they're around 17-19). Speaking as someone who was born in the Late '90s, the amount of naivety that is displayed by the teens in this video is pretty surprising. How on earth did most of them get the Green Day question wrong? I was only 5 years old when American Idiot was released back in 2004, yet I can quite clearly remember when the album was a huge hit. I know that there are plenty of people around my age who can as well. In fact, the singles off American Idiot were actually Top-40 hits during 2005 and even well into the early part of 2006. They're definitely old enough to know who Green Day are.
The only thing that perhaps goes in their favour is the selection of songs that were used in this video. Most of these songs were released during the Early 2000s, which was when these people were only toddlers/little kids. Also, bands such as Yellowcard and New Found Glory were never synonymous with the genre in the same way that Simple Plan, Blink-182 and Good Charlotte were. You really had to of been of a certain age at the time or be right into pop-punk to know anything about their music, as Yellowcard and New Found Glory were essentially one-hit wonders in the mainstream.
I do think it's interesting though how the majority of these teens express a fondness for pop-punk/rock. They did grow up with this music, so it's not surprising in that sense, but it really does emphasize the differences in music tastes that exist between them and people just a few years younger. If this experiment was conducted with people born during the Early-Mid 2000s, I tend to think that most of them wouldn't respond in the exact same way.
Anyway, what is your opinion on the video above and the "kids/teens react" series in general? Do you think the responses are genuine or made-up for the series?
