TYDE LEVI is the rising star behind a hit YouTube channel and an already booming DJ career. His career began just one year ago, when Tyde uploaded his first vlog to the channel, but, as he tells me, this wasn’t his first crack at vlogging. “One day I just decided to make a YouTube video. That was back in 2012 and I never uploaded that video. I had filmed and edited it but I just never uploaded it. Then one year later I re-filmed and edited a new video. That is the one on my channel now known as “My First Vlog.” At the time, he was hopeful that working hard on his YouTube channel would reward him with friendships and the opportunity to travel the world— what he didn’t know was that in just a year he would have built such a dedicated following (reeling in hundreds of thousands of views per video) that he’d be landing DJ’ing gigs and interviews with celebrities.
“WHEN STARTING OUT I NEVER WOULD HAVE IMAGINED COMING THIS FAR. TO KNOW THAT 400,000 THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN THE 3 MINUTE VIDEOS I FILM AND EDIT IN MY BEDROOM BLOWS MY MIND. LIVING IN THE MOST ISOLATED CITY IN THE WORLD AND HAVING 400,000 PEOPLE AT MY FINGERTIPS IS AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING FEELING.”