Alex Day

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Alex Day
Alex Day at a performance in 2010
Alex Day at a performance in 2010
YouTube channel
language English
founding August 4, 2006
channels Alex Day
Subscribers over 800,000
Calls over 90,000,000
Videos over 300
network Studio 71
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Epigrams and Interludes
  UK 57 03/30/2013 (1 week)
Singles
Forever Yours
  UK 4th December 31, 2011 (1 week)
Lady Godiva
  UK 15th 04/14/2012 (1 week)
Stupid stupid
  UK 25th 12/29/2012 (1 week)

Alex Day (born April 8, 1989 , real life Alex Richard George Day ) is a British video blogger and musician, who became known through the video platform YouTube .

Video blog

Day began posting video blogs on YouTube in 2006 under the name Nerimon . The artist name he invented as a child for a character in his self-written Digimon fanfiction, he gave up at the end of 2013 and has been vlogging on YouTube since then under his name Alex Day . In 2009, Day was part of the BBC Switch's Chartjackers project , which successfully placed a charity single in the UK charts.

Day's YouTube channel passed the one million subscriber mark in November 2013, but fell again in the wake of his temporary withdrawal. In December 2014 there were over 980,000 subscribers, the published videos were viewed more than 130 million times. With over 2 million views, the most viewed contribution is LOST in 3 Minutes , in which Day explains the television series Lost .

music

Alex Day and Ed Blann at an appearance in New York City 2010

In 2009 Alex Day released Parrot Stories, his first solo album, produced by Tom Milsom. The World Is Mine (I Don't Know Anything) was released in 2010 .

In addition to his activities as a solo artist, Day is a founding member of the band Chameleon Circuit , whose songs are thematically based on the television series Doctor Who . This released their self-titled debut album in June 2009, of which over 1000 copies were sold in the first week. The second album Still Got Legs , which was released on July 12, 2011, made it to number 27 in the UK iTunes Album Charts and number 4 in the iTunes Rock Album Charts. In addition to Day, Charlie McDonnell , Liam Dryden and Ed Blann and Michael Aranda, who joined the band in 2011, are members of the band. Founding member Chris Beattie got out before the production of the second record.

In addition, Alex Day was together with McDonnell, Ed Blann and Tom Milsom a member of the band Sons of Admirals , which released the Cat Stevens cover Here Comes My Baby in June 2010 . The single reached number 61 in the British charts, it reported, among other things, The Sun , which also invited the band to a live session.

In November 2011, Day asked subscribers to support his song Forever Yours in order to surprise the UK Christmas charts with an original song that was not part of The X Factor's casting show squad . On November 13, 2011, Day released his single Forever Yours on iTunes and from December 18, the first day of the chart count, a total of thirteen remixes followed - some by other YouTubers, some created by himself - the entire proceeds of which go to charitable organizations should, largely to World Vision . With this and through the additional publication on Amazon MP3 and his call to give the songs to others via iTunes, he used loopholes in the online charts, which posted all these sales to his original song. On December 25th, the UK charts announced that Forever Yours was in fourth place, ahead of artists like Coldplay. This makes Day the first artist who ever made it into the top ten of the UK charts without a record deal and without radio or television support. He claims that over £ 20,000 were raised for charity.

Other activities

In addition to his activities as a vloger and musician, Alex Day works on other projects. He and his cousin Danny Hooper developed the card game Sopio , for which championships are held regularly. He also created the Lifescouts project , where he sells metal badges for specific experiences that buyers can collect; the name and the idea are based on the badges of the boy scouts .

On October 13, 2014, Day published a book about London Underground , which can only be obtained from a website he operates as he publishes it himself.

Abuse affair

In March 2014, a series of public allegations began against Day and other British YouTube personalities, alleging that Day has emotionally manipulated at least 11 girls aged 16 and over since he was 21, and in some cases sexually coerced them. On his Tumblr page on March 14, 2014, he stated:

“It's only in the last 24 hours that I'm realizing how much I created situations that put people under enormous pressure. I wasn't being responsible enough to be aware of it, and that's my fault entirely. I want to be clear that I'm not blaming this on my lack of awareness or knowledge of consent and boundaries. I'm blaming myself. I'm deeply, deeply ashamed of this. "

“It was only in the last 24 hours that I realized how often I caused situations that put people under enormous pressure. I wasn't responsible enough to notice and that is my fault. I want to make it clear that I do not blame my lack of knowledge of consent and boundaries for this. I blame myself. I am deeply ashamed of it. "

- Alex Day : Blog entry on his Tumblr profile

Since then, Day has largely withdrawn from the public eye for several months, including a. He did not publish any videos on YouTube or tweets on Twitter, and his tumblr page is no longer available. On October 5, 2014, he made a video speaking about the allegations and his public withdrawal. In one approach to the statement, he presents two cases, which he classifies as minor offenses, and criticizes the tumultuous Tumblr community, which in his eyes has not given him the chance to share his view of the events. Since then, Day has sporadically published videos and tweets again. While the number of negative comments among its videos is decreasing on YouTube, its subscriber number fell below the one million mark for the first time on November 28th.

Discography

  • 2009: Chameleon Circuit (with Chameleon Circuit, DFTBA Records)
  • 2009: Parrot Stories (CD / Download, DFTBA Records)
  • 2010: 117% Complete (EP, CD / Download, DFTBA Records)
  • 2010: The World Is Mine (I Don't Know Anything) (CD / Download, DFTBA Records)
  • 2010: Soup Sessions Acoustic (EP, CD / Download, DFTBA Records)
  • 2011: Still Got Legs (with Chameleon Circuit, DFTBA Records)
  • 2013: I've Got What It Takes (CD / Download, DFTBA Records)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charts UK
  2. ↑ youtube.com: Video: Bungee Jumping for Beginners . Retrieved May 25, 2012.
  3. ↑ a b YouTube Channel: Bio . Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  4. ↑ Nerimon on YouTube . Retrieved April 25, 2012.
  5. ↑ Nerimon: LOST in 3 Minutes on YouTube . Retrieved April 25, 2012.
  6. ↑ charlieissocoollike: Here Comes My Baby on YouTube . Published June 14, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
  7. ↑ database polyhex.com , search input Sons of Admirals . Retrieved August 24, 2011.
  8. ↑ The Sun : Internet geeks to storm to No1. Published September 30, 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
  9. ^ The Sun : Meet the Suns of Admirals. Published October 11, 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
  10. ↑ Nerimon: Nerimon to Number One on YouTube. Published November 10, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  11. ↑ BBC Newsbeat: YouTube artist aims to top the Christmas charts.Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  12. ↑ musicweek.com: No record label required: Unsigned Alex Day single sells over 50k in a week - more than Coldplay . Retrieved December 27, 2011
  13. ↑ Nerimon: English Christmas Day on YouTube . Published December 25, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  14. ↑ Sopiocards : About Sopio Accessed December 29, 2013.
  15. ↑ Lifescouts : Lifescouts.Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  16. ↑ Alex Day: The Great Bell on YouTube . Published October 13, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  17. ^ Gavia Baker-Whitelaw: Alex Day and the dangers of YouTube celebrity culture. The Daily Dot. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  18. ↑ Alex Day: On Consent. April 14, 2014, archived from the original on March 15, 2014 ; Retrieved April 23, 2014 .
  19. ↑ Alex Day: The Past on YouTube . Published October 5, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  20. ↑ VidStatsX: Alex Day YouTube Channel Stats.Retrieved December 4, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Day, Alex
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Day, Alex Richard George (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British musician and blogger
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1989