Presenting Princess Shaw

Man: Welcome to the Guggenheim.

The only reason we're here tonight

is because you create, upload, and share your incredible work.

His videos get millions of views on YouTube,

taking existing material

and collaging it into something new.

Tonight we're gonna see and hear one of his video creations,

performed live with strings, YouTube video.

Here is the man behind the mix,

Kutiman!

Samantha: Hello, guys, YouTubers.

This is your girl, Princess Shaw.

She likes to dance to the rap jams.

Okay. So I have this song, right?

I thought you didn't like blueberries.

You never know till you try, huh?

What's up, guys? It is I, Princess Shaw.

I'm here because I'm letting you know

that I'm starting up my YouTube channel again,

so go and check for my update videos,

freestyle singing, beats, and all that shit.

Love you, guys. God bless. Bye!

- (phone ringing) - Watch me work, okay, lovers?

Hold on.

Good evening. This is Samantha.

Nurses station. How can I help you?

Samantha: We're all going that way. You know that, Miss Maria?

You can't fight it.

- I know. That's the trouble. - Samantha: Yeah.

Samantha: It would be nice if we could stop the process, huh?

Maria: Where's that young man that came in with you?

Where is he from?

- Samantha: Israel. - Maria: Israel?

Samantha: He's a filmmaker,

and he's making a film about YouTubers.

I have videos on YouTube,

and he saw them, and he contacted me.

Maria: He's a nice looking fellow.

Yeah, he is.

Hey, YouTubers. My name is Princess Shaw.

This video is to just sing a song of mine that I wrote.

I'm gonna sing it a cappella.

If you feel like you have a beat for it, producers,

then...

send me a video, let me hear it,

and I'll let you know, and I hope you guys like it.

This song is my song. I wrote it, okay?

Don't try it. All right, lovers?

Okay, so here it is. I hope you enjoy it.

It is called... umm...

"Backwards".

Samantha: All the songs that I ever do,

I write.

It's hard to write,

and then you have to find somebody

to form the music around your song. It's hard.

Samantha's mom: (over phone) Samantha, you already moved?

Yeah, I moved today.

Oh, baby! That's why it sounds like an echo, huh?

Yeah, because I ain't got nothing in here

but a stove and a refrigerator, but I'm so happy.

I know you, and now you sit inside.

Yeah, I feel like drama-free.

I just feel like everything is coming together.

- Like, I feel like... - I told you, didn't I?

Yeah, I feel like I can live like... I just want to freefall.

Yes, you are, baby. Didn't Mama tell you,

you was giving birth to your new self?

Yeah, you did.

Thank you, Lord. Thank you.

Hello, lovers.

Tonight I'll be performing, guys, at Cafe Istanbul.

It's free, so please come out and support me.

You know I support everybody else.

Come out. Watch the lover give you love.

Bye. Kisses.

You know I go in...

Host: All right. All right.

Next act coming up, this young lady

is very "extraordinaire,"

is very passionate, love what she's doing,

Miss Princess Shaw!

Hello, everyone. My name is Princess Shaw.

How is everyone doing?

Well, the ones that are here.

DJ, play it.

My name is Princess Shaw,

and I've been fucking reborn.

You'd understand what I mean in a second, lovers.

Let's go, y'all!

"What the fuck is wrong with you, Shaw?"

I ask myself over and over again.

Why am I going on in the same direction,

with no direction?

In your eyes, I'm nothing. I'm no one.

The problem is, I've always known this.

Hey, guys! It's Princess.

I haven't been on here in a while,

maybe like two weeks, because I just really...

Ughh...

I'll tell you, okay, just... okay.

This is the story, okay, guys? This is so crazy.

So, you guys, if you know, like,

my car has been down for a while.

I'm trying to get it fixed, but I have to live,

so I can't really do that right now,

so...

I go out...

Well, my friend goes outside to go to work,

and then she texts my phone, and it's like,

Um...

"Did you take your tires off of your car?"

and I'm like, "What?" And then, you know,

now every time I have to go outside

to pay attention to my car and look at it,

because you put it on cement bricks. Really?

I've only seen that in the freaking movies!

I've never even seen somebody do that before.

Like, are you serious?

I had to call the police. I missed a day of work.

And now it's going to cost me $900, so they really got me.

Wow.

- Woman: - Kutiman:

Woman:

Kutiman:

Woman:

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