KSI: In Real Life

Back in the day, YouTube was a very simple place

for the cat videos

or random vlogging.

But I started to realise

that YouTube could possibly be around forever.

As a kid, I was very introverted.

Bit of a loser.

But when I started my YouTube channel,

that one button, and I became KSI.

Holy crap! There's a Black guy on the screen!

Oh, my God, my dick is on fire!

Welcome to Q&A Sunday.

Put one in your mouth and say, "Choppy bunny".

Choppy bunny.

You're out. Out, out, out.

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No, sicko!

Only, like, 50 people have this.

On the programme, we have the undisputed

YouTube champion of the world, from the UK,

the Nightmare, KSI.

- Finally. Finally. - I'll knock you out, bro.

- You make videos... - Yeah, yeah.

What, you wanna push me again? Push me again!

JJ has got so much power.

It's a big uppercut from JJ.

Once you go, "Oh, you know what,

"I'm going to do this",

then you can do it.

I just have this mentality where nothing can stop me.

That's just my way of thinking. Yeah.

Ay, yo, what's up, motherfuckers?

And welcome to...

Yeah.

- Impaulsive. Let's go. - Yeah.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have KSI back on the podcast.

Welcome, JJ,

to Los Angeles and America.

Dude, it's good to have you.

- It's good to have you... - Good to be here, man.

- Again. I made it. - Again.

You're doing, like, 10 different things here during your...

This week, no?

Yeah, just, like, music, working on my next album, yeah.

- Just writing and everything. - Sick.

And that, too? That guy right there?

What's that guy doing?

Oh, Amazon.

Wes. Big boy Wes.

So, he's been filming me the whole time

since around June.

Just, like, literally my whole life.

Just, what's going on.

You like him, I assume, huh?

Yeah, yeah, he's cool, yeah. Yeah, he's cool. He's...

Yeah, bro, he's seen me,

you know, the highs and the lows.

I think people are gonna really see

a completely different side to what they normally see online.

So, JJ, how did you sleep?

It was quite shit...

If I'm being honest.

Um, jetlag.

Yeah, I woke up in the middle of the night, like, 4:00 a.m.

I think I was tweeting some soppy stuff.

I've always wondered, like, what...

Like, what's special to me, or what meant a lot to me.

Um...

You know, I was thinking, like, what really made sense?

You know, I have a load of baggage.

Um...

I have plenty of money.

Plenty of fame.

Oh, God, But, nah, nah.

I have... No, I have a lot of baggage.

And, um, I'm definitely working on that.

I don't think anyone actually really knows who I am.

Including me.

Can you tell me about it, JJ,

what's the line-up of the festival?

Uh, well, so, for Reading and Leeds,

we've got Stormzy,

Post Malone, Liam Gallagher.

Obviously, got people like AJ Tracey, Mabel, Yungblud...

and me.

Do you know how many people

are gonna be at Leeds and Reading?

I think around 30,000. I could be wrong.

But it's gonna be a lot of people.

JJ, I think it's 80,000.

Eighty thousand?

Shit. Okay, then.

Well, then, I've definitely downplayed that.

I didn't know, I thought it was 30,000.

Eighty thousand, come on.

That's easy.

Holy shit.

Holy shit!

What's going through your head right now?

What are you thinking?

I want this to be a moment for everyone.

I want everyone to be like, "Damn, KSI's fucking hard".

"I don't normally fuck with his music,

"but, damn, bro, he's good live, you know?"

We're here, baby. We're here.

Leeds Festival!

Oh, I've just been looking at the crowd.

Like, this is... This is my moment, bro.

- Yeah, man. - Oh, coming through, like,

"Hey, what's up? KSI in the building".

I'm here, baby. Shit.

Your energy's too much.

- Yeah, no, bro... - I wish I had it.

No, that's the shit. I don't know.

Beforehand, I'm always just, like, chill,

- like, relax. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And then whenever it gets to the moment,

- I'm there like, "Oh, let's go." - Yeah.

Hard.

Let's do this, baby.

There's definitely gonna be

a lot of people who don't think

I deserve to be on that stage, 100%.

"Look at this YouTuber trying to do music".

"KSI next to, what,

"Kid Laroi, Post Malone, Stormzy, AJ Tracey?

"All these musicians,

"and then you've got KSI. Doesn't make sense".

So then I've gotta just show them

it makes perfect sense. Yeah.

I have to work harder than all of these artists, man,

to prove that I can be in that position.

I think, from my childhood,

I've always had so much pressure to do well,

so the idea of failing was terrifying.

I...

It's just scary, like, I think that's...

Maybe that's my fear, of failure.

That's, like, my biggest fear.

I hope you're having a great time.

Our next act is pretty special.

Eight top-ten singles, a number-one album,

and making his festival debut right now, here, KSI!

Damn!

Damn! Team!

Oh, shit.

Damn.

Yeah!

Come on, Leeds!

I am done.

Hey, yo, Leeds. Thank you for having me.

Take care. Peace.

- Thank you, thank you. - Congrats, bro, good lad.

Bro, congrats to all of us, bruv.

Tell me I'm not a musician now, innit.

KSI! KSI! KSI!

What the hell?

- From a YouTuber to this. - Yeah.

Bro, man was in his bedroom,

in his bedroom, making little FIFA videos,

and now look. Who'd have fucking thought?

Bro!

This is the stuff you dream about, innit?

Yeah, yeah, and...

But you're just like, "That's... that's never gonna happen".

There's no chance.

And it's like, "Damn, I'm here now".

Damn.

Ladies and gentlemen,

welcome to a brand-new video idea.

Let's get a round of applause.

I know right? What!

Oh, my God, it's taken...

It's taken years...

It's taken years for a brand-new video idea,

but it's come, finally.

Today we're gonna be looking at my childhood.

We're going on Google Earth to just look at where I grew up.

Let's go into this.

I think we'll start off where everything started,

my whole YouTube career.

That is the big boy over here.

Oh!

Oh...

Oh, shit, there it is.

There it... Oh, shit!

Oh, there it is! It's my old house.