I remember watching this video nearly three years ago as a freshman daydreaming about leaving my hometown like Conan. It's been really nice rewatching these vlogs, reliving them AS a senior in highschool: prom shopping, college decisions, etc. It brings me back to a comforting and familiar time I can't quite put into words. He was the one who introduced me to Billie Eilish, to Ap Studio Art, to this entire video aesthetic that has become so popular. All I can say is thank you so much Conan, your videos really did help me through a lot. From 300k to 2 mil (soon enough:) ) it has been lovely watching you grow up. Thank you for always being unapologetically yourself, for being my role model throughout the years as I myself grew. I'm not sure how things are going to turn out. I might have to go to a state school in the end, I might not be able to escape my little town, but I know things will turn out okay.
I always watch his old vlogs to feel nostalgic/comforted. I discovered him as I was starting my sophomore year of high school, and I’m currently preparing for my freshman year of college. I could relate to him so much, because I lived in a very small town, but hoped to leave after school. His videos and music have been the soundtrack to my last few years of high school, and I find myself reminiscing kind of sadly as I rewatch. These vlogs remind me of a time where I was unsure of my future, but knew I could turn to Conan’s content for solace.
i know right, im from malaysia so alot is actually unrelatable, (i trust him way more in learning ab us hs kid culture way more than hollywd) but to think that he just made these videos for himself and share himself to the world, i think it would be unimaginable for him to comprehend the EMOTIONAL impact he has on his viewers... ALL around the world tooo. I hope there'll be another youtuber to avenge him(since conan got killed by jonan)
He released kid krow one week ago and seeing him about to release idle town is so emotional for me. I’m crying oh my god. I’m so proud of him and I can’t wait to see how well he does in the future
I just discovered you can see the moon from the window above my bedroom and I feel the most accomplished person ever.. k just wanted to say that bye ^~^
I don't know if you even care, but in my old house my bedroom was on the second floor and outside my window was the roof of downstairs and I'd sit on the roof and watch the sunset and look at the moon and stars. I miss that house so much, and In Australia last year there was a moon eclipse and I laid there on my roof watching the moon. Just wanted to tell someone cause you reminded me.
conan you're so comforting. also me and my friends listen to idle town ON REPEAT for legit hours💖 WERE SO PROUD!!! but seriously the lyrics to idle town are really special to me so thank you💕
trevi I would love to have friends who like the same aesthetics and style like me. I am all dreamy and all about art and love,but my friends in school are mostly just ambicious little asses....who think art is just for fun,that it doesn't have a meaning. .. They are not emotional like me,so they think I am in a bad mood if I'm quiet,or that I am angry at them when I am nostalgic and all just being quiet and drawing for myself.. So, yea. Searching for fellas who will understand me right now🌻
im here sitting with my choco mug cake while watching your vid and then i thought 'i wish i could make and share this mug cake and drink tea with you'..lol that just crossed my mind
queen_hemmings ocean eyes remixed by blackbear is pure gold. I want it played at my funeral. Check it out if you haven't already, you won't be disappointed
well, fist of all, hi from russia, yup, now you have viewers from this country as well \o/ and secondly.... oh. my. god. i've just found your channel and watched like half of your videos instead of being productive (as usual), and what i wanted to say is that i instantly felt the connection with you, because we share mindsets, and that's so cool! also, you are an adorable, special and incredibly talented broccoli, i've listened to your original songs and they touched me so much, that they'll be the only music i'll be listening to for a month or so (i'm being serious) (i might make a cover on one of your songs as well) (yup) and your art. YOUR FREAKING ART. it's so unique and inspiring! what the hell CAN'T you do? this is crazy. like, really, one person can't do so many things that well. i should stop now, probably you won't even read this, but i needed to tell the world about how amazed i am by everything you do. keep on doing that, you make the world a better place for me ☀️
this might sound weird but i always watch your videos with my 2 month old baby and i just gotta say SHE LOVES U she always smiles and giggles when she hears your voice, its so cute
It’s great seeing how far Conan has come, getting emotional from getting 300,000 subscribers and the first time releasing his song on Spotify and ITunes. And now, he’s being a pop star out there releasing soo many great songs and reaching 2 million+ subscribers. I miss his RU-vid days, definitely! Been one of his long time viewer from 2016/2017. And I’m always coming back to watch all of Conan’s old vids again because it makes me feel better and turn my bad days to a brighter one.
this is probably incredibly boring BUT a) what are 'tardies' and b) it's interesting how Americans say "I've got class" whereas British people say "I have A lesson" .... yeah, wow, boring but ya know ;)
have you actually watched any of these videos back, Conan? it's just interesting to me that i always come to these vlogs for comfort, or because like you, i'm just nostalgic.. your life has changed so much in such little time.. I think everyone here ( even the ones reading this. HIII by the way
i remember watching conan when he had 1k subs and it's been such a joy seeing him grow into himself, humbly. it makes me emotional seeing him succeed and nearly graduate since i recall when he was a little middle schooler/lower classman. i'm so proud to see where you've come from and how kind and generous you are 💖
I started watching your videos just the other day. Ocean Eyes was the song I was listening to when I received the call telling me my mom had passed away a couple of months back. Hearing it in the opening was a bit of a slap in the face but it was also very nice to have the song put back in a positive context for a bit. I like your stuff. Makes me feel better about life.
Whenever I feel scared of the future, I watch conan. His vlogs comfort me and assure me that not everything is permanent. Since I found conan, his music and old videos, I’ve been genuinely happy. I’ve learned to find the beauty in the little things. I hope that one day I get to thank him for saving me
my parents have always told me cardinal birds are loved ones who passed on coming to visit.. whenever there’s a funeral i’m my family, on holidays, etc. i get flooded with cardinals. it’s weird but comforting... glad you made a friend :))
Hi, Conan, i'm just writing this because you said you like reading the comments and i hope you will be able to read this one, also it helps practicing my english (native spanish speaker). Eventough i've had a crazy, fun and stressful first week of uni, today was a really chill and relaxes day. I went to kind of like a "wiriting class" idk how to call it, in spanish we call it "taller de escritura". Well, so I woke up this morning and I felt very confortable, I haven't slept this much, 8 hours, since a long time, or at least it feels like it. I did everything I had to do on time and went to my class. There you can feel a creative atmosphere between the teachers and the students. We are a very small class, 10 people, and we gather together every Sunday at 11am in one of the teacher's house. I still don't know whose, but I suspect that it's either the female teacher or they are both living together (as a couple, or not). We did an activity where you must write nonstop within 9 minutes. It doesn't matter if you blank out (?) or run out of ideas beacuse you can "i don't know what to write anymore. Dammit" and it's still valid because it's just an excersise to let flow your creativity, and I must say it helps A LOT. You should try it sometime while writing a song, a story, or even an essay. After the writing class, in my way to my home I made some friends from the class (my first ones there) and it was so nice. We only talked for a bit because I live close and they had to keep going to the bus stop, but it still was an enjoyable experience. When i came home the smell of fried banana invaded my nostrills. Sweet banana. I was hungry right away. My mom gave me a kiss in the cheek and we hugged, as always, and I ate my lunch, which was very tasty. After that I did what I always do to relax: watch youtube. I watches the recent video of Lucy Moon, i think it's called «how to get over someone» or something like that. She gives such GREAT advice! She said all the right things and lots of things i have figured out thorugh time. You should definetely check it out, I recommend it, even if you're not in that situation right now, it wil help you in some way. Later on, I watched you vid and it gave me this relaxed and hapoy mood. I'm so glad this day turned out to be this way, I really am. Thank you for sharings little bits of your life with us, you're amazing and inspiring. I hope tou have a great day today and to everyone who has taken the time to read this
During the week half of my class was gone on a boating trip, so it was really peaceful. I took a lot of notes in classes, and got confused over circle geometry. At home I practiced guitar, and danced to music a lot.
Literally whenever I feel unmotivated or in a bad mood I love watching your vlogs. It always makes me in a better mood and want to do something productive.
I've had a really crazy busy day today, and I only had a chance to start my homework at ten at night, I finished at one thirty in the morning. My math was causing me crazy amounts of stress and I came here, and this video is just what I needed to relax. Thank you so much Cone, your videos mean the actual stars to me.
I swear you were born in the wrong generation, y’all are in 2018 worrying about your everything while Conan is in 1985 worrying about arcade games and aesthetics
ugh i just want to be friends and grab coffee and bond over being half Japanese like holy dooly i love these vlogs they inspire me to film. currently in Japan and always listening to idle town when i go for walks in this tiny town miyazaki :)
I just love when you film your room with the sun light falling it looks so pretty and when you sit among those ray of lights you look like a literal sunshine which you always are! :)
Little did we know, the wholesome high school Conan on youtube was being brokenhearted many times over during his whole high school and has been writing all those 200+ songs over some person who "did not deserve it" (his words in 2020 in the Zach Sang interview). But still here he is, radiant and inspiring, optimistic and deeply appreciative of his new beginnings on Spotify.✨Little did he know. Stay wholesome and pure 💖Conan the one who always blessed everyone💖.
You say you read all your comments... so I'm gonna one out there, though I don't do it that often: Conan, I stumbled across your videos by chance a few weeks ago, and you're SUCH a magnificent breath of fresh air! I was getting bored of all the samey-samey videos people are putting out... but your videos absolutely inspire me, and your humble personality makes me so happy to know that, even though you're on the other side of the world to me (London), there are still beautiful people with beautiful souls in this world. I thank God that He's put such an amazing human being here on this earth - makes me REALLY REALLY REALLY wanna be your friend (in the most non-creepy way possible hahaha). Anyway, God bless and keep doing what you're doing. xxx
Watching Conan inspires me to take care of myself. So even in 2020 I go back on his videos and play them to help push me to get out of bed, drink water, and eat a healthy snack
I almost had a panic attack because of how much physical pain I was in. Even though this video is from 3 years ago it still helped me calm down and distract myself from the pain. Thank you Conan. You mean the world to me and inspire me every day. I love you and your video’s so much.
I love how Conan is such a sweet generous soul like he pitched in with his friends to get Ellie a Polaroid camera and gave the pastel pens he has extras of to Ashley uwu
it all started with idle town and you were just so sweet and so humble. 😢🥺 that’s why you’ve blown up like crazy now. it made me so happy to watch this again after all that’s happened with your career now. you really deserve it.
It’s so funny that Conan got the red adidas because he saw Maggie Rogers wearing them, and a few years ago I bought them because I saw Conan wearing them. How cute :)
Wow, rewatching this now makes me want to cry, you are so happy that you're brought to tears when you reached 300,000. Now your at almost 650,000 and growing everyday. I'm so proud of you and thank you for brightening my life with yours. I love you, Conan, keep being you!
Btw Conan I immediately downloaded idle town on spotify when i saw your announcement video! You are my favorite youtuber and always make me happy :) sidenote: there is a singer from texas called khalid and i thought you might like his music, he's one of my favorites and id love to know what you think of him!
The beginning 🥺 I miss my cat so much! I miss his purrs and his head brushing against my hand.... I moved to my hometown and my cat is with my dad in the city.. I left my cat at my dads so my dad won’t get lonely ☺️ and I was right he sent me videos of him laughing at the cat... cuddling with the cat 🥺
i remember i stopped wrtiting my short story for class due that day just to check if you hit 300k and when i saw you did, i cried for like 3 minutes straight im a dork 😝
this is the first vlog i watched of yours (actually my first video was you trying to hit a whistle note but i think i forgot about you for a while and came back acter lucy moon recommended your channel in one of your videos). you were at something like 300k subscribers and it's crazy how much you've grown, not only in numbers, during these two years. i bet you must receive tons of comments of people saying they're proud of you, and here's another comment like that!! even though you don't post much on your channel these days you work so hard for us on your music and your art, and i'm immensely thankful for that. it's been amazing to follow the journey of someone who's in the same age range as me, and who has a similar story & similar interests and passions. you have proved me that i can have happy times now despite having had a hectic and traumatic childhood, and you've shown me that i can find joy in simple things and try to accept myself even if i'm not the straightest or most masculine young man. life is never easy but your content, no matter if it's songs, videos or funny tweets has brought me a lot of happiness. i can't wait to see where the future takes you, conan (and if you come back to france i'll make sure to attend your show!!)
Coming back here coz my sister just asked me about Conan being on MTV. She remembered how passionate I am watching his vlogs during his early youtube days. And yep I told my sister it was the same Conan Gray. I feel like a proud mom 😢 and seeing him talking again here about his music aaaaaaaagh
I just found Conan and he's already lifted my spirits so much. I've been going through some things recently and Conan and his video have become that little light in my day that I can watch and feel a bit better. Conan, if you read this, thank you so much. I found your channel yesterday and you're already one of my favorite youtubers and that light I needed to carry on.
hey conan. i just wanted to let you know i am completely obsessed with idle town and i'm actually so proud of how far you've come. honestly seeing you grow through your channel is so great and i love it so much. i feel like a proud mom even though i don't know you personally. anyways, thank you for being so great, thank you for making so many people (including me) happy, thank you for your music, thank you for being you
This is so beautiful, your vlogs are certainly the most interesting/beautiful ones on youtube xx been here since 50k, so very proud of you, you deserve it:)
Conan, you're such a wonderful and soft human and I am so thankful for you existing. I am in love with your music and style, and I've never been so genuinely happy about a subscription before. You cherish each and every one of your subscribers and I'm so glad I can say I'm one of them to be here to support you and love you.
Wow I know this probably doesn’t mean much to you and you will never see this but I feel so proud of how far you have come and I can’t express how much your videos and music have changed my life and inspired me to be myself. Thank you.
this week was crazy busy but amazing! I live in france for study but because of easter holidays I came back to Italy to see my family after 2 mounths, before going to Rome ,where my parents are, I went to Milan Design Week which was a m a z i n g !!! It's a week in milan all about art, design and graphic!!! You would love it Conan!!!
My best moment this week was holding the first baby duck of this year! I work at a bird sanctuary and the moment the first baby duck comes in it's always the start of the busy spring season! I love you eveything you make! Xx
Commenting on this again.. bc I am feeling such horrible anxiety, and Conan always helps relief that anxiety when other things can’t.. I’m just feeling so ughhhh I want this anxiety to just subside but it’s not and whoever stumbles on this pls wish my anxiety leaves like asap.. cause I can’t manage this all the time
Today it was super nice and warm so my cousin and I spent the day hanging out and enjoying the sunshine ☀️ I love your vlogs and I can't stop listening to idle town :)
i've never seen a positive person like you before. you always be there when i feel really down. i don't know how to describe how much i appreciate you,i just wanna say thank you so much.i love you Conan😭😭
Something that made me smile this week was sitting on the bridge over the creek that runs through my yard, listening to your music on repeat, reading, and enjoying the warm spring day :)