This may be the only video record of an artist at the exact moment that they learn people actually love and care about their work. It's so sweet to see Darren's shock and humility. He honestly didn't know until right then :)
I love how all of the starkids have this song memorized! Brian wasnt even in the show and he knows all of the words, you can see him singing the whole time :)
I don't think there has ever been a moment caught on video where someone realized they have become famous, even if it is for youtube video. These guys started so humbly, and from what I have been able to see seemed to have stayed just as down to earth. It's amazing
I actually just binged the Very Potter trilogy again. Back to Hogwarts and Granger Danger have been ear worms for DAYS. I stumbled upon this video yesterday and I cant believe I didn't see it before. Darren's reaction in the beginning just melts my heart.
Man. Darren was and still is so pure, his reaction to people knowing his song is the most amazing thing. So many great things awaited him and he had no idea. Side note, Joey will always be my favorite Ron..I love Rupert but something about the way Joey acts...or maybe I just have a giant crush lol
Still the happiest video I know on RU-vid. Darren totally immersed in the song, the audience singing along in unison as if on cue, that moment when a spark of magic hits them all and they know this is something special that's beginning to take off... There's no hierarchy between the cast, they all just get a kick out of their joint performances. It's just pure poetry to me and beats literally every happy dog/cat/baby video out there. This makes my heart fly and I'm so glad someone caught it on camera and put it on the internet.
I was watching Blaine on Glee tonight and I was reminded of how much of a goober Darren is, and I had an impulse to watch some StarKid stuff. I teared up at this. If you told this Darren - crazy-haired Darren who dresses up as Harry Potter and makes weird covers of Disney songs I mean who does that - that someday he would be a regular on Glee, he would do Broadway, he would be winning awards, that he would be going on a sold-out solo tour... He wouldn't believe you. Here's a kid who knows nothing more than being a dork with his friends and singing about Harry Potter, and he has no idea where he's gonna be in a few years. I really hope, once this whole Glee thing is done, he does some more stuff with StarKid. That's where he's at his best.
I know right! And i love how suprised Darren is when he hears people singing along with his own song! If only he could have had a glimps into the future he would have known how famous he would become! I dun goofed, i made myself emotional xD
Brian telling the crowd to sing along if they know the words. Darren realizing that they made it. Joey drumming with the Red Vines. Dylan singing his heart out. Nick filling all the roles. The crowd SCREAMING for all the Malfoy parts. Just. EVERYTHING about this is perfect and fills me with joy :)))
I love the moment when Darren realises everybody there knows his song! It just makes me so happy to see them sing together, not knowing yet how much A Very Potter would change their lifes and those of so many fans all around the world.
*Darren:* Underneath these stairs I hear the sneers and feel the glares of my cousin, my uncle and my aunt. *Only Darren:* Can't believe how cruel they are and it stings my lightning scar to know they'll never ever give me what I want. *Literally only Darren:* I know I don't deserve these awful rules made by the Dursleys here on... *EVERYONE:* ...Privet Drive.
I love Darren and Joey's reactions to things in this video. When the crowd starts sing along they're laughing and the love it but you can tell it sort of scares them too. They just like they're, singing along i don't know how to react, and it's so cute.
I come back to this video every few months and i think I figured out why. This was only a few months after the video had been posted, it was joke for all of them as friends. This is THE moment where they all realize that they accidently made somthing bigger than themselves. You can just see it in Darrens face specifically that it all just clicked in that moment where everyone sang "privet drive." This was a moment that was right before it all truly blew up for them, in this video you're watching stars being born. And this is never going to happen like this again. It's like a moment stuck in time and it's super nostalgic. And it makes me smile just thinking about the last 11 year's and the fact that i grew up on this. That i was just going into middle school when they posted AVPM... My entire teenage years consisted of watching this group of people develop their talents and become amazing performers... And it's just so special.
Darren is just SO passionate about his music. You can see it here. The way he plays the guitar and the faces he makes when he sings and concentrate to play. He deserves every good thing that happened to him ♥️
2019 anyone ? You still watch avpm ? That's TOTALLY AWESOME and I don't FIND that surprising at all... Edit : 2021 and I'm still here ♡ Edit 2 : 2023 and I'm still here!!
The way darren says “that means so much to me” with his dorky smile when he realizes they had fans and they knew the lyrics to their song it's just too personal to me 🥺 I’ve watched this so many times and still one of my favorites videos ever.
A moment I haven't seen anyone mention but 6:04 when everyone joins in with "you must be a weasley" you can see Brian's astonished happiness as he makes eye contact with Joey, and then Joey's just so happy when he delivers his next line
What makes it so awesome is that they enjoy it so much, and they're singing with the fans, and it's starkids, and it's epic, and I love them, and I was literally smiling the whole video through, and... oh gosh, starting to ramble. I could go on and on about AVPM, but I'm such a fangirl anyway for all aspects of starkids!!!! Wish I could be one XD
I definitely think Nick was enjoying himself a little too much here! I also think it's cute that everyone (except dylan) has some sort of gryffindor merch on.
i wish i'd been an addition to the fandom way earlier. i've only started and finished the movies this year, and it feels like i'm late or whatever. i'm watching this at 1am, and i dunno, it just feels heartwarming to see them goof around like this. i've known darren from glee, and i really do wish i was in the fandom ever since i was smaller. i guess maybe that's why i can't figure out what house i belong in, or why i want to finish the books as soon as i can, and rewatch the movies when i can. i just wish i'd have been here earlier.
That’s the thing for the newer generation of fans which I’m in where the series had been around for so long that spoilers weren’t rlly a thing so you live your life knowing about this series and what happens and then all of the sudden you just get swept into it and it’s rlly just an amazing thing to be apart of but you just shush you could’ve been there when it started
Imagine them watching starkid homecoming now. Their amazement at the 13-piece orchestra, the overwhelming amount of hardcore fans, and how many musicals they've created since then. They've come so far!!
okay it was super cute that darren was like "Oh my god theyre singing my song"and hes so talented and cute whatever- Brian Holden is HOT like damn okay BRIAN
They could barely get Darren back for a few days to play Harry in AVPSY at LeakyCon, so to still perform it with the original cast would require multiple miracles.
I love the build up of the crowd at the beginning... they actually sounded really good too lol. And they just got more confidence as the song went on. I can't help but smile at this video, I love this musical :)
I was having a supremely shitty day, then this pops up in my recommendations for the first time in a decade. It really made me smile. Wish we could all just go back to Hogwarts. (but also fuck terfs)
i love how at this time the people watching are still fumbling some of the words in the verses cause they don't know them well enough yet....that never happens now lol, everyone knows every single word perfectly
I love how shocked he is when everyone sings along. This is probably one of the first times, if not the very first time, that people have actually sung along to lyrics and a song that HE wrote and I absolutely love how unbelieving and surprised and just freaking joyful he is about it.
Nicole di Angelo IKR! In my group of friends I am the only one who likes (loves actually) Harry Potter. I mean like who can hate it! And my friends who do like it haven't seen AVPM/S/SY yet. Life just sucks sometimes lol
I can’t get over this video, I just keep coming back time and time again... it just needs to be retitled “the exact moment Darren Criss found out he was famous” because his reaction is so amazing and I just can’t.
