How Joji Escaped from Filthy Frank 

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He left RU-vid at the right time. He made us laugh as kids and now he makes us cry as adults 😂💀

I feel awful for him when he opened up about his health condition and his fanbase was so unsupportive. I can't imagine how that must have felt, I would have been broken

Going from shitposting nonstop for a decade, to having a WILDLY successful music career after is an almost impossible task. And he did it.

That's crazy, I found Joji recently and did not even realize that he was Filthy Frank. He did a great job separating the two

The way he broke away was honestly insane, I remember when I heard his first song after he broke the persona and it was filled with so much pain. He has come so far.

People grow man. Sadly I miss filthyfrank but he proved he was more than that and I am happy for him.

I hate how his fan base stopped him from growing. I think society has a problem understanding that celebrities are people too. I’m so happy to see him doing better

I said it before and I'll say it again: Frank was the last remnant of RU-vid being a true community driven platform.

I never watched filthy frank so I was so shocked when I found out the guy who made slow dancing in the dark and pink guy were the same person 😂

An inspiring dude all around. Crazy transition

I'm 70 years old. Just love the guy, no matter what he does.

I was a huge fan of Filthy Frank. Admittedly I’m not a Joji fan, but I support the fact he’s doing what makes him happy. And after bringing laughter and joy to millions, he deserves to have some laughter and joy himself.

He was a pioneer of RU-vid back in the day, he helped shaped RU-vid as a platform. All of us who grew up watching his content miss him dearly, but we're very happy for him and the career path he chose at the same time. He went from dissing musicians, to becoming one himself, it just goes to show. You never know where life will take you next.

He just released a new song... "Glimpse of Us" and it is truly incredible. Few artists like him in the world today and I expect him to experience an incredible amount of success... God bless him and his future

I always support him, I was happy when I saw in my SoundCloud that he was going serious with music, if you really like someone you want them happy…

He was an incredible physically committed comedian, I thought it was ground breaking when he revealed himself and the humanity behind the artist, I was so here for it. It’s a shame he’s haunted by the fandom pressures and his own personal issues.

I think he was simply put; A genius. I used to be one of those toxic kids who supported him and all of Filthy Frank's shenanigans but ironically enough, around the time Filthy Frank was buried my mentality was shifting to a more emotional state and his music commingled with my emotions at the time perfectly, his transition at the peak of his popularity was nothing short of genius.

Makes me upset he was sick almost the whole time. You don't just start having a condition like that, it builds it momentum slowly and painfully, until you just can't fight anymore and living a normal life is the vest you can hope for. Every song the man has made has made me emotional in one way or another

I've been there for this crazy, edgy ride on The Filthy Frank Show and now I keep track of his music career as Joji. I'm just so proud of George, he really made it. Golden Boy of the best meme era, and extraordinary music producer and singer. Sky is the limit for this dude.

Honestly I was disgusted at how the fanbase reacted to his leaving for the sake of his mental health. It sucks that big channels have toxic fans that care more about the content, and not about the creators health. I'm glad he was able to make the decision to leave, and I'm glad that he's happy and healthy. Creators shouldn't have to throw away their own happiness and their health because toxic people are screaming at them to continue.

Joji is such an interesting case study. I miss Frank like a lot of people, but I prefer Joji much more where he is today.

When I met Joji, he seemed like a really nice, down to earth guy. He was at a local dog park near by where I live. I passed by him when he was blowing Pekingese. I asked for his autograph. He said yes.

He's so smart, the way he has done things is just amazing. He even left the channel, i bet he misses uploading videos from time to time, but you cant chase two things in the same time, gotta do what you love more and thats what i respect the most. To this day he remains my favorite youtuber, whichs is kinda crazy since i watch a lot of them but no one comes close to frank.

After following him through all these years, I feel genuinely happy for this man

I remember when I first came across Jojis soundcloud 5-6 years ago, it had such a huge impact on my taste in music and I still regularly listen to world$tar money, besidju, and unsaved info. I'm really happy for him, glad he made it this far and hope he keeps going.

He’s been my biggest inspiration navigating the youtuber to music career balance. The concept of a musician making RU-vid videos. The slow transition and sprinkling in original tracks into the regular content. He laid down the blue print I strive to follow in my own way.

I remember watching Filthy frank as a wee little tot (Im 16 now so imagine how young i had to be) thanks to my older brother. I stumbled upon Joji thanks to tiktok and other social media and was BLOWN AWAY discovering it was Frank!! Granted, I hadn't seen Joji's face before that but I digress!! It amazed me that it was the same guy, but also gave me reason as to why I immediately liked his music. His voice had a familiar sound to it and I couldn't figure out why until I found out who he used to be and thought "Yeah this is same guy who sung HELP for sure". I'm mad people didn't take to his softer music so well in the beginning, because it's downright gorgeous, but I'm also glad he didn't let the backlash stop him from reaching his ultimate goal. Well done George

It just saddens me how much the “fanbase” just didn’t want to let him be himself. Even to the point that what they wanted from him was literally detrimental to his own health. 😢 I am forever grateful to have watched his content 2015 onward til his last vid. And I’m happy to now follow his music currently, and love it as much as I loved his content way back when. ☺️

I remember recently seeing some people in a comment section mentioning how much they were looking forward to George “getting bored of Joji and going back to Filthy Frank” and I just... I feel like that’s a pipe dream. He’s moved on from that stage of his life, and he seems so much happier where he is now than where he was then. You know?

Joji can’t get cancelled. People don’t get cancelled for deeds alone, they get cancelled because of hipocrisy, trying to cover it up, because their content is vapid, and because the public is just tired of them. In Joji’s case, none of these apply. That being said, I do think he quit the filthy frank show at the right time.

I remember watching Filthy Frank with my brother. Years later I heard Joji’s music and loved it so much. My brother told me Joji and FF were the same person and I couldn’t believe it! I’m so proud that he’s been able to grow to this capacity and hope he only continues to grow from here!

George has been a huge part of my youth, I love that I was the generation that grew up with the filth and managed to see him grow so much to become a great musician

Hes still a spiritual lyrical miracle individual in my book ❤️

He left at the perfect time as youtube really started to crack down on the more "controversial" videos on the site, its been amazing to see how he's grown since that transition and i'd love to see him bring jojivlogs or something similar back

Thank you patrick for consistently uploading high quality content, you have kept me entertained for like the past 3 years. The community appreciates you more than you could know.

Bruh i live in new zealand and heard joji's latest single 'glimpse of us' on the radio for the first time ever the other day. I couldnt believe it. Im so happy for him, his music has helped me through some tough times, he deserves everything.

I remember being so intrigued by his joji persona that i was scouting the internet for leaks and unreleased joji tracks and fan edits. I still have a folder with old/unreleased/deleted joji tracks in a folder on my backup drive. Rly proud of him and his masterful transition.

I stuck with Joji throughout all his phases, such a talented dude, he deserves all the success.

I just wanna say my journey with George started at a very young age. I will be seeing him preform live in 2 weeks after years of seeing him only my phone screen and words can’t explain. I’m so happy he did what he did 💓

I didn't even watch Filthy Frank and I think I've only listened to like one of Joji's song. But his story is so heartbreaking yet comforting in the same way. He was able to escape Frank to pursue what he found most joy in.

Joji's previous album was incredible, I'm very excited for the next one. What he's done for both youtube and music is crazy.

His newest song atm, "glimpse of us" is amazing, and has a crazy video compellation of his more chaotic moments xD also looks like its best performing work to date, if its not already its definitely on track to be. Love joj

Thanks for this Joji-journey! Truly well documented and insightful. I never got on the Filthy Frank or pink guy train. I did however watch some compilation that included his bit with the depressed alien that comes to earth. In that clip the alien has this beautiful lines that talk about being human, love, and generally living. It ends really goofy but it hit me emotionally enough to wonder what I had missed. Then I found his then freshly released video for Demons and Will he. And I was totally hooked. Thank you for sharing and putting this timeline together!

So brilliant. Not a huge fan of Joji's music cuz I'm not big on that type of music, but I LOVE his success. Also his label 88 Rising has some artists I absolutely love. Higher Brothers are amazing.

This dude is inspirational .. he came from a pretty bad background to one of the most iconic RU-vidrs and then became someone who makes heavenly music .

I can't even begin to imagine what it must have been like to share with millions of people something as serious as a condition, only for a big portion of them to spit back at him. Especially considering RU-vid was surely ready to crack down on him on a dime for his content. I hope he's the version of himself he always envisioned he wanted to be, maybe even better yet!

hey man thank you so much for telling his story how it was, beautifully told and i hope that this video opens up the eyes of a lot of people cause what george did was what some people take all their life to figure out. So thank you

I didn't realize how much I needed this video! Great job 👏 and I looove Joji so much

When he left youtube it felt abrupt to me. It felt like he abandoned us, his fans. I always liked his music and wanted more serious beats, but it was almost hard to listen to them after he left Filthy Frank. It was hard to shake the feelings brought up by his departure. Like a dad trying to coming back into the life of a child after they've grown up. Now that time has past and I've grown a bit older and a bit wiser, I understand why he did it and that this was always the plan. I'm glad he got to be who he always wanted to be and I think that is the most beautiful, unofficial, underlying plot to Filthy Frank. That sometimes you have to endure filth in order to metamorphosize into a better you.

I’ve been waiting for a deep dive docu on Filthy Frank. Many people have done videos but never really explained more in depth. This is me before watching the video, I hope this one goes deeper 3 min in and I haven’t seen details like this before!! Bravo Patrick P.s I’ve went to an 88rising concert a few years ago and he does chuckle a lil bit when people shout FF slurs. Just be discreet, I yelled “ love you pink guy” before he started a song and he chuckled and went “thank you” he still knows, just don’t be a troll or it gets annoying

I have never seen joji's content that much just heard about him many times and very few videos only but still everytime i hear his story i really feel kinda sad and glad at a same time

Solid, well researched video brah. I'm one of the only dudes that found Joji's music before his youtube shit. But they marketed it pretty much perfectly. And him on hot ones was perfect product placement, and Will He is a SADBOI BANGER.

I was a huge Filthy Frank fan, and through the years as he'd post music I'd find myself thinking, "damn, this is good, maybe he should try some serious stuff". So while I was sad that the Frank channel slowly died, he's made some really great music that I love (and would love regardless of if I knew him before or not), and I'm so glad the dude is thriving. It's SUCH an unlikely success story and I love it.

This guy is my hero in every aspect...

Really good content man, i really believe he did well in his transition, i dont listen to his songs anymore but i was a die hard fan of his pink guy music, you can see clearly his knowledge of producing and mixing in various pink guy songs, i just really wanted that type of beat, i used to listen in non-ironically way, specially here in brazil cuz for other common people his lyrics cant be understand for most of the people. I just wished that he made an album with some more hip-hop/rap influences in lyrics and beat, i just dont find interesting his songs about love, broken hearts, depression etc, i get it that he was really bad with his thoughts and his mind at the time, but he could drop us some lit stuff too dood

Just saw Joji in Vancouver, front row pit in front of the master himself. After following him the past decade it was the greatest show of my 44 year life. Have never been more inspired!!

I miss being in middle school and sharing Filthy Frank videos with my homies, quoting his videos and shit like that. 2015-2016 was such a good time man. I'm not the biggest fan of Joji's music but I'm curious to see where his future will go from here and I wish him great success

Joji came when we all needed him. From laughing at frank as kids to leaning on Joji as young adults struggling to find our place in the world

Thank you for making such a high quality video! Joji is an unbelievable musical talent!

The greatest RU-vidr of all time. What he did in the Dizasta/Frank era while working on music in the background (Chloe Burbank, soundcloud), amazing. An absolute genius of comedy, filmography, music production, storytelling. He can do it all. Thank you George.

growing up with filthy frank, and even being a fan of "the joji music" back in the day, it made me both so happy and so sad to see his transition. I was happy for George, but sad to say goodbye to these belovedly raunchy characters. someone else in the comments said he left youtube at the right time, and I 100% agree.

Very inspiring video 🙏 Will have a transition like this soon in the future

im so proud of him, his story and music is amazing :)

I think he really is one of the best RU-vidrs ever on the platform, he built a perfect ending, and he was literally the RU-vidr of his time and he ultimately demonstrated that he's able to adapt not die, and he's incredibly intelligent and talented. That is the person that, aside from a few bumps here and there with who he was, we want representing RU-vidrs I think to go

He is currently #90 on Spotifys most listened artists this month. Hes really made it. Edit: 6th of july hes #58 damn

I’m new to Patrick Cc:… holy shit I can’t stop watching these videos. Great videos, well put together. Thanks for the content!

The "Filthy Frank" Strategy needs to be used and realized more by rappers. A successful example would be Tyler the Creator. A bad example would be Lil Pump.The First half of Tylers career was immature, offensive, and fun. Then he sat back for a couple years, made an okay mixed reviewed album, grew with his Audience, & released Flowerboy. Lil Pump hasn't shown any sign of "Maturing" or taking his music serious. His "Filthy Frank" era is still going since like 2016 & his Audience out grew him. Either way, if Joji just stayed as Filthy Frank, I don't think he ever would've peaked higher then he was when he changed "careers"

This is a documentary made by Patrick CC and it’s a classic

This just inspired me for my own music career more than i can even grasp. Thank you for this video Patrick 💙

This video gives me chills. His music and comedy got me through the dark times for a decade and counting. Hes my top artist on soundcloud and spotify. I wish i could thank him for everything.

It’s crazy how completely different filthy frank/pink guy is from Joji. I’m sure everyone misses filthy frank, but you can’t help but to be happy for Joji’s success in the things that he pursue.

What Joji has managed to achieve is really inspiring, huge credit to him. I love both Frank and Joji

I wish all celebrity research videos were like this. I loved this video!

Insanely well researched and beautifully presented.

I like your perspective on this one. Seen a few FF documentaries and I wasn't expecting this content to feel fresh. You showing how he slowly eased into the music scene... It shows his brilliance. He knew his worth and calculated his path to fame.

I remember watching the Filthy Frank Exposed video when it came out and I never thought about the condition that gave him seizures. Within the past few years, I've been diagnosed with stress induced seizures. I can totally empathize with wanting to quit. Stress seizures are scary because you can't always control how stressed you are.

I feel like George lives in the heart and minds of every real RU-vidr. Excellent vid yo

This video is full of kindness its so nice to watch, thank you tho

So glad you made this video. Joji is the goat.

I came back to this after listening to Glimpse of us. It really shows how far Joji has come as both a artist and a personality

he created a character that people loved and valued so much and too much, even if he wanted to abandon that character everyone who got attached deep into it will either hate him or be sad about it, of course some peoples would still support him and love him no matter what he does. I think his transition from a goofy character to a chill guy is such a huge journey and challenge because he's leaving something that people got used to and doing something new, he has this constant worry and stress if he'll succeed or not because he has no guarantee of what will happen. Im happy he managed to transition to the character he is today and im happy that he's happy at what he's doing.

I enjoy his music these days but at the same time I miss his content. He was one of the most funniest people I'd seen. I hope life keeps treating him well ❤️

Going back and looking at Filthy Frank videos with a fresh set of eyes many years later makes me realize how stressful it must have been for him. He was a college student balancing music and school and a youtube career all on top of that. Poor kid :(

Patrick your docs are genuinely phenomenal, this content rocks!

grew up on frank and those boys and loved his new music career ill always miss the type of content they brought to RU-vid as it is and always will be its own original stuff but im really glad he is doing what he loves now :))

Pretty sad to see how unsupportive a lot of people were after he opened up about his health issues and the state of Filthy Frank. I'm glad everything worked out for him in the end with his music career.

What a great video. Even being a long time fan of Filthy Frank I still learned so much 👑

As joji is someone who was my childhood as filthy frank and joji for so long, then he retired and became Joji I didn’t even discover joji till 2020 despite loving pink guy/filthy frank and I’ve loved it since. To be fair I was 12 at 2020 so I didn’t really get it much other than me seeing filthy frank and pink guy being dumb in a funny way. Thank you so much for making these videos THEYRE so interesting and now you’ve done one of my fav you tubers/artists of all time and one of my most listened to (crazy that I listened to all of ballads 1 a few hours before seeing this.) I love what he’s doing, I love what you’re doing, bless you my man.

need more series like these!!!!!

fucking amazing, this guy has been a background character for me up until a week ago when I randomly got a filthy frank video in my recommendations. Looked around a bit, found the "prophecy" music video. Liked it a lot and realized he is actually a famous musician. Now realizing he is also the guy who invented the harlem shake. Wow, cool guy. Passion above ego all the way

As much as I loved filthy frank, especially as an edgy teen at that time, im really happy he transitioned into joji music full time because I know I wouldn't be watching filthy frank content today even if youtube accepted it. But as joji I still consume his content he's a big inspiration for me

been around since dizasta music and lemme say this, I'm so happy George could finally spread his wings and fly at his own pace and when he wanted to, not when he was forced to. I feel like I got to grow up with george on youtube and I'm happy as an adult that I now have joji to grow old with.

I always love how during a performance. Frank makes a cameo here and there and you just smile and nod.

The 88 rising concert was amazing. I wish they would come to my hometown again. Joji’s live performance couldn’t of been any better. And he was also sick when he was performing but still gave an amazing performance

i am proud of joji for where he is now and how he got there through his own strength and passion and drive.

It will never not be strange to have watched his career change the way it did, being a fan from 2012 I am so happy for his success and wish him all the best :)

Never heard of him, or any of his songs but great video!

We honestly need more of his kind out here.

patrick your getting so fucking good at making videos. It’s insane to see how much you have improved