Grandayy (born 1 June 1994), also known as grande1899, is a Maltese YouTuber and music producer known for his production of memes, covers of songs using the note block system in Minecraft, and other comedic content. He has been associated with other meme-oriented YouTubers such as Dolan Dark and FlyingKitty, as well as endorsed by various YouTubers such as PewDiePie[1] and VoiceoverPete. As of February 2021, he is the most subscribed YouTuber from Malta, with over 2.9 million subscribers.[2]
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| Years active | 2007–present | |||||||||
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Career
editGrandayy graduated as a physician[3][4] but has been focused on YouTube since 2011.[5] He uploaded his first videos in 2007 on his original channel grande1899. In 2011, he uploaded multiple Minecraft noteblock song covers. On July 2, 2014, Grandayy created his second channel (now called Grandayy). On March 18, 2013, he posted the first meme to his Grandayy account, a Half-Life 3 meme using clips from the movie Interstellar. On November 1, 2016, he posted a "We Are Number One" meme on his Grandayy account, which was a mashup of the song of the same name from LazyTown and "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence. On August 7, 2018, he became the first Maltese YouTuber to reach one million subscribers.[6]
Grandayy suggested the concept of "Minecraft Monday" and convinced Keemstar to host the event. The event included PewDiePie and James Charles.[7]
On March 3, 2023, It was announced that Grandayy was hired as a Junior Game Developer at Anvil Game Studios, and would be working on their flagship title Holdfast: Nations at War.[8]
Political views
editGrandayy has been an outspoken opponent of Article 13 and believed the law could "kill the internet", warning that all broadcasters could face censorship from automated bots.[9] He said "The sad thing is that us YouTubers have no lobby groups or unions that can fight for us and speak to politicians directly for us. Most politicians have no idea about the troubles YouTubers face with copyright, or what type of content the typical YouTuber even produces."[10]
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edit- ^ "'My only interest is to make people laugh': Biggest Local Youtuber has over a million subscribers". timesofmalta.com. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "'TOP 250 YOUTUBERS IN MALTA SORTED BY SUBSCRIBERS". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
- ^ "'It Still Feels Unreal': First Maltese YouTuber To Reach A Million Subscribers Opens Up About Choosing Memes Over A Medical Degree". lovinmalta.com. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ^ "Doctor becomes YouTuber ... first Maltese to reach one million subscribers - TVM News". TVM English. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ Demarco, Joanna (2018-02-14). "From graduating as a doctor, to working as a full-time Youtuber". The Independent. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
- ^ Hello (2018-08-14). "'It Still Feels Unreal': First Maltese YouTuber To Reach A Million Subscribers Opens Up About Choosing Memes Over A Medical Degree". lovinmalta.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ Hernandez, Patricia (2019-08-01). "Minecraft is having a big comeback in 2019". Polygon. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
- ^ "'3rd Series. The AGS Team Grows!". steamcommunity.com. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
- ^ Vella, Matthew (2019-03-23). "Malta's biggest Youtuber's impassioned plea on why EU copyright law 'could kill Internet'". Malta Today. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
- ^ Alexander, Julia (2019-03-17). "YouTube creators are still trying to fight back against European copyright vote". The Verge. Retrieved 2019-12-26.