An honest conversation with TommyInnit

The Colin and Samir Show

Colin and Samir

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4.9 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Today on the Colin and Samir Show, we're interviewing one of the most popular people on the internet - 18-year-old creator Tom Simons (aka TommyInnit). In the episode, we cover Tom's role in the DreamSMP, his channel's rapid growth, and his identity on the internet. Subscribe to The Publish Press Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here's my secret.
0:01.0	All right, I'm going to tell you.
0:03.0	18-year-old Tom Simons is one of the most popular people on the internet.
0:07.0	Everyone gets one chance at life, at school, at everything.
0:10.0	Most people get no chance at YouTube.
0:13.0	While still in high school, he experienced a meteoric rise, thanks to his role in the Dream SMP Minecraft server.
0:18.0	We are playing on Dreams SMP, which has grown an intense fandom similar to that of the
0:24.0	Beatles or BTS.
0:25.7	Now Tommy has funneled that fandom towards his own stories which he tells through Minecraft
0:30.0	on his channel of over 11 million subscribers.
0:33.4	We sat down to talk about his rapid growth and his struggle with identity on the internet.
0:37.9	Man, I'm not, like, confident.
0:39.8	I didn't plan any of it.
0:41.0	We discussed his appearance on Logan Paul's podcast.
0:43.6	That interview was hard.
0:44.9	This is really socially challenging.
0:46.5	And cover his thoughts on the future of YouTube.
0:53.9	So, guys. What's happening? Tom, Tom. What's happening in there? Tom, Tom, guys.
0:54.9	What's happening?
0:55.7	What's happening?
0:56.6	Tom, Tom.
0:57.9	Tom.
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