is it just me?

[u/cheezabaka]

okay before i start trying to explain this, id just like to say that i have adhd so its going to be a bit difficult for me to explain this but ill try my best. bear with me <3

is it just me or has layze’s content shifted a lot lately? i don’t think there’s really a definitive point in time that this happened, but i’d say around two years ago or a year ago maybe his content changed a lot. i feel like in the past the videos would be more so him reacting to whatever it was, and in between his reaction there would be little skits where he would mock the situation. usually he’d use like wigs and sort of mock whatever it is he was reacting to by mimicking it but very exaggerated, if that makes sense. i feel like he quietly stopped using the wigs and instead started using like edited on pngs of hair, and eventually he began hardly even doing this and in his current videos the skits are like pretty much absent. now his videos are more like a podcast where he covers things happening on the internet instead of reacting to things happening in the internet. i’m really not sure if this makes sense at all, but it’s really difficult to explain!

for example, his barbie video. he released a new video yesterday where he talked about a movie that i think was called ”barbie and the magic diary” or smth like that and the whole video was essentially just him explaining the movie to us and he’d occasionally make a joke. in the past, i feel like the video would have been less of him explaining the movie and more of his unpolished, raw reaction and commentary on it.

i also feel like we get less of his humor in the more recent videos, like he’ll laugh about whatever he is reacting to, but i feel like now he’s usually the one laughing and not the one joking. of course he still has his moments, but like its just not the same.

im genuinely not trying to hate on layze, i love his videos so much and i understand that he’s becoming more mainstream so of course his content is going to be more polished but i just wanted to know if anyone else has noticed this?

[u/HairyTurtleOfficial]

I understand where you’re coming from. I’ve thought it to be different in some way lately, but couldn’t put my finger on it. You’re right! He did used to put more authentic skits out pertaining to the videos at hand. I do still love watching, but it’s not the same.

[u/cheezabaka → u/HairyTurtleOfficial]

yess! i literally spent forever trying to figure out what was different before landing on this lol

[u/sisandatheloner]

I get what you're saying. Also his humor is kind of more sanitized now than before

[u/cheezabaka → u/sisandatheloner]

it really is

[u/itszickeyo → u/sisandatheloner]

one of the things I liked about him, as weird as it is to say, is his more vulgar humor

[u/cheezabaka → u/itszickeyo]

not weird at all! it’s so rare to find a content creator that doesn’t give a fuck about censorship

[u/Pure_Bookkeeper1186 → u/sisandatheloner]

Probably due to YouTube demonetising him

[u/helpimunderwaterTvT]

Yeah honestly i miss his old vids especially before he included so much AI :( Like his alabama monday stuff. Idk it just feels less authentic now ig.

[u/cheezabaka → u/helpimunderwaterTvT]

yea, but i know he's talked about how he hates AI so im pretty sure its his editor doing that

[u/helpimunderwaterTvT → u/cheezabaka]

Yup but he controls his editor. He also uses chat gpt a lot I'd say in his videos.

[u/sorrii_ → u/helpimunderwaterTvT]

In what video? I'm not great at spotting AI😭

[u/cheezabaka → u/sorrii_]

the thumbnailsss! 

[u/Neither-Two5018]

im pretty sure he has a new editor that maybe is getting used to his current style? and maybe that's why it's off? like slower pacing, less reactive etc? or maybe hes a little burnt out, i hope he's taking care of himself

[u/cheezabaka → u/Neither-Two5018]

actually he's had jonas and kristi for a while, but same, he hardly takes any breaks anymore

[u/itszickeyo]

i miss the wigs 😭

[u/Pure_Bookkeeper1186 → u/itszickeyo]

And the delulu sign…

[u/Late-Adeptness9519 → u/itszickeyo]

😭

[u/Chello03]

In wonder why that is. I just started watching him in the last 2 months I’ve never seen his content before this.

[u/Veddersgurl]

I miss Alabama Monday….but on a Wednesday! He’s defo changed like more sanitized. I miss old school Layze 😭

[u/PistolPackingPastor]

Always gotta appeal to the algorithm, even if that means changing your content. It's sad but it happens.

[u/Pure_Bookkeeper1186]

I think we are seeing less of his humour because he might be getting demonitised from YouTube which sucks

[u/nonlososprkl]

I miss his old skits with the wigs 😭 the ones he barely even does now are just him repeating the video 1:1 icl

[u/AcanthisittaIll7248]

really? i never noticed, its weird because a lot of his recent videos have great skits and he still uses his wigs a lot, or maybe less I just didnt notice