PewDiePie explains why Joji retired Filthy Frank at \u201cthe perfect time\u201d YouTube: PewDiePie \/ TVFilthyFrank[jwplayer IX7jLp7f]During a July 14 broadcast, Felix \u2018PewDiePie\u2019 Kjellberg explained to viewers why popular singer George \u2018Joji\u2019 Miller had to end his YouTube alter ego Filthy Frank. The Swede revealed why he has \u201crespect\u201d for him over the decision. While many today know Joji for his chart-topping music, the artist originally got his start on YouTube making videos under his Filthy Frank moniker. The creator eventually retired the channel, and transitioned into a wildly successful singing career. During a July stream, PewDiePie opened up to his audience about the singer\u2019s decision to retire the character, and explained why he ended the project at the \u201cperfect time.\u201d The entertainer also reflected on participating in his viral \u2018Human Cake\u2019 video back in 2016. PewDiePie on why Joji was right to retire Filthy Frank During his July broadcast, Pewds showed his viewers classic YouTube videos. While watching an upload from Filthy Frank in 2015, the creator gave his thoughts on why the singer had to retire the edgy character. \u201cPeople s**t a lot on Joji for leaving this behind, but he wouldn\u2019t be able to keep doing it. He wouldn\u2019t be able to keep making this kind of content, there is just no way. I think he left at a perfect time. I like his music a lot. I really like some of his songs. It makes me respect him more, that he\u2019s doing different things,\u201d he said. Read More: Dr Disrespect breaks silence on Twitch ban – He then explained why fans would have gotten tired of the persona eventually anyway. \u201cIf he just did this shtick over and over, people wouldn\u2019t like it either. You wouldn\u2019t like it,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe good thing about it is he can come back any day and be like \u201clul\u201d \u2026 That would be so f**king funny. Come back and just drop a video again.\u201d He also stated how hilarious he found it when people realized the famous singer used to make edgy videos on YouTube. \u201cIt\u2019s so funny when the comments under his new songs are like \u201cthis is the guy that ate a hair cake!\u201d \u2026 Just thinking about it is funny still.\u201d The Swedish creator then reacted to his cameo in Filthy Frank\u2019s 2016 \u2018Human Cake\u2019 upload. \u201cCan you imagine this being uploaded today? So f**king crazy!\u201d he said, before breaking into laughter as he watched himself shave his hair off for the skit. \u201cThat was so fun. Good memories. I was cracking up so much. I was trying to deliver this speech, but we couldn\u2019t do it with a straight face.\u201d During the rest of his live stream, PewDiePie called the popular videos \u201cthe golden era\u201d of the platform, before reiterating that they couldn\u2019t be made today. The star praised Miller\u2019s transition into a successful music career. While Joji\u2019s iconic YouTube character is one of the worst kept secrets on the internet, in May, K-Pop fans tried to \u201ccancel him\u201d on social media after discovering his alter ego Filthy Frank for the very first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PewDiePie explains why Joji retired Filthy Frank at \u201cthe perfect time\u201d YouTube: PewDiePie \/ TVFilthyFrank[jwplayer IX7jLp7f]During a July 14 broadcast, Felix \u2018PewDiePie\u2019 Kjellberg explained to viewers why popular singer George \u2018Joji\u2019 Miller had to end his YouTube alter ego Filthy Frank. The Swede revealed why he has \u201crespect\u201d for him over the decision. While many […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}