Baby Ariel Gives musical.ly Tips at VidCon

Baby Ariel Gives musical.ly Tips at VidCon
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YH sits down with musical.ly star Baby Ariel at VidCon to find out how she got started on the video social network and the art of pairing hand with camera movements! She also reveals what type of music she likes to record musical.lys to the most, plus she gives us some tips on how to make the perfect musical.ly and even records one with us on the spot to Rihanna's "Work"!
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Hey guys, it's Tracy here, and we are at VidCon, and I am finally sitting next to Baby Ariel. I've been waiting to hang out with you so bad.
Thank you for having me.
Is this your first VidCon?
Yes.
Okay, so very exciting. Have you gotten overwhelmed by fans?
A little bit. But it's okay. I love it. I love talking to them, so.
Well, we have to talk about Musically because you blew up on there. You're, you know, one of the top Musically stars on there. What are you doing? What are you doing? Homework? Really? What are you supposed to be doing? Musically. What comes before homework? Musical. Musical. Go. Sure. Boom. Yes. Exactly. Yep. And we created our Young Hollywood account not that long ago. And I'm pretty much obsessed with it. I've seen it's addicting. I've seen all your videos. They're awesome.
Thank you. What's up, guys? It's Ariel, and welcome to my channel.
How did you even get started on that?
I actually found Musically through Instagram. So I was on Instagram, and I was scrolling and I saw a girl posted a video using Musically. And I asked her like, what app is that? And she told me Musically, and from then I just made like two to three every single day.
What is that? I have to understand the whole like, the camera movement and the hands and the facial expressions cuz like Did you start that or who started that? I guess.
You did. I don't know why. Cuz I just get very into them for some reason. Like, based on the song, if it's a happy song, so I'll really want to be happy on camera. If it's a sad song, then I'll show like sad emotions and do the hand emotions.
It's kind of an art. Like, it's I try doing it, and like, I can't do it. Like, I'm not that.
It's fun though. I like it.
What's like your favorite type of music right now? Like, who are you loving?
I like a lot of Beyonce right now. And then to Musically, I like to do a lot of rap songs. It's more fun. Yeah. It's like really on the beat.
But what are like some tips? Cuz I think a lot of people out there watching, like, they want to know how to do it exactly like you.
You can do so much on Musically. You can dance, you can sing, you can act, you can talk, you can post anything, really. So just choose something that you like to do. And just be yourself. Be creative. Whatever you want to post, you can post.
And then you've also, like, you do a ton of videos on YouTube, and you've done like a lot of really cool collaborations and like challenge videos. What's like your favorite challenge video? What do you love doing?
I love doing with my family cuz like
It's your brother's so cute. Your brother's adorable. So cute.
I love Yeah, yeah. We did like a sibling tag video, and that was a lot of fun. And
Wait, what was that?
Okay, so basically, we asked each other questions about each other. So I'd say what's my favorite color? If he chose the right color, then he's fine. But if he didn't, then I got to slap him in the face with shaving cream. At the end, I kind of just
Is there any other social media that you love right now? Like, are you an Instagram girl, Snapchat girl?
I like to incorporate all of them just to show different sides of me, I guess. Cuz they're all good for something. Yeah, all of them, I guess.
And then I have to start with your haircut, by the way. It's so cute.
Oh, yeah, thank you.
Like, I noticed It's really short now, but, you know. What made you want to? You had a long
I mainly did it cuz I was like, I want a change. I had the same long brown hair forever. And it's summer, so short hair in Florida.
True. That's ideal.
And I'm going on tour. So
Oh. Yeah. Oh, wait, it's your tour, right?
Yes.
That's amazing. I'm so excited. So exciting. So what are you going to do on stage? Like, do you know what it is?
This I mean, there's skits. There's lip syncing, there's dances, there's challenges. I'm so excited.
Are you looking forward to meeting any YouTubers or other social stars here at VidCon? Like, who do you love? Who are you obsessed with?
I love Miranda Sings.
Who doesn't, right? Our comp means other ones. Cuz she's someone that you watched like
Yes. religiously? Yes. I love her.
You did a video I saw that was really like kind of you talking for 10 minutes. Okay, the strip down. Just a strip down challenge, which I thought was really cool.
Thank you.
And just like, brave, you know, to just open up. So how do you like deal with a lot of that stuff? Cuz you know, you're putting yourself out there, you have a lot of fans now. What advice, I guess, would you give?
Whenever you put yourself out there, there's going to be people who support you no matter what. And there's going to be a few people who will try to say something mean at times. You just have to stay confident. That's what I try to tell like my supporters, you know, you have to stay confident no matter what you get comments through the internet or in face to face. Like, stay confident in who you are. Be positive. Just know that you're beautiful no matter what. And people are going to hate. You just got to ignore them.
And do what you love, right?
Exactly. Do what you love.
Okay, so I have a couple questions. I'm going to give you some Would You Rather. Actually, we did this on Musically, and we got a bunch of questions for you. From @Bella_4587, Would you rather be trapped in a room full of spiders or eat a worm?
I don't know if I'd want to do either of those. Eat a worm.
You'd rather eat a worm.
Yes. I hate spiders.
I hate spiders, too. I would just exactly. Put it in like an ice cream thing so you don't taste it. Exactly. Okay, this is from @Sassy_103. Would you rather have a singing or acting career?
Acting. I take lessons. Hopefully, we see what happens.
This is from @KayleneNicole3. Uh, would you rather lose all your fans on Musically or would you rather go without Wi-Fi for a month?
Gosh. I don't think you want to lose all your fans on Musically at all. No, I love them. Okay, maybe without Wi-Fi. Cuz I can still go on LTE, so.
There you go. What are you looking forward to the most at VidCon? Just like seeing your fans in person? Is it like a new experience?
For sure. Yeah. I mean, my favorite part is yeah, I can talk to them a lot like through the internet and whatever, but really be able to talk to them in person, see how they're doing, give them hugs, it's my favorite part, so.
Well, lastly, we have to do a Musically with you.
Of course, let's do one.
It's only appropriate. Yes. I'm going to let the master do it. Okay, so when you first get on Musically, if we're doing a lip syncing one, we have to pick music. We have to pick one. What kind of music do you like? Let's do popular. Popular. So just so I know the words. You're going to do work. Just easy. Let's definitely do that. Okay. And then it comes out really slow, so it's very awkward when you're actually singing the thing. I know. What's going to happen? Okay. So it goes, but I wake up to make hand motions. Okay, I'm terrible at this, but let's okay. Wake up and nothing is wrong. Just get ready. And you just do like work, work, work. Like, whatever you do at work. Okay. What are you doing at work? I don't know how you just come up with this on the spot. Cuz that would take me like an hour to figure that out. Right. Like I'll try. Okay, ready? And it comes out slow motion. So.
But I wake up and nothing's wrong. Just get ready for work, work, work, work, work. It's to me every work, work, work, work, work.
I like it. Oh my God. You actually kind of really quickly. should say it private. Yeah, say it private. That's amazing. Well, thank you so much for having me.
Thank you. This is fun.
I just mastered it. I'm so excited.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Baby Ariel
Musical.ly star and interviewee
- Rihanna
Artist whose song 'Work' is used
- Beyonce
Artist Baby Ariel likes listening to
- Miranda Sings
YouTuber Baby Ariel loves and watches
- @Bella_4587
Submitted a 'Would You Rather' question
- @Sassy_103
Submitted a 'Would You Rather' question
- @KayleneNicole3
Submitted a 'Would You Rather' question
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