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Hello, it's Wednesday again, turn on the memes, because there's going to be trouble. Duklock sends a message to his fans through a song he created especially to celebrate #ME's 3rd birthday. We certainly don't need to introduce you to the fun video format that connects Dušan with his fans through internet memes. Memes helped Duklock grow on YouTube, but at the same time they almost cost him his entire channel, which at one point was threatened with complete cancellation and a ban on creation. It was simply a real ride. But even after 3 years of entertaining people, overcoming strikes and a pandemic, #ME is still with us and in honor of this birthday, we interviewed Dušan.
Hi, how do you feel when you realize that you've been filming #ME every Wednesday for 3 years now?
“Well, half and half, because on the one hand you realize how precious time is and how quickly it passes, but on the other hand, when you're having fun, time will just pass quickly.“
How did the idea to start making memes come about?
“I just like making memes. I keep watching it, I show people memes, funny videos, it's kind of my guilty pleasure, so I thought, why not make content out of it. It's clear to me, so I hope I'm not the only one with such a disease. 😅”
Do you still remember when you made your first #ME? How did it feel?
“Yes, I thought people would totally write in the comments that I was just copying Felix and it ended up being one of the best decisions I ever made in terms of content creation.”
What are your top 3 favorite meme formats?
"One would definitely be Drake, because it can still be used today, it's simply immortal. The second favorite would be stockbroker memes, that's my favorite, even though they're not funny anymore, they still have a special place in my heart. And the third, hmmm, I'll probably leave that to whatever new thing comes along, because you always have to have new formats, otherwise it won't be interesting and funny."
Which meme from the last video made you laugh the most?
“I don’t know how to describe it, but this meme is pretty funny. 😂“
What was your best and worst #ME? Why?
“It’s hard to choose. But the worst was definitely the one that almost got my channel deleted, I don’t know if it was Ondra Vlček’s #ME , which got banned not because of Ondra, but because of some incorrect meme that was okay according to the rules in the past, but after they changed, YouTube evaluated it as problematic. So, in my opinion, that’s the worst #ME. But it’s hard to choose the best, it’s terribly subjective, because it’s not so much me who decides that as much as the viewers, so you just have to look at the most watched ones, because ultimately it’s about having fun as many people as possible and I think views are a good metric there.”
Which of the songs you’ve created is closest to your heart? Why?
“Definitely a parody of Dan. People thought I hated him so much, so I made a parody, and he sent me the materials for it. But now the song HALÓ, it was so heartfelt for me, because it's the first project I've sat down to, that I'm going to try to make something listenable and I guess I succeeded.”
Your own music has been appearing more and more in your recent videos. Would you like to work more with music in the future?
“I don't know if I would like to devote myself to music full time, but it is definitely something that I really enjoy and I think that when music is taken lightly and a little comically, it is a thousand times more effective than any joke.”
Would you dare to create a song in collaboration with a Slovak rapper? Who would you like to have featured?
“Dude, of course. Definitely Smart from DMS on the feature.”
What can your fans look forward to in the coming months? Do you have something special prepared for them, even for a year?
“We are currently preparing a joke for our gamers, there will be ALE CAU gaming mice for the computer and in cooperation with Dev1m we will also prepare mouse pads for them, because I see that many kids don’t have mouse pads and they destroy their mice and it completely turns me off, so they will. 😀“
What we really appreciate about Duklock is that everything he does on YouTube, he does with joy and humor. As he often says, you shouldn’t take yourself too seriously. We believe that he will maintain this approach to life and surprise us with even more great things that he has up his sleeve.
