Getting My Dream Job With David

Summary

VIEWS with David Dobrik & Jason Nash

Episode Summary: "Getting My Dream Job With David"

Release Date: January 23, 2026

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Overview

In this candid episode of VIEWS, David Dobrik and co-host Jason Nash (joined by regular collaborators Ilya and Natalie) dive into the evolving state of David's YouTube career and creative process. The crew vulnerably discusses burnout, future plans for David's content, and the challenges of innovating in an ever-escalating YouTube landscape. The episode is interspersed with trademark banter, pop culture riffs, and relatable insights into creative reinvention.

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Major Discussion Points & Insights

1. The "Elephant in the Room" – No New Vlog Updates

• [02:05-08:00]
  David announces there will be no new vlog this week or next, sparking a discussion about creative direction and burnout.
  • David admits he's been struggling with the routine of making vlogs and wants to explore new, more fulfilling formats.
  • “I knew it wasn’t like a forever thing. I’m not stopping vlogging... I just, like, really want to do something new.” (David Dobrik, 03:02)
  • The group discusses the pressure to innovate and how “Hollywood syndrome” often makes projects about a name first and the idea second.

2. Rethinking Content: Breaking from the Formula

• [08:00-13:30]
  David details his dissatisfaction with the current YouTube paradigm, where every video is engineered for algorithmic retention.
  • Wants to move away from “shooting for gold” and the “problem-solve” formula that dominates current YouTube content.
  • “I want to make videos again that are more natural. I want you to spend more time hanging out with us in the videos.” (David, 07:39)
  • New videos will be longer (about 10 minutes) and possibly more frequent, focusing on authenticity and hanging out rather than orchestrated bits.

3. Creative Process & LA’s “Business-First” Mentality

• [04:15-06:00; 19:00-21:00]
  The crew discusses how LA influences creative development, sometimes pushing creators toward brand-centric projects (e.g., "Dobrik's Pizza") instead of meaning-driven ones.
  • “A lot of people here aren’t creatives. A lot of people here are business people... You think of the name before you think of the idea.” (Ilya, 04:38)
  • David vows not to prematurely name his new project, drawing an analogy to how ACDC named their band after seeing it on a sewing machine.

4. Vision for New Content

• [08:41-12:55]
  David shares his vision for new video formats:
  • Mini docu-series meets vlog (“Imagine my vlog meets the zilla docs... meets a vlogger who has a guy following him around with a camera.” – David, 10:06)
  • Episodes built around experiences (traveling, pool parties, etc.), with more behind-the-scenes and less pressure for punchlines.
  • “I want to get back to what made me want to make videos in the first place... just documenting my life.” (Ilya, 11:32)
  • Planning to film frequently for a short period, take a break, then repeat.

5. The Impossibility of Competing with "Mr. Beast-ification"

• [30:36-35:26]
  Discussion about YouTube’s escalation in stunts and giveaways:
  • Referenced examples: Steve giving a stripper a car and flipping a coin for a $2M house; Mr. Beast’s "Beast Games."
  • “It’s impossible to compete with people, like, in terms of wowing people... there’s so much money being given away.” (David, 35:13)
  • David reiterates his desire to focus on vibe and connection with viewers over spectacle: “I just want to lean back into what made the videos so fun in the first place... just hanging out.” (David, 35:28)

6. Day-in-the-Life, LA, and Pop Culture

• [15:15-18:49; 22:25-29:01]
• LA’s unique, interesting setting and why David will stay rather than move.
• Community culture: waiting in trendy coffee shop lines, sardine trends, and feeling out of place among LA’s “cool kids.”
• Dating apps where men pay for women’s prep costs and commentary on modern dating.

7. Memorable Anecdotes

• [24:40-25:46]
  • David recounts being approached at Madrid Airport by a fan for a job interview — who performed an impressive card magic trick to win an interview with Natalie.
    • “If I know how this trick is done, you’re not getting the job interview. I have no idea how he did it.” (David, 25:34)
• [31:11-35:34]
  • Recaps of viral YouTuber stunts, discussion of the psychology behind format shifts, and the drive for “big moments” in videos.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On burnout and reinvention:
  • “I don’t want to become that guy that, like, leaves his main thing and starts something new and it’s shittier.” (David, 04:01)
• On video ideas:
  • “I hate shooting for gold because it ruins all the silver.” (David, 07:30)
• On authenticity:
  • “I want it to be a 10-minute video that you put on for dinner.” (David, 18:49)
• On LA culture:
  • “LA is so interesting... I always know this.” (David, 15:52)
• On stunts & giving away stuff:
  • “Financially, it’s impossible to compete with the money that’s being giveaway thrown around.” (David, 35:13)
• On weed & munchies:
  • “The price of getting high is calories. It’s genuinely calories.” (David, 41:36)

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Important Timestamps

• 00:08 – Opening banter; “elephant in the room” tease
• 02:05 – Announcement: No vlog this week or next
• 03:00-06:00 – David explains his creative discontent & LA’s business-first mentality
• 07:39 – Proposal for more “natural” content
• 08:41 – Discussion of new content structures and goals
• 10:06 – Describing new format: "vlog meets docu-series"
• 17:56 – Commits to new video by the 5th
• 24:40 – Magic-trick job interview anecdote
• 29:07 – Extreme YouTuber stunt stories (Steve, Mr. Beast)
• 35:28 – "I want to lean back into what made the videos fun..."
• 41:36 – Calories and weed munchies
• 44:01 – Hilary Duff and nostalgia tour discussions
• 45:41 – Wrap-up: Call for feedback and next steps

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Listener Takeaways

• David is intentionally stepping back from the classic vlog format, citing burnout and a desire for more authenticity.
• A new era of content is coming: longer, more frequent, and more focused on meaningful daily moments.
• The crew offers transparent commentary on creator anxiety, the competitiveness of YouTube, and LA’s business-centric creative ecosystem.
• Audience feedback is welcomed for the types of videos fans want to see.

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Episode Tone

The episode is frank, self-aware, and exuberant, filled with playful jabs and inside jokes but also vulnerability about creative uncertainty and change. Listeners are invited along as David and friends define the next phase of their digital journey.

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Next Steps:
David promises a new video (of the new format) on February 5th and encourages listeners to DM their suggestions for future content.

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Stay tuned for new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday!

Transcript

[Jason]

Views.

[David Dobrik]

What's up, guys? Welcome back to Views. Let's address the elephant in the room.

[Jason]

I'm not that heavy.

[David Dobrik]

Jason, how was your week?

[Jason]

Jesus Christ.

[David Dobrik]

I'm kidding.

[Jason]

I did get on the scale yesterday, and I was at 2:16. You were 216 with pants and a phone on. And shoes, your phone is not. I was confused. I was like, do I weigh this much? I was at the doctor.

[David Dobrik]

My phone, £50.

[Jason]

I was at the doctor's. I do have the promo, but I was at the doctor's office, and they put me on the scale, and I was like, shoes off. Like, no, no, no, you're good. And then I'm like. And then they put me up there like a damn elephant. And. And then they were like, oh, okay.

[David Dobrik]

Really? Yeah. And then you asked them to take the shoe.

[Ilya]

Did you notice that TSA is, like.

[David Dobrik]

Getting less and less weird about shoes and stuff?

[Natalie]

Like.

[Jason]

Yeah, they're getting more lax. For sure.

[David Dobrik]

They're getting really lax. Did you see that? They're all. They're also about to get.

[Ilya]

You're in.

[David Dobrik]

I think at sfo, you're.

[Ilya]

You're about to buy a pass that.

[David Dobrik]

Gets you through the airport.

[Ilya]

If you're a buddy. Like, if you're traveling some.

[David Dobrik]

If you're going, like, if your friend is flying out, you can take them.

[Ilya]

All the way to the gate. Oh.

[David Dobrik]

Which is really crazy.

[Jason]

Buddy pass.

[Natalie]

For what reason would you want to do that?

[David Dobrik]

Just, like. Well, there's a lot of people that get to the airport, like, four hours early. So, like, if you're, like, seeing somebody, if you're saying goodbye to somebody, you don't. You don't see them once every three years. Like, I think that goodbye moment is worth a lot. So I think people will pay, like, 30 bucks just to get to the next stage. We have, like, a. We have a guy who's really well connected in the Philippines.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And we were. When we were getting dropped off to go to the airport, he.

[Ilya]

The security literally put a lanyard over.

[David Dobrik]

His neck and was like, you're. And he walked us all the way to the tunnel, like, to the bridge that connects us to the plane, like, through security, everything.

[Jason]

Wow.

[Ilya]

And, like, the TSA agents were like, you're.

[David Dobrik]

They were like, your dad would kill us if he knew that we didn't help you. He literally walked us all the way to the plane.

[Ilya]

It was fucking wild.

[David Dobrik]

Okay, so here's the elephant.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Are you ready?

[Jason]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

No vlog this week.

[Jason]

No. What's going on?

[David Dobrik]

No vlog next week.

[Ilya]

Either.

[Jason]

Let's go. You're meant to be doing you. Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

[David Dobrik]

No vlog, man. No vlog. Why?

[Jason]

Okay, don't do it. Just chill. Do the pod. Hang with me. Come and do my daily vlog once in a while. You got plenty of money. You don't need to stress.

[David Dobrik]

Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. So how do I address this? Because, like, there's ways I can make excuses.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

I can chalk it up as multiple. What should I chalk it up as? Should I tell them what we're thinking and how much we've been brainstorming here?

[Natalie]

Like, future plans?

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, I think so.

[Natalie]

Okay.

[David Dobrik]

I think this is like a safe space to talk. We've talked about future plans a lot.

[Ilya]

Sure.

[David Dobrik]

Listen, like. Like when I started doing these vlogs again.

[Ilya]

Yeah, I knew.

[David Dobrik]

I knew it wasn't like a forever thing.

[Ilya]

I'm not stopping vlogging.

[David Dobrik]

That's not what I'm doing. Yeah, I just, like, really want to do something new. I, like, I don't love. I don't love editing them because, like.

[Ilya]

Every time I sit down, I know.

[David Dobrik]

What I have to do. Like, I'm just. It's just like, it's like, it's like.

[Ilya]

I know where the video has to get. I don't know. I'm having this, like, I've complained about this before. I'm having this problem when, like, someone has, like, the dream job, but they've so many of them. Yeah. Like, every time I watch Conan or Kimmel or whoever, retire or somebody. Letterman retire, I'd be like, why the would you retire from that job?

[David Dobrik]

And it's cuz, like, it's time to do something new.

[Ilya]

And I'd be like, you, dude, you.

[David Dobrik]

Have the dream job. You're.

[Ilya]

You're David Letterman, you're Jay Leno. You get to do this, like, all.

[David Dobrik]

Day, interview celebs and have fun, play.

[Ilya]

Fun games, beer pong and stuff. Like, why would you change it up?

[Natalie]

Like, beer pong and stuff?

[Ilya]

Yeah.

[Natalie]

Like, do any of them play beer pong?

[Jason]

I think Fallon has a beer pong.

[Ilya]

Fallon has like a beer pong sketch. But like, I always thought that was like, really fun. And. And yeah, I don't know.

[David Dobrik]

So I'm really aware. So I'm really aware.

[Ilya]

Like, I don't want to become that guy that, like, leaves his main thing and start something new and it's shittier.

[Jason]

Yeah, but.

[Ilya]

And that's like, been my biggest fear of all time. Like, don't ever leave your, like, main thing.

[Jason]

I know. I have that fear too.

[Ilya]

Yeah, it's, like, really scary.

[David Dobrik]

And I think Hollywood has this, like.

[Ilya]

Hollywood has this big problem that, like, I feel like it kind of like, puts on you. And it's like, a lot of people here aren't creatives. A lot of people here are, like, business people. And a lot of people brainstorm new projects using names to start with. Am I. Am I making sense with what I'm saying?

[Jason]

100%. You think of a movie, you think of it. You say, I'd like Jason Bateman in this.

[Ilya]

You think of the name before you think of the idea.

[Jason]

Yes.

[Ilya]

People. People in. In Los Angeles. Like, there's. There's more business people here than there are creatives.

[Jason]

Okay.

[Ilya]

At least, at least. At least at the higher part of, like, the games, right? Like, the people running all these, like, networks are the people that are, like, business oriented. And I think a lot of the people think, like, like, okay, there's a. There's a tennis player named Yannick Sinner. Let's do dinner with Sinner. Like, where Sinner sits down, has dinner with people and interviews them. And they'll be like, that's a great idea. But, like, Sinner doesn't want to sit down with people. Like, and that's maybe not the best.

[David Dobrik]

Idea, but also, like, another. Another name before the idea situation that's happened in my life. Dobrik's Pizza. Yeah, that was a clever name. And then we're like, let's do a pizza place. That's how. That's how our manager used to think.

[Ilya]

Right?

[David Dobrik]

Jackery. Super into names.

[Jason]

Super.

[Ilya]

Like, when he thought of a creative.

[David Dobrik]

Name, did he think of Dobrik's? I don't know. Who thought of Dobrik's.

[Natalie]

Maybe. I'm not sure.

[David Dobrik]

I think he thought of the name Dobrik's. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think. I think. I think I credit him with that. But yeah. Okay. So anyway, I think I'm, like, going.

[Jason]

They'll get.

[Ilya]

Get to the.

[Jason]

Get to what you're trying to say.

[David Dobrik]

Get to get the point.

[Jason]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[David Dobrik]

What I'm trying to say is I'm moving.

[Jason]

To Fort Myers, Florida.

[David Dobrik]

What I'm trying to say is I started the vlogs again because I wanted to find something new to do.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And I'm not saying I figured it out, but I'm saying I want to try something new again. And that is. I don't actually want to tell you what it is quite yet.

[Jason]

Fucking lead up.

[Natalie]

And.

[David Dobrik]

No, no, no, it's Not a lead up, but.

[Ilya]

But it's. It's basically, I'm trying to say is we've been taking this time to brainstorm something. It's still going to be something on YouTube.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Ilya]

And I want to be putting out more stuff than I have before. Yeah. I just. I can't. Like, this vlog idea is just not sustainable. I don't know why.

[Jason]

Right.

[Ilya]

And most why I don'.

[David Dobrik]

The vlog stuff is because I feel.

[Ilya]

Like I've gotten to the point where, like. Like, we'll go out and, like, I'll give up on bits because nothing funny is happening. And I'd rather just like, hang out and like, capture funny moments.

[Jason]

Right.

[Ilya]

You know what I'm saying?

[Jason]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ilya]

Like, we'll be like. Like, we'll be like. We'll find. A lot of times we'll be like, in a bus.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Ilya]

And, like, I'll take out the camera because I'll be like, the lighting is incredible in this bus for some reason. So let's get a bit here, please. And then we'll, like, ramble and we'll, like, talk to each other. Nothing's happening. And I, like, give up filming. I'll be like, fuck this. But, like, really, I wish we were just filming on the bus for 40 minutes.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Ilya]

And just shooting the shit. And just like, if we found something that was, like, kind of funny, like, that's it.

[Jason]

Yes.

[Ilya]

And like, I hate shooting for gold.

[David Dobrik]

Because, like, it, like, ruins all the.

[Ilya]

Silver and I don't know.

[David Dobrik]

Do you know I'm saying.

[Jason]

Yeah, of course, of course. It's just, like, not a natural way to do it.

[David Dobrik]

It's not a natural way to make. And I want to make videos again that are more natural. I want you to spend more time hanging out with us in the videos.

[Jason]

Sure. Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

This is good news. Like, if you're, like, if you're. If you like us.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

You'll enjoy these new videos more.

[Jason]

Nice. How long. How long will the videos be?

[David Dobrik]

I think It'll be like 10 minutes video. And I think they're gonna be more frequent than what they are now. And I think I'm going to. I think I'm going to do it in spurts. I'm going to do a lot of videos in three months, take a month off, do it again in three months. And I think that's what I want to do. And we've been, like, brainstorming how to do this properly. And.

[Jason]

And would you come up with.

[David Dobrik]

We haven't really, but we're close and.

[Ilya]

There'S going to be a certain day. We're going to start doing these videos in the next two, three months. So it's very soon. But these videos will take a lot of planning. Not because there's some, like. Not because we're, like, making, like, movies, but, like, because every video I want to have, like, every video I want to have, like, a purpose.

[Jason]

Like, like what kind of purpose?

[Ilya]

Like, okay, like, one video will be going to Cape Town. Right. I've said this before. Or one video will be going to Hong Kong. And then maybe the videos that are here will be like, I'm throwing a pool party. Yeah, but it's like everything about throwing the pool party. Do you know what I mean? It's like all angles of it. I don't like that the vlogs have gotten to. I don't know, I just don't like watching video. Everything on YouTube now is like, we're.

[David Dobrik]

Here and here's the money.

[Ilya]

Like, it's just so quick.

[Jason]

Well, it's, it's. I was watching a YouTube video the other day. Everything has to be problem solve it, problem solve it, problem solve it.

[Ilya]

It's.

[Jason]

That's like, that's literally like, the way that the videos work for a lot of people. I was watching, like, the best YouTubers talk about it, and they are constantly setting up something that's happening and solving it, and that's what keeps people watching. So that's what, that's what you're getting.

[Ilya]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And I think I want to, like, try something else where, like, we keep people watching just because they're having a good time.

[Jason]

Yes.

[David Dobrik]

Not because there's some kind of, like, algorithm behind it. So that's why when you ask me, like, when I'm asking myself, I'm like, what the fuck is this video going to be? I don't really have, like, an idea of what it's going to be. Yeah, but like, imagine my vlog, and this is going to sound so bad. People are going to be like, this sounds horrible. And I agree, it sounds horrible when I describe it this way. Like, imagine my vlog meets the zilla docs.

[Jason]

Yes.

[David Dobrik]

Meets a vlogger that has, like, a guy following around with a camera meets.

[Ilya]

Doc. Just like a docu series. I don't know. I don't know.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, but just like a high. Like, I don't know what it is. And that's not saying that I'm going to create something brilliant that doesn't exist yet. But that is the goal. That is the goal. The goal is like, to make something that I don't know what it is.

[Jason]

Kind of like what the Wonder video looked like. Like 14 minutes and you're on different places.

[David Dobrik]

No, the Wonder video was like od. The Wonder video was like we went to China and we used two seconds of it. Like, I think it's almost a little bit opposite.

[Ilya]

It's almost.

[David Dobrik]

It's like.

[Ilya]

Dude, I really don't know. I think it's like we're gonna shoot. I think I'm gonna get like six of us. And instead of putting the money into a big surprise at the end of the video or someone gets a car. Yeah. I'm the money into like production of the video.

[Jason]

Okay.

[Ilya]

And I want to do it so, like I'm in front of the camera.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Ilya]

So is Ilya, so is Jason, Matt, whoever. And we're filming four times a week.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Ilya]

Posting once a week, 10 minute videos. And it's a really quick turnaround and it's like people are really living each week with us.

[Jason]

Yes.

[Ilya]

For those three months, Naveen and I.

[Jason]

Have been out shooting every day. And we just film and we just put the best stuff that we think in and people love it. It's great. That's all people want.

[Ilya]

Yeah. I want to like, get back to like, what made me want to make videos in the first place. Sure. And that was just documenting my life.

[Jason]

I like, like the pool party idea. Like, that's my favorite kind of video.

[Ilya]

Yes.

[David Dobrik]

And.

[Jason]

And there's like, John can't. John can't get the floaties blown up.

[Ilya]

Yeah. Not just, you know, whatever it is. Not exactly that. Like, I'm not going to bore you to death.

[Jason]

No. But if it's funny.

[Ilya]

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

[Jason]

John can't get the barbecue to work, you know, and it blows up or whatever.

[Ilya]

But like the two things that I like, I want from this is like, is like the reason I started making videos is because I just loved being able to look back at my videos and see where I was, what I was doing at that time. And like, I don't think the vlogs are necessarily that anymore. Like, I don't. I'm not like, why did you make them so.

[Jason]

Well, because I liked stringent. Like, like, why, like you make them so.

[Ilya]

Sure.

[Jason]

Why would you go to China and only use two seconds?

[Ilya]

Because I like that you do. Like, I like making the video. I just don't think that if I could make that video all day, the fucking Wanderers video or whatever we did the transformation video, I would.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Ilya]

I just like there, there's not more Wonders left. So for that concept it doesn't really work. And like I just don't have like a budget to fucking do a Wonders video every week.

[Jason]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ilya]

But like originally I made videos because I was like I'm filming every day.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Ilya]

And I'm going to just like show you what my life is. And I don't think it's that anymore. Like now it's become like, okay, like, like what, what's the bit and where am I going? Like what, like what's the bit and what's the joke? And like it's like more like thought out now and I don't, I don't want it to be that.

[Jason]

No, I don't like that either because all my bits get thrown out.

[Ilya]

Yeah, yeah, you get thrown out.

[Jason]

But I had a good bit on the plane in the Swedish video and it, I think I even agree with you. I was like, yeah, it doesn't fit.

[Ilya]

I think I'm, I'm still gon use that.

[Jason]

Yeah, I'm sure you'll use it at some point.

[Ilya]

But like, but like, yeah, like, like so many things happen. I also like cut to when I laugh.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Ilya]

Like I, I cut to when like the funniest moment is where I'm actually laughing in a video out loud. But there's so many things that, that happen that like you say or Zane says they're incredibly funny.

[David Dobrik]

Right.

[Ilya]

But I just don't laugh because maybe I don't have the energy at the time or like it's just like we're.

[Jason]

Literally working so hard trying to get a joke.

[Ilya]

No, I know, but, but it's like, but it's pathetic. And then I look, look at it. I'm like, well, there's no like laugh at the end.

[Jason]

Like, but that's okay not to have a laugh.

[Ilya]

No, I know but like that's why, that's why I want to make like a video that's 10 minutes. Like you're just hanging out. And maybe the joke isn't as clear. Like maybe I'm not clarifying the joke by laughing at the end. And like. And the person watching can be like, that was funny what he just said. And it cuts to the next thing. Yes, this episode of Views is brought to you by Progressive Insurance. Fiscally responsible financial geniuses, monetary magicians.

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[David Dobrik]

I also am very well aware that LA is a very interesting place to live. Yeah. And people want to see us hanging out here. Yeah. I'm not like, a lot of people. Like, when I say. When I say I want to travel more, Like, a lot of people are like, well, you live in such an interesting place. And I've known this, and I always know this. Like. Like, I even say, like, people be like, why don't you move to Tennessee? Not Tennessee, that's like shitting on heath. But, like, why don't you. Why don't you move back to, like, Chicago? And I genuinely think it's because less people. I think less people would be interested in my life because it's just like, this is just a guy that lives where I live now.

[Jason]

Sure.

[David Dobrik]

I think LA is so interesting.

[Jason]

We've been going around every day doing something. There's so much here.

[David Dobrik]

There's so much to do here.

[Jason]

Also, I think, like, you've got to bend a little bit and be a little bit more, like, out your comfort zone. Like, when we go camping, like, we gotta stay camping. You know what I mean? Like, we should do it for, like, a couple days, you know, not just one night.

[David Dobrik]

No, no, I agree.

[Jason]

You should bend and you should, like, go out of your comfort zone. And like, when Natalie says. When Natalie and I say, like, yeah, like, let's do this.

[David Dobrik]

I'm never going camping again. But.

[Jason]

Yeah, but it's such a good setup.

[David Dobrik]

Forever.

[Jason]

You got such a good video and we camped.

[David Dobrik]

No, I understand. I just, like, I hate camping. I. I totally get that. It's a good video. It's just like, we've done it. Thank the Lord. We've already done it. And so I'll never go camping again. No, I hear that.

[Jason]

All right.

[David Dobrik]

And, yeah, I think, all right, we'll go to the. So if you have suggestions. Yeah, I just think the common theme, especially, like, I big thing is I hate holding the camera. I hate holding the camera.

[Ilya]

You do?

[David Dobrik]

I've said this before in podcasts. Like, I just think one, I just don't, like. I don't think it, like, allows me to be as creative behind the camera.

[Jason]

Okay.

[David Dobrik]

I like being in front of the camera a little bit more now. I like, like being able to play with my hands. I like being able to, like, touch Ilya. Hit Ilya. I like being able to interact with people, like, more. So when I'm in front of the camera and there's not like that wall between me and the person I'm talking to.

[Jason]

Right.

[David Dobrik]

And I just. I don't know. I'm. This just. I'm getting older. I want the videos to reflect that. And I don't. I don't know. I don't know what. I don't want it to look like discovering David Dobrik. I don't want it to look like some fucking Nat Geo documentary. I don't want it to look like. I don't want to compare to YouTubers because I don't want to, like, shit on them. And we may not get it done. Like, we may not get it down the first video, maybe not the second, maybe not the third. But, like, I just want to try something new again. So. Yeah, so no video this week, no video next week. I'm going to post. I'll post the video. Honestly, give me two more weeks. I'll post. Post the video. What can I promise on the 5th?

[Ilya]

Sure.

[David Dobrik]

Okay, I'll post the video on the 5th. But just like, let me brainstorm this. I have a lot of meetings here at the house of yelling at Ilya and being like, we need to do this, we need to do this.

[Jason]

What does he say?

[David Dobrik]

What does he say? Yeah, when you say that, he's really almost on board. And this is all coming from. Because we took a trip to the Philippines, right? And. And it was just like, it was fun. And we didn't film it the way I'd want these new videos to be filmed. We just filmed it like the old vlog. But I was just like. I was like, I don't know. There's something that, like, about the old vlog style that now feels like work. And in order to make fun videos, I think it really has to feel like you're just hanging out and vibing. And that's what I want this, these new videos to feel like. I want it to be a 10 minute video that you put on for dinner. Yeah, like, I want, I want it to be that video.

[Jason]

I don't want it to be your big thing. Back in the day you would have lunch and you would just. I was all surprised. You just turn on every YouTuber.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, I know.

[Jason]

Well, you had lunch and I think.

[David Dobrik]

Like my videos before were for like lunch or snack time because they were like really quick. But I want it to be something like, I'm, I'm home, it's the end of the week, I'm going to watch this 10 minute video right. Friday night and it's not going to be as fast paced as they were before. I don't know. Okay. I think I've said enough, so. Yeah, so sorry about that. But that's, that's kind of where I'm at also. I was like looking. I wanted to make sure that I don't fall. Like I don't have a name for it yet. Thank the Lord. Because if I had a name for whatever the series is, I feel like I'd be shooting myself in the foot. I just hate when you come up with a name before. Again, the LA syndrome. Like, I think all great things.

[Jason]

David uncut.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. I think all great.

[Jason]

David raw.

[David Dobrik]

David uncircumcised. I think all the great things come like a lot of good ideas come before things are named. I just, I've never seen anything have a name before.

[Jason]

David's video. Not David's vlog.

[David Dobrik]

Pretty good.

[Jason]

That's always good. When you say David's perfume or. That always works.

[Natalie]

I mean, so we do with like literally everything. We just put David's name in front of whatever it is.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. I mean that works. Just because it's just like, who gives a fuck? Yeah, just like so lazy.

[Jason]

David's journey.

[Ilya]

I don't care.

[David Dobrik]

I don't think it needs a name necessarily.

[Jason]

I don't think it needs a name.

[David Dobrik]

But I was looking up, like, I looked up how ACDC formed their name. People used to think it was like after Christ. After Christ. The Devil's child.

[Jason]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And the lead singer's being interviewed and he said it's literally. It was, it was from. He has he looked at his sister's sewing machine and where it says power. Where the power is. Yeah, it says AC dc, which means alternating current and direct current. Yeah, it's literally just like. Yeah, you just saw something. Yeah, I want to go with that. I think that's. Honestly, that's like the best way to describe something that's great is like, who gives a fuck what it's called?

[Jason]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

This is rock and roll. I think that's so cool.

[Jason]

I agree. Curb youb Enthusiasm is the most awkward name. So weird and so weird. And it works and it's the best.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah.

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[Jason]

Hey. Yesterday I was out. I thought of you. I was getting coffee.

[David Dobrik]

Blue's Clues, though.

[Jason]

Blue's Clues is a good name.

[Ilya]

It's a good name and it rhymes.

[Jason]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Okay, so there have been times, like Dennis the Menace. There have been times they've gotten it right.

[Jason]

Yeah. Have you tried Ryan Trahan's candy? Yeah, it's incredible.

[David Dobrik]

Wait, is that what you were gonna bring up?

[Jason]

No, I was like, that was a joke from the last podcast. We couldn't say anything bad about anything.

[David Dobrik]

Ryan, Trance is good.

[Jason]

No, I was at. I was at Community Goods yesterday, which is like a really hip coffee coffee shop.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, I've seen this on TikTok.

[Jason]

It's so good. I didn't want to go in because.

[David Dobrik]

I was like, wait, but why do people like it? Just because Justin Bieber and Hailey. Hailey Bieber go there?

[Jason]

I think so.

[David Dobrik]

I mean, that's enough for me, to be honest.

[Jason]

Yeah. So Naveen's taking me over there for the vlog and I'm like, okay. And then I got out there and I saw like all cool people, like your age. Like, really cool. Like, like the show. I love la. And I'm like, I can't go and film in. I'm like, oh, my God, that's so awkward.

[David Dobrik]

Oh my God, that would be so funny.

[Jason]

It was your nightmare. It was your nightmare.

[David Dobrik]

That'd be so funny if you went in there.

[Jason]

So I did and I went in and I had to get a vlog. And I was like, okay. And they were really nice, and everybody in line was really nice. It was actually a good experience, but it was a long ass line. Amazing thing. So I was sitting there and this guy comes up to me and I thought of you. Cause the guy goes. Guy comes up and walks me to the camera. And he goes, jason, is it okay if I film you? And I was like. I was like, oh, no, I was like, that never happens to me. And he goes, he goes, how many likes to come on the street?

[David Dobrik]

So funny like that. Oh, shit.

[Ilya]

Wait, what?

[Jason]

Yeah, he goes, how many likes to come on my stream? And I was like, I don't know, man.

[David Dobrik]

Wait.

[Ilya]

To come on his stream?

[Jason]

Yeah, I was like, 10 likes. I don't know, 10. So anyways.

[Ilya]

Oh, because there's this guy.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, sorry to cut you off. There's this guy that walks around and asks streamers how many likes to be on their stream.

[Ilya]

And every. And he's.

[David Dobrik]

He's like a legend for it. He'll like pop up and every streamer will be like, I don't know, a million. And then the streamer's friends will be.

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[David Dobrik]

Don't you know who this.

[Jason]

I've seen this. I saw Sarah. Yes.

[Ilya]

Don't you know who this is?

[Jason]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ilya]

Like say a high number and they'll be like, oh, okay, 3,080,000 likes and he'll still hit it.

[Jason]

Wow.

[Ilya]

So I thought you got approached by that guy.

[Jason]

No, I got approached. But anyways, long story short, the guy, we came up with some number and then the guy rolls off in like a $250,000 car. I was like, fucking believable. I couldn't believe it.

[Ilya]

What? Why? Why was that so unbelievable?

[Jason]

It was just like. It doesn' you know what I mean? Like, he's doing great.

[Ilya]

Yeah, but you, like, you've been in the scene for a while, I guess. I'd love to get you, like, honest. You're like, it's crazy how long you've been doing this.

[Jason]

I know, as long as you.

[Ilya]

Yeah, but you look like an additional 20 years. I mean, that's beyond.

[Jason]

I'm an additional 30.

[Ilya]

Yeah.

[Jason]

Yeah. So he came up to you and then I saw the TikTok of the guy of you asking. He did a magic trick for you.

[Ilya]

Yeah, I was in Madrid. I was at the airport.

[Jason]

That was crazy.

[Ilya]

And this guy tracked me down. I didn't know. He actually tracked me down from listening to this podcast.

[David Dobrik]

I guess I got to stop Talking about where I'm going.

[Jason]

How the hell did he track you down?

[David Dobrik]

So he knew I was gonna be in Madrid for three days. So he had three days to find me.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And he looked. He looked for me all around Madrid, couldn't find me. So I don't think he got the day. I was leaving, and he just waited at the airport, and he pulled out a knife and he. No, but that's how it's gonna end one day. And he tried to. He said, if I show you a magic trick, can I get a job interview?

[Jason]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And, yeah, the magic trick was great. He had me guess a card, and he's like, I have a card in my wallet. He's like, name a card. I named a card, and it was the only card in his wallet. I don't know how he did it. And I told him. I was like, I'm gonna be an asshole about this. Like, if you. If you. If I know how this trick is done. You're not getting the job interview.

[Jason]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[David Dobrik]

I have no idea how he did it. So he's doing. He's doing a. He's getting a job interview with Natalie, and he's actually friends with a mutual friend of ours who said nice things about him.

[Jason]

Oh, good, good.

[David Dobrik]

You gonna.

[Jason]

Are you gonna be tough on him, Nat?

[Natalie]

I mean, I think he went to, like, an Ivy League school. Like, he's very intelligent.

[Jason]

Oh, yeah?

[Natalie]

Yeah. So we'll see. But he sent me over his resume, and I'm gonna.

[David Dobrik]

Well, he's gotta be intelligent if he fucking cornered me with a magic trick. You know how much I love us.

[Ilya]

I can miss my flight for a good magic trick.

[David Dobrik]

It's like, this guy's a genius. He's got me right where he wants me. Yeah, okay, sorry. Back to community goods. You said. You said something interesting. You said there are a lot of cool people in line.

[Jason]

It was like that show I love.

[David Dobrik]

La, but there was a long line, very long.

[Jason]

And I was confused. I was like, what is it? Like, why is it so hip? Like, what's the fucking. How good can it be? Yeah, it was. It was very good.

[Natalie]

What did you get?

[Jason]

I got a vanilla bean iced latte with homemade vanilla bean syrup, $7.50.

[David Dobrik]

Do you think part of that is the lime?

[Jason]

I do. Yes. 100%. It's got to be like.

[David Dobrik]

Like, part. I'm not even saying part of why it tastes good is. The line I'm saying is. Is, do people like going to places because of lines? Because I think in Japan, I'M sure in a lot of other countries, too. Like, waiting in lines is, like, an exciting thing. Like, people like waiting in lines for things. Like, it's like an.

[Jason]

Or.

[David Dobrik]

It's like a rewarding thing. And it's also like a. It's also like, a thing to do with a friend.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Let's go past time in this line to get something.

[Jason]

Yeah. And I think there's a chance you'll run into somebody and, like, maybe see the guy you like, you know, and he's in line.

[David Dobrik]

But other places at Community Goods to sit.

[Natalie]

Yeah. A little patio.

[Jason]

Couple. Nice little patio.

[David Dobrik]

Not many seats, but, like, over 10.

[Jason]

Maybe about 10 seats.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah. Okay.

[Jason]

So it's very small.

[David Dobrik]

It's like first come, first serve.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

There's a good chance you're getting your drink and you have to leave. Yeah. Because you won't be able to sit. Yeah.

[Jason]

Yeah, we got to sit. They also sell. I've seen this a lot lately. People are just selling sardines everywhere.

[Natalie]

Have you seen sardines have been a big. Yeah. Thing.

[David Dobrik]

Wait, what?

[Jason]

My dad used to eat sardines and gross the family out in la. Sardines everywhere. Canned sardines. Everyone's trying to sell sardines.

[David Dobrik]

I saw sardines on our counter here.

[Ilya]

You did? Yeah.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

It's disgusting. Honestly, I. They should be banned.

[Jason]

We should ban sardines.

[David Dobrik]

I think it's disgusting. Fish in a can is fucking pathetic.

[Jason]

I guess it has a lot of protein, though. It's supposed to be good for you. And the oil, the fish oil is really good.

[David Dobrik]

What? What does.

[Ilya]

I can't.

[David Dobrik]

I don't even want to talk about this. It's gonna make me fucking gag.

[Jason]

That's fine.

[David Dobrik]

Anyway. Dinner with Sinner.

[Jason]

Have you heard about this dating app where the men have to pay? They don't. For the woman's getting ready costs.

[Natalie]

What?

[Jason]

Yeah, it's called corded.

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[Jason]

And would you do that, Dave? Would you pay for a woman to get ready to go out with you?

[David Dobrik]

That's scary. Yeah, because it's like, now I'm paying for her to conceal her face. Yeah, just like, weird. Like what? The more I pay, the more makeup she's got on and the less I could know what she looks like.

[Jason]

And what do you pay for that? Like, $36.

[Natalie]

$36?

[Jason]

Well, I don't know. What does it cost you to get ready?

[David Dobrik]

Probably 200, 300.

[Natalie]

At least.

[Jason]

$200 if you're gonna get, like, a blowout and professional makeup job, I'm saying, like, A date?

[David Dobrik]

Well, I think that's the thing. I don't think you're paying for, like, her lipstick.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[Jason]

Is it like, wink, wink, like, paying.

[David Dobrik]

For something else interesting? I never even thought of that.

[Jason]

It's like, oh, get my costs, if you know what I mean.

[David Dobrik]

Did you see Steve's video the other day?

[Jason]

No.

[David Dobrik]

Steve went into a strip club and he gave a stripper a new Mercedes.

[Jason]

No way.

[David Dobrik]

And then they're sitting in the car and he goes, can I have a blowjob? She goes, yeah. And he goes, oh, okay. He starts pulling his. He starts pulling his pants.

[Ilya]

And he goes, got your ass.

[Natalie]

Oh, my God.

[David Dobrik]

But he. Sorry to pivot here, but he also flipped. This guy's videos are insane. Yeah, it was him and his friend Togi. I love Togi.

[Jason]

Yeah, he's very nice.

[David Dobrik]

He flipped. They. They were outside Togie's house. Togi doesn't have that much money.

[Jason]

No.

[David Dobrik]

Like, compared to Steve.

[Jason]

I think it's on his neck.

[Ilya]

Yeah, well, that's exactly what it is.

[Jason]

It is everything he's wearing it.

[David Dobrik]

Everything that you see from Togi is. Yeah. It's either on him or it's like in his cars.

[Ilya]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And he flipped. They flipped a coin for Togi's house.

[Jason]

No.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah, his two million dollar house. And what happened to Steve lost his two million dollar house? And then they go inside and they sign the paperwork over and Steve's like, hey, I feel bad. So Steve gave him his Rolls Royce and then he gave him his. He gave him his Lamborghini. He told you got to choose. Steve was like, okay, you want my Rolls Royce or you want my. My Lamborghini? His Lamborghini is like, valued at, like 650,000. So Togi, at the end of it was like, I actually feel great. I got a free Lamborghini out of this.

[Ilya]

Those guys are fucking housed. They're crazy. Yeah. So Togie now is a 650,000 Lamborghini. But, like, I don't think Toby's gonna sell it either. Even though, like, he should.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Ilya]

Because he just lost a two million dollar house on a coin flip.

[David Dobrik]

And that. This is the type of stuff again.

[Ilya]

That'S like, makes me want to change my content because I'm like, it's just impossible to compete with people, like, in terms of, like, wowing people. I'm watching this video. I texted Steve. I'm like, my jaw's on the ground watching this video. I'm just like, okay.

[David Dobrik]

There was another video where Steve. Steve.

[Ilya]

Steve's whole, like, premise of his last two YouTube videos, has been trying to get into a financial crisis. And his last video, he, like, took out Sexy Red, who's like a. Yeah, a girl singer.

[Jason]

I know. Sexy, right.

[Ilya]

Takes her out to, like, go buy her watches with her mom, and he got her mom, like, a $25,000 Birkin.

[David Dobrik]

And then.

[Ilya]

And then he bought sexy, like, a $85,000 watch. And then Sexy's like, well, now that you bought me this, like, can I still get the AP I wanted? And, like, what's AP?

[David Dobrik]

That's.

[Ilya]

That's another $100,000 watch.

[Jason]

Okay.

[Ilya]

And he's just blasting through money. And then Steve goes and buys a private jet.

[Jason]

Oh, my God.

[Ilya]

And spends $5 million on that. But spends. Puts the least money down on it, so probably puts, like, a million dollars down because he wants to be in crisis. So he wants to get a loan from the bank for as much money as he can. And then he goes to car dealership, buys a $1.3 million car.

[Ad Reader 1]

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[Ilya]

A McLaren Alva. And then there's a kid at the dealership, like, looking at cars, and he's like, hey, Steve.

[David Dobrik]

And Steve's like, what are you looking at? He's like, I'm just looking. And she's like, you want a car? And the kid's like, okay.

[Ilya]

So he buys him an 80,000, like, beautiful BMW.

[David Dobrik]

Wow.

[Ilya]

And it's just like. It's just like this, like. It's, like, happening so quickly. Like, Jimmy, Mr. Beast is another thing. Obviously, like, his Mr. Beast new show, Beast Games, is fucking incredible.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Ilya]

Have you been watching it?

[Jason]

No.

[Ilya]

It's really good. And it's way better than the first season, and I love the first season.

[Jason]

What kind of things are on there?

[Ilya]

It's competition. It's the same premise.

[David Dobrik]

It's. It's just.

[Ilya]

It's. The winner of the show gets $5 million. But, like, all throughout the show, it's like, there's a game that he does that's really interesting. So. So it's fucking. It's genius. But it's, like, crazy.

[David Dobrik]

So they'll have.

[Ilya]

There'll be, like, 20 people left on. On the show, and, like, they'll break into groups of four, right? And then each of those four. Each group of four will have one team captain, and then that team captain will go stand on this. On this, like, bridge, and Jimmy will put up number signs. So It'll go from 1,000 to 2,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000, 30,000. And the money will keep going. It'll just Keep growing, like every second it grows another $5,000. And if the team captain hits the dollar amount, like, it's like, fine, I want 200,000. If they hit it and say yes to it, that team captain gets to keep all the money, but their entire team is eliminated from the game. And that team captain gets to move on to the round.

[Jason]

Whoa.

[Ilya]

So, like, you just fuck your team. Your team gets kicked off. Whoa. So like the whole premise is like, you have to pick the best team captain that you think is going to honor your team. And it went up to a million dollars. And you're sitting there with the 14 captains. And Jimmy's like, if anybody here hits the button, you. You're a millionaire.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Ilya]

And like, and it's very difficult for anybody to hit it because you're a millionaire, but you automatically become the villain for your team because your team's gone. And. Yeah.

[Jason]

And so what happens? Do people take the million?

[Ilya]

I think the first season.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Ilya]

I don't think anyone hit it, really. None of the team. I think none of the team captains hit it for a million.

[Jason]

But isn't the idea to eliminate everybody anyway?

[Ilya]

Yes, but you're. But you think about. You're on the show.

[Jason]

Sure.

[Ilya]

A lot of people are watching. Like, you're. They're face. You're face to face. You're basically, you're cutting everyone off, but.

[Natalie]

I'm not gonna trust you the rest of the season.

[Ilya]

But those people are.

[Jason]

Those people are gone, though.

[Ilya]

No one's gonna trust you. That doesn't matter really. The problem is you're fucking over four.

[Jason]

People who would be gone from the show. What? It's done. The object is to get rid of you.

[Ilya]

They're gonna find you in real life and they're fucking kill you. Genuinely. I'm not. I mean it. Yeah.

[Jason]

What are you talking about?

[Ilya]

It's a competition show for $5 million at the end of it.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Ilya]

This guy hits it, who they all trust at the end. He hits it, becomes a millionaire instantly. And his team has to go. His team, who's been on the show for six, seven weeks now. Six, seven. Has been on this team for six, seven weeks. Just has to go home now.

[Jason]

Do they confront him on the show?

[Ilya]

Yeah. They go, fuck you, you're an asshole. It's really sad.

[Jason]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Ilya]

But it is a game show at.

[Jason]

The end of the day. At the end of the day.

[David Dobrik]

I don't know.

[Ilya]

I don't know.

[David Dobrik]

I don't know. But it's a really well done show. But again, My point is, is like, financially it's impossible to compete with the money that's being giveaway thrown around.

[Jason]

That's not your thing anyway.

[Ilya]

Exactly.

[Jason]

You're not Captain Giveaway.

[David Dobrik]

But I've really loved it to become my thing. So I just want to lean back into, like, what made the videos so fun in the first place.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And that's just hanging out. So if anybody has suggestions for what you would want to see in like, new style videos.

[Ilya]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Please let me know. A lot of people are like, just fucking hang out on the couch.

[Jason]

Yo. The weekend's coming up, huh? What's doing Thursday? Pod here. What are you guys offering? Too young. Too young and attractive single people. I was talking about Natalie and her sister.

[David Dobrik]

Oh, I thought you were saying Natalie's two people.

[Jason]

No, I was not talking about Natalie's two personalities.

[Ilya]

Thank you.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

I've been thinking about what I'm gonna do this weekend.

[Jason]

What's it gonna be, Dave?

[David Dobrik]

I'm Zook.

[Jason]

What are you going to Zook?

[Natalie]

He probably won't be at Zook.

[David Dobrik]

No, I wasn't gonna go out this weekend. No, Natalie vetoed it. We're celebrating John's birthday. I do wanna, like.

[Jason]

What do you do for John's birthday?

[David Dobrik]

We'll present. But we're just getting dinner tonight. But I do want to, like, just keep brainstorming this idea for this, this video on the podcast. No, no, no, no. I'm not talking about it here. I'm sorry, but I think that's. I don't know.

[Ilya]

I feel guilty. I feel guilty going out.

[Jason]

Why?

[David Dobrik]

Because I'm not posting.

[Jason]

Oh, brother. Don't do that. Don't do that. Really?

[David Dobrik]

Okay. Yeah, I'm probably going to do Zook.

[Jason]

You can take John to Zook.

[David Dobrik]

I don't know.

[Natalie]

I don't know if we'll even go out this weekend, to be honest.

[David Dobrik]

No, no, we mostly. All jokes aside, I don't think we will. We've been traveling so much where it's like, it would be nice to just like, catch up. I would love a. I would love dinner tonight. I'd love to have a beer and a couple cigarettes. That's kind of like. That's kind of what I would love to do.

[Jason]

That's nice.

[David Dobrik]

I also. You know what I've realized about alcohol, which I didn't realize before, and I just had the realization that, like, you have to have fun in order for it to be fun. Does that make sense? Like, I've always, like, relied on alcohol. I've always sat the last, like, two years.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Ilya]

I've just sat and drank beers, like.

[David Dobrik]

Waiting for the fun to hit me. Like, it. Like, it comes through the alcohol.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

And I just realized I was in Dubai, of all places, drinking. I was in Dubai, and I was, like, taking shots, and I was like, whoa. I'm like, I'm taking shots, but I'm also keeping my energy up purposefully. Yeah. And I think that. I think that was. This is, like, such a stupid realization to have at 29. But I was just like.

[Ilya]

I was like, oh, fuck, I need to. I still need to be driving the ship. Like, I can't be relying on, like, the alcohol to hit me and have fun.

[David Dobrik]

Like.

[Ilya]

Like, it. It does come easier. But, like, I was, like, bouncing around, and I was like, okay, let's keep moving. And I think that's what. That was the first time I've had fun drinking. And I was just sitting around. It was just me, Natalie, and, like, three of our friends.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah.

[Jason]

What were you doing? Shots?

[Ilya]

No, I was sipping on a margarita.

[Jason]

Oh.

[Ilya]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

I never do that.

[Ilya]

But I was like, okay, what was.

[Jason]

The point of that story?

[Ilya]

The point is, what was the point of that story?

[Jason]

You drink and you have fun, but you also have to remember.

[David Dobrik]

Do you have to have fun?

[Jason]

That you have to have fun even without alcohol.

[Natalie]

And when you're drinking, it's also your energy and your vibe, and the alcohol is just helping to elevate that vibe.

[Jason]

Oh, I don't look at it like that. The alcohol takes me over, and I'm like, oh, okay.

[Ilya]

Okay.

[Jason]

So good.

[Ilya]

So maybe I did learn something.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Natalie]

Oh. Like, you think it's, like, chemically interacting with you, and it's making your, like, endorphins increase.

[Jason]

And then the night I met the Adam Sandler story, I was, like, so inhibited, and then I had a bunch of drinks, and then I was good to go.

[Ilya]

That's so different. You were around Adam Sandler.

[David Dobrik]

You were, like.

[Ilya]

Your body was feigning to be, like, let out of its cage. Right. So. So, yes. So your alcohol. The alcohol helped with it. I'm saying you're out. You're on a night. You're just sitting there, and you're like, okay, I'm a little bit down right now.

[Jason]

Yep.

[Ilya]

Let's see if alcohol gets at least for me specifically. I need to be, like, leaning in towards the fun, which I've realized now. I literally, genuinely, for the last two years, I've thought that it's just gonna find me the more I drink. I don't know why. And in the last two years, it slowly, slowly has gotten worse and worse. Where every time I drink, I'm like, I just wanna go home even more. Cause I'm just, like, dizzy. But so take us through it.

[Jason]

You're sipping the margarita.

[Ilya]

Oh, I think I've already taken you through it.

[Jason]

I'm so confused.

[David Dobrik]

Why are you confused?

[Jason]

I don't know what you're saying.

[Ilya]

I just genuinely think you have to want to have fun. I think you can't rely on alcohol.

[Jason]

I like it.

[Ilya]

Unless you're like, you, who, I guess you genuinely think. You think you could be having the worst day, and then you sip alcohol and then things change. Because I know people are like that.

[Jason]

Yeah, I'm 100% like that.

[Ilya]

I'm not like that.

[Jason]

Or you ever have, like, a little weed and everything is just different. You're just like, oh, you forget every problem you have.

[Ilya]

No, now with weed, you don't do that. It'd be highlighted.

[Jason]

I mean, that's why they call it a. It's a free vacation.

[Ilya]

You know what they call weed? A free vacation.

[David Dobrik]

What does that mean?

[Jason]

It's a free vacation.

[David Dobrik]

It's.

[Jason]

It's a vacation.

[Ilya]

It's not. It's at the price of, like, a lot. It's at the price of, like. I don't look at weed as, like.

[Jason]

Well, it comes at a price later.

[Ilya]

No, it comes at a price that night when you're fucking eating the whole pantry. I think that's like. That's. That, honestly, may be. That may be the most brutal pain.

[Jason]

That's why I quit weed.

[Ilya]

It's. Honestly, it's.

[Jason]

It's why I quit, because I can't control myself eating.

[Ilya]

I genuinely think heroin's better for you. Like, in the long term, at least you're not fucking.

[Natalie]

You have to, like, prepare the healthy snacks before you get healthy snacks.

[Jason]

High is the worst.

[Ilya]

Also, there's something as healthy snacks.

[Jason]

Carrots.

[David Dobrik]

Okay, that's carrots.

[Jason]

Raw carrots.

[David Dobrik]

But raw carrots is crazy. Like, I've. I've done moments where I'm high and I go to the store. I get grapes. Yeah, I get apples, strawberries, But I eat all of them. It's still 1900 calories. 2000 calories of just fruit that I'm consuming. Like, it doesn't. There's no such thing as, like, true.

[Natalie]

You have, like, a weird bottomless stomach, though, too.

[David Dobrik]

Incredibly bottomless. I've never seen anything like it, especially when I'm high. Just, like, the limit does not exist.

[Natalie]

So crazy.

[David Dobrik]

Yeah.

[Natalie]

Does it all go?

[Jason]

When's the last time you got high?

[David Dobrik]

The last time I got high?

[Jason]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

It's been months. Maybe like six months. Yeah. Yeah. It's been a really long time.

[Jason]

What'd you do?

[David Dobrik]

We just sat on the couch, watched a movie. That's why I like. I'm telling you, the price of getting high is. This is horrible.

[Jason]

You go on a anti drug talk across all the high schools just because the price of getting high.

[Natalie]

Don't get high, you'll get fat.

[David Dobrik]

It's calories. It's genuinely calories.

[Jason]

I got a call yesterday from one of our friends who was like, I gotta get to Coachella this year. And they were. I was like, oh, oh, cool, cool, cool. And then they listed like, who was gonna be there. And I was like, I don't see any of those people.

[David Dobrik]

Really?

[Natalie]

I mean, Justin Bieber's gonna be pretty cool.

[Jason]

I like Justin Bieber, but like, I don't need to.

[David Dobrik]

Justin Bieber's kind of like the best to see, right?

[Jason]

Is he. Is he great live?

[David Dobrik]

I mean, it's just like, he's like.

[Natalie]

His songs are like so iconic. He hasn't performed in so long.

[Jason]

I think it's just me. I'm just out of the.

[David Dobrik]

It's like singing out of Montana in concert. But it's Justin. Like, Justin Bieber checks off all the boxes, like, checks. Justin Bieber's like the one artist that's like, still current. Like, he's never. He'll never fall out of relevancy because he's Justin Bieber.

[Jason]

Here's what it is.

[David Dobrik]

If you came to me and you and he's nostalgic.

[Jason]

If you came to me and you go, jay, I got a ticket for Justin Bieber tonight at Staples. I'd be like, fuck, yeah, let's go. It's the fact that I gotta wait all day out in that field for Justin Bieber. That's really what it is.

[Ilya]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

I almost think it's opposite.

[Jason]

What do you mean?

[David Dobrik]

Because I think like, Justin. I think just Justin Bieber, like, at Coachella is like. I think the combination of it. I don't even fucking. I don't really care for music festivals at all. But there's something like, magical about, like.

[Jason]

Let'S seeing him there.

[David Dobrik]

The greatest, the biggest, like, pop artist of, like our teens performing. I think that's a really big deal also, like, who's he gonna bring on, you know? My God, it's gonna be crazy. What if he brings out Hannah Montana? I'm like, on such a. Hannah Montana.

[Natalie]

Montana is coming back. You know that, right? She's doing a show.

[David Dobrik]

Is that. I've been seeing circles.

[Jason]

Miley Cyrus.

[Natalie]

Yeah. Yeah. Miley Cyrus is doing, like, a. Because it's like, what, 10 years or some 20 years.

[David Dobrik]

And Hilary Duff is now on tour.

[Natalie]

I know I'm freaking the fuck out. I've, like, had every single one of our friends trying to, like, help me get tickets.

[David Dobrik]

Because that was your first concert ever.

[Natalie]

My first concert ever was Hilary Duff. I went like. I got all ready. I made a poster. I held the poster up the entire fucking time. And I love her.

[David Dobrik]

She was. That's gotta be so incredible to be, like, an entertainer. Like Hilary Duff, who's had, like, a very healthy, successful career.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

Like, does she have kids? Yeah, she's chilling with her kids. And that she could just fire up this, like. I mean, I guess it's the life of an artist, right? You could just be, like, hanging out and you could be like, you know what? I'm gonna go make $30 million this year.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[David Dobrik]

All you have to do is like, I'm gonna go be celebrated by all my screaming fans from 10, 15 years ago.

[Ilya]

I think it's so cool.

[Jason]

I know a guy that works for Dave Chappelle, and his job is basically, when Dave decides he wants to, like, do a show in a parking lot, he'll, like, set that up.

[Ilya]

He'll put it together.

[Jason]

Yeah. Dave will be like, I want to be at this bar tonight in the middle of nowhere, blah, blah, blah, blah. And he'll make it happen.

[Natalie]

That's gotta be cool.

[Jason]

Yeah.

[Natalie]

Because, like, you're, you know, you're working for Dave Chappelle. Like, you know you can get that done. Like, you know you can get that done.

[Ilya]

Did you call him David Chappelle?

[Jason]

Dave Chappelle, David LaChapelle.

[Natalie]

I don't know what I said.

[Jason]

That's an artist. And the vibe that that creates, too. It's like, what? What the fuck? He's gonna be at Betty's. Betty's Chicken Wings tonight. You know what I mean?

[David Dobrik]

Like, no.

[Ilya]

If I was Dave Chappelle, all I would do is play a Betty's Chicken Wing.

[Jason]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ilya]

Like, the more random, the better. Yeah, I'm sure. I've always been so confused, like, when artists don't do that, but I feel like they've just been doing it so long, they don't really care for it anymore. But, like, when, like, Ed Sheeran will pop up at a random place, like, that's like, that is, like, probably the coolest thing to do.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[Ilya]

Like, why is Justin Bieber not playing at random, like, piano bars or anything?

[Jason]

Yeah. Is he still streaming every day?

[Ilya]

I don't know.

[Natalie]

I don't think so.

[Jason]

No. Just for a little.

[Ilya]

Do you know that? Are you just guessing?

[Natalie]

I'm guessing. I mean, I haven't seen a clip. I feel like I would have seen a clip.

[Ilya]

You know, I feel like I've never really seen clips. Even when he was streaming.

[Natalie]

Oh, I always got the clips.

[Ilya]

He's. His streaming is, like, different. It's like he's pretty far from the camera.

[Natalie]

Yeah.

[Ilya]

Where it's like. It's like. It's almost like you're looking through his security cameras. From what I've seen, like, it's not necessarily like Justin Bieber is, like, vlogging his stream where I feel like then it'd be clipped all the time.

[David Dobrik]

But, yeah, that is going to be a very epic and exciting thing, so I'm looking forward to that. All right, guys, well, that's all the time we have for today's podcast. Thank you, everybody, for tuning in. Please DM me tips and tricks on what you want to see from the new videos. I'll post the video on the 5th for you guys, because I do have content that I just haven't gotten to editing to, so. I can't believe I just used the word content. That's crazy. I hate that word. But okay, we'll see you guys later. Go check out Jason's daily vlogs and go check out Natalie's Instagram page.

[Jason]

Thank you.

[David Dobrik]

It's really good stuff. See you later. Bye.