Though Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg has left Twitter in its entirety, the internet personality often ends up on the trending tab. Recently, PewDiePie was trending on Twitter because his recently played artists on Spotify was leaked online sparking a massive discussion.
The discussion ranged from civil to downright nasty, with some users mentioning that although they dislike PewDiePie, they were surprised that they shared similar tastes in music. Now, Kjellberg has made a YouTube video responding to the situation while giving some insight into his perspective.
Kjellberg has made it clear in the past that he has come to greatly dislike Twitter. In fact, he deleted his Twitter account entirely back in December of 2019 following a video he made criticizing the “moral posturing” that many users partake in across the site. Though many users across the platform dislike Kjellberg, there are many others who are fans of him and the content he creates. This came out in full force when images of Kjellberg’s Spotify account leaked online.
The leaked images show artists that Kjellberg recently listened to, such as Kero Kero Bonito, SOPHIE, and Slayyyter. This isn’t the first time Kjellberg’s internet information has leaked, as recently he accidentally leaked his PSN name on a livestream. However, the situation with Kjellberg’s music tastes caused a huge debate on Twitter, with artists disavowing him on the platform. Kjellberg took time to respond to one specific tweet from Gupi and explain why he takes issue to those types of responses.
Gupi’s tweet reads, “Just woke up, found out pewdiepie listens to me and others, pewdiepie please don’t listen to my music. Ok, back to bed.” While feigning heartbreak, Kjellberg read the tweet aloud, making jokes mocking Gupi for getting upset that Kjellberg listens to music online. Kjellberg jockingly responds, “B*itch, who the fuck are you?! I don’t know who you are,” while referencing a popular Thanos meme from Avengers Endgame.
He then gets a bit more serious saying, “For a musician, it’s a pretty tone deaf opinion to try and gatekeep your music if you put it on a public platform. Like, I can’t imagine me going on YouTube and saying, ‘No, you can’t watch my YouTube videos.’ The end of his video touches on some fairly poignant topics. Kjellberg says that he would still listen to an artist whose music heavily influenced him in the past, even if they were to publicly disavow him.
Additionally, he posits that many people online seem to hate “the idea of PewDiePie” after only seeing negative media coverage of him. Kjellberg ends the video asking his viewers not to send hate to any artists mentioned in the video before discussing plans to donate his monthly YouTube live streaming membership earnings to the Lebanese Red Cross following the disaster in Beirut, something he does with different charities every month.