YouTube's viral sensation Lonelygirl15 is back after seven years - and the internet has gone into a tailspin
One of the first viral web shows on YouTube has come back for the first time in seven years and a full decade after it first launched!
YouTube's viral sensation Lonelygirl15 is back after seven years - and the internet has gone into a tailspin
One of the first viral web shows on YouTube has come back for the first time in seven years and a full decade after it first launched
A viral video star has uploaded her first new content in over seven years - to the excitement of thousands of online fans.
To understand the impact of Lonelygirl15, we have to journey back to 2006, when YouTube wasn't the online powerhouse it is today.
So-called vloggers were just beginning to get started and one of the first was a 16-year-old girl called Bree.
Under the username Lonelygirl15, Bree began to post short straight-to-camera confessionals about her life.
Pretty soon she had a loyal following and her videos were getting thousands of views.
As the drama surrounding Lonelygirl15's life continued to unfold and grow more complex, it emerged that it was in fact a scripted series .
It turned out "Bree" was actually actress Jessica Lee Rose, who had a team of writers producing the videos. It was one of the first examples of a YouTube web series and even after the reveal it continued to be increasingly popular.
Then, all of a sudden, the videos stopped. That was over seven years ago - and Bree had even been killed off.
Now she's back with new content that is sending the internet into a tailspin.
"I know, you've got a lot of questions. Questions deserve answers. It's the only thing that satisfies them and I have many..." she said in the new video, which has already notched up over 368,000 views.
Many commenting users couldn't believe she was back.
"Seven years... SEVEN YEARS I'VE WAITED FOR YOU TO RETURN!" wrote one.
"i used to watch all of your videos... I THOUGHT YOU DIED," said another.
Other uses on Twitter were also amazed at her return.
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