#dnprewatch

Date video was published: 06/25/2021 (X)

DNP Main Channel Rewatch: 443

A Dan video?!?! What is this?! Dan had filmed for this earlier in the month, all in a single day. Also, the tweet promoting this video is still Dan’s pinned tweet at the moment.

0:05 - the “hello Internet” to start...of course he had to. also I still can’t decide if I like that jacket or not

0:20 - he is very scripted in this

0:56 - dramatic shot and lighting there

1:45 - I am sad that we still don’t know what YouTube content he was planning that didn’t pan out

2:00 - sometimes I forget that I am the same age as Dan

2:33 - Dan really cannot do time estimates 😂 he came out 2 years before this

3:00 - there is a lot of follow-up and re-stating of some of the same things he talked about in BIG

3:12 - he really did mention the “commitment” thing a lot in 2021...still hard to say what he really means by that

3:25 - lol at the little kiss there

4:20 - “a metaphorical mind palace” indeed

5:51 - still can’t get over Dan writing Phil into this as Phil just living in his mind 🥺

6:09 - they actually look their heights in this

6:14 - Phil just distracting Dan with fun so he doesn’t have to think about the hard things...and then Dan saying this bit was “radically authentic” ...help

6:44 - and the implication that Phil will let Dan do the growing he needs to, but will just be there waiting

7:01 - WHAT?

7:18 - laughing that they must have had all this tour stuff in storage somewhere. I wonder how much they still have, or if they did a clean-out when they moved

7:37 - I had not noticed the little jar of notes “for gloomy days” before 🥺

7:47 - I like this mirror shot. Phil talked about the struggle/fear with media interviews while in the closet as well...that must have been very stressful for both of them

8:26 - I love that they had some actual fans be a part of this...when this part started I thought it might be really cringe but it ended up being so cute. I wonder if Dan pitched this idea to YouTube to include in this?

10:00 - Dan sounds less scripted here and I like it

10:08 - how much Dan says he has been impacted by meeting fans is something he has continually talked about with appreciation over the years

11:01 - this response was so good!!

12:05 - Dan seems like he’s really listening during this part too

12:48 - love Dan’s dead-pan look at the camera here 😂

13:10 - part of this YouTube Pride thing was asking people to submit video clips that would be included; it was very unclear how they would be used until it was put together here

13:27 - see, we’ve gotten so many more stories like this from Phil pco, and so few from Dan...it’s nice to see him talk about his past with more authenticity. I love that he talks about this further later in the year in Hometown Showdown too

14:03 - “imagine if the boys kissed” I love it. I think I actually find Dan more entertaining when he is less scripted

15:43 - oh yikes

16:27 - something he talked about in BIG

16:56 - the casual okay-to-say-something moment is relatable for me, actually

17:51 - lol at THAT being the one he chose to “not answer”

18:19 - I love the teasing here so much! and the tweet (which someone must have timed/planned to post at this moment when this video premiered)

19:25 - the Dil inclusion throw-back to TATINOF...just for fun I guess

20:23 - the sign and outfit from when he went to Pride in 2019

21:00 - it is interesting to here him talk more about how he felt about things while in the closet

22:04 - in all the photos from that day he looks SO happy

22:45 - “like a dream” oh Dan 🥺 and his interactions with subscribers that day were so sweet!

23:40 - yes good points from Dan

24:04 - honestly I did not know who Will Young was before this video. he is from Wokingham too, so that was a nice tie-in with Dan

24:39 - and Dan talked in BIG too about wishing he had had more representation to look up to when he was young

27:08 - I don’t know about the Dan-watching-awkwardly shots

27:19 - this whole bit seems a little awkward. I think it’s partially Dan sitting far away and Will standing so close to the camera? Was that a social-distancing thing maybe? I don’t know but it’s slightly strange

28:32 - the conversation is actually a good one though

29:48 - and an interesting question from Dan, because he and Phil had talked about being worried that coming out would affect their careers

31:23 - I like the “it’s so boring” point about continually coming out. that was one of Phil’s points in COTY too, actually

31:50 - just from this conversation, I like Will and what he has to say a lot

33:30 - if a Pride event happens in my town this year I really want to go...we’ll see if I get myself together enough

34:45 - Dan liked the “no one’s born with shame” point there

36:23 - there is really no consistency in what door he goes in and comes back out of for these segments

36:49 - lol at the llama reference

37:15 - foreshadowing of going in that door later, obviously

37:53 - the “subscribe” pop-up 😂

38:06 - “the only person in the world that tolerates me is called Phil” he just said it, huh?

38:29 - the parallel of this to Phil’s answer to it in Answering Questions I Would Usually Avoid ...did Dan write this joke after seeing that Phil video

39:14 - I don’t really follow what Tyler’s doing anymore, but he’s always seemed like such a good friend and supportive. I like all the collabs that both DNP did with him over the years

40:12 - someone describing Dan as quiet is so surprising...reserved makes some sense though

40:38 - big Dan sigh there

40:48 - “I just figured it wasn’t my business until you said anything to me” good friend Tyler!

41:22 - that is something, that for a while he was afraid to even interact too much with queer creators

42:06 - this must have been at VidCon 2019 

42:21 - “a surprise wig party” I love it 😂

43:08 - “there’s no rush. when you’re ready, I’m ready” yeah I really like Tyler

43:41 - “make out with somebody dressed as a dragon” ...um no comment. I will say Dan is a expert at walking the line of what he says having one meaning/not meaning anything to the general public and a entirely different meaning to DNP’s long-time audience

44:15 - the first time I watched this I really thought this was a different person/an actor...does not look like Dan at all

44:40 - this feel like honest-Dan

45:08 - Dan loves a dramatic shot

45:49 - Dan had filmed this on June 8 and then a week later tweeted this. definitely not just a straight path forward for him though

46:10 - a reference to a bit with a furry in it (1, 2) that ended up getting cut from this main video

46:15 - I like Abigail so much! I was excited to see her in this

46:43 - Winnie the Pooh reference is a nice detail

47:54 - I think Dan said at some point that he scripted this so he’s talking to himself here

48:47 - getting a lot of actor-Dan in this as well

49:10 - the details of the posters in the background that Dan came up with are hilarious 😂

49:36 - apparently emo Dan sent Phil “vividly back to 2011″ - love that he shared a photo of that with just Phil first before publicly (also his feet/socks here still slightly disturb me)

50:05 - a pco “message for my younger self”

50:40 - still cannot see that person as Dan for some reason. why does he look SO different to me?

51:00 - yeah I wasn’t expecting to cry the first time I watched this

51:40 - doing the hardest thing and then immediately calling for Phil/going ‘home’ to Phil. 😭 really being loud about what Phil means to him. and the parallel to the end of THE WARDROBE

52:39 - and the asking Phil for advice

52:53 - Phil doesn’t want Dan to change who he is now, and the “you’ll be fine”...“I’ll be fine” 🥺

53:13 - can see even more of the posters here!

53:38 - “all this stuff makes me the person that I am now” kind of echoing what Phil just said there

53:55 - and the final BIG parallel

54:11 - so many references to his videos over the years

54:53 - thanking his followers as he so often has

55:54 - Dan just wanted to smash some things 😂

56:27 - I do love the literal smashing of the closet

56:59 - big Dan smile and laugh to end it

Admittedly, this is not really what I was expecting from any of the description or promo that Dan did ahead of time. I enjoyed it the first time I watched it, but it’s not something I really rewatch. Even with the YouTube editing/control/etc., parts of it still feel like a very “Dan” video to me. (As in scripted, YouTube-persona Dan...he seems so different in live shows or even conversations with people he’s truly comfortable with.)

Date video was published: 06/13/2019 (X)

DNP Main Channel Rewatch: 397

And here we are. Dan coming out simultaneously feels like it just happened and so long ago. I vividly remember when this video got posted. I was at work, and saw the tweet and then the video almost immediately after. I thought it would be fine to watch at my desk...and then I started crying and had to go sit in the bathroom with my headphones to finish it.

0:00 - the big sigh to start it off

0:13 -  Hector’s art! it’s so perfect through this whole video

0:29 - “spoiler alert, I’m not straight” runs through my head so often

0:59 - so strange to see normal air quotes after so many Phil videos

1:04 - I really appreciate all of Dan’s little cut-ins to the main narrative

1:24 - I love sarcastic Dan. very warranted here 

1:37 - I wonder when he filmed this compared to when he uploaded it (obviously before his birthday, but earlier in June? earlier in the year? I don’t think he ever said)

1:43 - the quick jump cuts here are a nice detail

2:13 - and it is intense immediately though he did just warn everyone it would be

2:40 - awww, tiny Dan! adorable

3:26 - the nineties were not okay

3:39 - yeah if it was me, I would be more scared of people I knew watching this than strangers. that had to be stressful

3:58 - theater kid Dan

4:35 - not even 5 minutes into the video and he already has such a clear narrative (especially on rewatch knowing the rest of the story). he put so much thought and emotion into this

5:13 - lmao what even. children are bizarre creatures. that poor mother indeed 😂

5:55 - “winnie the pooh meets slenderman” is quite the description

6:14 - how is spin the bottle a thing groups of children learn about and play everywhere

6:46 - oh Dan 😕

7:14 - British schools in the early 2000s sound a lot more horrifying than most US schools

7:54 - more little Dan. oversized “you’ll-grow-into-clothes” though is definitely part of what he talks about elsewhere about his family not always having a lot of money

8:22 - this may be my favorite photo of young Dan

8:31 - the Runescape call-out gave me such flashbacks the first time I watched this

9:14 - awww Dan; so sweet but then the internal realization he must have had

9:50 - unrequited crushes are so hard. and even worse when it’s like this...they could have liked me too but didn’t

10:46 - I love the art for “emo”

11:12 - “slap a long fingerless glove on my arm” 😂 Dan really does a good job on inserting a bit of lightness in this overall heavy video

11:32 - thanks Dan 😊

11:59 - Dan forever haunted by old photos he posted

12:27 - “a bi vibe” how would you even respond to that

12:42 - Dan’s tongue thing and the eyebrow raise there

13:09 - “almost nice to me” is still awful

14:02 - this is about where I started crying the first time I watched this

14:43 - having to hold that all in and then not having support from family or friends either. I can’t imagine

15:14 - important annotation there

15:42 - the most Dan has ever talked about his dad

16:40 - the intense eye contact with the camera

17:52 - this sounds more terrifying than anything. seeing where Dan lived in Hometown Showdown though...he didn’t have a lot of options in his environment, which is something he talks about here and later in YWGTTN

18:34 - thinking you’ve found a ‘solution’ but it just making things worse is so terrible

19:19 - and this was where I was glad I read the content warning in the description before my first watch so I had some idea what was coming

19:41 - the subtitles show what is actually being said here in all the overlap. recording this part and having to think back to that must have been so difficult

19:52 - still can’t get through watching this part without tearing up. can’t imagine being his family/people who know him watching it

20:26 - this bit is so important. I love Dan so much

21:18 - he was always focusing on how to get out

21:29 - can’t believe he still had his nametag from that

21:37 - seeing 2009 Dan and 2019 Dan right after each other is a lot

21:53 - still can’t believe he included screenshots of his own formspring posts that at one point he had wished could be removed from the internet forever

22:09 - that is such a generic statement and yet says so much. also, he’s been skipping around the timeline a bit with when he started YouTube and such, but he specifically puts this before the “I met Phil” part

22:19 - sometimes I think we forget that Dan actually said this.

22:22 - “more than just romantic” is just 😭 and ‘trust’ and ‘safety’ being what Dan needed most and something Phil provided. and the trust he and Phil still have with each other, to the point of Phil being comfortable with Dan saying all of this in the video before Phil had really come out publicly himself

22:42 - and more crying. “actual soulmates” says the man who doesn’t believe in souls...Phil transcends that disbelief

22:57 - “one person accepting you can make all the difference” might be the most memorable line from this video for me

23:04 - but still drawing the boundaries they want. so important

23:53 - specifically the boundaries around discussion of sex life (although sometimes I think we know too much already...*cough*)

24:15 - another extremely important point. not coming out is not lying

24:50 - clips from Our List of Awkward Moments all the way back in 2014 and the diss track in 2016

25:28 - hearing what Dan felt like and what was happening from his perspective during the 2011-2012 era

26:12 - I love the “we love working together” it’s so true; you can see it in every project they do together 🥺

26:17 - the “me and Phil” as usual. and this whole statement about them wanting their relationship for them and not for anyone else

27:00 - hearing about Dan’s background here puts any defensive reaction he ever had into context. anyone around during the 2011-2012 time knows exactly what mixed messages he is talking about

28:05 - seeing that change in internet culture in real time was so strange

29:04 - wanting to be “authentic” has always been something Dan said over the years

29:12 - the sexy music underlay here that they use so often 😂

29:28 - a bit where I think meeting their audience on tour really helped Dan...he knows people in his audience have similar stories

29:43 - I relate to that coming from a small overall-conservative town as well

31:02 - more important points and acknowledgement about privilege

32:25 - “science. you fucked up” the little rant amuses me

33:00 - so many little details

33:25 - I think he has impeccable timing for he jokes in this video to break things up 

34:08 - Dan in heels when. I guess we will just have to appreciate Phil in those heeled boots from VPMO2

34:20 - I love that he was doing gestures even when he was going to insert art

34:33 - ‘Susan’ of course and using this single line as an excuse to get cake

35:12 - I really like that he both talks about his personal thoughts about labels, while also saying that everyone has different feelings about them

36:22 - “I don’t know shit ‘bout shit and neither does anyone else” I need to start using this

36:26 - oh I forgot it directly proceeded that line 😂

36:48 - “whatever heterosexual is, I ain’t it” another line I love

38:22 - this might be the most powerful bit of the video for me

38:52 - adore Dan laughing a bit at himself for this

39:14 - again, wonder exactly when this was filmed. also knowing that his family didn’t know for all those years...the support from Phil and the Lesters must have been so important to have

39:20 - having to prepare for that possibility could not have been easy

39:48 - I feel the second-hand awkwardness from this

39:54 - that subject line does not help

40:52 - Dan’s grandma, both sweet and has her priorities 😂 he did not forget to give her the iPad

41:38 - I’m glad he got such a positive, supportive reaction to this video overall

42:33 - this art and then him being a part of that group just a few weeks later at Pride... 😭

44:34 - sometimes I just want to send people this clip

44:54 - really like him speaking to his audience at the end here

Just so much love for Dan for this video. He put so much into this video and thought about so many details - the music choices, the lighting changes, the art (and the coloring matching the lighting), some of the wording that he had literally be thinking about for years... And the follow-up from both him and Phil on Twitter. The shoutout to Phil in the description for “production assistance” always gets me too. Really no other words just ❤❤❤

And finally, I made a tier list of all of the joint videos! I count “joint” videos when DNP are together in a video, for essentially the entire video (cameos, brief announcement appearances, etc. do not count). I do count Dan appearing as voice-only.

These is just based on my personal preferences for content, really. Clearly I have a bit of a preference for content from 2017 or later. Within each tier, they’re not in preference order, just chronological. I tried to limit how many I put in S-tier, but it was SO HARD. And I ended up with way too many in A, but I don’t care! I enjoy too many of them too much to move them down.

I can’t bring myself say goodbye to this project quite yet, so this week I’m going to post my personal rankings for some of the DNP video “series.” I’d love to see other’s rankings as well!

Obviously I have to start with the PINOFs, so from my least to most favorite:

10. Phil is not on fire 5

This is just the least memorable of them for me. It’s not bad, but I always thought it felt a bit off for some reason. And now we know that this was actually the second version of PINOF 5 that they filmed, so maybe that’s why!

9. Phil is not on fire 3

Again, this one just isn’t as memorable for me overall, although on rewatch there are some great bits. Is it partially the bad haircuts? Maybe it’s partially the bad hair cuts, lol.

8. Phil is not on fire 4

This might be a bit controversial because I know PINOF4 is a lot of people’s least favorite. I like it though! There are some great bits and Phil especially just seems so fond throughout the entire video.

6. Phil is not on fire 7

This ended up lower than I expected it to. These middle ones are so close for me; I keep swapping them around in my head. I love the “ladders” song and the trust fall bit, but other parts aren’t as memorable or funny to me, I guess. Dan is so so smiley throughout it though.

7. Phil is not on fire 10

The final PINOF! There are some bits in this one that I love and some that are just “meh” for me, so it ends up here. The first selfie recreation part alone pushed this one up a bit though.

5. Phil is not on fire 2

The early-on-ness and (likely) less planned nature of this one pushes it up in the rankings for me. They’re really just trying to make each other laugh the whole time and I love it.

4. Phil is not on fire 6

The joint content at the end of 2014 and into early 2015 was such a return to comfortable-ness and easy amusement, and PINOF6 really epitomizes that, after a bit of a dip for 3, 4, and 5 (in my opinion). Also some of Phil’s faces are great in this one, and the sweater-sharing and clothes swap bits are amazing. So it has to be up here for me.

3. Phil is not on fire 8

I love this one! Every question/bit is great. They just seemed really “on” for this one and the rapid-fire bouncing off what the other has said is some of the best in any of them.

2. phil is not on fire

I mean, the original has to be up here for me. This video is such a classic and was really the start of everything. Plus, I’m amazed at how comfortable DNP are with each other and how well they work together on camera after having just met in person. No wonder they love working together still. 

1. Phil is not on fire 9

Date video was published: 01/04/2021 (X)

DNP Main Channel Rewatch: 434

The first true joint video since PINOF 10. When Phil announced Dan as the final Stereo guest (1, 2), it really shouldn’t have been that much of a shock, but I didn’t actually believe he would be until it happened.

0:06 - just seeing Dan’s huge smile in the preview bit... 😭

0:30 -  the ‘afterparty’ show! that one was really fun too. they must have made bank from the first one to do this additional one so quickly, and then to end up planning even more with Stereo

0:38 - the classic Phil hide-the-guest thing

0:43 - Phil immediately looks so happy to have Dan there

1:18 - and Dan has sweater paws right away

1:26 - Phil forgets about looking at the camera a lot in this video and looks more comfortable then in any of the other Stereo shows, even the one with Martyn

1:53 - why did Dan think ‘penis’ was a swear?! Phil does not bleep that usually

2:09 - Phil left in a lot more full-frame clips without the Stereo sidebar in this one than in the other Stereo shows

2:32 - less than ideal circumstances for sure, but this was the first time DNP had ever spent Christmas Day together. and Dan had shared a couple of photos (1, 2) 😭

2:37 - still not over Phil getting Dan this bear jumper. that also goes with the branding of YWGTTN

3:07 - Phil liked the long hair!

3:41 - I had missed Dan’s facial expression reactions so much

3:48 - “Danny” the first of a couple just in this

3:52 - “this is how well I know Phil” Dan is still so proud that he knows Phil the best...Phil trash #1 indeed

4:28 - I remember having bath pearls as a child!

4:40 - why did Dan lick his lips and raise an eyebrow there

5:00 -  Dan is trying so hard to not be amused but failing. it was indeed one of Phil’s draft tweets

5:45 - that does sound exactly like something Phil would do...to be fair, I was wiping down packages with disinfectant too. although not fresh fruit...

6:11 - Phil has no idea where this is going. Dan must have been saving up this story for YEARS

6:16 - ...and then Phil realizes 😂 and the Dan eyebrow raise

6:44 - sees the look on Dan’s face and can’t hold it together

6:50 - oh Phil 😂 I bet when this happened Phil immediately came from getting the delivery at the door and told Dan this story

7:08 - the zoom in on the editing so we can’t miss the “top that...literally” from Dan

8:04 - “lick me” alrighty there Dan...I’m not sure Phil’s made it any better with the goose thing

8:34 - Dan’s exaggerated sad face but then his real one right after...this must have been so hard for Phil

8:48 - even back in April 2020, Dan’s projects were already being shuffled around 😕

9:04 - Phil is so excited for Dan! he wants to spoil things so bad

9:21 - it really seemed like Dan could not wait to get to this announcement. they were so excited!

9:36 - Phil’s smile is so big! 🥺

9:46 - hmmm, Phil talked about this story in The Scary Reason I Didn’t Buy A House, but he made it sound like they were thinking of buying a house to flip, not live in

10:01 - SO long working on the house. but now they’re in it and they seem so happy and any talk of the forever home still just makes me 😭

10:12 - and the first new house picture they showed!

10:34 - still can’t believe their original plan was to both move and come out in the middle of the tour. though I wonder if those two things were somewhat tied together for them, and when they found out they weren’t moving that year, it took off some of the pressure to come out then

10:46 - that is a lot of boxes and not a lot of space to live with for what ended up being 6-ish months

10:52 - ah, candid Dan photo!

11:13 - I’m glad they want their privacy, but I would still love love love to know some of the design decisions they made. I’m with Dan on the reasons for liking house tours

12:17 - Dan’s mind has gone...somewhere 👀

12:22 - Dan had talked about this D&D game in a live show in 2017, actually. minus the gay bit

13:18 - Phil pulling his sleeves down into sweater paws too

13:28 - we still haven’t seen much of the green wall! a bit in some Phil shorts and this picture shortly after they moved in

13:34 - “a desk” way to share something exciting Dan 😂

13:50 - of course Dan was attached to Steve and Scraggy too

14:03 - and apparently they are getting updates from the person who lives there now!

14:23 - they’re not seeing Steve at this point even though they haven’t fully moved, since they were just living in the ‘filming’ flat

14:39 - still don’t know exactly where Dan was going here but it was a lot. pretty sure his general point may have been ‘don’t expect our lives to move that fast’

15:19 - they didn’t announce that Norman had died until later in January, but it’s hard to tell if he was still alive at this point or not

15:44 - “you can’t be afraid to live and love” Dan 😭

15:57 - I can’t believe they almost did this and got a dog! Dog when?! they mentioned dogs so much in 2021, especially towards the end of the year

16:30 - clips from the last moving video 🥺 god every time I think about how many times they’ve moved together and everything I can’t handle it

17:07 - they really were giving all the updates at once here

17:29 - Phil does not want to share his plans! also he definitely almost said “everyone’s more worried about you” but switched it to “wondering”

17:56 - Phil just watching Dan fondly as he talks about all this

18:30 - unplanned segment! good on Phil for coming up with that one

18:40 - I am still obsessed with this clip of Dan dabbing on their balcony. just...why?! neither of them are normal (fond)

19:01 - Dan is just so nice and appreciative in this video

19:20 - Phil editing the “sexy” music over the picture...what even. and then saying “it’s a very sexy pose” 👀

19:29 - still cannot believe they discussed this photo. and Phil cut out some of the discussion for the video! it was even longer in the live show.  I mean, they succeeded with the nipple coverage I guess

19:39 - “this was not a sexy moment” jesus christ this whole bit

20:29 - laughing at them using separate bathrooms in that flat and wondering who had to climb over the boxes down the hallway of the gaming room to get to that one

21:05 - Dan’s reaction to Phil starting a sentence with “we tried to...” right after the pee discussion...WHAT did he think Phil was going to say?! 😳

21:40 - love that Phil included art for this!

21:48 - Dan did not have to do that look there

22:05 - “I like playing video games with you” and the eye contact, help 🥺

22:37 - little did we know we would get two months of “this” very soon!

23:33 - love Phil’s gentle teasing of Dan for this

23:49 - little punches from Phil. he’s excited about this story

24:33 - “Dan ass reveal” is really not a sentence I was expecting 

24:44 - both of them HATE not having full control of things. but Dan looks great with the pink background...do wish we had gotten to see the full jumpsuit though

25:14 - the contradiction of that to literally less than a minute ago when he wanted horny DMs...

25:44 - I can’t believe Phil was there because of pandemic restrictions and everything, but he’s telling this bit of the story as if he was

26:44 - that was hilarious that the had to take off the logo in that photo

27:03 - I’m so sad for Dan and for us that we still haven’t gotten this content, whatever it is

27:36 - oh Phil 🙁 he looks so disappointed talking about this. I want to see a creative solo Phil project so much!

28:20 - I’m so glad Dan at least fixed it a bit after that disaster. I would have loved to have seen Dan’s reaction to seeing it after that

28:53 - “crisis twink” Phil era when?!

29:29 - “in the Dan and Phil house” is so casual but so much

29:32 - Phil’s face as Dan puts his arm behind him...Phil definitely thought he was doing something other than fixing the cushion

30:00 - “it’s not suitable for YouTube” christ, Phil

30:10 - YouTube content, tour?, book!

30:42 - the seem to have such fond memoires of TABINOF and TATINOF

31:10 - Dan smiling so fondly at Phil doing promo for him...and the start of the majority of Dan’s 2021 promo of things being in videos on Phil’s channel 😂

31:14 - and a “this guy”

32:29 - Phil is so excited about that too! him saying “I’m the first person to read it” has the same proud energy of Dan saying “this is how well I know Phil” towards the start of this video

33:36 - “I’m hyped for you Danny” 🥺

34:13 - the full audio version is also available on YouTube thanks to In Depth Bants! (they did have some audio issues at the start since they were sitting right next to each other, but they fixed it fairly quickly)

It was just so nice to see them on camera together again. And for them to want to tell us this big news about their lives. 🥺 I don’t rewatch this video as much as the other joint videos from 2021, but it still makes me so happy.

Date video was published: 05/14/2021 (X)

DNP Main Channel Rewatch: 441

Honestly I still rewatch this video every couple of weeks, so there aren’t going to be too many surprises. This Insta story from Dan that teased this video, from when he was doing a Q&A about mental health, still gets me. 🥺

0:00 - the start is immediately great with Dan already shaking his head

0:10 - “do not snip them next to my head” ...literally what he’s going to be doing 😂

0:17 - Phil is so smiley in the background already

0:27 - aww, Dan looks scared; Phil just looks amused

0:31 - somehow they’re getting even closer together with Phil standing then when they just sit next to each other

0:35 - why is THIS the example he’s using?! (why does Dan say that was an “okay job”... what.) why did they not reference the last time Phil cut Dan’s hair that they had talked about in the CAH Phan Edition video? where he actually did a decent job?

0:42 - the call-out of the eye contact! thanks Phil, now I don’t have to point that out

0:58 - how even. Phil’s face after he says “lubricant”...unnecessary 😳

1:04 - and then Dan shoving Phil away before his worry for Phil takes over his self preservation instinct and he yanks him back. because of course Dan’s going to help him

1:36 - love Dan’s face as he realizes exactly what Phil is going to say there

1:51 - I know Phil is bringing in the horror-movie element here like he loves to do but every time they reference how long it’s been I can’t handle it

1:59 - very quick jump-cut away from that gentle shoulder touch

2:08 - Dan looks so pleased by this

2:30 - really want to know where Dan was going with the “Philip Lester” there

2:34 - sometimes mirror eye contact is not enough

3:09 - “transitional period” I really feel like other delays of things later in 2021 caused this to be dragged out more...I’m not sure we’re out of it yet

3:21 - Phil letting Dan use his channel for book promo and helping him with it 🥺

3:46 - Dan with no reaction to Phil just grabbing his ears...Phil with lots of little touches in this one even when not actually doing the haircut

4:03 - the IMMEDIATE eye contact after that. “I’ve gotta be honest with you. Otherwise we’re not gonna get anywhere” truth from Phil

4:25 - Dan is on the nose there...that is exactly his hair from the Jamaica videos

4:30 - Dan’s hair looks very thick. and soft

5:03 - aww at Phil taking him seriously and reassuring him there

5:09 - Phil really just saying whatever goes through his head here

5:25 - “put a rubber on it” gonna blame Dan for Phil not being able to figure out what he’s saying here 😂

5:37 - Phil...Phil. 😳

5:44 - he did have a cape-thing but it didn’t work for cutting his own hair, so he must have thrown it away then. they just used a towel the previous time Phil cut Dan’s hair

6:00 - the sexy music addition and the logo edit there, lol

6:05 - so many Dan hyena laughs in this

6:21 - Dan actually jumped there! he seems actually a bit scared

6:27 - feel like we’re missing an inside joke there...they were too on the same page

6:53 - I bet something was said during that brief jump-cut hahaha

6:58 - still cannot believe they kept showing us shots of the bedroom of all the rooms. and those floating stairs

7:08 - ah, the start of the golden pig war! a great running gag from 2021

7:28 - Phil is proud of himself for this idea...poor Dan

7:51 - I always want vegetable crisps after watching this

8:04 - “don’t be mad” is not what you want to hear. Dan shouldn’t be too concerned; this is how it looked last time too. also, cannot get over the stacks of TATINOF cubes they’re using to hold the laptop and the drink/snacks

8:38 - “you do not get my AdSense” 😂

8:43 - Phil is so gentle when he’s touching his hair just a few seconds before this and so not here. also Dan’s “yelp review” there is great

8:53 - very very slightly better. personal space does not exist

9:00 - “that was surprisingly beautiful” okay sure Phil...judgement may be slightly clouded by something there

9:28 - Phil is really concentrating during this bit

9:34 - the “yeah” counter is so self-aware 😂 especially after the Stereo shows where we were all joking about Phil just showing he was listening (or not) by saying “yeah” a ton when Dan was speaking

10:01 - Phil seemed to be on a bit of his own mental health journey in 2021, with talking about it more and then eventually seeing a therapist for the first time as well

10:09 - Dan is just fully talking to Phil in the mirror at this point

10:21 - what is that Phil face after “completely naked” 👀 that he zoomed in on to make sure we didn’t miss too

10:35 - ahahaha, I love that Phil included the “reasons why Dan’s a fail” intro there

11:08 - Phil’s editing during this section is so fantastic

11:18 - he should have called it that! no maybe not, but that was a hilarious idea

11:29 - not over this moment, nope nope nope 😭

11:31 - Phil just saying “he’s talking about dick” what even

11:38 - Phil with the shocked face. yeah, the amount of bits in the book that seem like Dan just talking to Phil...

11:44 - the gentle touches here 🥺

11:50 - how long is Phil spending in the bathroom to deserve this call-out, lol

12:04 - oh god the square hair was so bad

12:07 - “Long Boi” is the famous duck that lived at the uni Phil went to  

12:10 - Dan is not ready there...Phil did stop right away of course. and then specifically asked “ready?” before he actually cut after that

12:26 - doing it neatly with the scissors is a lot more difficult than just using the electric trimmer-thing

12:34 - Phil does not seem to be doing this in any sort of logical order 😂

12:59 - “it’s much straighter than you” I love it

13:04 - why the asmr moment here

13:11 - “our life” and then can we talk about Dan tweeting this just a few weeks later 😭

13:24 - Phil just listening and with the soft smile

13:47 - “you don’t like giving other people control” seems like a giant understatement. and I don’t think Phil is much different with that

14:00 - from a distance that side looked alright...the close up is questionable

14:13 - 😂 oh dear. how did he even manage that

14:28 - Phil just running away

14:40 - “do we love it?” I bet there was some discussion and fixing of this off-camera

14:58 - another “don’t get mad”

15:00 - whyyyy the zoom-in as he says “6 inches” 

15:03 - Phil really just went for it there...he did not think about it at all

15:27 - that is definitely a look...Phil just agreeing with him

15:45 - wooo, that side is very short with a very severe line

15:58 - they must have cut out a bit of cleaning it up there

16:05 - Dan just looking so fond over this terrible haircut

16:27 - Dan immediately prepared with a prop for this story as Phil is telling it

16:58 - this moment kills me 😂 between how messy the hair is, the wine glass, the look on his face, and Phil screaming and dropping scissors in the background. could not have been planned better

17:10 - LMAO alrighty then

17:35 - they really should have just left out the close-cup

17:51 - so the part Phil didn’t really cut hahaha

18:07 - the softest “thanks Phil” 🥺

18:11 - Dan was not expecting Phil to get this edited and up so quickly I guess

18:26 - the first time I watched this I could not believe what was happening from here through the end. still feels a bit like a fever dream

18:33 - Phil looking so fond and immediately coming closer

18:42 - and then using a little slap of all things to break the too-positive tension. what even.

18:44 - and then them both immediately laughing

18:55 - ooo the mystery. he was getting ready for the YouTube pride thing at this point. we still don’t know what was supposed to come after that 🙁

19:14 - Phil looks like he had had a haircut too between filming and editing...would like to see some filmed clips of that

19:21 - and this bit made me cry the first time I watched. and still occasionally 😭

19:34 - supportive Phil

19:55 - “it’s too late now” because this has been uploaded and more because their life is already just shared

19:56 - I wonder if Phil had Dan review the rest of the video as usual and then tacked this on just before uploading. and then somehow had to get him to watch the whole thing again after that. Dan’s comment on the video (that Phil liked) is also just so much 🥺

Probably my favorite video of 2021. I mean...it is everything. It’s definitely the video I currently rewatch the most.

Date video was published: 12/21/2020 (X)

DNP Main Channel Rewatch: 432

The sequel to the first VPMO back in 2017! He did say at the end of that one that he might do it again...it just took three years.

Phil originally asked for clothes suggestions for this video at the end of November, so there was a lot of time for anticipation of when he was going to post it. He teased posting this video on Instagram with a picture of a pile of some of the clothes and Dan teased his presence too.

0:00 - what a start. also, the first time we saw the “living flat” furniture fully in the “filming flat” ...getting closer and closer to the new house announcement

0:08 - Phil really does gesture with his whole body when he’s doing a standing-up video

0:12 - Dan voice! and great editing choice there by Phil with that old calendar picture 😂

0:16 - annnnnd Phil already not looking at the camera

0:28 - Phil went with “pajamas” but Dan’s just letting everyone know he’s just wearing pants. Phil reacts to that too

0:36 - he had let people know that he would be picking a couple outfits this time, but Dan would still choose most

0:53 - Dan already coming in with the compliments

1:18 - obsessed with Dan saying “I’m gonna make you blur that” as if Phil wasn’t constantly shirtless in his early YouTube videos. I really would love to have seen Dan’s facial expression reaction to that

1:40 - love the editing here! and the shared jacket! Phil really did steal it, didn’t he

2:07 - the NASA Vans Dan got him for his birthday in 2019

2:20 - nervous-Phil hands

2:33 - the choice of that ripped jeans photo specifically...that Dan took, captioned, and posted

2:49 - awwww, young Phil 🥺

3:04 - them making gay jokes together in videos...is so much

3:10 - constantly living for Dan’s commentary

3:24 - tbh I think Phil looks really good in that leather jacket

3:22 - Dan does not like it when things make Phil look not like “Phil”

3:47 - “my hips don’t lie, Dan” 😂

4:23 - Phil immediately laughing at himself. this grew on him though! he still wears that striped t-shirt at least, and he worse the whole top for his plants calendar. (also, bonus Dan in it from the Stereo era)

4:33 - Dan with the modeling advice just makes me thing of the “work that rock” moment. also Mr English language degree not knowing what “aloof” is is hilarious. And Dan hyena laugh!

4:42 - his glasses had broken back in November...had he just not been wearing them?

5:06 - sweater paws 🥺

5:30 - Phil tongue thing! Dan is hyping things up

5:33 - the frog sounds in editing are just the cherry on top 😂

5:46 - crocks and socks! I wonder if Phil started wearing the crocks around the house. he ended up keeping a lot of this stuff (maybe because charity shops were closed?) but it did give us bonus Dan wearing this too

6:08 - “my dignity” king of comedy

6:31 - love Phil picking the heeled boots for himself!

6:42 - those pants just look horrendously uncomfortable

6:55 - Dan with the little “careful”

7:08 - zooming right in on his own ass in editing

7:14 - Dan can’t not compliment something about every outfit

7:26 - sometimes I forget Phil is as tall as he is, but then you see just how much leg he has

7:42 - “cheap version” indeed

7:48 - very faint Dan reflection

7:50 - leaving this ass bit in too, lol

8:06 - lots of blurring in this video. that Dan keeps requiring! 😂 

8:25 - it really does look like a clown outfit

8:48 - and more posing advice from Dan

8:58 - I enjoy that Phil zooms in on the empty door when Dan’s talking to him but he’s not visible

9:07 - Dan struggling for breath because he’s laughing too much. at least he didn’t put his shoes back on like he did with the cheese costume in the first VPMO 😂

9:14 - Dan clearly did not look closely at this at all before he picked it. “pump me hard” I can’t

9:26 - arms. 👀 and lots of leg 👀

9:32 - a bit too late to pull it down...

9:36 - not helping! 😳

9:52 - he’s still not over the brown sweater thing he talked about in Exposing My Browsing History!

9:55 - “and there’s the ass again” thanks for pointing that out Dan

10:16 - I don’t think it’s bad! and he ends up wearing the jacket in a later video. he tweeted about round glasses back in 2019

10:26 - I love both of them just saying whatever pops in their head and then responding to the other

10:38 - inventing an AU...of course Dan would

11:04 - also wore that turtleneck later!

11:08 - I love that Phil thinks he looks good! he should! 😊

11:44 - “nice to know that after all these years, he’s still fucking weird” 😭

11:48 - you can tell Dan just KNEW this would look good on Phil when he handed it to him. “look at you now” 🥺 Phil looks so confident in it too

12:04 - Phil in both blue and black...the ultimate combo

12:14 - Dan is so thrilled with absolutely everything Phil puts on. Dan knew Phil would like this sweater too when he picked it out! also...it having moons on it and the potential “moon” pet name thing 🥺

12:25 - Phil just making Dan laugh here

12:36 - Dan has a story for every “character”

13:13 - amazing. also, WHY did he have the skirt tucked up to make it even shorter? what a choice

13:28 - the contrast of “nightmare, ask who?!” followed by “bro, pull up your fishnets” 😂😂 this makes me laugh every time I watch it

13:33 - Dan is not holding it together at all and how could you

13:55 - “oooo...I don’t know about any of this” the roleplay is for later I guess 😳

14:05 - I love that THAT is the line Phil will not cross on camera 

14:17 - why DO the ears actually work on Phil somehow

15:02 - “the Phil dress? is this a thing?” ...it is; the Phil dress was seen previously in Clicking on RISKY links people send me!

15:20 - somehow he’s not wrong...it should be more disturbing than it is

15:37 - I feel like that’s very true. so much growth for Phil too over the years, not just Dan!

15:41 - a lot of leg in this video. Phil used “fighting bears” as a reason for bruises several times over the years, including this tweet from 2017

15:54 - ah, mems of THE PHOTO BOOTH CHALLENGE 🥺 also he’s pulling it up and making it dangerously short there

16:12 - I feel like there were a lot more actually good things than in the first VPMO!

16:39 - just now realizing how short that actually is 👀

16:46 - “you will get through this video” kind of comedy Phil immediately ready with that 😂

17:05 - the “meow” bit at the end!

Date video was published: 10/15/2018 (X)

DNP Main Channel Rewatch: 381

There were three months between the last main channel video and this one, which is the biggest gap Phil has between main channel videos (at least where he hasn’t privated any). They filmed this just the day before it was posted and Dan teased it on Insta stories too. I’m going to apologize in advance for this post being so long, but the video is so long and SO GOOD.

0:00 - Phil liked this bit so much he wanted to put it in the video twice

0:19 - yeah, that must have been such a weird slow down after so many months of touring

0:37 - Dan’s fond smile at Phil trying to describe this 

0:42 - I wonder what else Phil lures Dan into with food

0:54 - I’m not convinced either of them pronounced it right there at all

1:06 - Phil has a facial expression journey there...the wide eyes, the glance at the camera, the eyebrow raise

1:16 - “for us, that’s just dinner” 😂

1:27 - “I hope it’s just as kinky as you want it to be” jesus Dan 😳

1:31 - Dan pretends to hate the emoji pjs, but look at that smile at them

1:38 - “except for Dan” 😭 Dan doesn’t count

1:50 - they don’t hate it...but it is stressful sometimes I’m sure

1:59 - Dan always using the “fill the hole” thing since Daniel and Depression. they had already gotten pizza at least one other time after tour too (although not Dominos)

2:03 - lol at Dan’s offended face...Phil is not wrong though

2:13 - sure editing Phil, lets make really sure everyone knows you said “anal”

2:28 - don’t think I’ve ever realized Dan says “it’ll be like a two-way kinky thing” there before 😳

2:40 - foot content

2:47 - intense discussion happening during the ordering

2:55 - Phil with the snap back to looking at the camera when he realizes he’s been staring too long

3:06 - love Phil mocking Dan’s dramatic gestures 😂

3:11 - Interactive Introverts promo time

3:31 - yeah they really did not get a break before doing that editing. and of course they couldn’t just let someone else do it, because they want to have control of all the details

4:09 - put them together and they really can’t not have irrelevant banter

5:06 - usually Phil does merch promo more, but Dan is really handling it here...wonder why they decided that

5:19 - that is an obnoxious doorbell noise but at least you wouldn’t not hear it I guess. also their matching looks of shock, lol

5:26 - pretty sure Dan knows when he says that that he’s going to end up going to get it

5:40 - “he looks like Zac Efron, I can’t go” oh Phil 😂

5:48 - embarrassed boyfriend vibes

5:51 - emoji crotch shot for why?

6:14 - I love this bit about the glasses...why is it implied that it will be Phil who either drinks out of the bottle or who has the wine glass and not Dan? fascinating

6:50 - Phil looking so fond about the dips. they had had a discussion about that in What Dan and Phil Text Each Other

7:08 - dying at Phil describing ketchup as “exotic” 😂 wtf.

7:18 - “Philly needs his nugs” Phil what.

7:32 - I have never seen anyone do this

7:52 - so many bits of domestic info in this

8:00 - ...thanks for sharing, Dan I guess? Phil looks very uncomfortable while he’s attempting it

8:17 - WHY the sexy music overlay?! 👀 help

8:20 - Phil is right! I hate it when the takeaway gets cold

9:10 - they had been getting that same order since at least 2014

9:26 - they are so serious about these descriptions...it is actually important to them

9:42 - Phil said “people don’t think this is weird” but I’m pretty sure he means they DO

10:02 - that’s not a thing we knew before this, I don’t think, because he definitely has eaten on camera before. but I guess never an actual “meal” like this

10:18 - Phil, the demon of temptation

10:29 - little shoulder pats 🥺 Dan does most of the reach-out-and-touch-ing in this video

10:45 - the complete non-sequitur of “you look great Phil” while Phil is just talking about the wine glass...Dan’s mind is elsewhere

10:56 - danger! and the thing they do with “category” levels of disaster

11:23 - starting a new conversation topic, random singing, distracted by food...seems about right

11:30 - “you’re a fascinating guy” ahahaha, Phil!

11:33 - they had also been to see PJ’s Space Tour show (1, 2, 3)

11:36 - Dan is very into the food there

11:40 - Phil went to the art fair with Martyn (and Cornelia, probably) on October 7 and shared some insta stories from it (1, 2, 3, 4)

11:43 - actually when Phil was at the art fair, Dan was visiting his family which he’ll talk about in a bit (unless one of them posted things on a later date)

12:04 - why did Dan do a little lean forward like he was about to lick it off...

12:13 - the way Phil just drops “giant wall of penises” makes me laugh every time 😂

12:23 - love that of course he had told Dan about that immediately afterwards

12:29 - “was it artistic, was it tasteful, were they French?” christ...and sure Phil “I didn’t stare at it too long” ...right

12:40 - Dan is not used to this talking/being entertaining during a meal

12:55 - foot content yet again

12:58 - Phil just laughing at Dan’s intense reactions to the food

13:14 - now I want to have UK Dominos to compare it

13:38 - I am definitely not like this...although maybe if I didn’t have to cook I would enjoy meals more, lol

13:42 - p. 127 of YWGTTN “I have friends who don’t turn off their work notifications in the evenings…” still calling out Phil for the phone thing

13:45 - I love that Phil then checks his phone to make sure 🥺

14:03 - Phil really does look at Dan in this video a lot more than in usual joint videos

14:13 - and that’s what Phil does it seems...provides a distraction

14:32 - a librarian specifically, hmm. I don’t know; Phil is so creative 

14:51 - I feel Phil here...phone calls are my nightmare

15:15 - Phil is getting much more real and deep about himself here than he usually does...although later 2018 is when he seemed to start opening up more

15:36 - “our audience is so nice” awww 🥺 here we really see the difference in Dan’s attitude especially towards their audience as compared to before the tour, like in Giving The People What They Want

16:02 - actually internalizing that so you don’t worry about it is hard though

16:45 - I can’t say I’ve ever cried because of how good food is...this must happen somewhat frequently for Phil to ask

17:05 - “we were pretty fit” same energy as the “I had abs...where did they go?” live show moment

17:19 - Dan just recently tweeted about a gym, so I wonder if they’re trying a personal trainer again now

17:32 - I love that Phil enjoyed boxing of all things...even if it was because “I enjoyed punching you” 😂

17:45 - I have never met another person irl that has the same problems with left and right that I do, but Phil does!

18:11 - this is great that Dan points out that sometimes it’s worse to call attention to things people are uncomfortable with, and Phil listens and accepts that

18:44 - I’m surprised they told us this...that would have been around Trying To Live My Truth and the aftermath

18:57 - and that seems to be what they do...they will work as hard as they have to for their projects. I hope they’re doing a bit less of that now for their own sakes

19:24 - this must have been a planned thing to mention in this video

19:40 - oh Dan... “a couple weeks”

19:52 - “I liked doing the radio...with you” parallel to Something we want to tell you! and “I like playing video games with you”

19:59 - definitely something Dan had seemed to be struggling with with his content, really starting in 2017, I think

20:30 - “I think people just want you to be happy” aww, Phil

20:43 - yeah, I think it was really good for Dan to have the extra time post-tour before BIG

20:50 - “coming out of your cave” is a bit too on the nose there

21:03 - Phil really is easy going with his channel

21:39 - the stories of their audience really do seem to mean a lot to them

21:47 - I think sometimes they thought that about their own audience too

22:12 - more shoulder touching from Dan

22:19 - love Phil just giving him something fun he can do. they had been playing a lot of Spiderman

22:43 - the softest “you brought my candle over” 🥺

22:50 - I would like to see a candle haul/tour of candles (aka house tour) now please

23:03 - I agree with Dan here...don’t want that while you’re eating

23:18 - leg touch there...not sure if Phil’s face is still reacting to the undercooked potato or Dan’s comment

23:40 - they were into the forever-home design at this point too, so I wonder if the minimalism vs not argument was happening often

24:00 - I really would like to know how they managed to shrink a bunch of their clothes on tour

24:23 - love that Phil is saying HE would be bored because he’s the one looking 😂

24:35 - “that’s great actually” Dan can’t not make it a compliment

25:01 - why does he keep zooming in on Dan drinking throughout this

25:16 - awww, Phil

25:49 - the jazz hands! again, possibly a bit too on the nose for what ends up happening next

25:59 - yep, there we go. that was when Phil was at the art fair. he shared some Colin content (1, 2)

26:02 - awww at Phil again for the “your family are nice!”

26:26 - had he not told Phil this? 

26:36 - so awkward! oh Dan

27:20 - love Dan picking up on the northern accent in just three words

27:59 - Phil is embarrassed to admit that it seems, but he will use it as a video idea later

28:28 - got to have a “feeding” moment, although he cut into it pretty late

28:35 - really out of nowhere there from Dan

28:46 - “not if you’re just, like, hanging out with me” 😭

28:55 - awww, cute dog. fleas, not so cute

29:13 - Dan’s reaction to Phil saying “eating our ass” 😂

29:41 - “a soft warm hole” ...worse

30:09 - Phil just scooting closer there

30:13 - “you'd pull it off” of course

30:18 - Phil is so appalled that it’s even a question if he could finish a cookie

30:41 - more crotch-shot for some reason...also, must have washed some glasses for the milk

30:48 - you don’t...fry...pizza?

30:59 - surprised we didn’t have a rock-paper-scissors here

31:25 - we like the chatting too!

32:25 - awww, they’re proud of it

32:45 - Dan....what. 👀