Fake video clip - trick or new art?

Videos with the title " I shouldn't have posted this picture ", " Trouble with boyfriend " . attracted 2.3 million hits to Lonelygirl15's channel and turned the charming 16-year-old This became the 2nd celebrity on YouTube. But viewers began to feel something unusual.

In the past three months alone, 29 "confession" videos, about Lonelygirl15's life (also known as Bree) in a small town, have religious parents and friend Daniel, which has drawn up to 26,930 subscribers. to her YouTube channel.

But is it true that the beautiful Bree girl with those big eyes is telling the true story of herself or she is a skilled actor, making a professional cheating game? " Lonelygirl15 is so charming, well-edited videos, and the story of her is also coherent ," commented a man named Adam Sternbergh in New York Magazine .

Lonelygirl15.Photo: YouTube

The lonelygirl15.com website was registered a month before the first video appeared on YouTube video sharing site and social network MySpace. Even the application for trademark Lonelygirl15 was sent to a lawyer in Los Angeles (USA).

Last weekend, Los Angeles Times confirmed a group of "online detectives" discovered e-mails that lonelygirl15 sent came from a Hollywood talent training organization called Creative Artists Agency . The company spokesman did not comment nor deny the relationship with Lonelygirl15.

After that, a website discussed Lonelygirl15 to post the message: " To the fans: Thank you for supporting this campaign last time. The positive response to the videos has far exceeded your expectations. We believe that a new form of art is forming ".

This message also explains that Lonelygirl15 is a project that appeals to audiences by building an interactive story in which the gap between the 'star' and the fans is blurred. However, many people still doubt the accuracy of the above information and the motive behind the videos of Lonelygirl15 has not been explained.

Despite the revelation, the admiration for that girl did not seem to diminish. " You are an excellent actor. We hate the director and the editorial team but can't love you all, " one said on YouTube.

Hai Nguyen