- That's some talent.
She got the moves.
- Okay, so they just all live
in this house like Big Brother?
- (laughs uncomfortably)
What am I watching?
♪ (rock intro) ♪
- (Thomas) We have something crazy
planned for the rest
of the Hype House members.
- Hype House?
- (Thomas) So, we ordered a bunch
of trampolines,
and we're gonna go...
- Trampolines.
- I broke my ankle
on a damn trampoline.
- (Thomas) And we're turning
the entire Hype House
into a trampoline park.
Ryle is the first jumper.
- No jumping in the house.
- (man) So, we did something
to the house.
I didn't even know you guys
were coming.
- (both guys chuckle)
- (laughs uncomfortably)
What am I watching?
- Is this like another
Team 10 scenario?
- (teen 1) What the? No way.
- (teen 2) That's so sick.
- (teen 1) Oh my god.
- Oh, [bleep].
There's a bunch of guys.
Look like college students
or something.
- This is like a college
dorm room situation here.
- (man) What's your reaction to this?
- (teen) That was so cool!
- (man) So, while you were gone,
we all decided to do something?
- (Chase) We?!
- (man) We. (chuckles)
The entire house decided
to do something.
- Okay, so they just all live
in this house like Big Brother?
- (Chase) Oh my (censored) God.
- (man laughs)
- (Chase) This is LIT!
- (laughs)
- That does look totally fun.
- (man) Be careful.
- (teen) Is that a rule?
- (man) No, just be careful.
Isn't this so much fun?
- Gosh, they really don't--
obviously, no parents live here.
- (man) Oh! Okay.
- Woo! Look at him go, man, huh?
- Ugh. My mom vibes are just
off the charts right now.
- Oh my god.
I'd be puking right now.
- (Thomas) Click the Subscribe button.
There's gonna be a lot of content
coming very soon.
Hope you guys enjoy this video.
Thumbs up, subscribe,
and we'll see you guys
in the next video.
Peace!
- Good times. I probably
would've done that to my house
if I had that big of a house
when I was that age.
- Cool for them,
but I'm just like--
I can't un-momify myself.
That really seems unsafe.
Have we tested this out?
There's a lot of kids
home in the middle of the day,
so I assume they're all just,
you know, racking up
that YouTube revenue or something.
- (FBE) These were a few clips
from a recent vlog by a group
of young TikTok influencers.
- TikTok! Oh, man.
That thing is surging right now.
- (FBE) So, they all work together
in what is known
as the Hype House.
- The Hype House. Okay.
- These kids are just [bleep] around.
They're doing [bleep]
that I would yell at my kids
for doing, and they turned it
into a job.
- (FBE) This house has kind of
infiltrated the mainstream media
a lot recently, so much that even
The New York Times are covering them
as well as the Today Show.
So, we are gonna show you
a clip from that.
- Oh, I can only imagine.
- (reporter) This group of 20...
- 20. Jeez.
- (reporter) ...trend of young
social media stars snapping up
big real estate, so they can...
- Snapping-- how much money
do these kids make?!
- (reporter) ...so they can
physically be together
to make videos 24/7.
And the Hype House
is living up to its name.
Since they moved in together
in December, the Gen Z group...
- I've seen their TikToks!
I recognize some
of those little faces.
I mean, you can't avoid 'em
if you go on the site,
on the app.
- (reporter) ...has over
150 million followers.
And the videos on their...
- Wow.
- (reporter) ...group TikTok account
have been viewed
nearly 100 million times.
- Wow. Look at them go.
- (reporter) TikTok stars
with endorsement deals can earn
between $200 and $20,000 per video.
- I'm gonna have to get
on TikTok, man!
- (reporter) ...endorsement deals
can earn between $200
and $20,000 per video.
- Listen! I wanna be
an influencer too! (laughs)
- (reporter) Some
are high school students,
some in college,
some just drop by to shoot videos.
- (Avani) I don't live here,
'cause I wouldn't do my homework
if I was here.
- Good girl.
- (Thomas) We have a house
of 20 people that post
three to four times a day.
We're talking about over 150 videos
every single day from just our team.
- I had no idea that this existed.
- It's cool to see that these kids
are getting busy and they have
a little future already.
- (interviewer) Raise your hand
if you're a teenager still.
Right.
- These are my students.
- (woman) We put our life
all on the internet,
'cause that's what everyone
wants to see.
One little mistake,
and then everyone
attacks you for that.
- These are the kids
that couldn't get in the industry,
so they created the industry.
- I'm on the fence.
I wanna be like, "Yo,
you know, go to school
and get a 'real' job,"
but I mean, who--
obviously, don't take my advice!
- I don't mind it.
I mean, they're out workin'.
You've got people faulting
this generation for not getting out
and working their butts off
to make money,
and then they work
their butts off,
and then they get chastised
for that as well?
I think it's [bleep].
I think these kids-- it's like,
do what you need to do, man.
- (FBE) So, as of filming
this episode, it looks like
there are 16 members
of the Hype House
based on who their official
Instagram account is filming
with just a few of them
actually living in the house.
- Right.
- (FBE) We don't have time
to look over all
of the Hype House members,
so we're gonna quickly
take a look at some TikToks
of their most followed members
to show you more.
- Great.
- (FBE) So, we're gonna start
with Charli D'Amelio,
who has 35 million followers...
- What?!
- (FBE) ...and over two billion
video likes on TikTok
as of filming this episode.
- Wow. Talk about influence.
♪ (tranquil music) ♪
- I've seen her.
I saw her--
it was in my Google feed.
It was like I was-- my news feed.
- Well, she's a good dancer.
I mean, that's some talent.
She got the moves.
- And a billion people
are gonna do that same dance.
- All my middle schoolers
are practicing these constantly!
We're supposed to be testing
and they're doing the TikTok dance
in their desk!
- (FBE) Charlie is a 15-year-old
TikTok influencer.
- 15! (whistles)
- (FBE) And she is one
of the biggest rising stars
on the app right now.
Since becoming TikTok famous,
she has been
in a Super Bowl commercial,
got to dance with J.Lo
and was just on Jimmy Fallon.
- What?
- She can't even drive herself
to any of those things,
'cause she's frickin' 15!
- That's amazing.
I mean, I don't think
that happens to everybody,
so I'm glad that she has
so many followers and she's doing
something good out there.
- Girl, you know what?
I ain't mad at you!
You better TikTok on!
People are watching.
She's making her money.
She's doing her thing.
She's making her mark
how she's gonna make it.
I cannot poo-poo on that.
I cannot down that!
- (FBE) Well, next up,
we have Addison Rae,
who is a 19-year-old
TikTok creator who currently
has over 22 million followers
on TikTok.
- Son of a gun.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- (chuckles)
- Adorable.
- She got 20 million--
20 million followers for that?
- No! NO!
You guys, come on!
No, that's not true.
That's not REAL!
- That last o--
that one wasn't even a good pout.
I don't have any lips, but...
- I don't know if I would
really watch that.
Maybe she's doing other types
of videos that I haven't watched,
but just by looking at this,
I would be like, all right,
you're a girl making faces. Next.
- (FBE) So, Addison is originally
from Lafayette, Louisiana.
And she primarily posts lip sync
and dance videos.
And she actually originally
gained a lot of notoriety
when she made TikToks with her mom,
who now has a following
of her own on the app.
- Shut up.
- I'm not upset with them as people.
They're capitalizing.
That's brilliant what they're doing.
I hope they have someone smart
in their corner saying,
"Yeah, you're doing
the right thing right now.
Make that money."
♪ ("Stranger Things" theme) ♪
- "Living a normal life,"
"Selling your soul for fame."
- (laughs)
- (chuckles)
- I'm so confused.
And people wanna see more of this?
Bring me five shirts.
Bring me five shirts!
I will get us TikTokkin'!
- If you got one of those
attention spans that are just
really short, it kind of holds you.
- (FBE) That is Chase Hudson,
who is better known as lilhuddy
on TikTok. He currently has
over 15 million followers on the app,
and he is known for his
e-boy style and fashion.
And he's actually
currently dating Charli,
who we showed you earlier.
- Of course.
Tokkers gotta stay together.
Does that--
they're not called Tokkers,
are they? (laughs)
- They're young.
They're beautiful.
You know, people are--
I mean, when you talk
about influencers and stuff,
people wanna look like that.
And I still think
the biggest thing in my house,
if you can make my kids laugh,
they'll follow you,
like if they enjoy what you're doing
and they have some fun with it.
- I am personally not into this.
I'm so confused about everybody
wanting to watch people do nothing.
But it worked for the Real World.
It worked for the Big Brother.
And they are capitalizing on it
with their own tools.
- (FBE) After learning more
about the Hype House
and these TikTok stars today,
were you aware of the platform
and how massive it's become
that people are able to rent out
mansions and make a living off it now?
- Oh my gosh.
I'm sure abstractly
I knew and realized that it was huge.
I underestimated.
- I knew that it was very popular.
I was not aware at how lucrative
it could be to rent a house like that.
- It never surprises me
how much money there is to be made
on social media.
We did so many fun things
when I was younger
to our friends and everything
that if we had this stuff,
we would be doing
all this cool [bleep]
and getting money for it.
- (FBE) So, with many of these houses,
some of the creators find themselves
in trouble with their contracts,
other members, or more.
So, as an example,
as of filming this episode,
there's actually a legal battle
between two of the members
of the Hype House over its trademark.
- That is not surprising.
- (FBE) So, in your opinion,
do you think that mixing business
and friendships with people like this,
especially so young,
is a recipe for trouble?
Or do you think that the pros
of them building something
like this together
could outweigh the cons?
- Well, I think the pros
can outweigh the cons,
because a lot of times,
you know, this stuff happens
as people get deep into their careers.
So, if it's just happening now
and they can stop it at this moment,
then it'll help them moving forward
when it comes to building
those business personal relationships
with people.
- This is adult stuff coming in at you
when you're 15 years old,
and it might--
you don't know about that.
And I don't know if the parents
are involved or not involved,
but that's heavy duty.
- Friendships aren't even stable
at that age. How are you
gonna be business partners?
Especially if you start having
multiple people in there,
then they're--
not only business partners,
then you start having relationships.
Then that blows up,
and then what happens there?
I mean, it is a ticking time bomb.
- From that age, from 18 to 22,
you're still learning
how to be an adult.
Do you know how to do laundry?
Do you know how
to balance a checkbook?
Do you know how to hold a job?
Do you know how to
get along with people?
So, even though to the naked eye
or to people, they're like,
"Oh my gosh.
I knew that was gonna happen,"
you know, that you failed.
Learn. Get up. Learn it again.
Figure out how to do it.
Figure out how to make it better!
- (FBE) These kind of creator houses
are actually not too new.
- Right.
- (FBE) A few years ago,
the popular Team 10
and also Clout House
as well as others were created
for groups of YouTubers to live in
and make content together.
- Yeah. It was a disaster
waiting to happen.
As a parent and a teacher,
I'm like, "Do you have a backup plan?"
- (FBE) And right now,
the Hype House actually isn't even
the only TikTok house.
It's similar to others
like the Sway House
or the new Fenty Beauty house...
- (chuckles) Fenty Beauty.
- (FBE) ...Rihanna just
started herself
with her beauty line
along the side
of beauty-focused TikTokkers.
- Okay. That kind of makes more sense
about how the money comes into it.
- (FBE) Oftentimes in these houses,
the influencers and the creators
who are living there
are still pretty young,
many coming straight
out of high school
or even still in school.
So finally, as a parent,
would you allow your kid
to join a house like this?
- No. Teenagers are--
you're still developing as a person!
You don't know what you don't know
and what you want and all that.
- Yeah. I think as a parent
I would, first of all,
look to see what the other kids
are uploading.
And if it's something that I know
it's fair enough for kids,
you know, then I would definitely
let them go and do what they gotta do.
- Well, it depends
what kind of relationship
you have with your kid.
They have that drive in 'em,
and you trust what
you instilled in them,
then it should be all good.
- I'd be really concerned,
because I'd be thinking,
like, I want my kids to have a future,
and I want my kids
to have an education.
Fame doesn't last very long,
and then you see a lot
of famous people that end up broke.
(chuckles)
- Yes. I'm not gonna lie.
I'd be like, "Go play. Go play."
But you know what?
I can watch it.
I see what they're doing.
They're not doing anything
out of the norm,
out of the ordinary.
They're dancing.
If they're doing
not nicey-nicey stuff,
I can pull 'em out.
Go have fun! Who cares!
- Thanks for watching
this episode of Parents React.
- If you liked this episode,
hit that Like button and subscribe.
- Bye!
- Hey, everyone. Lauren,
producer here at FBE.
Thank you guys so much
for watching this episode.
Make sure you guys
go check out the official
Hype House YouTube channel
by clicking the link right there
or in the description.
And if you wanna follow our TikTok,
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