The tour documentary is a hallowed artform, with everyone from Radiohead to Taylor Swift getting one, and now Ireland’s biggest YouTuber is the subject of one.
JackSepticEye will debut his documentary ‘How Did We Get Here’ on MomentHouse this evening.
The documentary is an intimate look at perhaps the most successful Irish cultural figure in terms of overall viewership, documenting life on the road as he performs a stage show across cities in the United States and Europe.
Fans will be able to get a glimpse at the YouTuber’s upbringing, where he talks at length about his adolescence in Offaly and how his love of video games helped him express himself.
‘How Did We Get Here’ uses clips from the stage show as a framing device, and cuts back to his upbringing in Ireland to reinforce the point he’s making.
In these moments, JackSepticEye shows viewers the village in Offaly where he grew up, his old school playground where he sustained the injury that lead to him gaining his YouTube username, and the log cabin located beside a bog where the 32-year-old honed his YouTuber chops.
JackSepticEye is honest and frank about his life, telling viewers that his adolescence was difficult, and it took video games to shape his personality.
In one candid moment, he admits “I just wanted someone to listen to me”, and the documentary does a fantastic job at painting a picture of a budding creative from rural Ireland becoming an unwitting voice of a generation.
“The kid who grew up here in the cabin would hate me if I became egotistical,” he says in one scene, and the documentary is a captivating insight into what makes a creative person tick.
“I was more a product of my surroundings and my environment. I was drifting, I had to figure out what to do,” he says.
28 million subscribers later, and JackSepticEye is now regarded as one of th Ireland's biggest cultural figures.
Since launching his YouTube channel in 2013, the Midlands man has racked up a cumulative total of 15 billion views, and the ‘How Did We Get Here’ tour played to over 30 sold-out audiences across the United States and Europe in 2020.
The Midlands man made a cameo as himself in the hit Ryan Reynolds comedy ‘Free Guy’ last year, and can be seen playing and chatting to the Canadian superstar in the documentary.
Fans can tune in to the documentary from February 28th until March 1st
Fans who missed the documentary on the night will be able to watch the documentary later this year when it launches on various streaming services.
