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- Jan 31, 2015
I think PewDiePie might have something to do with it. He got big from loud, fake-persona Let's Play shit, and since then he's made videos where he talked about how he was faking it for the views the whole time and shifted his content away from gaming just because he didn't like being fake. Maybe because he managed to do it with no major drop-off, and he's #1 on the platform, other YouTubers look at him as an example. They may be ignoring the fact that he could lose like 70% of his audience and still be well-paid, but still.
Pewds also adapted his content to something still watchable, rather than gaming stuff he occasionally does that or just makes videos about what takes his fancy + did up a studio to make that work. I don't watch him often but on the occasions I have he's usually amusing enough and isn't taking things super serious like most YT creators do. It helps that the bubble of YT being creator best-buds was burst for him before the new restrictions came in anyway. He's also long stopped caring about appeasing non-viewers so he's more "real" with his fans.
People reinvent themselves all the time. Like try any singer or band with a career that spans decades, it's usually unlikely they will stay with the same style they started with from their first album. Indeed it's usually a good litmus test for the staying power of a musician. As if you can't grow and diversify your sound, people will usually start to get bored and the performer gets bored and fed up too.
Boogie has changed in that now he's a single dude again : P so now rather than crying about his mean ol momma he now whines about being divorced and lonely too. There's a market there as misery loves company, I'm sure most fans are like-minded sad-sacks that blame the past for their present state and believe in being nice all above any attempt at being honest.