those videos GOATed, I watch these over the version of song videos that YouTube disabled comments for

Lmao I used to make these too

air nike????

sometimes they'd get the artist wrong so now theres a whole generation that dont know bob marley is not the one singing all those reggae tracks

266 M views bob marley-a lalala long

160 M views bob marley- don't worry be happy

It’s not even bob Marley right…don’t worry be happy? Lmao

Nope lol
First song is inner circle - sweat

And second is Bobby McFerrin - don't worry, be happy

Before vevo made this s*** literally 1984

Notice, it's the one with the best thumbnail.
Good contrast, nice and relevant colours, simple.
ngl might cop that colour scheme

My favorite was when their profile picture was the thumbnail to their biggest video

get ITT ktt2.com/runescape-thread-680/10

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO

The monetization likely got routed to the artists years ago.

Another funny trend was when an artist's team would change all the descriptions of their biggest videos to promote a new single. Meek Mill's Ima Boss video from 2011 is still promoting his single "I Don't Know" from 2014.