Aaron Lemos (born: February 8, 1998), better known online as EmpLemon (also known as EmperorLemon), is a Spanish-American YouTube commentator and former YouTube pooper who became one of the most popular YouTube Poop (YTP) makers of his field. His most viewed YouTube video was "The UNcredibles", a YTP of the 2004 Disney and Pixar film The Incredibles. The UNcredibles was at one point, the top search result for "YouTube Poop."
Aaron became popular because of his YTPs, particularly those based on Pixar films. Aside from "The UNcredibles", he has made others such as its sequel "The NONcredibles", "Lightning McQueer and the Quest for Tires", and the "Frying Nemo" saga. Though he made all of his YTP videos private in 2021, some fans have reuploaded them. After retiring from YTP, he was still popular from his rant video: "MEME Theory: How Behind The Meme is ruining the Memescape as we Know It", a video which is largely considered the catalyst of the downfall of Behind The Meme. Another one of his most recent and popular series is "Never Ever", where he explains the significance of certain relevant people or topics. He also maintains a vlog/rant channel called downward diary, where he expresses dismay about various topics.
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Aaron primarily switched to a commentary format in 2017, accompanied with his distinct and vivacious editing. He revealed in the video "Frying Comments: The Origin Of The Downward Spiral" that while he acknowledged that his career was where it is today because of his YTPs, the drama and somewhat ostracization he was enduring as a result of his highly popular videos ultimately drove him away from making them.[1] He added in the video that he would "most likely not" make YTPs again. Despite this, his commentary videos incorporate YTP-style editing, from what can be seen as a nod to his past.
His style of commentary is unique in that he is openly and highly critical of YouTube's current practices and the increasing corporatization of the platform with both derision and tact that make him both a scathingly harsh yet fair and measured critic. His extreme self-awareness is also of note, making it difficult for critics to call him out on flaws and/or contradictions as he is already aware of such. His other videos and series include a.) YouTube Geographic, which has delved into the YouTube landscape, such as the rise and fall of LeafyIsHere and the $1 billion Viacom lawsuit, b.) the now-defunct Minute Memes / Memes of the month series, an attempt to create a series to rival Behind the Meme (this was abandoned when Behind the Meme left the platform in disgrace and the increasing popularity of PewDiePie's Meme Review, begun in November 2017), and c.) the retrospective series "Never Ever," reflecting on past yet culturally-high- profile works. EmpLemon also appears on the State of the YouTube (SOTY) podcast with Rusty Cage and Mumkey Jones.
Aaron has also been highly critical of the termination of Mumkey Jones, and the mainstream media's treatment of PewDiePie.
EmpLemon started focusing more about YouTube, memes and the YouTube community and less on YTP. In fact, his most recent YTP was uploaded in December 2017. In 2018, he used to review memes with his "Minute Memes" series. EmpLemon does informative, documentary-like videos in a series titled YouTube Geographic, although the topics are not that trendy.
Recently, he has made a video talking about the complaints from YTP fans and his own history in YouTube. According to him, he feels like he has been treated unfairly by the YTP community, although some has changed their mind and those who still continued being against, such as his ex-adored Stuart K. Reilly, losing relevancy.
After abandoning YTP, he had switched to commentary and criticizing other content creators and even YouTube itself. In one of his video, he encouraged his fans to dislike the 2017 YouTube Rewind (Tank The Rewind) but didn't quite succeed. Since then, he had created a few series including YouTube Geographics which he talks about the main events that helped form the YouTube community and Never Ever where he talks about a legend in his field and why there would never be such an important figure ever again.
He also has a 2nd channel and suggest that his channel would have ended like his 2nd channel if he gave up doing YouTube as a whole, or to the very least as a hobby.
As of now, EmpLemon makes documentaries on certain topics, ranging from the Simpsons to Nascar and most recently a Cartoon named "Home Movies".
Personal life[]
Aaron claims that his father was on welfare as a child and never received a college education, but was able to "make something of himself." His mother is allegedly Chinese and "grew up under Chairman Mao".[2] Aaron hails from Florida. He attended Nease high school just south of Jacksonville, Florida.[3] He is vegan and has intimated that this is due, at least in part, to the ecological impacts of factory farming.
Aaron came out as a vegan and he hates how people treat animals. He has stated on the SOTY podcast that he hates Reddit, but mainly Redditors.
On early 2020, EmpLemon announced that he had graduated college, and has announced that he will now be pursuing a full-time career on YouTube, as announced on a community post.[4]
On July 2, 2020, EmpLemon uploaded a video called "The Quest for the Blue Checkmark", which questioned why many famous people on Twitter still hasn't been verified despite proving their popularity. Two days later, he announced that he would stop posting regularly on his Twitter account, citing the toxicity of the site.[5]
Trivia[]
- His mother lived in China under Mao's reign.
- He thinks Rick and Morty is a good show with a mad fanbase.
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