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![]() SiIvaGunner's YouTube icon, an edited picture of a bust of
Antinous | |||||||
YouTube information | |||||||
Also known as | GiIvaSunner (formerly) | ||||||
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Created by | Chaze the Chat | ||||||
Years active | 2016–present | ||||||
Genre(s) | Video game music, parody music, mashup | ||||||
Subscribers | 618
thousand (SiIvaGunner) 41.4 thousand (SiIvaGunner2) [1] | ||||||
Total views | 1.225 billion (SiIvaGunner) 333.6 thousand (SiIvaGunner2) [1] | ||||||
Website |
highquality | ||||||
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Last updated: November 14, 2023 |
SiIvaGunner [a] ( /ˈsiːvəˌɡʌnər/ ), formerly GiIvaSunner [a] [2] ( /ˈɡiːvəˌsʌnər/ ), is a comedic musical collective based mostly around bait-and-switch YouTube videos claiming to be "high quality rips" of video game music that are in reality remixes, parodies, and/or mashups, often incorporating Internet memes and popular music.
The SiIvaGunner channel uploads videos in the style of many other video game soundtrack-based YouTube channels; [4] the channel's videos are typically static images, usually of the relevant game's logo, box art or title screen, with a piece of music playing over it, though they may contain visuals such as GIFs, different images or clips from other videos appearing. [5] Such videos are intentionally misleading as to trick the viewer into believing they are actual songs from a game's soundtrack. [4] [5] The uploaded songs, however, are instead remixes, mashups, covers, or simple editing jokes. [6] [7] [8] [9] Internet memes and other channel-specific running gags are often incorporated into the rips, [5] including " Meet the Flintstones", [4] 7 Grand Dad, The Nutshack, Love Live!'s " Snow Halation", [10] Kirby: Planet Robobot, and LazyTown's " We Are Number One". [5] [11] [12] [13]
The original YouTube channel used from January to April 2016 was named GiIvaSunner; [2] [14] this references a now-defunct Dutch channel named GilvaSunner, but with a capital "i" used in place of a lowercase "L" (with the effect of making the channel names appear identical). [4] [3] Following the termination of their original YouTube channel in April 2016, [15][ non-primary source needed] the name was changed to SiIvaGunner for the new channel (retaining the capital "i"). [16][ non-primary source needed]
In late 2019, the art gallery Gallery Aferro featured an exhibit titled "Elevator Music 6: SiIvaGunner", curated by Juno Zago. An auditory exhibit, it was a collection of SiIvaGunner remixes of classic and new video game music played inside an early-1900s refurbished Otis elevator. [8] [9]
In 2020, The Daily Dot attributed the popularity of internet meme " Yoshi Commits Tax Fraud" to the channel, which uploaded soundtracks purportedly belonging to an entirely fictitious "Yoshi Commits Tax Fraud" video game. [17]
SiIvaGunner | |||||||
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![]() SiIvaGunner's YouTube icon, an edited picture of a bust of
Antinous | |||||||
YouTube information | |||||||
Also known as | GiIvaSunner (formerly) | ||||||
Channels | |||||||
Created by | Chaze the Chat | ||||||
Years active | 2016–present | ||||||
Genre(s) | Video game music, parody music, mashup | ||||||
Subscribers | 618
thousand (SiIvaGunner) 41.4 thousand (SiIvaGunner2) [1] | ||||||
Total views | 1.225 billion (SiIvaGunner) 333.6 thousand (SiIvaGunner2) [1] | ||||||
Website |
highquality | ||||||
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Last updated: November 14, 2023 |
SiIvaGunner [a] ( /ˈsiːvəˌɡʌnər/ ), formerly GiIvaSunner [a] [2] ( /ˈɡiːvəˌsʌnər/ ), is a comedic musical collective based mostly around bait-and-switch YouTube videos claiming to be "high quality rips" of video game music that are in reality remixes, parodies, and/or mashups, often incorporating Internet memes and popular music.
The SiIvaGunner channel uploads videos in the style of many other video game soundtrack-based YouTube channels; [4] the channel's videos are typically static images, usually of the relevant game's logo, box art or title screen, with a piece of music playing over it, though they may contain visuals such as GIFs, different images or clips from other videos appearing. [5] Such videos are intentionally misleading as to trick the viewer into believing they are actual songs from a game's soundtrack. [4] [5] The uploaded songs, however, are instead remixes, mashups, covers, or simple editing jokes. [6] [7] [8] [9] Internet memes and other channel-specific running gags are often incorporated into the rips, [5] including " Meet the Flintstones", [4] 7 Grand Dad, The Nutshack, Love Live!'s " Snow Halation", [10] Kirby: Planet Robobot, and LazyTown's " We Are Number One". [5] [11] [12] [13]
The original YouTube channel used from January to April 2016 was named GiIvaSunner; [2] [14] this references a now-defunct Dutch channel named GilvaSunner, but with a capital "i" used in place of a lowercase "L" (with the effect of making the channel names appear identical). [4] [3] Following the termination of their original YouTube channel in April 2016, [15][ non-primary source needed] the name was changed to SiIvaGunner for the new channel (retaining the capital "i"). [16][ non-primary source needed]
In late 2019, the art gallery Gallery Aferro featured an exhibit titled "Elevator Music 6: SiIvaGunner", curated by Juno Zago. An auditory exhibit, it was a collection of SiIvaGunner remixes of classic and new video game music played inside an early-1900s refurbished Otis elevator. [8] [9]
In 2020, The Daily Dot attributed the popularity of internet meme " Yoshi Commits Tax Fraud" to the channel, which uploaded soundtracks purportedly belonging to an entirely fictitious "Yoshi Commits Tax Fraud" video game. [17]