A lot of YouTubers suffer from major cases of “main character” syndrome. Honestly, it’s refreshing to see someone who is awesome and worth listening to, but also knows how to shut up and take a back seat once in a while. It says good things about you dude.

Except Charlie is actually the main character

amen amen

I’m super glad to see that others agree :) Cody seems so freaking grounded, it’s really lovely to see!

yes! i couldnt figure out how to articulate this thank u for putting it into words

Came to say this same thing

I love these videos it really feels like the heart of why everyone loves Cody - he’s just honest and up front with his humanity

Yo I’ve never had this problem but bruh

This is why Logan Paul is a thousand times better than Cody "Needs a" KO

Man I REALLY enjoy these insights into Cody's mindset about the content he makes. Very few people understand the struggle BTS and it's very refreshing to see that even big creators like Cody go through it. It's basically what I would love to talk about with Cody If I ever got a chance to sit down and talk to him. 🙏

​@Kodokuna_Seinen Behind The Scenes

Literally thought the same thing. As an artist, I've felt almost the exact same as what Cody was talking about. Being depressed about the making of said thing. So glad the video did well for him tho.

What's BTS??

Came here to say this. I have mad respect for Cody

I love how Cody handles the criticism

I understand not feeling satisfied with your own concept but you still made a good vid Cody. People who hate videos that aren't "Fuck this thing, fuck this guy" don't realize the balls it takes to confront the people you've made videos about and make solid content with them. Good for you man

@Firstname Lastname It's fine that you feel that way, but I don't get it. Cody shows how awkward he is with describing unfamiliar stuff and then brings someone who's good at their job. People are really fixated on the money and don't think about how this is one of the few guys that Cody's made fun of that is chill enough to come onto a video

Also I know Cody was just trying to be nice, but to be honest Cody feeding that guys ego about how hard his job is, when it isn’t really (at least in terms of convincing extremely rich people to buy mansions lmfao), did come off as a bit annoying IMO

Cody & Ko is straight up behind the scenes for the main channel. I fucking love it. Just an artist processing how to be better. It's pretty cool to hear about your process. It's honestly been a nice little dose of artistic inspiration for me. Thanks for your work, Cody. More love.

Really love when Cody is vulnerable and just shooting the shit, man

cody: "hey guys look at this huge house isnt this bonkers" redditor: "im pissed, can we just talk about the political and economic state of the world right now?"

The house exists whether it's filmed or not

I actually thought the vid worked pretty well at showcasing just how insane that shit is from a regular guy (Cody) perspective. Like it’s not that the job is hard necessarily, it’s that rich ppl and regular ppl are too far removed from each other for a regular person to ever be an effective salesman to the rich. Like, what regular person knows wtf italian book matching is? I thought Cody did a good job of demonstrating how ridiculous and frivolous it was by repeating the bits he did too, even if that was unintentional. But since he’s not a rich guy the humor worked anyway.

@Firstname Lastname cope

Lmao EXACTLY

Also, I know Cody was just trying to be nice, but to be honest Cody feeding that guys ego about how hard his job was, when it isn’t really (at least in terms of convincing extremely rich people to buy mansions lmfao), did come off as a bit annoying IMO so I understand where that commenter was coming from

As far as the real estate video goes, for what it’s worth I also really liked it. I can totally see where you’re coming from as far as having gotten lost in the joke and not sticking the landing how you would’ve liked, but I definitely think it’s worth it to continue producing stuff like this—if that’s what you want to do—cause you’ll only improve by practicing.

Beautifully worded

I thought the real estate vid was genuinely hilarious and I even audibly laughed multiple times which isn't something I can say about many yt vids

I feel like Cody's sub-Reddit has been so harsh the past few months? He can never make everyone happy no matter what video he makes but I feel like people are getting a little nitpicky.

That’s kinda Reddit in a nutshell unfortunately :/

I’m so proud of Cody and the progress he’s made in making content that makes him happy

Finally it's here. *Yes* https://youtu.be/ykxs0_TeKZY

Hey Cody the AI distorts faces intentionally to keep people from misusing it. It has the capability but it's a moral/legal issue.

@Cierra Kain Ah interesting, that's a different AI to the one Cody's using and only refers specifically to rendering the faces of actual real people. Cody's using DALL-E Mini, which is shitty at rendering faces purely by accident.

Preventing Harmful Generations We’ve limited the ability for DALL·E 2 to generate violent, hate, or adult images. By removing the most explicit content from the training data, we minimized DALL·E 2’s exposure to these concepts. We also used advanced techniques to prevent photorealistic generations of real individuals’ faces, including those of public figures.

Not true. Here's a quote from the developer explaining why the faces feel shitty: “The image is encoded into a very shot sequence of numbers so that the model can learn faster. Because of this, the model makes a lot of mistakes. However, when you draw the Moon, a landscape or a tree, you don’t really notice the issues there. [...] When it is on a face, we pay a lot more attention. If the eyes are out of order or the nose is misshaped, it is weird. It is the same on animals and cartoon characters, it’s just something we pay more attention to than misshaped objects. Really, the model is equally good or bad at everything.”

Oh that’s interesting! I didn’t know that!

Was looking for this comment 👌

Dalle could totally do faces perfectly, look up "this person does not exist" for examples of how perfect of a face AI can make. The creators purposefully made the ai warp faces so people couldn't use it to put famous people or politicians in fucked up situations and pass them as real.

@Reese Wolf Yes, Dalle 2 can do faces better, but Dalle 2 is considerably harder to get your hands on, and has a sort of selection process that adds a border of trust. And even then, Dalle 2 seems to have a filter that warps celebrities faces to make different people, for the exact same reason.

The creator of Dalle-mini didn’t purposefully make it warp the faces. The mini version just isn’t very good at making extremely clear stuff. Dalle-2 can making a perfect face though

cody been lookin really good lately feels like he is getting out of his little slump

Finally it's here. *Yes* https://youtu.be/ykxs0_TeKZY

I feel like there are some really rude ppl who watch your vids and just have too much to say about it bc they don’t have anything better to be concerned about. Even if people are “suffering” and generally the world can be a lil sad, we watch ur vids to kind of get some enjoyment after a long day or take a break from those stressful things. You should be proud of the vids you make because you’re doing great, you’re funny, and I genuinely enjoy every one that I watch. Ty for always making my day better whenever I see that you posted!!!

Yeah, he’s not the spokesman for “us” or whatever so idk why his video would carry so much weight for people in that sense. He’s always been about comedy and entertainment, not political social justice

@jbik Yeah, I get that. It's still funny to accentuate the difficulty of his job since, although the guy seems nice and I'm sure he works hard on RE and his YT, I don't really care much how hard a mansion-seller's job is any more than the average blue-collar worker.

@Nicolle Campbell I mean, as long as rich people exist, clearly not. The dude's literally giving mansion house-tours, I think he'll be fine.

@Maddy D Lol you're actually sad

@Charlie Dalencour um no. Really a personal problem if you're mad at someone for being rich, especially if you think it's ok to feel that way. Weird thing to get upset over anyway. Other people's wealth isn't your business

Just a reminder that the only non-NPC in Pokemon literally never talks. If you speak, you're an NPC

@SchnitzelFrenzy yea and when red comes back at the end of silver/gold he's a non-non-non-playable character

non-non-playable character

nice one

Finally it's here. *Yes* https://youtu.be/ykxs0_TeKZY

I loved the podcast with Charlie! My boyfriend watches his videos consistently because hes a gamer and i got a little bit of what he likes and what i like in comedy. Also love u therapy king!

TMG and Charlie bringing relationships closer together

Finally it's here. *Yes* https://youtu.be/ykxs0_TeKZY

god i find cody so interesting when he unpacks with thoughts. His honest opinions abt things, how he feels abt things he's made. his self critic, at times too harsh on himself but i can understand where he's coming from. all of that with his natural entertaining self and humor- really interesting.

“when you don’t know about something, you just don’t talk… and listen instead” I NEEDED THIS ADVICE WHEN I WAS FIRST BORN.

@Dang Darnnn sheeesh that's mad fast considering the video came out today!

@kemi min Born 3 times and counting

i mean, newborns usually can't really talk? or how many times were you born?

Finally it's here. *Yes* https://youtu.be/ykxs0_TeKZY

I loved that you seemed nervous and not too chill and on-the-ball with jokes and stuff in your video with Ryan because it makes you seem more genuine and down-to-earth. It was one of my favorite videos you’ve done lately!

Holy shit, these redditors on Cody’s page are always complaining about something. When he does reactions they tell him it’s stale and repetitive, when he does something different he gets shit for being not relatable enough and not thinking of people struggling. Can he make what he wants and get appreciation?? Nobody in his position would like to get criticism all the time

my only complaint about the non commentary videos like the real estate and ukelele video is that it isnt long enough

Bro in reference to the property video, when you said "imagine someone playing the piano...heh nerd" I felt like that brought me back to the core of your comedy for the video so honestly even though you were nervous - that moment looked like you were in your element.

Cody forgot how many American fans he has when he said “when you don’t have anything to contribute, you don’t talk” hahahahaha

What does that mean? Do his foreign fans act differently?

Cody we liked the video. You don't have to explain yourself to people that don't get it. It's nice that you obviously care a lot about your work. But I think most of us totally know where you're coming from about the house and having to be respectful and balancing your comedy.

love these videos & all of the rest but these videos are a nice change of pace where we get to see a more raw & real version of you just chatting. also, you're looking very good at the moment!!

@Sophia Wheeler haha I’m nit hitting on him

He has a girlfriend

Love these bts, contrary to the comment he read, cody really is just like the rest of us; over thinking things, wishing they could've done better, just doing the best we can. To cody, you're a real hard working guy man; 'always happy to see you post vids edit: I fucking love the merch promo vid, wish i had more in my vocabulary, but its really creative

I think it’s super interesting to hear your thoughts and also your struggles. Don’t forget the majority of your followers actually follow you because they like you as a person (at least from what we can see over Video). I like seeing new ideas but I also like seeing your normal videos. Most important thing is that you are happy with what you’re doing. Take care xx Edit: the Merch video is honestly a masterpiece !!!

cody i’m having the hardest year of my entire life and your videos are probably my best comfort and happiness

That jaded redditor who made that post might not be on the same page.

the postmortem bit wasn’t boring at all, hearing about thought processes is super interesting

Cody is always so open about explaining his thought processes and feelings while making his content etc, I love to listen to it, it feels so genuine. He's effortlessly funny too

Also as someone who has recorded hundreds of podcast episodes myself: Guys, just let them chat organically. Some people prefer to dominate a conversation. Some people choose to hang back. And some people like Cody can easily swing both ways. Messing with this and trying to enforce some sort of bizarre triune ratio of conversation leads to *painfully* awkward results.

Cody just too Canadian to interrupt in the podcast

Cody is a little too hard on himself. He makes good videos bro

"Why are all of these so fratty???" Cody. You know why

Cody, dont worry....some vids will be winners and others wont be & you'll never please everyone. There will always be someone complaining about something. Have fun, and you do you...that's what i come here for. You're hilarious!

I love getting to listen to Cody talk about his videos, process, and his mindset. It's so rare to hear youtubers talk so like openly and honestly it's so refreshing and it's exactly why people adore him so much. Being vulnerable is so hard to find and the little part of him talking about going to therapy and realizing how important it is to just speak your mind was so nice! The ability to take critism about your craft and not get defensive but explain yourself is so admirable.

Cody is only getting funnier and more genuine as time goes on. It's easy for me to see it because I only dove into the content at the start of this year and am already completely caught up on all channels lol. It was always enjoyable, but the effort is tangible and reflects on all fronts 🤙🏻

The frat poses with the heads cut off ☠️☠️☠️ oh my god. Cody’s impersonations of them sent me.

Proud of you for starting therapy!! I feel it’s still very stigmatized for men to go to therapy but it’s so important for everyone!

"Just keep making shit" is the best advice for any artist or creator of any kind. Thats how you learn and grow and thats how you make crazy shit without even meaning too.

The thing I like to tell myself when I write usually is, “You know what you’re going to write is shit, but you need to put at least something down on the page first.”

It’s completely healthy to talk about your thought process and it’s interesting to hear! It’s also great that you’re changing up your content like with the real estate vid. The fact that it didn’t feel completely easy is part of the growing process. (And it’s clear that you had constraints.) Anyway, keep up the good work!

The podcast episode was incredible. It felt comforting because I felt like I was sitting with you just watching and enjoying. And you did bring great conversation and more entertainment value to the episode!! Would love to see you and Charlie do something together

the charlie episode was amazing, the 3 of you talking a lot would kinda ruin the flow of conversation a little

I absolutely love Cody’s merch brand. Everything from the website to the videos to the clothing itself is really exceptional

People calling Cody a normie despite the whole “going to live sex show” phase he had in Europe

this is when i remember i havent been a fan for that long whats that

Being an artist/creator is vulnerable and Cody I have the utmost respect for your creativity and openness. As a long time subscriber the new video was refreshing and fun and felt more professional which was cool because it shows how far you’ve come and I can imagine you doing more videos like that in the future. Thanks for being you!

I've always loved your transparency on your second channel! A lot of people like behind the scenes content and understanding your concepts for videos.

Cody looks really good in this video. like about 5 years younger than his actual age.

I loved that you were so genuine and honest. Love the video

Cody opening up about going to therapy and how it’s helped him made me so fucking happy. I’ve been in therapy for 7+ years now and gone through many moments where I feel like talking about it gets me this bad rep, so it’s really really refreshing to see someone with such a platform talk about it.

btw Cody, im sure it’s difficult having so many ppl tell u whats right & wrong and to try and figure out what ppl want to see honestly when u put stuff out that u genuinely enjoy doing (honestly all the stuff u put out is great bc ur a stand up guy) its entertaining . people think too much ab stuff that doesnt matter yanno ITS NOT THAT DEEP PEOPLE

Cody these BTS thought process videos are definitely not boring, they’re really interesting! Not a lot of “influencers” talk as openly and read into critique like this. I find it really entertaining! I love these types of videos :)

cody's second channel is so effortless yet funny,somehow there's always the perfect amount of everything.This one felt so laidback and chill, i enjoyed it a lot

nah i totally respect him for just sitting back and letting them talk if he didn’t have anything relevant say, y’all would have ripped in to him if he did that too lmao

Hey the thing with the Charlie podcast, sometimes it’s just fun to listen to people tell stories and joke around.

Dear Codester, leader of the Chodesters: I so love and respect that you really do put in oodles of work and thought into all your videos. I think it’s so cool that you’re always striving to put your best foot forward and never plateau in skill. AND. I always say I’m forced to trust that past me did the best they could on any given issue, because I know myself and I know that’s true. Something not working out to be what I thought I could achieve doesn’t mean I didn’t try, it usually means that my hindsight changed my perception dramatically and I see ways NOW that I could have done better. I wonder sometimes if you might just need to trust past Cody a bit more, because from what I’ve seen as a subscriber so far is that you Always do your best. You always thoughtfully approach. So when things don’t turn out identical to your vision, it could have been 20,000 other factors out of your control. The important thing is that you made people smile and laugh and that’s what you’re great at. (Side note I accidentally spit on my computer screen laughing at one of your jokes in that one) No one judges you quite as harshly as you judge yourself because only you know what the vision in your head was. I hope you don’t feel encroached upon or needlessly psychoanalyzed with this mini pep talk but I see often how much vision you have and that you seem to be peeved with yourself when that vision isn’t executed perfectly, which I hope you don’t wield too personally against yourself, because I have much respect for you in your capacities as a comedian and a creator. Have a good one, dude.

i really loved the real estate video ! you guys did a great job!!!

I really enjoyed the video with the house selling guy. I couldn't tell if he was in on the joke or doing it seriously. also, fuck that guy whining and moaning about it. I'm broke asf and still found it funny. some people would be so much happier if they could stop taking shit personally and making it political.

I commend you for sharing that you go to therapy, cody! there’s such a stigma around it unfortunately and it makes a big difference when people like you are open about seeing a therapist.

LOVE Cody sharing his therapy wisdom it’s exactly one of the first things my therapist taught me and I love sharing therapy fun facts

I loved the real estate video. Cody’s ideas are always really funny, and even the ones he thinks are not funny are actually really funny. I don’t think Cody should be as hard on himself. He’s a funny dude.

why does cody suddenly look clean

He's Been Clean..

Suddenly

i think he just slicked back his hair 😭

damn 💀

@Tay dumbfounded

I feel like Cody needs his own episode on Hot Ones, his Explain That Gram would be super interesting

I love these videos Cody!! It’s interesting to hear your thought process behind your videos, I can tell you care a lot about what you make

These videos really communicate your soul pretty well; I find myself relating to you more than ever now as I better understand who you are as a person.

I’ve been a fan for a long time and I’ve found myself watching this channel more than your main! I love this energy!

please have charlie on again, i loved that episode

honestly i was so excited about the real estate video. i remembered when cody had mentioned wanting to do it in the past so when i saw the notification i just knew i was gonna enjoy it and i did. one of my favorite things about his videos is that he finds a way to follow up and do the thing he makes jokes about someone else doing.

I love these videos, thanks for sharing your therapy journey and what you’re learning!

honestly as i was watching the podcast i thought to myself, good on cody for knowing when to lay out and just let things flow when noel and charlie were chatting

i always feel like i'm just hanging out with a friend in these types of videos i love them so much:) love u cody:)

This was a great video specifically because I loved listening to you be honest and open up about things. It felt nice, especially after i just unpacked some of my own secrets to a friend on a phone call earlier, and then you talked about just saying the things you're thinking. Shout out synchronicities. But anyway it felt nice, like a heart-to-heart, so just say what's on your mind in future videos and we're here for it! 🌞❤️

You're probably one of the few YouTubers that I feel closest to because I feel like you're just so open and honest about everything

you felt so real in this video, also we need more kelseyyyyy!!!!!!

I think if you did the Ryan video dressed like him and mimicking him more it would have been way more hilarious, sounds like you didn't have tons of prep time to run jokes with Ryan so def could feel the disconnect, do a part 2!

yesss it cld be a bit to try and take everything he taught to another level, I love this lol

Thanks for being vulnerable Cody, love hearing your thoughts & bts realness

love love hearing the behind the scenes of your videos, it's cool to hear your thought process and all the work you put into them. that guy w the long comment really is just jaded and someone who can't let go and enjoy something, not everything is a social justice/activism moment. i thought the video was funny, honestly including the lowkey uncomfortable vibe, and not once did i think you were showing off and calling us poor. it's literally not even your house lol. anyway love you king, keep doing you bc we love you💞💞

Cody Idk about others but I really miss ur beatmaking videos can u do more of them? 🙏🙏

Cody I love these kind of chill videos where you just talk about what's been on your mind lately, you know, they are so calming and comforting, thank you, please keep making these

i love when he reacts to criticism in videos, i like watching these just as much as the reaction stuff. id love to see more "that's cringe" videos, maybe noel and cody could do it like tmg

Yes Cody!!! Love the honestly and also thank you for destigmatizing talking casually about therapy esp as a cis guy

It was very interesting hearing you share your thought process Cody, don’t hesitate to do it more!

Cody should start a clothing brand! His mech video is iconic

Isn’t it literally that? What makes it not a clothing brand already?

I didn't know you could use the phrase "type cast" outside of programming haha. also, I listened to the podcast w charlie on audio only, i didn't even notice that you weren't talking much. that was one of my favorite episodes from you guys in a bit! good stuff. the video with Ryan was good! I can kind of see how rushing the idea impacted it, but you and Ryan were really funny together. his little remarks after you tried to describe the house were gold. the full edit of the merch ad was great. it made the fakeout jump into the pool so much better knowing that there was the guy drowning lmfao

Finally it's here. *Yes* https://youtu.be/ykxs0_TeKZY

That comment about "oh people are suffering you can't make videos with expensive things in them" was tone deaf in and of itself

That man was projecting loll the kind of person who tries to “vouch” for the hurting and yet prolly lives a fine life or doesn’t contribute off the internet

Would love to see more videos like this as long as it continues to feel cathartic and not like another obligation. The casual vibe reminds me a lot of Insanely Chill (which I miss a lot.) I can't speak for other people but the processing you did here was helpful to me as someone who goes through cycles of productivity and then stagnation and struggles to move on when I perceive something as a failure. Verbal processing is real. I realize all the time in therapy that my therapist doesn't actually need to give me much feedback anymore, she's just giving me a space to empty my head out so I can see things more clearly.

hearing ur thought process behind everything is hella interesting and inspiring. appreciate the candid look into ur head

for the record, a change up is nice and refreshing, i loved the house tour video, you were different, and thats why i love watching kelseys vlogs too because it shows a different side of you, youre still funny but sometimes like everyone you can be serious and appreciate something

Hey Cody youre doing great, keep up the good work. I like this post mortem stuff , as someone who hopes to strt their own channel soon its useful information and we get to know the behind the scenes. Dont mind the few haters you have many more short kings who are lovers.... feel free to coin that? idk kinda weird but kinda dope lol

The episode with Charlie was one of my favourites in recent memory. I'm a big fan of both him and you guys so it was a blast just seeing you guys interacting. All hilarious dudes.

I’ve always secretly wanted you to start your own brand of clothing and move away from merch!!! Your merch is the best in the game! Can’t wait to buy all the clothes you design!

This video was so good! There is no one on YouTube like you. You just having a heart to heart with the camera was honestly cool af. Ahha keep positive and you’re killing it.

Yeah I really liked to see behind Cody’s videos and hear his struggles, and to even kinda clap back at fans because it shows that we don’t always know what’s going on behind scenes

Love Cody being so chill and casual about going to therapy. Go off king. More men in therapy

I really enjoy the post-mortem type of content! I always wonder what goes into figuring stuff out with collabs and stuff like this, so I’m happy to see the BTS stuff!

I love the new haircut Cody, you don’t look nearly as stupid, great stuff!

@Mortus Sweet・ it’s just a joke lol, I’m one of the people that actually liked his long hair

“Being mean to Cody is so funny hahahaha” What year is this, 2019?

Nothing like a backhanded compliment to kick off someone’s day! 🤦‍♀️🤣👏👌

bro lmao

Chill, Hahaha

happy to hear 3mo of therapy has helped! its important for creatives to take care of themselves and enjoy the art they make

i love these ai images i’m so fascinated in the uncanny n they’re perfect for making psychedelic art from, does anyone know any AI image software that can do better quality?

Keep it up man. been watching you for diner every week. that means something to me. So good or bad I'm here for it.

i love these videos i love how it feels like we're on facetime