The duo Logan Paul and KSI have a combined 40 million followers on Youtube. On Tuesday afternoon, crowds of fans gathered at Aker Brygge to catch a glimpse of the stars. Among those who showed up are Sigurd (11), Artur (12) and Lukas (17). They have followed the stars for several years, and stood in line for two hours waiting for them. – They are popular and cool. We like your videos, they say. Sigurd (11), Lukas (17) and Artur (12) have turned up to see KSI and Logan Paul. Photo: Stina Haugan / news Camilla Jarslett in the Oslo police district can confirm that there were around two thousand young people present. – The Red Cross has taken care of around 70 young people, some of whom are said to have fainted, but were taken care of, she says. Many gathered at Aker Brygge on Tuesday afternoon. Photo: NTB When the two stars recently visited England and Denmark, there were also long queues. They are on a promotional tour to create buzz around the energy drink Prime, which is being relaunched. Fans Sigurd, Artur and Lukas agree that the drink Prime is “perfectly okay”, but that you can make good money by reselling it. Logan Paul and KSI Photo: KSIvsLogan/Youtube / KSIvsLogan/Youtube Two of the world’s biggest YouTube stars KSI has a background as a YouTuber and music artist, while Logan Paul started with the app Vine They really became known as rivals in a boxing match that was broadcast live on the internet In afterwards they became friends, and developed the energy drink Prime together Logan Paul received strong criticism after he posted a video from the “suicide forest” Aokigahara in Japan in 2017, where he also filmed a human corpse – Logan Paul and KSI are eternally relevant, they have managed to stay popular for so many years that they probably won’t disappear anytime soon, says YouTuber and content creator Dennis Vareide. Dennis Vareide is a YouTuber himself, and thinks Prime has seen its glory days. Photo: Kari Nygard Tvilde / news It is not the first time Paul is in Norway. In 2021, he visited both Bergen and Tromsø, where he made his living. KSI is also very popular in this country, says Vareide, and points to the group Sidemen, which KSI is a part of. Some fans arrived several hours in advance. Photo: Stina Haugen / news Controversial energy drink Since the energy drink Prime arrived in Norway, it has been taken off store shelves at record speed – thanks in large part to young people. It has not been without controversy. In May, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority said that the drink contravened Norwegian regulations, as it contained so much caffeine and vitamin A that it could pose a health risk. The price of Prime has also been criticized for not being quite prime. One bottle of energy drink cost NOK 150. The Prime drink has previously been in trouble. Photo: Trygve Heide / news It all ended with Prime being pulled from Norwegian store shelves. Now it is back with a new price and a new table of contents, reports the importer. But is Prime still as popular? Dennis Vareide does not think so. – What I suspect is that perhaps Prime became so popular here in Norway because it was so difficult to get hold of. It became a status symbol to own a bottle. But that’s already over, since all candy stores sell them. World-renowned boxer Logan Paul has been one of the world’s biggest YouTube stars since 2017. The American topped Forbes’ list of the world’s best-paid YouTubers in 2017, 2018 and again in 2021. He really became world famous after a particularly unpopular video from the Aokigahara forest in Japan, a place widely known for suicides. After being stripped of advertising revenue and having pretty much the entire internet turned against him, Paul took a hiatus from Youtube. But it didn’t take long before he was back, this time with the desire to bring about the “biggest boxing match of all time” against another YouTuber, KSI. This boxing match was broadcast live online. Photo: AFP/NTB Scanpix For the public, the boxing match ended in a disappointing draw, but was a hugely profitable affair for Paul and KSI. After putting their “unfriendliness” aside, KSI and Logan Paul decided to work together. It still remains that Paul has a varying reputation: – I think he says a lot of strange things. He is very cocky, and I don’t like cocky people, says one of the KSI fans who showed up. KSI is big in Norway – bigger than Logan Paul, many believe. Photo: Stina Haugen / news
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