this is genuinely one of the best videos i've ever watched on youtube. i'd give so many props to your editing. i'm assuming there's a lot of stuff you couldn't include, but the choice of clips that you do include and the way that you incorporate them are amazing. the video is amazingly paced and the way you built the way your story is told is amazing. the way you started this video off was honestly one of the best things i've watched ngl. the way you introduce us to your life in japan, getting to know your family dynamic, then suddenly having to leave, to go back home to france, and being confronted with the fact that you really didn't know what was "home" to you, hit hard. then, the introduction of your problem with your "meaning to life" and seeing that slowly change and develop as you grew, just great storytelling. you developed the message really well. i think your choice of b-roll was also excellent and felt so serene. some moments i love are 3:56, 8:54, 16:32 (the way the three shots are framed and come after eachother along with the sound, or rather lack of sound really makes this section for me) 18:20, 21:55, 29:20, and 30:15. if you still are looking for something, i think you have something with editing. editing for movies or shows feels right up your alley. or even directing a movie tbh, this video's storytelling was amazing. edit: omg, i didn't know you were the girl from those takashii videos way back!! that's so insane, it's cool to see you make this video now about your life.
oh my gosh, as a half-japanese half-french 15 year old teen living in the U.S., I just want to say this video is one of the most precious things I’ve ever seen. I guess it’s because it was just so relatable to me because my dad is french and my mom is japanese, and i travel a lot to those places. Since i was little i moved a lot, and my parents got divorced thereafter, and being multicultural and living in different houses all my life has always left me with the question of “what is my home/where is my home?” . The teenage crisis of feeling “ugly” and “useless” is so real too. and it’s crazy because i have always loved art and i always used to vlog my life and currently want to pursue either acting, directing, or music. but most of all, it’s the little things of your video like the car rides where you’re singing, the sleeping on the futons, and the simple sitting around the living room with your family that spoke to me. jai vraiment adoré la “rawness” (i don’t know how to say that in french lol) de ta video et je me sens très reconnaissante de l’avoir vue. merci❤❤
GIRL!!! You had so much emotional intelligence and maturity for a 12,13,14 year old. I'm amazed and kinda jealous because I know I wasn't like that as a kid 😭Also, the cinematography for a 12 year old is so good!!! I'm so impressed hahaha
I am 14 years old, and I think this is an experience that every teenager goes through at some point, it is difficult, but it is part of maturing, because we are realizing that adult life will not be easy and I think that these kinds of thoughts make us strong, and they will serve as motivation for us when we are adults.
17:48 “I just feel like I’m the ugliest person” MY JAW DROPPED I was adoring how beautiful u are the whole video. Plus it’s so beautiful to see how ur day to day life was and what u were feeling through the tough times and how u developed as a person. As a teen that has nothing but to just stare at a screen all day, this video up lifted my spirit and my future. A video I’ll never forget ❤❤
That's the thing, every single person has such complex lives that we don't know about and the world treats everyone the same regardless. Most times we see people as just passerbys and we don't know their complexities and we only know about hers because she's shown us and we think she's beautiful for it but we don't see the beauty in others so easily and we don't often treat them as such or at least the world doesn't so they feel not so beautiful.
I highly feel like this captures girlhood, and growing up, so well. Especially the emotional times. I relate to that so much, thank you for showing that!
i am 20 right now, never been to france, or japan, or bali, or anywhere you have been-i don't speak french, or japanese. i don't have as many memories to look back to, especially family trips or camping, since it never happened. i hail from the west of india, and our lives cannot be any more different. but in a sense, this video was so familiar. it is like there is a universal teen-girlhood every girl goes through that shapes her as a woman. all the emotions and turmoils you were going through, i also felt seen; even the year of the set of feelings, a sense of not belonging anywhere and slowly the fog of uncertainity clearing-or rather, the eyes of our soul getting used to the uncertainity, it is all so familiar. it is all so.....me. i loved this video, it was like nostalgic spring i have yearned for, a cold winter that i have lived, a sunny summer i want to experience!
I loved this, as a 17 yr old teenage girl who’s going into her senior year of high school with so much fear, watching those clips of the fear and confusion and just all the emotions for the future felt so real to me. I resonated so much with how you felt about not necessarily feeling like you have a purpose but when you returned back to that in later years and said although you don’t quite know, you have people and reasons and that gives me so much hope for my future. Even though I am so scared, I feel more assured that everything will play out, maybe not all good but there will BE good and that’s what’ll matter at the end of the day. Thank you sm, to all the rest of our years truly 🌟
Is that the best video I watched during this year ?? I assume that it is. Plus sérieusement ta vidéo est so emotional on se sent vraiment emporté dans ton passé, ton histoire, ta vie et les émotions par lesquels tu es passée. J'espère que tu te portes actuellement bien et que tu réussiras à vivre la vie que tu souhaites vivre et que tu trouveras la bonne personne dont tu parlais. Que Dieu te bénisse amen 💞❤️
we come from completely different backgrounds but i connected so deeply to the teenage version of you i just saw. i'm a 16 year old living in australia who also got a dog when i was 14 and love making moments into keepsakes through photographing and videoing almost everything. i take interest in the "boring" things. i want to be an actor at this stage in my life, or just something in the arts. moreover though i understood so wholeheartedly about your worries; not finding a soulmate and having things just not work out, not being fulfilled in whatever you end up doing and feeling like you're just rotting away in school while the clock ticks away. those thoughts are so scary and i always feel so alone thinking that stuff because others around me just don't seem to care that much and can take things as they come. i was shy to comment this because you're older now and omg you're so cool dude, travelling still and partying and meeting new friends and doing stuff at university. not sure what the point of this was i just wanted to say that to the person you used to be and the one you've become. this video was really beautiful, thank you.
I related to her video and I relate with your comment so much more 😭 I am 16 too and I think like EXACTLY the same way as you. Even when you mentioned how cool she looked as a grow up. Hopefully we will turn as cool as her later
This is so real !! While her vidoes was a lovely progression of what coming of age looks like, but I relate tremendously to this comment since life hasn't rly given me much opportunities as a teen in 16th Yr not far away from 17. I have hopes and aspirations but I feel like I'm constantly roped by school and academics and fears of failing js trying to maintain a decent living as a transition for my family..I'm grateful for how far I've gotten but I wish to explore more in my identity and hopefully find my niche (sounds cliché) but all my life i felt so restrictively handicapped by school-life and poverty that I never got the time to see myself for who I am but a product of how well I learnt to adapt to my circumstance. Wish anyone in similar situations like me all well nevertheless, we still got to be optimistic. ❤
15:22 “slow down” by laufey. perfectly describes how ur feeling. “I’ll help my own children, they’re tired of being young. They’ll ask me bout their futures, I’ll tell my little ones, baby slow down.”
A masterpiece - representing RUclips’s classic slogan of ‘Broadcast Yourself’ Thanks for sharing! And keep goin with documenting your journey & building your brand💯
Omggg i could relate every phase you went through. A specially us, “Artsy girls” have so much more worries in that stage of life, because we’re so much more critical about our work and we feel like there are people who are better than us. Being a teen is having to know so much new things about ourself,the reality of the world and having to battle throught this with school life. I just finished high school and still don’t really know what I am doing or what I want to do, but at least I feel like every decision I will make is going to be what I wanted to do in that time and at that stage of my life. Not a decision made by my parents or someone else. I wish us to live a long life and happy life by the grace of God. Thank you for reminding how life used to be and how I should live my life at the fullest with the people I cherish the most ❤️❤️❤️
Incredible, you truly have a talent for making ordinary things extraordinary. I really felt immersed in your daily life. It's amazing that your 14-year-old self could convey so much emotion. Keep going !!!!!!
this was inspiring. i’m 16, going into my junior year of high school. lately, the thoughts of uncertainty over the future have been so difficult to tune out. the feeling that i need to know everything about the world right now, that my entire life should be planned to perfection, when in reality i still feel like a kid, lost and naive and confused about many things. some days it feels like i’m being pulled in countless directions, trying to be everything i’m supposed to be. but seeing that things worked out for you gives me hope that i can get past this. with each passing day, I’ll be a bit less lost than i was before.
I’m 18 and I’d say just do what you enjoy most without any worry. Seriously just live freely, and don’t ever feel that you deserve the worst, always search for the best ( in friendships,treatment from others, and teachers) Also just know that everyone is together with you in life, don’t separate yourself from others. 16 is a very sensitive time but you’ll get through it!
this felt like i watching my own teenage years, especially your little video diaries. your worries about marriage, finding that special someone, career paths were some of the things i always thought of as a teen (and even now, as a 19 year old i still think a lot about marriage, love etc). at fifteen, i thought my life would end before i turned 18 because there's was no point in it, i felt like my mental health would never get better. but now, i look back on those days and hug little silly me for thinking that way. there's so much beauty in the world that i couldn't see. to any teen that's struggling right now and feel like there's no end to their suffering: i know how it feels. even if you read 100 positive messages of adults who overcame their teenage hardships you feel like yours will never end. you might feel like life will only get worse day by day, year by year. it's all lies! your mind is lying to you. life might be hard now, but with adulting you'll find that there are many good days for you to live. it's not like all your problems will be solved, or that your life will only have its ups. you will struggle even as an adult but you will enjoy life a lot more!! hold on everyone! i believe in you!
all these moments are so priceless yet they are all "meaningless" small fragments of your life and it's actually the most beautiful and heartfelt vid ive seen in a while seriously. The clips of you at different ages crying while telling the camera about your problems is so relatable and raw and it feels good being a teenager and relating to these, everyone feels alone when we feel like we'll have a shitty life or feel ugly, it feels really good to watch someone go through that too and then seeing that in the end, we'll be okay. Thank you for being so real and vulnerable by posting this.
As a teen, this makes me question and feel so scared of whats to come, but at the same time, enjoy all the moments I have because memories are so important
I watched this whole video and it felt so real, genuine, relatable and beautiful. I’m scared to become an adult, but this helped me to know that I’m not the only one feeling this way
I’ve never identified to a video so much. Being a half French half Japanese artistic girl who has just started adulthood, I can’t express the emotions I’m feeling watching this : It feels like staring at a blurry, bizarre mirror. I mean, I also grew up with separated parents and I really understand the struggles that come with all that. Seeing your personal growth in 30 minutes made me reflect on how far I, all of us really, have come. It really healed my inner child. C’était vraiment un beau moment de regarder cette vidéo, merci du fond de mon cœur. J’ai hâte de voir ce que tu va faire :)
I related sm with you on the part when you said “I feel like I’m not doing anything with my life” I’m 16 and I feel like I’m wasting my teenage years so much and I’m constantly thinking about what I’m not doing and what others are doing and I hope that can change also your singing is so pretty
I just finished the whole video it’s by far the best RUclips video I’ve watched this year even more stuff you said was so relatable I hope you have the best next years if your life
Une bénédiction de l'algorithme cette vidéo J'étais tombé ya qq mois sur une interview de toi sur jsplus quelle plateforme de shorts où t'explique que tu parles plusieurs langues pcq t'as vécu au japon etc... et je me souviens que les commentaires parlaient bcp de toi et disaient que t'avais un profil unique, interpelant et inspirant Et en regardant cette vidéo c'est le meme feeling que j'ai mais en 2000x plus puissant, parce que tu t'exprimes plus ici que quand t'expliques que tu parles 3 langues donc on ressent plus ton énergie et tout Mais la plus grosse folie c'est la vibe de la vidéo, qui est présente vraiment à chaque scène. Meme si les scènes sont toutes différentes et ont leur but ou message propre, tout le vlog garde cette ambiance particulière et je trouve ça vraiment fou que t'aies réussi à garder cette consistance à travers toutes ces années genre on dirait que dès tes 14 ou 13 ans je sais plus, tu savais déjà exactement à quoi ressemblerait le vlog, et tu savais déjà quelle esthétique tu voulais véhiculer, comment t'allais tout "synergiser" alors que bon je pense que t'as commencé le montage et tout que récemment, donc vraiment impressionnant Et aussi le sens artistique que t'as es juste fou, toutes les scènes vont vraiment bien ensembles et le tout est très fluide, c'est bien rythmé et équilibré, vraiment chapeau, chaque scène est à sa place et bien amenée par ce qui précède et introduit bien la suite + la musique à 34:10 je valide Et aussi les moments où tu parles facecam sont vraiment bien choisis et pertinents, ils sont (je pense) vraiment représentatifs de cqui se passe dans la tête d'une ado de notre monde, et meme si ces plans commencent quand t'es assez jeune, ils restent intéressants et je pense sont partagés par plein de gens, mais je pense qu'ils soulignent surtout à quel point nos pensées sont chaotiques et surtout à ces âges, où on se questionne sur plein de trucs mais 90% de notre esprit est innondé par nos émotions donc en fait on réfléchit mal, mais bon on comprend quand meme certains trucs importants Et la dernière scène où t'expliques que t'as plus trop envie de vlogger mais que c'est qd meme sympa de pouvoir les reregarder après, c'est une réflexion anodine mais le "duality of life, again !? can I win ?" il est vraiment trop trop puissant, c'est hyper relatable et c'est hyper bien amené et jsp j'ai l'impression que ça résume tout le vlog mais jsuis ptet juste fou, et j'étais vraiment sur le cul à la fin de cette scène, et le fait que ça se finisse là dessus c'est vraiment fort Je pense que tu trouveras toujours du bonheur quand t'en auras besoin, enfin après avoir vu la vidéo j'ai l'impression que tu te sortiras toujours de tes phases négatives en fait En tout cas énorme banger merci pour ça, c'est vraiment du 10/10, bien joué
...I understood how she felt so bad. As a 16 year old, art as a hobby. Scared of the passing time, scared of changes. I'm currently 12th grade and i have less than months and ill be freshmen in college next year. I still don't know who i am, who i wanna be other than being an artist. The feeling of leaving highschool, my friends...it hurts, its scary as hell. The moment i listen to your cries and words i understood it so much. I have attachment issues and this is just....arghhhhh. Specially the daddy issues, iv'e never watched a video i deeply relate to and this means so much.
I feel the same way, I don’t feel ready to leave high school yet, and this is my last year… It’s only just started but I’m so worried, thinking about leaving makes me so sad, I’ll miss it so much :C
omg omg omg i was not expecting finding this masterpiece at midnight but girl that was amazing thank you so much for sharing this eventhough it's part of a very intimate side of your life but I can relate so much to what you went through in life and that comforts me so much. you depicted so much the fear of growing up and the naivety of being a child but in a good way. and I know you might know it but I want to talk to your 14 yo self: girl you made it !!! bc this video is the biggest creative step you could have take and I hope so much that you are doing by now. thank you again
To know someone thinks the same thoughts as you really makes you feels at ease as if your not the only one going through it , thanks for sharing this video
just a thought but when you are torn between places, home is with your family or the people you love and you can get attached to a place because of the memories you made there by yourself and with those people
Ces vidéos sont incroyables. J'adore notamment les moments où ta famille te dit que ce que tu filmes n'est pas intéressant car personne ne peut se rendre compte, au moment où tu filmes, à quel point ces instants de vidéos sont précieux. Non seulement ils te permettent à toi de revivre des temps que tu ne vivra plus mais ils nous permettent à nous également, qui regardons la vidéo, de voir un autre chemin de vie, de se rappeler des moments chez nos grands-parents ou encore un voyage vécu avec nos familles. Je trouve ça d'autant plus beau car ces instants sont vu à travers les yeux d'un enfant qui a maintenant grandit. Personnellement, je suis immensément reconnaissante à mes parents de m'avoir offert une DSi quand j'étais petite car revoir aujourd'hui le monde tel que je l'ai vu étant enfant est une expérience incroyable que je souhaite à n'importe qui.
It feels weird and makes me feel less alone and more human seeing a video of a strange online and relating so much about things that happened in your life that i'm going through now. Thank you so much cause this really made me feel like futures gonna be okay. Hope life feels easier and that you're happier than yesterday.
This video deeply moved me, and I'm so grateful that RUclips recommended it at a time when I'm struggling. I'm 16, feeling lost, and questioning everything about my life. I saw so much of myself in your story. I'm scared that life will just slip away without me being able to do anything about it, but your video felt like a sign. It gave me hope and reminded me that everything I'm going through is just a phase. I trust in the future and in God's plan, and I won't give up. Thank you for helping me realize that these challenges are just a part of life.
i love this~ im still going through my teenage years, im 14 this helps me to remember to enjoy the ride even though depression and anxiety is something that eats up my brain sometimes thank you for this video !! ❤❤
Je suis tombé sur cette vidéo avec l'algo et wow les prises de paroles pendant l'adolescence sont vrm tres proche des miennes à cet age. Ca fait du bien de voir que l'evolution pendant l'adolescence est précieuse et plus ou moins similaire les uns les autres. Je te souhaite que du bonheur, j'ai beaucoup aimé cette vidéo elle m'a rassuré aussi d'une certaine manière . bisous xx
I love how you showed your perspective on how you see other things and how it changed over time I love this vlog it really does show how people mature and grow up and start learning who they wanna be and why they wanna be it growing up is hard but the way you showed it kind of makes me really happy and you’re an amazing singer! Thank you for the amazing vlog.
this video is so beautiful and comforting at the same time ❤these little snapshots into your life are so cool and this video definitely deserves even more hypeee
i keep getting goosebumps whenever u guys singggg and watching all this made me emotional cause i realised u cant be a teen forever (i know, so shocking) and it makes me sad but grateful. thanks for this documentary, its really enjoyable to watch :)
I LOVE this. It healed a part of me I didn't even truly remember after adulthood, being so scared about having a true "passion", or "achieving" happiness. It's such an integral process of being a teenager that I never even talked about with anyone at that moment, and it is so nice to see the way you (we) have grown into trying to be present and just living one day at a time alongside those we care for. Thanks for being so open to vulnerability by sharing this video with the world! I feel like it will also be helpful for current teenagers to feel less alone. With love, another Lili
This is probably the best piece of media i've watched this year, it's raw and cut throat but incredibly earnest and emotional. We're years apart but alike in many ways, it's touching to see a person grow up but still have the qualities of their childhood. I live a different life to the mini, growing and still growing you-I'm Australian and can barely call myself a teenager yet I turn 14 in a matter of months, dare I say days as this year and the past have gone too fast. Seeing small glimpses of you throughout the years as you grow is such a yearning feeling, yet so cathartic. Seeing you happy, sad, emotional, living life, taking on challenges, growing. I would never have enough confidence to record myself, but I admire how you, especially when younger, just hit record on seemingly mundane action, and the people around you almost not getting the point. Small clips of your raw emotion hit me a lot. I have no idea what i'm going to do in life. My passion is also in the arts but where i am now is a standing point between too many paths to handle that i can't even see all directions i could go. Whilst i still have barely 2 years left of education before i need to even make a decision, it's hard not to stress over it. I still feel like i'm 10, running around in primary school looking like the mess i was but i was happy. But now i feel like i shouldn't be in the timeline i am now. I crave to relive my younger years, but i also want to speed through to when i'm older, when i should know what i'm doing and where i'm going. It's silly, but seeing you also refer to your troubles as such too makes me believe it isn't. I think worrying about those things is good, but sitting in those worries for too long causes you to never really be comfortable with your position and you never get a move from where you stand. I hope people continue to see this video in their algorithm as i have, years and years onwards. And it would be interesting if i ever am recommended this again down the line, perhaps when i'm 16, or even 20. This was beautiful honestly
good job lili i’m so proud of seeing you getting closer to your goals and dreams, i wish i could have watched this video earlier in my life to realize that it does get better at some point and that life is worth living also i’m convinced that this vlog is gonna change a lot for you and every person that watches it
I am so glad I stumbled across this beautifully put-together and heartfelt video, thank you Lili ❤ life is a crazy journey, and I feel like this video really reminded me to just live in the moment while also keeping your dreams and goals right in front of you, and while we wait for life to happen, I feel it’s so important to venture into the unknown and take a chance at following any passion, no matter how big or small. Learn from your childhood and cherish every moment at every stage of life. I believe in you, to whoever reads this. You are truly capable of greatness 🩷
god the struggle of getting into the arts and wanting to take it seriously, but society deems it as otherwise. when i was between the ages of like 3-9 i fell in love with movement and dance as a form of expression. i took classes and just felt music so deeply as a child. but my dad wanted me to do sports, so soon after this period of time he made me start volleyball lessons. that took up at least 5 years of my life that i wanted so desperately to do something else with. i was also taking basketball lessons, training with him, going on bike rides, etc. i made some good bonding memories.. but i slowly became burnt out and it kind of affected my relationship with my dad. it made me feel miserable bc i wanted to do something so different but i didn’t want to upset my dad. you never realize how critical those years are until you look back. it always felt like i was supposed to be doing something more fulfilling. i sometimes regret it bc i could have been working towards my passion and.. be happier. i started to lose direction of who i really wanted to be and i started to feel shame for wanting to get into the arts. it wasn’t until the last couple months of highschool where i said “forget what other people say, I’m doing what i want”. who knows. who really knows what would’ve happened if i did get those years back. i made it over those obstacles and am now in college, working to become a professional dancer. i really wouldn’t want to change the path i’m on right now. i just hope i’m not too late.
this is the absolute cutest. and i totally agree, live in the moment! but the memories are so wonderful to look back on. i'm currently 14 years old and you've completely motivated me to buy my own camera and vlog moments that i can, so i could have at least something of my childhood. thank you lili 💕
je vais pleurer, j’ai passé qq temps au Japon quand j’avais 16/17 ans et ça m’a rappelé cette époque. J’ai adoré ton vlog, merci pour ton partage de vie 🫶🏻❤️
This is honeslty the most realistically refreshing masterpiece i ever watched, i love everything about this personal documentary of ur life its so wonderful and resonating in a nostalgic way. Its work like this that i call art and im fervently inlove with, the way get to see so many aspects of your life and as time goes by we see them developing asw, its magical and exactly the type of narratives or genres i search for in stories and books..not fast paced but recollections of every aspect of the narraters life- its a profound piece of art. Ps: ur filming is so good and artisitc, truly impressive at such a young age, i can tell you will have a bright future and truly there is much more brightness in things we do not see/percieve only after they pass. However honestly this short clips of your most memorable years felt like a life deep down i yearn to have but realistically could not, so simple yet so delightful- i think to my self if only i could be this carefree. Although enough with the comparisons im so very grateful to watch this it feels like a comfort memory i can keep even though its not mine nor do i share it with anyone, your relationship with your sister is so heart-warming and ig that is where i was not able to resonate to much but just truly appreciate the art of it. I love the dynamics in your family and specially ur nona and grampa wish themm all well. ❤ Those are the only valuable things we truly wish to capture and keep with us our whole life, u did an amazing job full of dedication and i hope oneday it pays off; you shall see (; Oh i forgo to mention i thunk you will do very well in journalism or film certainly even photography.
this makes me wish i had done something like this when i was growing up. kept journals through the years, or vlogged random moments. this was beautiful and at times so relatable. thank you for sharing this, it made me think a lot :)
Je vais avoir 14 ans dans quelques mois, et je me projette tellement dans tout ce que tu dis, surtout à 15:08 - 15:51 j'ai tellement peur du futur aussi. Mais enfin je reste positive quand même 🫡 (j'essaye) Cette vidéo est super inspirante, je pense que je vais aussi me mettre à vlogger des instants de ma vie et après je regrouperais tout et je ferais comme toi
every single part of this video hit so close to home for me, not knowing which home i belong in and going through ups and downs of life trying to figure out what i want in life and how i'm feeling and what love is. i'm so glad i got to see someone else's perspective through many years and feel that i can relate to it. i wish you all the best in your life girl
I’m a 16 year old living in the US and though, after watching this, I can tell we come from very different walks of life, there is also so much familiarity within this video. So many moments and feelings I relate to. It’s interesting how being a teenage girl is a universal and shared experience yet we feel so alone all the time.
as someone who doesn't feel like they're 21 this video comforted me in a way and im just glad we're all growing the same way and feel the same most of the time
Watching this makes me feel so many different emotions. I cant even explain it…. The nostalgia is crazy even though I wasn’t there. Watching this is making me wish I did the same, I’m glad you did though… thank you for taking the time to make this video, I feel like I really needed it
this is video so important i think. you're so beautiful and you always have been oh man this is so raw and i can't do anything but appreciate the fact that you posted this
this is such a cool video!!! I really like that there is no music overlayed, it is just quiet moments in real time or a funny thing that happened or something kind of serious. It's cool to get to see how someone grew up and then move on with life in the span of just 30 minutes. thank you for making this video, it deserves all the love.
Thank you so much for sharing this! it’s truly beautiful. As some one who is still a teenager and can see that you had many of the same anxieties as me and issues and they ended up being okay is so important. This is truly a gem and I am so glad you shared it. ❤
This felt like watching a nostalgic 90s coming of age film. I’m not even halfway through and I’m already immersed into the experience. As a teenager, it makes me realize I should enjoy these years whilst I have them, and to not linger in worry or self hatred. I wanna appreciate the little things around me, be it nature or other people that I tend to not notice. Now I wanna notice. 😅 Mark my words this video will reach the right audience and blow up, and become apart of history as life for a teenager. I think being a teenager transfers through time too, that almost every teenager from every decade was like this. ❤❤
This is absolutely beautiful. As a teenager, I just seem to feel empty with repeating cycles, but seeing this is just wonderful and slice of life feeling
This meant so much to me, I identify with her so much, and it’s made me feel relieved as I know now I’m not the only one, I’m so happy I watched this it’s amazing 💕
Merci. Sérieusement, ta vidéo à changé ma vision sur la vie. J'ai 17 ans et comme toi tu les as eu, il y a pleins de pensées qui me viennent des fois à l'esprit simplement sur la vie en général sur le but, le bonheur, le foyer, etc.. et te voir traverser ces épreuves entrecoupées par des scènes de vie quotidiennes sur 8 ans m'ont fait remettre ma vie en perspective. Ta vidéo résonne d'autant plus avec moi car je veux voyager et très probablement m'installer au japon (j'habite en Belgique) donc te voir voyager entre la france et le japon m'a vraiment fait quelque chose de spécial car mon but ultime s'y trouve. J'ai remarqué que tu as mentionné Dieu et que tu portes une croix dans ta vidéo donc je ne peux pas être sûr mais je pense que tu es chrétienne, en tout cas, moi je le suis et je peux te dire que dieu t'aime et qu'il mettra toujours de bonne choses sur ta voie tant que celle-ci est vertueuse, je prierai pour toi et pour que tout tes doutes (s'il en reste) ainsi que ta souffrance se dissipe. Je fais ce commentaire à chaud juste après avoir fini cette vidéo donc je pense qu'après y avoir réfléchi j'aurai encore pleins de choses à dire mais je voulais vraiment te remercier. Merci pour avoir partagé tes joies et tes peines. Merci pour avoir partagé tes doutes et ta résilience. Merci pour avoir vécu.
i love to see how close your family is :') this video is just so beautiful, and i'm now going to do this. i'm 14, so i won't have done it as long as you, but i really am inspired by this- the simplicity in these moments, the sad moments and the happy, the tears and the laughing, watching as you grow. it is so beautiful
Seeing how lost you where when you where really young, you saying you feel ugly and also “caged” to then seeing you grow into a woman who has so much to live for was really heartwarming. It feels like your whole life when you just become a teenager, and that it never gets better, but seeing that it does documented like this is really beautiful. You seem to be so full of life and way more confident now♥️
omg, i really liked this video!! The atmosphere, and your thoughts!!! I am 18 now, and i do feel the same as you did (loneliness, fear of future, sense of our life. This is an incredible video
im half french and this is so nostalgic kinda, cuz every time i go in french its like this and i have a lot of fun, much more than in my country. I love the French part of my family and seeing this makes me so happy.
Wow this was really amazing, i feel that this video is pure raw emotions and i love it! I can see the progression of life as it goes on and this inspired me to try to make video logs so that when im older and look back i can see myself grow. Lots of love from Australia 💖😘
As a 16 yr old girl, i loved this smmm!! I'm literally considering documenting my own teenage yrs ahah. But one thing I wanted to say is that Jesus changed me life and saved me from that negative mindset. He is literally my all and what I live for. He gave me purpose and a love that fulfils me like no other and I only pray that He will move in your life also. I can see He has blessed you sm with amazing people. Keep going and I'm so proud of your development. I'll keep you in my prayer lovely, May the Lord guide you in your paths.
John 14:8 - If God is all you have, you have all you need. Psalm 46:1 - God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Romans 8:18 - The Pain You've Been Feeling Can't Compare To The Joy That's Coming. Exodus 14:14 - The Lord Will Fight For You , You Just Need To Be Still. Jesus loves you all✝️💟 May God guide you throughout your whole entire life and lead you to the right path of life‼️😊
An 8 year video of a teenager’s years? I’m blessed to have watched this as teen myself. This was beautiful to see.
Same^^
this made me want to start documenting my life
same
Same
Y'all should do it! I bought a camcorder just for this kind of thing lol
@@smiling_xoxo what camcorder did u get?? i’ve been trying to find one lol
@@smiling_xoxowats the model?
"why wouldn't our parents want us to act like them?" this summarizes so much of what early teens feels like lol
The seamless change in language is absolutely amazing its just so fascinating
the singing is actually so good like wtf
Frr! I wish my singing could be as good as that! 😭❤️
@@Creamiexpudme too!
this is genuinely one of the best videos i've ever watched on youtube. i'd give so many props to your editing. i'm assuming there's a lot of stuff you couldn't include, but the choice of clips that you do include and the way that you incorporate them are amazing. the video is amazingly paced and the way you built the way your story is told is amazing.
the way you started this video off was honestly one of the best things i've watched ngl. the way you introduce us to your life in japan, getting to know your family dynamic, then suddenly having to leave, to go back home to france, and being confronted with the fact that you really didn't know what was "home" to you, hit hard. then, the introduction of your problem with your "meaning to life" and seeing that slowly change and develop as you grew, just great storytelling. you developed the message really well. i think your choice of b-roll was also excellent and felt so serene.
some moments i love are 3:56, 8:54, 16:32 (the way the three shots are framed and come after eachother along with the sound, or rather lack of sound really makes this section for me) 18:20, 21:55, 29:20, and 30:15. if you still are looking for something, i think you have something with editing. editing for movies or shows feels right up your alley. or even directing a movie tbh, this video's storytelling was amazing.
edit: omg, i didn't know you were the girl from those takashii videos way back!! that's so insane, it's cool to see you make this video now about your life.
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Agreed, this was so cool
(And I also just noticed she's from Takashi's videohah)
oh my gosh, as a half-japanese half-french 15 year old teen living in the U.S., I just want to say this video is one of the most precious things I’ve ever seen. I guess it’s because it was just so relatable to me because my dad is french and my mom is japanese, and i travel a lot to those places. Since i was little i moved a lot, and my parents got divorced thereafter, and being multicultural and living in different houses all my life has always left me with the question of “what is my home/where is my home?” . The teenage crisis of feeling “ugly” and “useless” is so real too. and it’s crazy because i have always loved art and i always used to vlog my life and currently want to pursue either acting, directing, or music. but most of all, it’s the little things of your video like the car rides where you’re singing, the sleeping on the futons, and the simple sitting around the living room with your family that spoke to me. jai vraiment adoré la “rawness” (i don’t know how to say that in french lol) de ta video et je me sens très reconnaissante de l’avoir vue. merci❤❤
Je sui franco nippone aussi !!!!
Ohh moi aussi, je suis moitié française et asiatique mais j'ai grandi aux USA, et j'ai déménagé en France à 12 ans. J'ai 17 ans aujourd'hui 😁
omg this comment
@@bliss3897 dont make me cryyyyy🥹
GIRL!!! You had so much emotional intelligence and maturity for a 12,13,14 year old. I'm amazed and kinda jealous because I know I wasn't like that as a kid 😭Also, the cinematography for a 12 year old is so good!!! I'm so impressed hahaha
Everything she said from 15:08- 15:51 felt so freaking relatable 😢
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I am 14 years old, and I think this is an experience that every teenager goes through at some point, it is difficult, but it is part of maturing, because we are realizing that adult life will not be easy and I think that these kinds of thoughts make us strong, and they will serve as motivation for us when we are adults.
17:48 “I just feel like I’m the ugliest person” MY JAW DROPPED I was adoring how beautiful u are the whole video. Plus it’s so beautiful to see how ur day to day life was and what u were feeling through the tough times and how u developed as a person. As a teen that has nothing but to just stare at a screen all day, this video up lifted my spirit and my future. A video I’ll never forget ❤❤
That's the thing, every single person has such complex lives that we don't know about and the world treats everyone the same regardless. Most times we see people as just passerbys and we don't know their complexities and we only know about hers because she's shown us and we think she's beautiful for it but we don't see the beauty in others so easily and we don't often treat them as such or at least the world doesn't so they feel not so beautiful.
I highly feel like this captures girlhood, and growing up, so well. Especially the emotional times. I relate to that so much, thank you for showing that!
i am 20 right now, never been to france, or japan, or bali, or anywhere you have been-i don't speak french, or japanese. i don't have as many memories to look back to, especially family trips or camping, since it never happened. i hail from the west of india, and our lives cannot be any more different. but in a sense, this video was so familiar. it is like there is a universal teen-girlhood every girl goes through that shapes her as a woman. all the emotions and turmoils you were going through, i also felt seen; even the year of the set of feelings, a sense of not belonging anywhere and slowly the fog of uncertainity clearing-or rather, the eyes of our soul getting used to the uncertainity, it is all so familiar. it is all so.....me. i loved this video, it was like nostalgic spring i have yearned for, a cold winter that i have lived, a sunny summer i want to experience!
I loved this, as a 17 yr old teenage girl who’s going into her senior year of high school with so much fear, watching those clips of the fear and confusion and just all the emotions for the future felt so real to me. I resonated so much with how you felt about not necessarily feeling like you have a purpose but when you returned back to that in later years and said although you don’t quite know, you have people and reasons and that gives me so much hope for my future. Even though I am so scared, I feel more assured that everything will play out, maybe not all good but there will BE good and that’s what’ll matter at the end of the day.
Thank you sm, to all the rest of our years truly 🌟
Me and you are in the same boat, I hope everything goes well for us a year from now and for ever on 🙏
@@deftoneslover thank uu!! Goodluck to us both 🙌🏼
Same here!! Cheers to us all and best o luck~~
My brain is going crazy watching this...Half-Japanese, spoke English/Jpnse growing up, learned and lived in France and here we are...Incroyable !!
Is that the best video I watched during this year ?? I assume that it is. Plus sérieusement ta vidéo est so emotional on se sent vraiment emporté dans ton passé, ton histoire, ta vie et les émotions par lesquels tu es passée. J'espère que tu te portes actuellement bien et que tu réussiras à vivre la vie que tu souhaites vivre et que tu trouveras la bonne personne dont tu parlais. Que Dieu te bénisse amen 💞❤️
c'était beau
“These vlogs aren’t going on the internet” 😭 11:16
Watching this at 21 thinking of my own teenage years feels so calming and nostalgic
also healing, for me
the parallel between 9:15 - 9:27 and 32:20 - 32:24 was so beautiful
we come from completely different backgrounds but i connected so deeply to the teenage version of you i just saw. i'm a 16 year old living in australia who also got a dog when i was 14 and love making moments into keepsakes through photographing and videoing almost everything. i take interest in the "boring" things. i want to be an actor at this stage in my life, or just something in the arts. moreover though i understood so wholeheartedly about your worries; not finding a soulmate and having things just not work out, not being fulfilled in whatever you end up doing and feeling like you're just rotting away in school while the clock ticks away. those thoughts are so scary and i always feel so alone thinking that stuff because others around me just don't seem to care that much and can take things as they come. i was shy to comment this because you're older now and omg you're so cool dude, travelling still and partying and meeting new friends and doing stuff at university. not sure what the point of this was i just wanted to say that to the person you used to be and the one you've become. this video was really beautiful, thank you.
I related to her video and I relate with your comment so much more 😭 I am 16 too and I think like EXACTLY the same way as you. Even when you mentioned how cool she looked as a grow up. Hopefully we will turn as cool as her later
everything you just said i relate to 😭
I relate to her sm I’m 16 too and I don’t know what to study as a major in university 😢
This is so real !! While her vidoes was a lovely progression of what coming of age looks like, but I relate tremendously to this comment since life hasn't rly given me much opportunities as a teen in 16th Yr not far away from 17. I have hopes and aspirations but I feel like I'm constantly roped by school and academics and fears of failing js trying to maintain a decent living as a transition for my family..I'm grateful for how far I've gotten but I wish to explore more in my identity and hopefully find my niche (sounds cliché) but all my life i felt so restrictively handicapped by school-life and poverty that I never got the time to see myself for who I am but a product of how well I learnt to adapt to my circumstance. Wish anyone in similar situations like me all well nevertheless, we still got to be optimistic. ❤
15:22 “slow down” by laufey. perfectly describes how ur feeling. “I’ll help my own children, they’re tired of being young. They’ll ask me bout their futures, I’ll tell my little ones, baby slow down.”
A masterpiece - representing RUclips’s classic slogan of ‘Broadcast Yourself’
Thanks for sharing! And keep goin with documenting your journey & building your brand💯
17:53 bro when i first started the video i thought you were so beautiful😭
This video is probably the best I've ever watched on this platform, you need more recognition
Omggg i could relate every phase you went through. A specially us, “Artsy girls” have so much more worries in that stage of life, because we’re so much more critical about our work and we feel like there are people who are better than us. Being a teen is having to know so much new things about ourself,the reality of the world and having to battle throught this with school life. I just finished high school and still don’t really know what I am doing or what I want to do, but at least I feel like every decision I will make is going to be what I wanted to do in that time and at that stage of my life. Not a decision made by my parents or someone else. I wish us to live a long life and happy life by the grace of God. Thank you for reminding how life used to be and how I should live my life at the fullest with the people I cherish
the most ❤️❤️❤️
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Incredible, you truly have a talent for making ordinary things extraordinary. I really felt immersed in your daily life. It's amazing that your 14-year-old self could convey so much emotion. Keep going !!!!!!
this was inspiring. i’m 16, going into my junior year of high school. lately, the thoughts of uncertainty over the future have been so difficult to tune out. the feeling that i need to know everything about the world right now, that my entire life should be planned to perfection, when in reality i still feel like a kid, lost and naive and confused about many things. some days it feels like i’m being pulled in countless directions, trying to be everything i’m supposed to be. but seeing that things worked out for you gives me hope that i can get past this. with each passing day, I’ll be a bit less lost than i was before.
I’m 18 and I’d say just do what you enjoy most without any worry. Seriously just live freely, and don’t ever feel that you deserve the worst, always search for the best ( in friendships,treatment from others, and teachers) Also just know that everyone is together with you in life, don’t separate yourself from others. 16 is a very sensitive time but you’ll get through it!
this felt like i watching my own teenage years, especially your little video diaries. your worries about marriage, finding that special someone, career paths were some of the things i always thought of as a teen (and even now, as a 19 year old i still think a lot about marriage, love etc). at fifteen, i thought my life would end before i turned 18 because there's was no point in it, i felt like my mental health would never get better. but now, i look back on those days and hug little silly me for thinking that way. there's so much beauty in the world that i couldn't see.
to any teen that's struggling right now and feel like there's no end to their suffering: i know how it feels. even if you read 100 positive messages of adults who overcame their teenage hardships you feel like yours will never end. you might feel like life will only get worse day by day, year by year. it's all lies! your mind is lying to you. life might be hard now, but with adulting you'll find that there are many good days for you to live. it's not like all your problems will be solved, or that your life will only have its ups. you will struggle even as an adult but you will enjoy life a lot more!! hold on everyone! i believe in you!
all these moments are so priceless yet they are all "meaningless" small fragments of your life and it's actually the most beautiful and heartfelt vid ive seen in a while seriously. The clips of you at different ages crying while telling the camera about your problems is so relatable and raw and it feels good being a teenager and relating to these, everyone feels alone when we feel like we'll have a shitty life or feel ugly, it feels really good to watch someone go through that too and then seeing that in the end, we'll be okay. Thank you for being so real and vulnerable by posting this.
As a teen, this makes me question and feel so scared of whats to come, but at the same time, enjoy all the moments I have because memories are so important
I watched this whole video and it felt so real, genuine, relatable and beautiful. I’m scared to become an adult, but this helped me to know that I’m not the only one feeling this way
your life was so cinematic i love it
I’ve never identified to a video so much. Being a half French half Japanese artistic girl who has just started adulthood, I can’t express the emotions I’m feeling watching this : It feels like staring at a blurry, bizarre mirror. I mean, I also grew up with separated parents and I really understand the struggles that come with all that. Seeing your personal growth in 30 minutes made me reflect on how far I, all of us really, have come. It really healed my inner child. C’était vraiment un beau moment de regarder cette vidéo, merci du fond de mon cœur. J’ai hâte de voir ce que tu va faire :)
I related sm with you on the part when you said “I feel like I’m not doing anything with my life” I’m 16 and I feel like I’m wasting my teenage years so much and I’m constantly thinking about what I’m not doing and what others are doing and I hope that can change also your singing is so pretty
I just finished the whole video it’s by far the best RUclips video I’ve watched this year even more stuff you said was so relatable I hope you have the best next years if your life
Une bénédiction de l'algorithme cette vidéo
J'étais tombé ya qq mois sur une interview de toi sur jsplus quelle plateforme de shorts où t'explique que tu parles plusieurs langues pcq t'as vécu au japon etc... et je me souviens que les commentaires parlaient bcp de toi et disaient que t'avais un profil unique, interpelant et inspirant
Et en regardant cette vidéo c'est le meme feeling que j'ai mais en 2000x plus puissant, parce que tu t'exprimes plus ici que quand t'expliques que tu parles 3 langues donc on ressent plus ton énergie et tout
Mais la plus grosse folie c'est la vibe de la vidéo, qui est présente vraiment à chaque scène. Meme si les scènes sont toutes différentes et ont leur but ou message propre, tout le vlog garde cette ambiance particulière et je trouve ça vraiment fou que t'aies réussi à garder cette consistance à travers toutes ces années genre on dirait que dès tes 14 ou 13 ans je sais plus, tu savais déjà exactement à quoi ressemblerait le vlog, et tu savais déjà quelle esthétique tu voulais véhiculer, comment t'allais tout "synergiser" alors que bon je pense que t'as commencé le montage et tout que récemment, donc vraiment impressionnant
Et aussi le sens artistique que t'as es juste fou, toutes les scènes vont vraiment bien ensembles et le tout est très fluide, c'est bien rythmé et équilibré, vraiment chapeau, chaque scène est à sa place et bien amenée par ce qui précède et introduit bien la suite
+ la musique à 34:10 je valide
Et aussi les moments où tu parles facecam sont vraiment bien choisis et pertinents, ils sont (je pense) vraiment représentatifs de cqui se passe dans la tête d'une ado de notre monde, et meme si ces plans commencent quand t'es assez jeune, ils restent intéressants et je pense sont partagés par plein de gens, mais je pense qu'ils soulignent surtout à quel point nos pensées sont chaotiques et surtout à ces âges, où on se questionne sur plein de trucs mais 90% de notre esprit est innondé par nos émotions donc en fait on réfléchit mal, mais bon on comprend quand meme certains trucs importants
Et la dernière scène où t'expliques que t'as plus trop envie de vlogger mais que c'est qd meme sympa de pouvoir les reregarder après, c'est une réflexion anodine mais le "duality of life, again !? can I win ?" il est vraiment trop trop puissant, c'est hyper relatable et c'est hyper bien amené et jsp j'ai l'impression que ça résume tout le vlog mais jsuis ptet juste fou, et j'étais vraiment sur le cul à la fin de cette scène, et le fait que ça se finisse là dessus c'est vraiment fort
Je pense que tu trouveras toujours du bonheur quand t'en auras besoin, enfin après avoir vu la vidéo j'ai l'impression que tu te sortiras toujours de tes phases négatives en fait
En tout cas énorme banger merci pour ça, c'est vraiment du 10/10, bien joué
...I understood how she felt so bad. As a 16 year old, art as a hobby. Scared of the passing time, scared of changes. I'm currently 12th grade and i have less than months and ill be freshmen in college next year. I still don't know who i am, who i wanna be other than being an artist. The feeling of leaving highschool, my friends...it hurts, its scary as hell. The moment i listen to your cries and words i understood it so much. I have attachment issues and this is just....arghhhhh. Specially the daddy issues, iv'e never watched a video i deeply relate to and this means so much.
I feel the same way, I don’t feel ready to leave high school yet, and this is my last year… It’s only just started but I’m so worried, thinking about leaving makes me so sad, I’ll miss it so much :C
@@Noodles-_ right?? if only we were given more time...if only :,>
i'm 24 and still feel that way but learned to enjoy life along those thoughts :)
omg omg omg i was not expecting finding this masterpiece at midnight but girl that was amazing thank you so much for sharing this eventhough it's part of a very intimate side of your life but I can relate so much to what you went through in life and that comforts me so much. you depicted so much the fear of growing up and the naivety of being a child but in a good way. and I know you might know it but I want to talk to your 14 yo self: girl you made it !!! bc this video is the biggest creative step you could have take and I hope so much that you are doing by now. thank you again
best video de l'année. c'est touchant de pouvoir voir ton evolution et tes pensées au fil du temps. courage lili, tu es incroyable
j’ai trop aimé ! vive le vlog 🙂↔️
To know someone thinks the same thoughts as you really makes you feels at ease as if your not the only one going through it , thanks for sharing this video
just a thought but when you are torn between places, home is with your family or the people you love and you can get attached to a place because of the memories you made there by yourself and with those people
time is the aesthetic, i love this so much, thank you for putting this on YT.
Ces vidéos sont incroyables. J'adore notamment les moments où ta famille te dit que ce que tu filmes n'est pas intéressant car personne ne peut se rendre compte, au moment où tu filmes, à quel point ces instants de vidéos sont précieux. Non seulement ils te permettent à toi de revivre des temps que tu ne vivra plus mais ils nous permettent à nous également, qui regardons la vidéo, de voir un autre chemin de vie, de se rappeler des moments chez nos grands-parents ou encore un voyage vécu avec nos familles. Je trouve ça d'autant plus beau car ces instants sont vu à travers les yeux d'un enfant qui a maintenant grandit. Personnellement, je suis immensément reconnaissante à mes parents de m'avoir offert une DSi quand j'étais petite car revoir aujourd'hui le monde tel que je l'ai vu étant enfant est une expérience incroyable que je souhaite à n'importe qui.
C’est clairement la vidéo la plus émouvante que j’ai vu de l’année, ton évolution est tellement belle.
It feels weird and makes me feel less alone and more human seeing a video of a strange online and relating so much about things that happened in your life that i'm going through now. Thank you so much cause this really made me feel like futures gonna be okay. Hope life feels easier and that you're happier than yesterday.
probably one of the videos with the most effort put into it on all of youtube :0 incredible
This video deeply moved me, and I'm so grateful that RUclips recommended it at a time when I'm struggling. I'm 16, feeling lost, and questioning everything about my life. I saw so much of myself in your story. I'm scared that life will just slip away without me being able to do anything about it, but your video felt like a sign. It gave me hope and reminded me that everything I'm going through is just a phase. I trust in the future and in God's plan, and I won't give up. Thank you for helping me realize that these challenges are just a part of life.
i love this~
im still going through my teenage years, im 14
this helps me to remember to enjoy the ride even though depression and anxiety is something that eats up my brain sometimes
thank you for this video !! ❤❤
c’est vraiment incroyable de voir l’évolution, le fait que tu parle français vite et anglais
wow
this is so beautiful. it’s a miracle to be so loved.
INCROYABLE DE FILMER PENDANT 8 ANS 🫨
Je suis tombé sur cette vidéo avec l'algo et wow les prises de paroles pendant l'adolescence sont vrm tres proche des miennes à cet age. Ca fait du bien de voir que l'evolution pendant l'adolescence est précieuse et plus ou moins similaire les uns les autres. Je te souhaite que du bonheur, j'ai beaucoup aimé cette vidéo elle m'a rassuré aussi d'une certaine manière .
bisous xx
sympa la photo de profil !!
Oui voilà c'est exactement ça !
@@leh.9560 based
The vlog is crazy cool and you are an incredible person from what I have seen!
The raw emotion in this is something that everyone can connect to, you've made people feel less alone
I love how you showed your perspective on how you see other things and how it changed over time I love this vlog it really does show how people mature and grow up and start learning who they wanna be and why they wanna be it growing up is hard but the way you showed it kind of makes me really happy and you’re an amazing singer! Thank you for the amazing vlog.
this video is so beautiful and comforting at the same time ❤these little snapshots into your life are so cool and this video definitely deserves even more hypeee
watching the change and growth you went through gives me a better outlook on the future and not worry as much :3
i keep getting goosebumps whenever u guys singggg and watching all this made me emotional cause i realised u cant be a teen forever (i know, so shocking) and it makes me sad but grateful. thanks for this documentary, its really enjoyable to watch :)
I LOVE this. It healed a part of me I didn't even truly remember after adulthood, being so scared about having a true "passion", or "achieving" happiness. It's such an integral process of being a teenager that I never even talked about with anyone at that moment, and it is so nice to see the way you (we) have grown into trying to be present and just living one day at a time alongside those we care for. Thanks for being so open to vulnerability by sharing this video with the world! I feel like it will also be helpful for current teenagers to feel less alone. With love, another Lili
Omg! I’m a French-speaking teenager just like you. The way you acted during those years are so raw and realistic. It seems like you had fun too ^^
This is probably the best piece of media i've watched this year, it's raw and cut throat but incredibly earnest and emotional. We're years apart but alike in many ways, it's touching to see a person grow up but still have the qualities of their childhood. I live a different life to the mini, growing and still growing you-I'm Australian and can barely call myself a teenager yet I turn 14 in a matter of months, dare I say days as this year and the past have gone too fast. Seeing small glimpses of you throughout the years as you grow is such a yearning feeling, yet so cathartic. Seeing you happy, sad, emotional, living life, taking on challenges, growing. I would never have enough confidence to record myself, but I admire how you, especially when younger, just hit record on seemingly mundane action, and the people around you almost not getting the point. Small clips of your raw emotion hit me a lot. I have no idea what i'm going to do in life. My passion is also in the arts but where i am now is a standing point between too many paths to handle that i can't even see all directions i could go. Whilst i still have barely 2 years left of education before i need to even make a decision, it's hard not to stress over it. I still feel like i'm 10, running around in primary school looking like the mess i was but i was happy. But now i feel like i shouldn't be in the timeline i am now. I crave to relive my younger years, but i also want to speed through to when i'm older, when i should know what i'm doing and where i'm going. It's silly, but seeing you also refer to your troubles as such too makes me believe it isn't. I think worrying about those things is good, but sitting in those worries for too long causes you to never really be comfortable with your position and you never get a move from where you stand.
I hope people continue to see this video in their algorithm as i have, years and years onwards. And it would be interesting if i ever am recommended this again down the line, perhaps when i'm 16, or even 20.
This was beautiful honestly
good job lili i’m so proud of seeing you getting closer to your goals and dreams,
i wish i could have watched this video earlier in my life to realize that it does get better at some point and that life is worth living
also i’m convinced that this vlog is gonna change a lot for you and every person that watches it
Thank you YT for recommending such masterpiece
I am so glad I stumbled across this beautifully put-together and heartfelt video, thank you Lili ❤ life is a crazy journey, and I feel like this video really reminded me to just live in the moment while also keeping your dreams and goals right in front of you, and while we wait for life to happen, I feel it’s so important to venture into the unknown and take a chance at following any passion, no matter how big or small. Learn from your childhood and cherish every moment at every stage of life. I believe in you, to whoever reads this. You are truly capable of greatness 🩷
I'm doing and i also started filming my life since 12 i'm now just 13 and still filming, this makes wanna keep doing it!
This is what I call an actual RUclips video💗I hope you doing amazing right now💗
god the struggle of getting into the arts and wanting to take it seriously, but society deems it as otherwise. when i was between the ages of like 3-9 i fell in love with movement and dance as a form of expression. i took classes and just felt music so deeply as a child. but my dad wanted me to do sports, so soon after this period of time he made me start volleyball lessons. that took up at least 5 years of my life that i wanted so desperately to do something else with. i was also taking basketball lessons, training with him, going on bike rides, etc. i made some good bonding memories.. but i slowly became burnt out and it kind of affected my relationship with my dad. it made me feel miserable bc i wanted to do something so different but i didn’t want to upset my dad. you never realize how critical those years are until you look back. it always felt like i was supposed to be doing something more fulfilling. i sometimes regret it bc i could have been working towards my passion and.. be happier. i started to lose direction of who i really wanted to be and i started to feel shame for wanting to get into the arts. it wasn’t until the last couple months of highschool where i said “forget what other people say, I’m doing what i want”. who knows. who really knows what would’ve happened if i did get those years back. i made it over those obstacles and am now in college, working to become a professional dancer. i really wouldn’t want to change the path i’m on right now. i just hope i’m not too late.
this is the absolute cutest. and i totally agree, live in the moment! but the memories are so wonderful to look back on. i'm currently 14 years old and you've completely motivated me to buy my own camera and vlog moments that i can, so i could have at least something of my childhood. thank you lili 💕
Now i regret not doing thatt omgg
je vais pleurer, j’ai passé qq temps au Japon quand j’avais 16/17 ans et ça m’a rappelé cette époque. J’ai adoré ton vlog, merci pour ton partage de vie 🫶🏻❤️
This is honeslty the most realistically refreshing masterpiece i ever watched, i love everything about this personal documentary of ur life its so wonderful and resonating in a nostalgic way. Its work like this that i call art and im fervently inlove with, the way get to see so many aspects of your life and as time goes by we see them developing asw, its magical and exactly the type of narratives or genres i search for in stories and books..not fast paced but recollections of every aspect of the narraters life- its a profound piece of art.
Ps: ur filming is so good and artisitc, truly impressive at such a young age, i can tell you will have a bright future and truly there is much more brightness in things we do not see/percieve only after they pass. However honestly this short clips of your most memorable years felt like a life deep down i yearn to have but realistically could not, so simple yet so delightful- i think to my self if only i could be this carefree. Although enough with the comparisons im so very grateful to watch this it feels like a comfort memory i can keep even though its not mine nor do i share it with anyone, your relationship with your sister is so heart-warming and ig that is where i was not able to resonate to much but just truly appreciate the art of it. I love the dynamics in your family and specially ur nona and grampa wish themm all well. ❤
Those are the only valuable things we truly wish to capture and keep with us our whole life, u did an amazing job full of dedication and i hope oneday it pays off; you shall see (;
Oh i forgo to mention i thunk you will do very well in journalism or film certainly even photography.
Holy crap this is the most beautiful and mesmerizing video I’ve ever seen
this makes me wish i had done something like this when i was growing up. kept journals through the years, or vlogged random moments. this was beautiful and at times so relatable. thank you for sharing this, it made me think a lot :)
Je vais avoir 14 ans dans quelques mois, et je me projette tellement dans tout ce que tu dis, surtout à 15:08 - 15:51 j'ai tellement peur du futur aussi. Mais enfin je reste positive quand même 🫡 (j'essaye)
Cette vidéo est super inspirante, je pense que je vais aussi me mettre à vlogger des instants de ma vie et après je regrouperais tout et je ferais comme toi
every single part of this video hit so close to home for me, not knowing which home i belong in and going through ups and downs of life trying to figure out what i want in life and how i'm feeling and what love is. i'm so glad i got to see someone else's perspective through many years and feel that i can relate to it. i wish you all the best in your life girl
I’m a 16 year old living in the US and though, after watching this, I can tell we come from very different walks of life, there is also so much familiarity within this video. So many moments and feelings I relate to. It’s interesting how being a teenage girl is a universal and shared experience yet we feel so alone all the time.
as someone who doesn't feel like they're 21 this video comforted me in a way and im just glad we're all growing the same way and feel the same most of the time
Watching this makes me feel so many different emotions. I cant even explain it…. The nostalgia is crazy even though I wasn’t there. Watching this is making me wish I did the same, I’m glad you did though… thank you for taking the time to make this video, I feel like I really needed it
7:52 OOH SHE CAN SANGGG
17:43 nan mais wesh pendant les 17 minutes j’étais comme : wow mais elle est trop belle et talentueuse😭
this is video so important i think. you're so beautiful and you always have been
oh man
this is so raw and i can't do anything but appreciate the fact that you posted this
this is such a cool video!!! I really like that there is no music overlayed, it is just quiet moments in real time or a funny thing that happened or something kind of serious. It's cool to get to see how someone grew up and then move on with life in the span of just 30 minutes. thank you for making this video, it deserves all the love.
Thank you so much for sharing this! it’s truly beautiful. As some one who is still a teenager and can see that you had many of the same anxieties as me and issues and they ended up being okay is so important. This is truly a gem and I am so glad you shared it. ❤
ur mindsets from ur younger self is sooooo incredible i love it
This felt like watching a nostalgic 90s coming of age film. I’m not even halfway through and I’m already immersed into the experience. As a teenager, it makes me realize I should enjoy these years whilst I have them, and to not linger in worry or self hatred. I wanna appreciate the little things around me, be it nature or other people that I tend to not notice. Now I wanna notice. 😅 Mark my words this video will reach the right audience and blow up, and become apart of history as life for a teenager. I think being a teenager transfers through time too, that almost every teenager from every decade was like this. ❤❤
This is absolutely beautiful. As a teenager, I just seem to feel empty with repeating cycles, but seeing this is just wonderful and slice of life feeling
This meant so much to me, I identify with her so much, and it’s made me feel relieved as I know now I’m not the only one, I’m so happy I watched this it’s amazing 💕
One of the most beautiful videos i’ve ever watched. This is Girlhood💕💕
Merci. Sérieusement, ta vidéo à changé ma vision sur la vie. J'ai 17 ans et comme toi tu les as eu, il y a pleins de pensées qui me viennent des fois à l'esprit simplement sur la vie en général sur le but, le bonheur, le foyer, etc.. et te voir traverser ces épreuves entrecoupées par des scènes de vie quotidiennes sur 8 ans m'ont fait remettre ma vie en perspective.
Ta vidéo résonne d'autant plus avec moi car je veux voyager et très probablement m'installer au japon (j'habite en Belgique) donc te voir voyager entre la france et le japon m'a vraiment fait quelque chose de spécial car mon but ultime s'y trouve.
J'ai remarqué que tu as mentionné Dieu et que tu portes une croix dans ta vidéo donc je ne peux pas être sûr mais je pense que tu es chrétienne, en tout cas, moi je le suis et je peux te dire que dieu t'aime et qu'il mettra toujours de bonne choses sur ta voie tant que celle-ci est vertueuse, je prierai pour toi et pour que tout tes doutes (s'il en reste) ainsi que ta souffrance se dissipe.
Je fais ce commentaire à chaud juste après avoir fini cette vidéo donc je pense qu'après y avoir réfléchi j'aurai encore pleins de choses à dire mais je voulais vraiment te remercier.
Merci pour avoir partagé tes joies et tes peines.
Merci pour avoir partagé tes doutes et ta résilience.
Merci pour avoir vécu.
thank you for making this 🥹 THE video of the year fr...
i love to see how close your family is :') this video is just so beautiful, and i'm now going to do this. i'm 14, so i won't have done it as long as you, but i really am inspired by this- the simplicity in these moments, the sad moments and the happy, the tears and the laughing, watching as you grow. it is so beautiful
Seeing how lost you where when you where really young, you saying you feel ugly and also “caged” to then seeing you grow into a woman who has so much to live for was really heartwarming. It feels like your whole life when you just become a teenager, and that it never gets better, but seeing that it does documented like this is really beautiful. You seem to be so full of life and way more confident now♥️
This is such a beautiful video like it's so comforting. One of the best videos I've seen in a while. It's also really inspirational as well ❤️❤️❤️
This brought me hope and comfort as a newley turned 16 year old, this also inspired me to record my journey
Voir ce genre de vidéo sur youtube c'est extrêmement rare mais pourtant c'est à chaque fois un vrai plaisir, bravo à toi ! ❤
omg, i really liked this video!! The atmosphere, and your thoughts!!! I am 18 now, and i do feel the same as you did (loneliness, fear of future, sense of our life. This is an incredible video
this video is SO ridiculously beautiful and SO WELL EDITED
im half french and this is so nostalgic kinda, cuz every time i go in french its like this and i have a lot of fun, much more than in my country. I love the French part of my family and seeing this makes me so happy.
Wow this was really amazing, i feel that this video is pure raw emotions and i love it! I can see the progression of life as it goes on and this inspired me to try to make video logs so that when im older and look back i can see myself grow. Lots of love from Australia 💖😘
love this. now starting dropping them covers!!!
As a 16 yr old girl, i loved this smmm!! I'm literally considering documenting my own teenage yrs ahah. But one thing I wanted to say is that Jesus changed me life and saved me from that negative mindset. He is literally my all and what I live for. He gave me purpose and a love that fulfils me like no other and I only pray that He will move in your life also. I can see He has blessed you sm with amazing people. Keep going and I'm so proud of your development.
I'll keep you in my prayer lovely,
May the Lord guide you in your paths.
John 14:8 - If God is all you have, you have all you need.
Psalm 46:1 - God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Romans 8:18 - The Pain You've Been Feeling Can't Compare To The Joy That's Coming.
Exodus 14:14 - The Lord Will Fight For You , You Just Need To Be Still.
Jesus loves you all✝️💟
May God guide you throughout your whole entire life and lead you to the right path of life‼️😊