Life with MaK | |
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| Born | Makenna Kay Kelly 2005 (age 20–21) |
| Occupation | Social media influencer |
| Instagram information | |
| Page | |
| Followers | 259 thousand |
| TikTok information | |
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| Followers | 260 thousand |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2018–present |
| Subscribers | 1.60 million |
| Views | 171.54 million |
| Last updated: Oct 9, 2024[needs update] | |
Makenna Kay Kelly is an American social media influencer. She began her career doing ASMR videos on YouTube, and she is best known for her viral video eating honeycomb.
Career
[edit]Kelly created her channel in March 2018, and only after this time did her parents learn about the channel.[1]
Kelly was part of the class of 2018 for Teen Vogue's "21 Under 21"[2][3] and was featured on Variety's 2019 Young Hollywood Impact Report.[4] In 2019, she starred in the Inside Edition episode "Meet the 13-Year-Old who makes ASMR videos for YouTube",[5] and made an appearance at the 40th Annual Young Artist Awards as a nominee for a Young Artist Award.
In 2021, she partnered with the fast fashion brand Shein doing haul videos with the company's products.[6] Kelly collaborated with Trendolla Jewelry to create her personal jewelry collection: 'Life With MaK Honeycomb & "Bee" kind Jewelry Set' in November 2022.[7]
Kelly acted in YouTube reality series "The Glo Show," produced by in Far Out Studios August 2021.[8][9] She is also known for the Access Hollywood episodes "How 13-Year-Old Makenna Kelly is Changing YouTube One Whisper at a Time" and "Life With MaK Wants to do an ASMR Collab with Cardi B and Ariana Grande."[10]
Kelly has modeled for Colorado-based clothing retailer Something New Boutique,[citation needed] and has modeled for the makeup brand Petite n Pretty.[citation needed]
Work
[edit]In the videos Kelly records a range of sounds that can be soothing.[11] As of 2019 her YouTube channel had over 1.4 million subscribers,[12] and she is particularly known for a video where she recorded sounds while eating honeycomb.[2] Some of Kelly's videos have been removed from YouTube because the automated filtering algorithms deemed them inappropriate.[5][13] The videos in question had been flagged by the magazine Wired.[3] After the videos were removed Kelly's parents stopped allowing her to read the incoming messages requesting content,[14] and Kelly left YouTube in June 2019 because of the issues with her videos.[15]
Personal life
[edit]Kelly lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.[6] In 2018, she was splitting her time between Virginia and Colorado.[16] By 2019 she was a freshman at Fossil Ridge High School. She graduated from the school in 2024.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ Tait, Amelia (2 December 2019). "The dodgy, vulnerable fame of YouTube's child ASMR stars". Wired UK. Archived from the original on 15 January 2025.
- ^ a b Bergado, Gabe (5 November 2018). "21 Under 21: Life With MaK's Makenna Kelly Is Making the Internet a Better Place With ASMR and Honeycomb". Teen Vogue.
- ^ a b "ASMR: The new social media craze every parent should know about". Telegraph.co.uk; London. 19 October 2019.
- ^ Variety Staff (6 August 2019). "Young Hollywood Impact Report 2019". Variety. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ a b Fowler, Tara (16 March 2019). "How Colorado Teen Makenna Kelly's ASMR YouTube Channel Catapulted Her to Stardom". Inside Edition. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ a b Vara, Vauhini (4 May 2022). "Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control: Inside Shein's Sudden Rise". Wired.
- ^ "Life With MaK Honeycomb & "Bee" kind Jewelry Set". Trendolla Jewelry. Retrieved 9 October 2024.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ GLO-UP Girls TV (24 July 2021). The GLO Show (S1, E3): ASMR Spa Party featuring Life with Mak!. Retrieved 9 October 2024 – via YouTube.[unreliable source?]
- ^ The GLO Show (Family, Reality-TV), Cole Allison, Rachel Brockman, Madi Filipowicz, Far Out Studios, 17 July 2021, retrieved 9 October 2024
}: CS1 maint: others (link)[unreliable source?] - ^ Access Hollywood (19 February 2019). Life With MaK Wants To Do An ASMR Collab With Cardi B & Ariana Grande | Access. Retrieved 9 October 2024 – via YouTube.[unreliable source?]
- ^ Udell, Erin (1 May 2019). "Tapping into YouTube fame". Fort Collins Coloradoan. pp. A1, [1]. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ Decaille, Nia (3 April 2019). "What's ASMR? The oddly satisfying trend that took over beauty YouTube". The Washington Post (Online) WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post.
- ^ Brodeur, Michael Andor (1 September 2019). "How to get your videos booted from YouTube". The Boston Globe. pp. N6. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ Katzowitz, Josh (14 February 2019). "Is this 13-year-old being sexually exploited on her ASMR YouTube channel?". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ Ryan, Lisa (11 June 2019). "13-Year-Old ASMR Star Quits YouTube Because Her Videos Keep Getting Removed". The Cut. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ D.Mello, Gwyn (23 October 2018). "This 13-Year-Old Girl Earns Rs 66,000 Per Day, Has Millions Of Followers For A Crazy Experience". India Times. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ Colanto, Kelly. "Sabercat Story: Makenna Kelly". Etched in Stone. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
External links
[edit]- Life with MaK's channel on YouTube
- Makenna Kelly at IMDb
- Life With MaK Honeycomb & "Bee" kind Jewelry Set Link
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