Krew (stylized in

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) is a group of

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s from

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, best known for their

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videos. The group consists of Kat La (Funneh), Betty La (Rainbow), Kimberly "Kim" La (Gold), Wenny La (Lunar), and Allen La (Draco), all of whom are siblings. They have a total of 7 YouTube channels (ItsFunneh, GoldenGlare, DraconiteDragon, Lunar Eclipse, PaintingRainbows, KREW, and KREW WORLD), with ItsFunneh being the main channel. Although the channel ItsFunneh is named after Funneh, it is a group channel for all of Krew. ItsFunneh currently has over 11 million subscribers and over 12.94 billion views from over 2,600 videos. It was the most-viewed Canadian gaming channel in 2020 and 5th overall. Combined, all their channels have over million subscribers and over billion views. ItsFunneh has been nominated for multiple Bloxy Awards (one of which was won), a Shorty Award, and two Roblox Innovation Awards (one of which was won). Krew's content mainly consists of gaming videos (mainly games such as

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, and others), with all 5 siblings playing the same game. They also occasionally post

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Early life

All five siblings were born in

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, to

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- Chinese parents. Rainbow is the eldest sibling and was born on September 10, 1992. Gold is the second eldest sibling and was born on September 29, 1993. Funneh is the middle sibling who was born on October 31, 1995, on

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. She described herself as a quiet person during her childhood. During elementary school, she aspired to become an

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as she loved drawing, with an additional passion for gaming. During middle school, she would also record her funny skits with an old digital camera that her parents gave to her, realizing the passion she acquired for pursuing creative

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. She graduated from high school in 2013 and decided to pursue a career in

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. Lunar is the second youngest sibling born on February 28, 1997. She started to draw from a young age after being inspired by watching anime like '' Inuyasha'', ''

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'', '' The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.'', and a "lot of anime". Draco is the youngest sibling and was born on May 12, 1998. Before making YouTube content, the Krew helped their parents run a Vietnamese restaurant in

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during their adolescence. Apart from working for their parents, Rainbow worked as a cytotechnologist and Gold worked as an

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with an additional job as an

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to her college that she studied. Sometimes they didn't have enough money to pay their bills, so as an "escape from reality," they would use tip money from the restaurant to buy

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YouTube career

2011-2013: Early beginnings

On September 1, 2011, Gold and Funneh started their own YouTube channels under the pseudonyms "GoldenGlare" and " ItsFunneh", where the latter explained the origin of the name "ItsFunneh" during their first Q&A video: "So, the funny part comes from me. Growing up I was pretty much a humorous person and we also live in Canada so then I thought putting like the ' Eh' at the end of 'ItsFunneh' would make it hilarious and now that's how the YouTube channel was created and all of my gamertags." Gold explained that the name "GoldenGlare" came from her fascination with

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, heroes and

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and thought if there was a hero that emits laser beams from their eyes. The first video that Funneh posted was Black Ops Ranger match which has since been changed to a private video. Their first few videos had no commentary as the two were shy at the time. Later on, their other siblings gradually began making appearances in videos. Draco explained that "DraconiteDragon" came from his fascination with

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(Draco: Greco-Latin word for dragon). Rainbow came up with "PaintingRainbows" as she liked rainbows and according to her, it symbolises bringing happiness to others. Lunar came up with "LunarEclipse" because of her like of

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but accidentally misspelled it as "LunarEclispe".

2013-present: YouTube success

In 2013, the channel started becoming more active. At this time, Krew started releasing comedic ''

'' videos. This is when they started gaining popularity. They still worked at the family business until the

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channel started making more money than the family business could, at which point they started doing YouTube as a full-time job. They also started going to conventions to meet their fans. In 2020, ItsFunneh was the most viewed Canadian gaming channel, and 5th among all countries. In the same year, Krew was signed by

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(CAA). Currently, Krew mostly uploads Roblox videos. they usually post

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on their other account "KREW" and post other games. In February 2023, the ItsFunneh YouTube channel was hacked by a Tesla cryptocurrency scam, which unlisted all of their videos and made pre-recorded live streams. Later, the incident would come to an end, and Funneh and the rest of the Krew made a video going over what happened.

Video production

Each of the siblings has different roles in video production. Rainbow "deals with the business arrangements", Draco cuts footage that should not be included, Gold does video and sound editing, Funneh does the final edits on the video when it is close to completion, and Lunar does the art for the video thumbnails and watch the video for any mistakes.

Games

There are two games featuring Krew in them: ''Krew Eats'', and ''Krew Merge Pets''. Both are

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s for

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and Android. Both ''Krew Eats'' and ''Krew Merge Pets'' are published by BBTV.

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

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