#and obvs this is speculation but id love to hear ppls thoughts or if im missing important context/taking this quote out of context

[arthousephil]

Been thinking a lot today about Phil calling his content mid (I think specifically covid era/dnpg hiatus??), I'm not going to listen to the whole TIT audio recording until after my show so I may be missing some context but I don't necessarily read this as self-deprecation, but more like he wasn't feeling fulfilled creatively. We joke but he seriously made some artistic + experimental stuff espec in his early days. Like he has talked about a big inspiration for him being lonelygirl15 which was an early youtuber that turned out to be a scripted actress and it was done as a social experiment/art project. Ik the narrative (that even they portray kind of) is Dan is the "smart/cultured" one and I kind of hate it lol,. I think Phil calling his content mid isn't a self dig but him saying that he knows he could do something different and that he feels constrained by being "entertaining",algorithm, what gets views and some idea of what kind of videos youtubers are supposed to make these days. All this to say though I did really like his covid content and think he understand the value + importance of "light entertainment" and feels proud of his career etc but it'd be cool to see him stretch different muscles as well (that ikkk he has). I think that's why I loved dnpc slime so much bcos it was so weird phil