# Ryan Celsius

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{{Short description|American music curator and YouTuber}}
{{Distinguish|text=[Freddie Dredd](/source/Freddie_Dredd), also known as Ryan C}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}
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| name                 = Ryan Celsius
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| occupation           = {{flatlist|
*Music curator
*[disc jockey](/source/disc_jockey)
*[video artist](/source/video_artist)
*[music producer](/source/music_producer)
*[YouTuber](/source/YouTuber)
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| youtube_handle        = RyanCelsiusMusic
| youtube_display_name  = RyanCelsius° Sounds
| youtube_years_active  = 2011–present
| youtube_genre         = Music
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| stats_update        = February 24, 2025
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'''Ryan Celsius''' (stylized as '''R y a n C e l s i u s °''') is the pseudonym of a [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.)–based music curator, [disc jockey](/source/disc_jockey), [video artist](/source/video_artist), [music producer](/source/music_producer) and [YouTuber](/source/YouTuber).

His YouTube channel features [visual mixtapes](/source/Video_mixtape), combining underground [hip hop](/source/hip_hop_music), [phonk](/source/phonk) and [lo-fi](/source/Lo-fi_music) tracks with nostalgic [anime](/source/anime) and movie visuals. ''Trappin in Japan'', which began in 2017, is among the channel's most popular series.

==Career==
thumb|Screenshot of a Ryan Celsius YouTube video, showing a first-person perspective of a Japanese highway
Based in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), Ryan Celsius began [producing music](/source/Record_producer) and making videos in 2005.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Andronicos|first=Leni|date=January 9, 2019|title=Interview: Ryan Celsius|url=https://www.amuse.io/content/ryan-celsius-interview|access-date=October 31, 2021|publisher=[Amuse](/source/Amuse_(music_company))}}</ref> The same year, his production hardware was stolen, and he lost all the music and videos created.<ref name=":0" /> Celsius stated that the event made him stop producing music for eight years.<ref name=":0" />

In the early 2010s, Celsius got interested in the [vaporwave](/source/vaporwave) culture, including vaportrap and [simpsonwave](/source/simpsonwave).<ref name=":3">{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxRFDT4E3VI|title=Ryan Celsius Interview – Artist Spotlight [Open Doors]|date=November 26, 2020|publisher=Open Doors Entertainment}}</ref> He opened his [YouTube](/source/YouTube) channel in 2011 as a "personal project".<ref name=":0" />  The channel's [video mixtape](/source/video_mixtape)s combine underground [phonk](/source/phonk), [trap](/source/Trap_music) and [hip hop](/source/Hip_hop_music) music with nostalgic visuals from popular [anime](/source/anime) clips and movies.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=July 22, 2019|title=Demonetized: YouTube Destroys Trailblazing Musician's Income Stream Over 'Misleading Thumbnails'|url=https://news.grabien.com/wire-demonetized-youtube-destroys-trailblazing-musicians-income-s|access-date=October 31, 2021|website=Grabien}}</ref> Most of Celsius' tracks come from independent artists.<ref name=":1" />

The ''Trappin in Japan'' series, which began in 2017, is among the channel's most popular,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=LaJenuesse|first=Nicole|date=March 1, 2019|title=RyanCelsius° Sounds taps into personal experience to deliver emotionally resonant mixtapes|url=https://www.creatorhandbook.net/ryancelsius-sounds-taps-into-personal-experience-to-deliver-emotionally-resonant-mixtapes-41c293ffa5ba/|access-date=October 31, 2021|publisher=Creator Handbook}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Yamamoto|first=Akihiro|date=March 6, 2020|title=【コラム】ローファイヒップホップ現象を再考する|trans-title=[Column] Rethinking the lo-fi hip-hop phenomenon|url=https://fnmnl.tv/2020/03/06/92993|access-date=November 10, 2021|website=FNMNL|language=ja}}</ref> featuring visual mixtapes with [first-person footage](/source/Point-of-view_shot) of people driving or walking through Japanese streets,<ref name=":1" /> coupled with clips from nostalgic films such as ''[Akira](/source/Akira_(1988_film))'',<ref name=":1" /> and imagery from ''[The Simpsons](/source/The_Simpsons)''.<ref name=":4" /> He cites YouTube channel Emotional Tokyo as an inspiration for the series.<ref name=":3" /> The series, among others, was key to popularizing the phonk genre.<ref name=":32">{{Cite web|last=yokai|date=30 September 2020|title=how dj yung vamp got 20k followers in a year|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XZCogP757U&list=LL|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=6 December 2020|website=[YouTube](/source/YouTube)}}</ref> Celsius' channel also holds 24/7 [live streams](/source/YouTube) of visual mixtapes.<ref name=":2" />

In January 2019,<ref name=":0" /> Celsius was hired by indie record label [Amuse](/source/Amuse_(music_company)) to build their [lo-fi music](/source/lo-fi_music) division.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Zarczynski|first=Andrea|date=December 23, 2020|title=How Lofi Hip-Hop Will Inspire New Music In 2021|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreazarczynski/2020/12/23/how-lofi-hip-hop-will-inspire-new-music-in-2021/|access-date=October 31, 2021|work=[Forbes](/source/Forbes)}}</ref> In summer 2019,<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1141068720271450112|user=RyanCelsius|title=Demonetized and countless videos shadowblocked, not for Copyright but because YouTube doesn't understand what my content is. Keep your ad money, just unblock my videos|first=Ryan|last=Celsius}}</ref> Celsius' YouTube channel was demonetized and several videos were "[shadow banned](/source/Shadow_banning)" due to "misleading [thumbnail](/source/thumbnail)s" in his videos.<ref name=":1" /> Celsius stated: "the YouTube policy team cannot understand the link between Japan, trap music, anime, ''The Simpsons'', so since they don't understand my content it must be misleading".<ref name=":1" />

In 2020, Celsius worked with Westbrook Media to create a lo-fi mixtape for [Will Smith](/source/Will_Smith)'s YouTube channel.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DonVayei featured in Will Smith's "Chill Beats to Social Distance To"|url=https://www.donvayeimusic.com/featandcollabs|access-date=3 December 2021|website=DONVAYEI|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZGi1SCj1fU|title=Lo-fi Summertime Beats to Social Distance To|date=10 July 2020|publisher=[Will Smith](/source/Will_Smith)}}</ref> In 2021, he performed with [Flying Lotus](/source/Flying_Lotus) in New York,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Flying Lotus + Reggie Watts at Brooklyn Mirage, New York ⟋ RA|url=https://ra.co/events/1449093|access-date=2021-10-31|website=Resident Advisor|language=en}}</ref> and was the visualizer maker for the official music video content of the TV series [''Yasuke''](/source/Yasuke_(TV_series)).<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEgF9OhC7p8|title=Yasuke Original Soundtrack (Official Album Stream)|date=30 April 2021|publisher=[Flying Lotus](/source/Flying_Lotus)}}</ref>

==Discography==
* ''Marble'' (2021)
* ''Golden Hour'' (2022)
* ''no collision'' (2022)
* ''TYPE 2'' (2023)

==References==
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