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Life with MaK
Personal information
Born
Makenna Kay Kelly
OccupationSocial media influencer
WebsiteLife with MaK's channel on YouTube[non-primary source needed]
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2018-present
Subscribers1.60 million[1]
(May 2022)
Total views171.54 million[1]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: Oct 9 2024

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

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Kelly created her channel in March 2018, and only after this time did her her parents learn about the channel.[2]

Kelly was part of the class of 2018 for Teen Vogue's "21 Under 21".[3][4]

Kelly was featured on Variety’s 2019 Young Hollywood Impact Report.[5]

In 2021 Kelly currently 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 starred in the Inside Edition episode “Meet the 13-Year-Old who makes ASMR videos for YouTube.” [11]

Kelly made an appearance at the 40th Annual Young Artist Awards in 2019 as a nominee for a Young Artist Award. She also appeared in the TV Special CollabBASH: The First and Largest Online Creator Event.[12]

Kelly has modeled for Colorado-based clothing retailer Something New Boutique.[citation needed]

Kelly has modeled for the makeup brand Petite n Pretty.[citation needed]

Work

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In the videos Kelly records a range of sounds that can be soothing.[13] As of 2019 her YouTube channel had over 1.4 million subscribers,[14] and she is particularly known for a video where she recorded sounds while eating honeycomb.[3] Some of Kelly's videos have been removed from YouTube because the automated filtering algorithms deemed them inappropriate.[11][15] The videos in question had been flagged by the magazine Wired.[4] After the videos were removed Kelly's parents stopped allowing her to read the incoming messages requesting content,[16] and Kelly left YouTube in June 2019 because of the issues with her videos.[17]

Personal life

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Kelly lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.[6][when?] As of 2018 she was living in both Virginia and Colorado in 2018.[18] By 2019 she was a freshman at Fossil Ridge High School (Colorado).[19]

References

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  1. ^ a b "About Life with MaK". YouTube.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b "ASMR: The new social media craze every parent should know about". Telegraph.co.uk; London. 19 October 2019 – via Proquest.
  5. ^ Variety Staff (6 August 2019). "Young Hollywood Impact Report 2019". Variety. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  6. ^ a b Vara, Vauhini (4 May 2022). "Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control: Inside Shein's Sudden Rise". Wired.
  7. ^ "Life With MaK Honeycomb & "Bee" kind Jewelry Set". Trendolla Jewelry. Retrieved 9 October 2024.[non-primary source needed]
  8. ^ 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?]
  9. ^ The GLO Show (Family, Reality-TV), Cole Allison, Rachel Brockman, Madi Filipowicz, Far Out Studios, 17 July 2021, retrieved 9 October 2024{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)[unreliable source?]
  10. ^ 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?]
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Filipowicz, Laura (22 August 2020), CollabBASH: The First and Largest Online Creator Event (Talk-Show), Bryleigh Anne, Natalie Asatryan, Lauren Babin, Z Star Digital Agency, retrieved 9 October 2024[unreliable source?]
  13. ^ Udell, Erin (1 May 2019). "Tapping into YouTube fame". Fort Collins Coloradoan. pp. A1, [1]. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  14. ^ 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 – via Proquest.
  15. ^ Brodeur, Michael Andor (1 September 2019). "How to get your videos booted from YouTube". The Boston Globe. pp. N6. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ Ryan, Lisa (11 June 2019). "13-Year-Old ASMR Star Quits YouTube Because Her Videos Keep Getting Removed". The Cut. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ Colanto, Kelly. "Sabercat Story: Makenna Kelly". Etched in Stone. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
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