Superfruit (web show)

Superfruit
Scott Hoying (left), and Mitch Grassi (right) at a 2014 signing in New York
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Mitch Grassi Scott Hoying
Starring	Mitch Grassi Scott Hoying

Superfruit, often stylized as SUP3RFRUIT, is a comedy YouTube web show^[1] by Mitch Grassi^[2] and Scott Hoying,^[3] most well known as members of the Grammy Award-winning a cappella group Pentatonix; while mainly focused on humor, the show also sometimes features vocal performances by Hoying and Grassi.^[4] As of December 23, 2014,^[5] the channel has over 1,000,000 subscribers^[6] and well over 95,000,000 views.^[7]

Formation

According to Grassi, "[Scott Hoying and I] were at IHOP one day and both discussed how we wanted to individually start [YouTube] channels. [Then] we were [like, 'Why don't we just do it together?']"^[8] According to Scott Hoying, the name Superfruit "[came from Mitch's] random mind".^[9] The first Superfruit video was released on August 13, 2013.^[10]

Video Content

Superfruit consists mainly of vlogs about the duo's daily lives and various casual games and competitions, but the channel also features a number of musical projects. Most videos feature just Hoying and Grassi, however several include other artists.

Musical Projects

Being a part of a cappella group Pentatonix, both Hoying and Grassi have a strong musical background, and feature musical content frequently in their videos.

• "DEFYING GRAVITY" - as a celebration of Scott's birthday, Hoying and Grassi perform "Defying Gravity" from Broadway musical Wicked. (Published September 17, 2013)
• "THE MASH-UP GAME" - taking requests from fans, Grassi and Hoying, together with Tori Kelly, form a medley of eight different songs. (Published December 24, 2013)
• "FROZEN MEDLEY" - a medley featuring various songs from the Disney title Frozen, featuring fellow Pentatonix member, Kirstie Maldonado. (Published January 14, 2014)
• "BEYONCE" - a medley of Beyoncé's self-titled album, released in December 2013. The video had a huge positive reaction, including those from The Huffington Post's website, and Beyoncé herself. (Published March 11, 2014)
• "EVOLUTION OF MILEY CYRUS" - a medley of Miley Cyrus's popular songs throughout her career, from her Hannah Montana days to her Bangerz album. (Published May 27, 2014)
• "HAPPY LITTLE PILL (Troye Sivan Cover)" - a cover of YouTube star Troye Sivan's song of the same name from the EP TRXYE. (Published September 30, 2014)
• "1989" - a medley of Taylor Swift's album 1989, released in October 2014. The video also received quite a lot of recognition from the online media. (Published November 5, 2014)
• "POP GOES BROADWAY" - a medley of three songs, featuring Shoshana Bean. The songs are Blank Space by Taylor Swift, Jealous by Nick Jonas, and Break Free by Ariana Grande. (Published January 20, 2015)
• "FEELING MYSELF" - a cover of Nicki Minaj ft Beyonce's track, Feeling Myself. (Published February 24, 2015)

Collaborations

Throughout the channel's history, Superfruit have featured a number of different other YouTube channels and celebrities.

• "PET PEEVES (feat. Todrick Hall)" - with Todrick Hall
• "Q&A WITH MIRANDA" and "MIRANDA BLOOPERS" - with Miranda Sings / Colleen Ballinger
• "SOFT CHEESES (feat. Grace Helbig)" - with Grace Helbig
• "THE ACCENT CHALLENGE (feat. Lindsey Russell)" - with Lindsey Russell
• "THE MASH-UP GAME (feat. Tori Kelly)" - with Tori Kelly
• "FROZEN MEDLEY (feat. Kirstin Maldonado)" - with Kirstin Maldonado
• "TYLER OAKLEY CAN SING (feat. Tyler Oakley)" - with Tyler Oakley
• "SUPERMAISIE (feat. Maisie Williams)" - with Maisie Williams
• "PET PEEVES PART 2 (feat. Todrick Hall)" - with Todrick Hall
• "THE BEYONCE CHALLENGE (feat. Mamrie Hart)" - with Mamrie Hart
• "POP GOES BROADWAY "Blank Space/Jealous/Break Free" (feat. Shoshana Bean)" - with Shoshana Bean
• "CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY (feat. Maisie Williams)" - with Maisie Williams
• "DON'T BREAK THE CHAIN (feat. Ricky Dillon)" - with Ricky Dillon

End Segments

Superfruit has had many different end segments to their videos, which have varied over time but (as of February 2015) consist of Song Suggestions and Weekly Obsessions. The 'Weekly Obsessions' segment began from the first Superfruit episode and has continued ever since. They usually consist of items that Mitch or Scott have recently purchased, and are often items of clothing. In the Superfruit Comment and Stupidfruit Comment, inspired by YouTuber Grace Helbig's previous channel, DailyGrace, featured a number of comments on the last week's video, which were commented on by Mitch and Scott. It featured one positive and one negative comment. This segment was discontinued after the episode "HEADS UP!". In the eighth episode of their web show, Superfruit began making weekly song suggestions. They entitled this segment 'Hey everyone! Here's a good song! *Don't listen to anything else today', which has adapted through each episode.

List of Song Suggestions

Other notable works

Outside of their YouTube channel, Grassi and Hoying have been promoting The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water as Superfruit with an MTV commercial in which Grassi gets a tattoo of SpongeBob SquarePants on his arm.^{[11][12][13][14][15]}

External links

• Superfruit's channel on YouTube
• Superfruit on Twitter
• Superfruit on Instagram
• Superfruit on Facebook
• Superfruit's web store

References