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Born
Vikram Singh Barn

(1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 (age 28)
Guildford, Surrey, England
Education Silverdale School
Occupations
  • YouTuber
  • live streamer
  • DJ
  • music producer
Spouse
Ellie Harlow
​
(m. 2023)​
YouTube information
Also known asVikkstar
Channel
Years active2010–present
Genres
Subscribers12.1 million (combined) [1] [2]
Total views3.8 billion (combined) [1] [2]
Associated acts Sidemen
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2012
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2013
Last updated: 5 April 2023
Musical career
Genres Electronic music [3]
Years active2023–present

Vikram Singh Barn (born 2 August 1995), better known as Vikkstar123, is an English YouTuber, Internet personality, DJ, and music producer. He is a member of the YouTube group the Sidemen. He is the co-owner of XIX Vodka, Sidemen Clothing, restaurant chain Sides, and cereal brand Best Breakfasts.

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Early life and education

Barn is of Indian descent [4] and was born on 2 August 1995 [5] in Guildford, Surrey, England, [6] where he lived until eight years of age. [7] He moved to Sheffield where he attended Silverdale School. [8] Barn was offered a place to study natural sciences at University College London, but he ended up declining the offer in order to pursue his YouTube career full-time. [9] He is the youngest of three children. [10]

Career

Barn joined YouTube in 2010; having played games with his friends, he got into watching YouTubers and making videos of their own. Eventually, he decided to launch his own channel, stating: [11]

I got involved thinking I might be able to do a little bit better than they were doing, and get involved and have some fun with it. I started recording myself playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 . I started making tutorial videos that people could watch – some of them were for knives and how you could throw them across the map. I made videos showing places where you could throw a knife or tomahawk and get a kill. I thought it would be cool to show off these ridiculous kills.

As his popularity increased, he began to take it more seriously, branching out into Minecraft . [11]

In 2013, he joined the Sidemen, which caused his popularity to rise further. [12] He would later move in with three other members, sharing a house with them from 2014 to 2018, when he announced he was moving out of the Sidemen House. [13] [14] He was also part of the Dream SMP server. [15]

In January 2021, he announced on his channel that he was quitting playing Call of Duty: Warzone due to a proliferation of cheating, [16] saying hackers would be "the death of the game" if it went unfixed. [17] Along with criticism from several other high-profile streamers, the resulting uproar caused Activision to update the game's anti-cheat software. [18]

Other ventures

Barn is an investor in esports teams and has spoken about how he has invested in the London Royal Ravens, a Call of Duty team, speaking of his desire to 'build a blueprint' for the wider popularisation of the sport. [19]

Barn is a DJ and music producer. [3] On 28 September 2023, Barn released a single with Alan Walker and Dash Berlin titled "Better Off (Alone, Pt. III)" on digital platforms. [20] His second single, "Humans", featuring Shaun Farrugia, was released on 1 December 2023. [3]

Personal life

In December 2021, Barn announced his engagement to his longtime girlfriend. [21] They got married in 2023. [22]

In a Sidemen video released in March 2024, Barn revealed he suffers from Crohn's disease. [23]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2023 KSI: In Real Life Himself Documentary; Cameo
2024The Sidemen StoryDocumentary [24]
Web
YearTitleRoleNetworkNotesRef.
2014The Sidemen ExperienceHimself Comedy Central UK Main role; 5 episodes [25]
2016–2017 YouTube Rewind YouTube Episode: "The Ultimate 2016 Challenge"
Episode: "The Shape of 2017"		 [26] [27]
2018 The Sidemen Show YouTube Premium Main role; 7 episodes [28]
2020 How To Be Behzinga YouTube1 episode [29]
2024 The Chase: Sidemen Edition The ChaserSpecial Spin-Off Episode [30]
Television
YearTitleRoleNetworkNotesRef.
2021 The Wheel Himself / Celebrity expert (Gaming) BBC One Series 1, episode 6 [31]
Music videos
YearTitleArtist(s)RoleRef.
2018"Manchild"RandolphHimself [32]
2022"Don't Lie" A1 x J1 feat. Nemzzz Himself [33]

Discography

Singles

List of singles, with selected peak chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
HUN
[34] 		MLT
[35] 		NOR
[36]
"Better Off (Alone, Pt. III)" [37]
(with Alan Walker and Dash Berlin)		20231—30 Walkerworld [lower-alpha 1]
"Humans" [39]
(with Shaun Farrugia)		—1—Non-album single

Charity singles

List of charity singles, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsNotes
UK
[40] 		UK
Ind.
[41] 		IRE
[42] 		NZ
Hot
[43]
"Christmas Drillings" [44]
(as part of Sidemen featuring Jme)		202232257
  • Produced for a Sidemen Sunday video and raised money for FareShare. [45]


Music videos

List of music videos
TitleYearDirector(s)Ref.
"Better Off (Alone, Pt. III)"
(with Alan Walker and Dash Berlin)		2023Mads Neset [46]
"Humans"
(with Shaun Farrugia)		Troy Roscoe [47]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2016 NME Awards Vlogger of the YearNominated [48]
2017 Teen Choice Awards Choice GamerNominated [49]

Notes

  1. ↑ Better Off (Alone, Pt. III) is absent from the Apple Music release of Walkerworld. [38]

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