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Born | Vikram Singh Barn 2 August 1995 Guildford, Surrey, England | |||||||||
Education | Silverdale School | |||||||||
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Spouse | Ellie Harlow (m. 2023) | |||||||||
YouTube information | ||||||||||
Also known as | Vikkstar | |||||||||
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Years active | 2010–present | |||||||||
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Subscribers | 12.1 million (combined) [1] [2] | |||||||||
Total views | 3.8 billion (combined) [1] [2] | |||||||||
Associated acts | Sidemen | |||||||||
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Last updated: 5 April 2023 | ||||||||||
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Genres | Electronic music [3] | |||||||||
Years active | 2023–present |
Vikram Singh Barn (born 2 August 1995), better known as Vikkstar123 or simply Vikkstar, is an English internet personality and record 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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2023 | KSI: In Real Life | Himself | Documentary; Cameo | |
2024 | The Sidemen Story | Documentary | [24] |
Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | Ref. |
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2014 | The Sidemen Experience | Himself | 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 | YouTube | 1 episode | [29] | |
2024 | The Chase: Sidemen Edition | The Chaser | Special Spin-Off Episode | [30] |
Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | Ref. |
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2021 | The Wheel | Himself / Celebrity expert (Gaming) | BBC One | Series 1, episode 6 | [31] |
Year | Title | Artist(s) | Role | Ref. |
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2018 | "Manchild" | Randolph | Himself | [32] |
2022 | "Don't Lie" | A1 x J1 featuring Nemzzz | Himself | [33] |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
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HUN [34] | MLT [35] | NOR [36] | ||||||
"Better Off (Alone, Pt. III)" [37] (with Alan Walker and Dash Berlin) | 2023 | 1 | — | 30 | Walkerworld [lower-alpha 1] | |||
"Humans" [39] (with Shaun Farrugia) | — | 1 | — | Non-album singles | ||||
"Know Me Better" [40] (with Masked Wolf featuring Jme) | 2024 | — | — | — | ||||
"—" denotes single that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Notes | |||
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UK [41] | UK Ind. [42] | IRE [43] | NZ Hot [44] | |||
"Christmas Drillings" [45] (as part of Sidemen featuring Jme) | 2022 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 7 |
Title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
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As lead artist | |||
"Better Off (Alone, Pt. III)" (with Alan Walker and Dash Berlin) | 2023 | Mads Neset | [47] |
"Humans" (with Shaun Farrugia) | Troy Roscoe | [48] | |
"Know Me Better" (with Masked Wolf featuring Jme) | 2024 | Guy Davies | [49] |
As featured artist | |||
"Christmas Drillings (as part of Sidemen featuring Jme) | 2022 | Konstantin | [50] |
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | NME Awards | Vlogger of the Year | Nominated | [51] |
2017 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Gamer | Nominated | [52] |
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