JoJo begins his vlog with an apology for the delay in opening the fan mail he has received over the past six months. “I am so sorry,” JoJo claims, unconvincingly. At least he acknowledges the impact saying, “I know some of you have been waiting for months for this video.” He then dives into the pile of boxes and letters.
The first item he pulls out is an invitation to a wedding on a cruise ship, “for the wedding of Michael and Nathan, February 14th, CocoCay, Bahamas.” Next is a letter from Mariah that states, “Congrats on being close to 1 million subscribers.” Since he reached that milestone over two months ago, JoJo goes through the motions of expressing regret that he didn’t open the letter sooner.
He then receives a birthday invitation from a fan named Deborah. “First I get invited to a wedding, then I get invited to a birthday,” he remarks, framing the odd sense of familiarity that some fans have when they extend such invitations. He also receives a photo taken at the Polynesian resort during a fan’s first trip to Disney in 1998, a JoJo Siwa Christmas ornament from the Berkeley family, labels from a fan named Amy, and a Christmas card from Hawaii with bamboo stickers.
JoJo takes a moment to discuss his love for making travel vlogs. “I love Disney, I’ll always be making Disney content, but traveling is becoming my new love,” he shares. However, he expresses concern that viewers lose interest (understandably) after 3 or 4 videos on the same subject. He asks for viewers’ opinions on his travel content.
Returning to opening packages, JoJo finds some fan art of Aladdin and the Sword in the Stone sent by Tia from England. “This is like actual fan art. I don’t think I’ve ever received fan art in a long time,” he says, holding up the drawings. In other packages, JoJo finds Dr. Sasquatch soap, a Tourist Mickey ornament, a Star Wars themed pop-up birthday card, Disney gift cards and a “late” birthday present of a Baby Yoda figurine from a subscriber named Annette. Of course, it was only “late” because JoJo didn’t feel like opening it in a timely manner.
JoJo then takes break from the exhaustive effort of getting free stuff and walks outside to discuss changes in his life, including the change in roommates and his plans for upcoming trips. “Dan is completely moved out now. Kyle’s here for about another month. Zane is moving in,” JoJo shares. He also mentions that he got Oogie Boogie tickets for the first night of the event. Before going back in, JoJo shows a Packers themed BB-8 droid that they keep outside. He explains with casual paranoia, “I am worried that there’s like a spy camera in there,” pointing at the droid.
JoJo goes back inside and resumes opening packages. There are shirts, cash, gift cards, a Mirrorverse Mickey figurine, a journal for calming anxiety, a jar of candy, and a container for SD cards.
After the unboxing is done, JoJo reflects, “It’s so nice you know, especially on days today, it’s rainy and when certain videos don’t perform the way that we would like, it gets a little tough sometimes. I share this with you guys, not to just like complain, but to remind you guys that no matter where you are in life, no matter how good or bad you have it, there’s always going to be some issue that’s important to yourself.” For some reason, whenver JoJo complains, he always says he’s not complaining. JoJo also says, “You know, I’m not the same person that I was when I first started this channel.” True, the old JoJo had flaws, but it could be said that he was a better person than the current version.
JoJo’s friend and new roommate, Jete, makes an appearance in the vlog. Jete opens a birthday card and gift from a fan named Tara. “Happy birthday to Orlando’s number one international influencer, Jete,” the card reads.
The other new roommate, Zane, is also present. JoJo tells viewers that Zane is the one who will edit the vlog they are watching. It appears that JoJo finally did the P.O. Box unboxing, not out of showing some belated respect for the people who took the trouble and spent the money to send him stuff, but because he found someone else to do the work of making the video.
[2/5] Among the letters and packages were Christmas cards from last December. JoJo did this opening in July. Let that sink in. This disrespect of the people who spent time and money to send something to JoJo’s P.O. Box, and JoJo’s not making it a priority to open the items in a timely manner, should make this vlog too infuriating to watch. On the other hand, perhaps it’s good for people to see JoJo’s complete indifference to other people’s feelings. It would be a blatant lie for him to say he didn’t have time. Taking an hour away from playing video games to, you know, do something to be respectful of other people could have easily been done before this.
The lesson for fans is not to send him anything. He won’t appreciate it and if it’s a gift (other than cash or gift cards) it’s likely to end up in a Florida landfill. He makes more than enough money from YouTube. Send something to a worthwhile cause instead.
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